Articles about Wits School of Business Sciences

Beyond AI: Why cyber security remains a human discipline

Artificial intelligence is reshaping cyber security, but what it leaves behind may matter more than what it automates.

The ghost workers behind the AI revolution

How Africa’s invisible digital labour is fuelling the AI revolution and why it’s time to confront the human cost.

When digital progress leaves basic literacy behind

Digital access is expanding fast across South Africa, but without basic literacy, can it truly empower?

Don’t let AI in schools become the next e-tolls debacle

AI surveillance in education promises efficiency, but like e-tolls, it risks importing foreign systems that fail our people, values and lived realities.

The land grab we’re not talking about is digital

As tech superpowers redraw the borders of a new digital empire, South Africans risk becoming digital tenants in their own land.

Who shapes the digital future? South Africa’s G20 test

SA’s G20 presidency offers a rare chance to put sovereignty, inclusion and employment justice at the heart of global AI governance and safety.

AI versus AI in cyber security supremacy

The tug-of-war between defensive and offensive AI is reshaping cyber security, but we must move beyond the fantasy of perfect protection.

Can South Africa power its AI revolution?

AI promises economic transformation, but demands vast energy resources, exemplifying the classic tension between innovation and failing infrastructure.

Reframing smart cities for the African context

By recognising the complexities of African urban life, smart city projects can evolve into inclusive spaces where tech serves as a means rather than an end.

Are universities ready for next wave of cyber threats?

As cyber security becomes increasingly complex, higher education institutions must know their strengths, vulnerabilities, opportunities and threats.

Are digital technologies fighting corruption or fuelling it?

Why South Africa’s governance environment holds the key to digital anti-corruption technologies.

The 4IR dilemma in education

Bold, comprehensive and urgent education reforms are needed to ensure SA has a skilled workforce for the fourth industrial revolution.