What does the future of archives look like in the age of artificial intelligence (AI)? At this year’s South African Society of Archivists (SASA) Annual Conference in Cape Town, that question took centre stage. As archivists, we’re not just preserving the past, we’re rethinking how we capture, describe, and share it in a rapidly evolving […]
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4 January 1948 – Lieutenant-Commander John Fairbairn clambers ashore on Prince Edward Island and claims it for South Africa. Following the occupation of Marion Island on 29 December 1947, Lieutenant-Commander John Fairbairn, Captain of the frigate H.M.S.A.S. Transvaal, is landed by “crayfish dinghy” after being towed by the ship’s motor boat into Cave Bay on […]
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Communication is a crucial element of survival when you are based at one of the SANAP stations for more than a year. Previous there was no internet and communication was only by telex and radio. In the modern ear there are new options such as email, WhatsApp and more. BUT this will only be possible […]
