Inside South Africa’s “AI for Impact Academy” eyesonsouthafrica While Particle6 spends its energy defending a talking AI character on international stages, a much quieter experiment has been running out of Johannesburg — one aimed not at creating a synthetic star, but at making sure South Africa’s actual film and video workforce isn’t left behind by…
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eyesonsouthafrica Eline van der Velden stood on a stage in Amsterdam this September, appearing virtually alongside her AI creation Tilly Norwood, and told the world’s broadcasters that everyone needs to “future-proof” themselves because AI disruption is coming. Six thousand miles south, in Cape Town, hundreds of film and television workers spent January standing outside Parliament…
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What Celeste Labuschagne’s Warnings Reveal About AI in South African Classrooms eyesonsouthafrica Amsterdam, September 12, 2026 – Walk into almost any South African classroom or lecture hall today, and you’ll likely find a strange asymmetry. The students already know ChatGPT. Many have used it to brainstorm essays, debug code, or summarise a chapter they didn’t…
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A Journey Through South Africa’s Dutch Heritage eyesonsouthafrica There is a corner of the world where windmill-straight gables rise against a backdrop of jagged mountains, where the language on street signs curls with the soft consonants of old Dutch, and where vineyards planted more than three centuries ago still ripen in the African sun. This…
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Dutch Heritage Along South Africa’s Garden Route eyesonsouthafrica East of Cape Town, where the mountains soften into forest and the coastline unfurls into a string of lagoons, lakes, and cliffs, lies one of the most celebrated scenic drives on the planet: the Garden Route. Most travelers come for the views — and they are, by…
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Where Dutch gables meet African rhythm under Table Mountain.
What South Africa Is — and Isn’t — Doing, and Whether It Can Close the Race Gap eyesonsouthafrica Amsterdam, Septermber 7, 2026 – Saudi Arabia and the UAE moved fast and moved from the top down: a state-mandated AI curriculum for six million schoolchildren, a national enrollment drive putting a premium AI subscription into university…
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Inside South Africa’s Race to Reinvent Its Power Grid eyesonsouthafrica For nearly two decades, South Africans lived by a grim ritual: checking the load-shedding schedule before deciding whether to cook dinner, charge a laptop, or run a business. Rolling blackouts became so routine they earned their own vocabulary — “stage 2,” “stage 4,” the dreaded…
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South Africa’s Bold Bid for 2030 — and the Data Revolution Behind Bafana Bafana eyesonsouthafrica Amsterdam, September 5, 2026 – Sixteen years after hosting the World Cup on home soil, South Africa finally returned to football’s biggest stage in 2026 — and did something Bafana Bafana had never managed before: they reached the knockout rounds.…
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How South Africa’s Biological Vineyards Are Reshaping Wine Tourism eyesonsouthafrica Amsterdam, September 5, 2026 – At the southern tip of Africa, where the Cape Fold Mountains meet two oceans, a quiet revolution has been unfolding among the vines. For centuries, the Cape Winelands built their reputation on world-class wine. Now they’re building something else too:…
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