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Department of Science and Technology (DST) director-general Phil Mjwara called on the ICT industry to support innovation by dipping into its collective wallet.

Mjwara said government realises information and telecommunications technology are essential agents in generating economic growth “and, therefore, creating jobs, fostering social development and improving the quality of life”.

Read more: South Africa: ICT must fund innovation

Anyone who has ever spent hours waiting in a queue in a government building can appreciate the difference that technology could make to their lives.

Imagine the incredible distances travelled and intense discomfort suffered by a senior citizen queuing for hours for their pension, the frustrations of youngsters trying to secure bookings for their driver’s licence tests, the traveller who spends hours or even days between departments for an emergency passport, the recuperating patient living in a rural area who has no link to his health care provider...

Read more: South Africa: Effective harnessing of ICT, skills and people key to public sector delivery

Service delivery calls for a re-engineering of the way the public sector and private enterprise do business.

The trick is to balance profit and results.

Anyone who has spent hours waiting in a queue in a government building can appreciate the difference that technology could make to their lives.

Read more: South Africa: ICT is the mainframe of a better life for all

Die südafrikanische Regierung hat diese Woche neue Richtlinien für minimale Anforderungen an Interoperabilität in behördlichen Informationssystemen herausgebracht (PDF-Datei). Sie sollen eine reibungslose Kommunikation innerhalb der und mit den Behörden gewährleisten, enthielten daher ausdrücklich Definitionen von offenen Standards und berücksichtigten das von der ISO als Standard anerkannte Open Document Format (ODF), geht aus dem Papier hervor.

Read more: Südafrikas Behörden sollen mit dem Open Document Format arbeiten