As the local government elections draw near in South Africa, the digital spaces where voters gather have become as contested as any ward or municipality. It’s a familiar scene: a person sits on a minibus taxi, phone in hand, thumb scrolling through a torrent of political posts. A video appears that shows a candidate from an opposition party making a shocking statement. It’s blurry, out of context, but deeply alarming. Without checking, they forward it to a family group chat. Within hours, the video has been viewed thousands of times, and the damage is done. But the video was a…

The Day That Changed Everything: Reflections on 9/11 at 25 Years As we approach the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001, it feels almost surreal to think that a quarter-century has passed since that devastating morning. For those of us who lived through it, the memories remain as vivid and painful as if they happened yesterday. I was still in high school when the world changed forever, one of the fortunate few who witnessed the second plane strike the World Trade Center live on television. It wasn’t planned or expected; we simply happened to be in the right place at…