SABC Plus you have a golden opportunity here but your app is not handling. I hope it's not just one guy on his way in from Alberton trying to fix everything.

My first art posters when I decorated my room at res, (after the Sara Moons and magazine pullouts I left at home), were so peaceful and beautiful. And were by David Hockney. Really loved his work. RIP.

It's Killarney today and I can hear Skippie doing donuts from all the way over here. Go Skippie!

Never ever thought I would say this but I'm so glad the wind is back. It has such personality that I missed it.

This MUST fall on appeal. Shocking. He should go to jail for 25 years. ‘He had a bad life’: No jail time for man convicted for possession of child abuse images news24.com/southafrica/crime…

A musician friend was recently fooled by an AI song. Long story, but she asked her guitar teacher to help her find the music for the song and the discovery was made. I can't help treating my release radar with some suspicion lately.

Really loving the Kylie doccie. Never a music idol but as familiar as the ocean, the stars, the mountains. I cynically rejected because how could SA&W dominate public radio so firmly, killing other genres? But really, the doc is also a time capsule of before everything changed.

Thank you @CityofCT for fixing a manhole leak in our street within an hour of reporting it, and on a Sunday. Incredible!

We were in Malawi, driving on fumes. We ran out of petrol exactly in the embassy parking lot. The foyer smelt of bobotie. The staff were so happy. An old black man hobbled out, having voted for the first time. That brought me to tears. Never take Freedom day for granted.

𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆. Media person/journo: MultiChoice, M-Net, SuperSport email addresses have changed (to canal-plus.com). If you're emailing someone like PRs, They're NOT getting it. No redirects were set up. You're sending into a void. They don't know & you don't know.

Terribly sad news. Jonisayi had a cool head, fast fingers and a kind heart - a great journo. Lots of love to his family.

Hard news news photography is the toughest job in the business IMO. You get one chance.

Do your police statement online. What could possibly go wrong? 😅 #Sona2026

Due to circumstances of hideous complexity, I'm back on MyCiTi, which seems to have had a tech glow up at its tapping points. But mostly, no matter how nice the car nest is, whizzing past congestion is very satisfying.

Boeing head of media comms: I was *this close to leaving on time to keep up my New Year gym resolution 🤣

I'm so old that this is the first time I've heard him speak even though I tormented the family with them at the time on my dad's green record player that had three speeds 😅

You may remember an article in a South African newspaper [I don't remember which one, but they did interview me then] a few months back reporting that my books and those of Nadine Gordimer were used to train ChatGPT without our permission. Some of you who are bo-tsebanyane (know-it-all) sneered when I posted that we were going to sue for compensation. Well, we did sue and there was a case - what they call class-action in the USA - called Bartz v. Anthropic which we [fellow writers whose books were used without our permission] won. I received an email from my agents in London which partly reads: "There was a major copyright lawsuit in the US brought by authors against AI company Anthropic for using books without permission to train large language models. A settlement agreement was preliminarily approved in September 2025. The settlement would see authors whose US publications have been used by the company to train AI-models receive a share of $1.5bn." Whereas the newspaper article had only mentioned Ways of Dying, it turns out that six of my novels were used to train AI and I was none the wiser: The Heart of Redness, The Madonna of Excelsior, The Whale Caller, She Plays with the Darkness, Sometimes there is a Void. Don't be deceived by the billions. They are not all coming to me. They are shared by many writers in the USA. But at least, however little, I will be compensated for each of the books that were used. Damn! I didn't know of my contribution in the development of AI. But the only reason I am telling you this story is to ask the question: what about our South African writers? You can't tell me that these AI developers only used books published in the USA. Does South African law allow South African-based writers to fight for their intellectual property rights in South African courts? Or does the so-called "fair use" doctrine leave them out in the cold from enjoying the fruits of their labour? Find out from those who know.

Is there a technological explanation for why MTN blocks airtime if data is finished. They are separate products no?

JOB OPPORTUNITY: @News24 is looking for a digitally savvy production journalist to join its production desk night team in Cape Town. At least 3-5 years' experience and a relevant tertiary qualification are required. 🗓 Deadline: 16 May. Details: t.ly/A2rgn

If one is ona data and airtime package, why is the airtime blocked when the data is finished?