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The State Information Technology Agency (Sita) is hosting a conference this month to meet private sector companies and thrash out how technology can improve government services to the public.

Sita procures technology equipment for government departments and runs the state’s payroll system and national voice and data networks.

Read more: South Africa: Technology’s role in delivery

The establishment of a governance framework for a single public service, updates to the online portal and site visits by senior officials, are among the latest government initiatives set to boost service delivery.

Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi outlined these and other initiatives in Pretoria today, at a media briefing on progress of the Governance and Administration Cluster.

Read more: South Africa: Framework, ICT and Site Visits to Boost Service Delivery

Three months since issuing a challenge to the ICT industry, acting municipal manager Vuyo Zitumane has what she sought – a framework to deliver a world-class, citywide information and communications technology platform.

She called on vendors during the ICT Summit in April to lay aside their commercial interests to help Nelson Mandela Bay municipality develop and implement a strategy to bring it on par with leading cities.

Read more: South Africa: Municipality‘s ICT platform for delivery now in place

The Gauteng Provincial Government will launch the Kwa-Thema Multi-Purpose Community Centre on Saturday, 29 July 2006, as part of Public Service Week.

The MPCC will serve as a one stop service point from which communities can access various government services and products, and is one of many being developed nationwide.

Read more: South African government launches e-government Community Centre

The lack of information and communication technology (ICT) skills at municipal level is reaching crisis proportions, says Joint Initiative for Priority Skills Acquisition chairman Gwede Mantashe.

“Municipalities must systematically build management competencies if they are to deliver quality service,” Mantashe told a two-day conference on municipal technology in Johannesburg yesterday.

Read more: South Africa: Shortage of IT skills ‘hampers councils’

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