Nokuthula Mazibuko started writing professionally for South African TV, radio, and print seven years ago. She’s written for Soulcity and Molo Fish II, and more recently appeared as a writer on Litnet (the young voices online writers’ conference).
Thulacreative.co.za is my first bold professional step into the net!” she says.
And bold it certainly is. […]

Nathaniel Stern, Christo Doherty and WSOA Digital Arts worked together to launch Art & Technology, johannesburg (AT.joburg)
in November, 2004. Its intentions are to “promote, explore, discuss and exhibit art and (artists working with) technology in South Africa and the world”.
AT.joburg is a completely “open” resource - the software that it runs on (Wordpress) […]

The latest edition of Commons-sense is now available. If you’re interested in the use of Creative Commons in education, or if you want to hear about the world’s largest encyclopedia in the world, or if you just want to know how to port the Creative Commons licences to your own country and how to use […]

Andrew Rens, legal lead of Creative Commons South Africa, has released the latest version of the ccSA licence. Remember to send comments by the end of the week! After that, we’re going to send the final draft to cc HQ for approval in time for the May launch.

For three days, participants from around Africa and the world will gather to strategise towards the realisation of an African Digital Information Commons.
This international event, carried out with a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), will encourage understanding of how alternative approaches to copyright and content-sharing, enabled by digital technologies and electronic networks, […]