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Sunday, 23.11.2025
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With only a few days since the Minister for Communication, Science and Technology, Prof Makame Mbarawa, launched a programme to connect secondary schools to the National ICT Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) across the country, teachers have expressed hope for better students' performance.

Speaking separately at Kambangwa Secondary School, Dar es Salaam, the teachers said they believe the system will act as a catalyst towards better academic performance as well as offload teachers' heaving burden of teaching.

Kambangwa Secondary School is the first institution in Tanzania to be connected with the NICTBB initiative which is powered by Vodacom Tanzania network. "We believe that this system will change the current teaching situation tremendously.

Read more: TZ: Teachers hail e-education through NICTBB

People residing in the City of Johannesburg currently cannot make payments or see their bills on the city’s e-services website, while ratepayers are unable to receive their statements via email due to “technical challenges”.

The City reassured its customers their information is safe with the city’s billing system and none of the information can be manipulated.

“The City of Johannesburg is currently experiencing technical challenges with the online viewing of e-statements. The problem has been identified and we are working around the clock to rectify the situation,” said the City of Johannesburg in a statement.

Read more: ZA: City of Johannesburg’s e-statement service offline

The nation’s capital has joined Cape Town and Stellenbosch in the race to roll out fast internet to the public, to the especial benefit of the poor, in a move that signals a newfound understanding of ‘digital rights’.

The nation’s capital has joined Cape Town and Stellenbosch in the race to roll out fast internet to the public, to the especial benefit of the poor, in a move that signals a newfound understanding of ‘digital rights’.

Read more: Internet for all: South Africa towns’ race for free public wifi

The electronic statement viewing system of the City of Joburg is remains offline following the discovery of a security flaw

Residents of the City of Joburg are still unable to view their bills on the e-Services portal of the municipality’s website after it was disabled due to the discovery of a security flaw over 2 months ago.

Ratepayers are also not able to sign up to receive their statements by e-mail due to the downtime, a spokesperson for City of Joburg told MyBroadband.

Read more: ZA: City of Joburg e-Statements still offline

Cabinet says it has faith that the public will abide by the law and buy e-tags, calling on Gauteng’s inhabitants to “demonstrate good citizenship”

President Jacob Zuma’s executive has called on the people of Gauteng to abide by the law and show good citizenship by registering for e-tags and paying for use of the world class roads.

Acting Cabinet spokesperson Phumla Williams told journalists on Thursday morning that ministers welcomed Zuma’s signing of the Transport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill into law as well as the Supreme Court of Appeal’s dismissal of an appeal by the Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (Outa) in its e-toll challenge against the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral).

Read more: ZA: Be a good citizen and buy an e-tag: cabinet

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