If our government is serious about the Fourth Industrial Revolution, why don’t the majority of schools have computer teachers and computer labs?
As a young man growing in the Eastern Cape, one of my favourite radio broadcasts to listen to was Radio Freedom because I was fascinated by the machine gun jingle at the start and end of the broadcast.
It may not have the sound of an AK-47 rifle, or freedom songs and speeches that inspire people to take a stone or petrol bomb and throw it at the police Casspir, but it is serious business that everybody needs to take seriously. It is a silent revolution affecting the entire universe and impacting every individual.
Going to the bank now means you are going to talk to a machine rather than a human being. The computer, cellphone and telephone have replaced face-to-face interaction in today’s banking.
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