Job seekers will soon be able to apply for government jobs through the e-Recruitment system that was launched by Public Service and Administration Minister Ayanda Dlodlo
Addressing the launch on Wednesday, the Minister said the e-Recruitment system is being phased in starting with the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), which is expected to go live on Wednesday and it will be speedily rolled out to the whole public service.
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While the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) acknowledges it is not institutionally ready to fully maximise the Internet of Things (IoT), government views IoT as a catalyst for smart service delivery. SITA, however, aims to improve the country's state of readiness to adopt, implement and roll out IoT technology.
This is according to SITA CEO, Setumo Mohapi, who was speaking at an IoT Industry Day organised by the agency in Pretoria yesterday. He said the organisation plans to roll out an IoT strategy in 2019 to 'leverage pockets of IoT development and innovation, harness available skills and implement an ecosystem based on open innovation'.
E-government services are one of the key areas the administration should be looking to pay more attention to in 2019.
This is the sentiment shared by Frost & Sullivan, stating that government is yet to take full advantage of the potential offered by advanced technologies such as the cloud and the Internet of things.
Newly appointed communications minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams delivered her first official public address on Friday, just 24 hours after being sworn-in.
Speaking at the launch of government's private cloud by the State IT Agency (SITA), Ndabeni-Abrahams said history was being made with this initiative.
To fund phase two of the Gauteng Broadband Network (GBN) infrastructure project, the Department of E-government will reprioritise ICT expenditure in departmental budgets.
This is according to Barbara Creecy, finance MEC and head of the e-government department, in response to Gauteng Provincial Legislature questions.
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