South Africa’s new Smart ID card is one of the most advanced IDs in the world, said the solutions director of LAWtrust, Maeson Maherry.
Maherry, who was speaking at a cybersecurity symposium in Johannesburg, is overseeing the seven-year eID project with the Department of Home Affairs. It is one of LAWtrust’s largest programmes.
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‘We will work with the e-government department to further refine and improve the online application system.’
The Gauteng department of education will continue to use the online application system for 2018 admissions.
This is depite the demands of several parents that the old system be reinstated after thousands of pupils were still not placed on the first day of the new academic year.
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Latest-generation enterprise technologies have the potential to improve financial and operational management within public sector entities, and enhance service delivery to citizens, write John Mokiti, business development manager: government and public services for South Africa at Wipro, and Gavin Holme, country manager: Africa at Wipro.
EOH expects growth from its e-government solutions portfolio, with a number of new investments in this area in the Middle East, as well as continued focus on the South African market.
The technology and knowledge services provider highlighted its expansion in the e-government market through a SENS statement on Friday, saying it believes the pipeline for its solutions is strong.
SA's national and provincial government department ICT expenditure reached R14 billion for the 2015/2016 financial year.
This is according to a new report published by BMI-TechKnowledge (BMI-T), which shows how much money government dedicated to ICT for the year in question.