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On April 26, 2026, Communications and Digital Technology Minister Solly Malatsi withdrew the Draft National Artificial Intelligence Policy, a day after News24 revealed the document contained at least six likely AI-generated, fictitious references. This withdrawal followed widespread calls from across the political spectrum for Malatsi to retract the policy, which escalated after News24 reported on April 26 that the document included academic citations almost certainly fabricated by an AI tool. News24 exclusively revealed on April 24 that some academic journal articles cited in the Draft National AI Policy were completely fictitious, suggesting an AI tool hallucinated them. Earlier, on April 1, News24 held its ‘On the Record’ conference in Cape Town, where South Africa's political and business leaders gathered to discuss the country’s unemployment crisis.
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