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SADiLaR Applauds Members Elected to the Council of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns
14 October 2026 The South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) warmly congratulates its members and associates on their election and appointment to leadership and specialist roles in the Council of the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Science and Arts) and its Commission for Language Technology. Among the newly…
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Summit to Define, Build and Shape the Future of Digital Humanities in South Africa
17 September 2026 South Africa’s digital humanities community is set to come together for the Digital Humanities Cluster Summit, taking place from 7–9 October 2026 at the University of South Africa (UNISA) in Pretoria, with online participation also available. The three-day national gathering will bring together researchers, educators, students, institutional leaders, information and infrastructure specialists,…
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Advancing AI for African Languages at the LLMs Symposium and Workshop
9 September 2026 The conversation around the future of Artificial Intelligence and African languages took centre stage at the Large Language Models (LLMs) symposium held on 31 August 2026 and workshop from 1-4 September 2026, hosted by the Telkom Centre of Excellence in ICT4D at the University of Fort Hare. Under the theme “LLMs for…
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Building resilient economies Through language, technology and opportunity: Mmasibidi Setaka-Bapela’s journey
31 August 2026 The growth of African languages in the digital age depends not only on technology, but also on the people developing the resources, conducting the research and creating new opportunities within the field. Among them is Mmasibidi Setaka-Bapela, a Digital Humanities Researcher working primarily on Sesotho, whose eight-year journey at the South African…
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DH-IGNITE: Connect. Learn. Grow.
28 August 2026 On the 24th of August 2026, the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLaR) brought together researchers, academics and digital humanities enthusiasts for a powerful one-day DH-IGNITE workshop at Birchwood Hotel. The workshop explored the growing intersection of digital humanities, computational social sciences, technology and indigenous language research, with a strong…
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Building the networks behind South Africa’s digital future
27 August 2026 What does it take to build a resilient scientific community? Sometimes, it is not a groundbreaking discovery or a headline-making research paper. Sometimes, it is the work of bringing people together, building partnerships and creating opportunities for others to learn, connect and grow. For Jessica Mabaso, this kind of connective work has…
