Springbok Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is backing Maski, a free AI Tutor on WhatsApp designed to help South African learners with their homework, revision and exam preparation.
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It is 9pm. Your child is stuck on homework. You want to help, but you cannot remember Grade 8 Maths either.
A tutor is not available. Google gives you pages of answers. ChatGPT gives you an answer, but is it correct? More importantly, does it match what your child is actually being taught and will be assessed on at school?
For many South African parents, this is a familiar evening.
Now there is another option.
“In rugby, you have a coach. In learning, you have Maski.”
That is the simple message from Springbok star Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, brand ambassador for Maski, a free, mobile-first AI tutor developed by Maskew Miller Learning for South African learners.
Access Maski now on WhatsApp. Add 072 091 0388 and send “Hi” to get started for free.
For Feinberg-Mngomezulu, the connection between sport and learning is simple. Nobody achieves their goals without practice and support.
“I train every single day and learners should train their brains every single day,” he says. That is exactly what Maski is designed to help learners do.
Maski is a free, CAPS aligned multilingual AI tutor for learners in Grades 4 to 12, available in five South African languages.
Learners can access Maski on the device already in their hands. There is no new app to download and no extra device needed. They simply add Maski on WhatsApp, send “Hi” and start asking questions.
They can use Maski when they do not understand something taught in class, need help with homework, want to practice a difficult concept, or are preparing for a test or exam.
ChatGPT can be useful, but it is a general-purpose AI tool. It is not purpose-built around the South African school curriculum, and, like other AI tools, it can sometimes give an answer that sounds convincing but is incorrect.
Maski was developed by Maskew Miller Learning’s AI and education specialists, based on its trusted textbooks already used in the classroom, together with Bytefuse, with input from more than 100 teachers and subject specialists.
That distinction matters. For parents, the question is not only whether an answer sounds right. It is whether it matches what their child is being taught and expected to know at school.
Maski is designed for that context. It gives learners a place to ask questions, practice, get feedback, and work through difficult concepts again, with support designed around the South African curriculum.
Since launching in 2024, Maski has already supported more than 208,000 learners and teachers across South Africa.
For Feinberg-Mngomezulu, that support is what makes the connection with sport so powerful.
On the rugby field, players have coaches, teammates, and support staff helping them improve. Learners also need someone in their corner when they are struggling.
Maski can be that extra support.
For parents, it also takes away some of the pressure.
You do not have to become the maths teacher, science teacher, and exam coach every evening. You just need to know where your child can get help.
So the next time your child looks at you and says, “I can’t do this,” you do not need to know the answer.
You can simply say, “Ask Maski.”
Access Maski on WhatsApp: 072 091 0388
Send “Hi” to get started for free.
Maskew Miller Learning, led by Keshree Alwar, is South Africa’s most trusted and innovative educational publisher with its titles including Platinum, Focus, Today and Afrikaans Sonder Grense, used by millions of South African learners and teachers.
