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  • South Africa: Thusong centres to get internet connection

    Government is to ensure that all Thusong Centers throughout the country are connected to the internet.

    Tabling his Budget Vote on Tuesday, Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloy said the department will ensure that all existing Thusong Centres are connected to internet facilities by the end of the financial year

    "We took a position to improve governance and service delivery through the use of internet technology, hence the projects e-government and e-cabinet," the minister said.

  • South Africa: Tshwane wants smart city status

    The City of Tshwane hopes to provide residents, schools and hospitals with cheap Internet connectivity by the end of the year, as part of its smart city programme.

    James Masonganye, head of operational system management for the City of Tshwane, says broadband Internet is key to providing e-government services for the community and needs to be implemented before the 2010 Fifa World Cup.

  • South Africa: UniNet shows the WiFi way

    The use of WiFi has long been touted as an important ingredient to solving South Africa’s telecommunication woes, and the Knysna project proves that this technology can live up to its promise.

    This ‘UniFi’ project, a partnership between between UniNet and the Knysna municipality, has proven to be very effective in reducing municipal telecommunication spending, bringing services to the town’s inhabitants at reduced costs and in shrinking the digital divide.

  • South Africa: Virtual private network-enabled Government Common Core

    The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has deployed the Government Common Core Network (GCCN) and the network is stable and ready to support the virtual private networks (VPNs) of various departments. The VPN-enabled government-wide multimedia communications network aims to reduce duplication, facilitate interoperability and improve cost-performance.

  • South Africa: Western Cape creates portal with Xhosa content

    The Western Cape government is to launch the Internet portal of its e-government initiative on Tuesday. It says it will be the first of its kind to offer content in English, Afrikaans and Xhosa.

    "To the best of our knowledge, we've created the first isiXhosa Web portal in the world - this is an important milestone for the Western Cape," says Western Cape minister for finance and economic development Ebrahim Rasool.

  • South Africa: Western Cape Finance Minister Launches Country's First Trilingual Web Portal

    The Government of the Western Cape has once again demonstrated its' commitment to service delivery and inclusivity, with the introduction of a trilingual web portal, the first time that such a service is available in three official languages.

    Citizens of the Western Cape will, for the first time in their lives, be able to source government information and services, in the language of their choice. Internet surfers can access information and services in either, Xhosa, English or Afrikaans.

  • South Africa: Western Cape government drives open source uptake

    If Africa in general, and Cape Town in particular, is to compete globally it has to move from being a consumer of proprietary software to becoming a developer and user of open source software, delegates at last week's Cape IT Initiative event were told.

    With this in mind, the Western Cape government is moving from a neutral to an aggressive phased open source approach.

    At a seminar hosted by the Cape IT Initiative (CITI) last week, entitled "FOSS: An Opportunity to Rise to Fame or Are We being Misguided?", delegates heard how the City of Cape Town and the Western Cape government were looking to phase in open source as well as skill up their staff in OS support.

  • South Africa: Western Cape moves towards e-government

    The Western Cape government has launched its Cape Gateway as part of its e-government strategy aimed at cutting red tape and promoting the province's call centre credentials.

    The regional government says the Cape Gateway project is the first of its kind in the country. It includes a walk-in centre where members of the public can have free Internet access to various provincial government sites and a call centre outsourced to British-owned firm Dialogue.

  • South Africa: Western Cape praised for ICT innovation

    According to a study by ForgeAhead, the Western Cape has some of the more advanced and innovative e-government frameworks and implementation plans in South Africa.

    The results of this study, entitled ‘The Western Cape ICT in Government Report', were revealed at the Western Cape Local Government Information and Communication Technology Committee (LOGICT): ICT in Government Provincial Conference last week.

  • South Africa: Why cheap broadband will change your life

    Providers left and right are creeping right out of the woodwork, launching uncapped 384K ADSL connectivity for R400 a month

    Yes, the services might not be much good as yet, but they’re popping up more and more aren’t they? Providers left and right are creeping right out of the woodwork and launching uncapped 384K connectivity for R400 a month, ISPs who still cling to monthly limits are selling in the R30 to R70 per GB range and falling, and the actual access element is about to get a whole lot faster as fiber-to-the-kerb projects enter their final stages. It’s a revolutionary time for the Internet in SA.

  • South Africa: Why e-govt failed

    More work has been done on e-government in the last six months than in the last six years, says government CIO Michelle Williams.

    Nonetheless, government now wants to move at least 100 services online, starting with six that affect the poor the most.

    Williams addressed an industry briefing on the Department of Public Services and Administration‘s (DPSA's) next-generation e-government platform, in Johannesburg, yesterday.

  • South Africa: Work to establish single public service proceeds

    Work is underway to integrate and harmonise the three spheres of government to ensure optimal service delivery.

    Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi told reporters today that government had commenced with work to create one public service to cover all spheres of government.

  • South Africa:e-Cipro misses first deadline

    But the office says the project is on track and will soon replace all manual processes.

    The Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (Cipro) will miss the deadline for the final implementation of the first phase of its e-Cipro project.

    According to Cipro CEO Keith Sendwe, the operation of the new workflow and document management system has been “slightly delayed” and will not be fully implemented this year.

  • South Africa:Gateway Project Offers 24-h Access to Integrated Government Service

    Government will, through the Gateway Project set up integrated one-stop service centres aimed at providing incorporated access to its services.

    It aims to use the Gateway Project (e-government), to deliver optimise service delivery, public participation and governance through technology such as the Internet and new media.

  • South Africa's biggest ICT challenges

    Corruption, cost of communication and a lack of skills are only a few of the problems South Africa’s ICT sector faces in 2014, according to the Cape Chamber of Commerce.

    Topping the chamber’s list, however, corruption remains the number one issue facing ICT and business in South Africa.

    “If we cannot turn this around, we will continue to see large capital expenditure in ICT being compromised,” the chamber told BusinessTech.

  • South Africa's SITA showcases achievements, demonstrates will to meet challenges

    Governments around the world, like the private sector, look to the efficiencies and advantages offered by information and communication technologies (ICT).

    However, unlike even the biggest of companies, governments have literally millions - sometimes hundreds of millions - of customers, since every citizen is, in effect, a customer to whom government is obliged to deliver services.

  • South Africa's tangled web

    Yet another set of statistics shows South Africa is not doing enough to increase Internet penetration

    According to a report released this week at the Internet Governance Forum, South Africa has fallen a long way in the African rankings since 2000, when it had 2.4 million subscribers representing 53 percent of internet users across the continent.

  • South Africa’s big smart city and bullet train promises

    When it comes to buzzwords and empty promises, “smart cities” and “bullet trains” are favourites among South African politicians.

    During his 2019 state of the nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa said he dreamt of a South Africa with an entirely new city with skyscrapers, schools, universities, hospitals, and factories.

    He also said South Africans should imagine bullet trains passing through Johannesburg as they travelled from Cape Town to Musina, and stopping in East London on their way back from Durban.

  • South Africa’s biometric industry under threat from ‘cowboys’

    Misinformed service providers, fly-by-night operators and ‘buck-chasers’ continue to pose a threat to the development of South Africa’s Biometric Identity Management industry by fuelling negative perception of products and undermine the value of legitimate offerings.

    Leading experts in this market believe the country faces an uphill battle against ruthless suppliers who vaguely understand biometrics and are driving sales targets without providing adequate after-sales service. There are also many posers who have no genuine track record in the market or sufficient expertise to add any real value.

  • South Africa’s ICT infrastructure surprisingly good

    Global Information Technology Report 2013 reveals that South Africa performs fairly well when it comes to ICT infrastructure, but our ranks is dragged down by digital content accesibility

    The World Economic Forum (WEF) released its Global Information Technology Report 2013 on 10 April, revealing that South Africa is performing above average when it comes to ICT infrastructure and digital content.

    The Global Information Technology Report 2013 features the latest results of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), offering an overview of the current state of ICT readiness in the world.

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