South Africa’s telecoms and postal services minister Siyabonga Cwele has called on the public to provide written input on the ICT roadmap, following approval by Cabinet to gazette the national e-strategy, e-government and ICT SMME support strategies.
The telecoms department said in a statement that the strategies are aimed at leveraging technology to modernise service delivery and make the ICT sector more inclusive.
This may sound like an idealistic thought, but data-driven policies are having a real-world impact in several countries.
A sad reality of this hyper-partisan, politicised era is that many policy proposals are immediately identified as either “left-wing” or “right-wing” and lauded and derided by partisans as if by rote, with little room for discussion about soundness or impact. But there is an alternative that could help us get past this political divisiveness: using data to help us focus on the policies and investments that would have the biggest positive impact on society.
‘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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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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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.