"We are here to learn and understand ICT legislation, to improve service delivery and ensure compliance" said Lufuno Raliphana, director at the Department of Public Service and Administration.
Raliphana further pointed out that the frameworks that are being developed are intended to enlighten communities about policies and regulatory framework that are a pillar of the ISAD plan.
Giving the keynote address at the E-government Learning Network Workshop Pria Chetty of Chetty Law said "south Africa has joined other African countries in a commitment to address the challenges and barriers to access ICT's collectively referred to as the digital divide knowing that access to ICT means access to transformative capacity of technology for all south Africans".
Chetty also said that South Africa has taken strides in providing for legal, economic and developmental frameworks that will serve as foundations for ICTs to deliver benefits and have wide equitable applications.
Chetty also explained that Section Two of the Electronics Communications and Transactions Act, embodies South Africa's intentions.
The objectives of the Act are to enable and facilitate electronics communications and transaction in the public interest. The ECT Act further provides legal validity to electronic communications and transactions and has ushered in an era of e-commerce in South Africa - E-bucks, Internet banking and mobile banking.
Autor(en)/Author(s): Mpholosane Sydney Modiba
Quelle/Source: AllAfrica, 02.10.2007
