This is the second 2025 issue of the Southern African Review of Education. This issue contains eight articles. At present, the most compelling change impacting on higher education is that of generative artificial intelligence or AI. This includes even the operation of journals and during recent weeks, the Southern African Review of Education has had to put in place a protocol regarding AI (this protocol is now part of the guidelines for submission, to be found at the back of this issue). With still many more questions than answers as to how to respond to AI, in the first article in this issue, Aslam Fataar reflects on Gen AI and academe.