Government continues to push for investment in digital infrastructure, allocating more than R3bn for its own projects, while working to increase private participation, currently estimated at about R50bn in the next three years, writes Legalbrief. Significantly, in last week's ... Read More
Government policy on AI will be finalised in the 2026/2027 financial year, with an implementation plan expected soon. A TechCentral report notes that the draft policy will be discussed by the economic cluster ministerial council this month, before it heads ... Read More
The Department of Communications & Digital Technologies (DCDT) has introduced several reforms to arrest the governance crises within its entities. An IT Web report notes that this was revealed during a briefing to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications & ... Read More
The Minister of Communications & Digital Technologies, Solly Malatsi, has recommended the approval of Dell’s Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP) application. A MyBroadband report notes the Minister doubled down on his goal of enabling the full recognition of EEIPs in ... Read More
By 2035, Africa will either have dismantled the trade constraints that hold it back, or entrenched them permanently through inaction. Writing in an IT Web analysis, Peter Walsh, MD of CommsCloud, notes that ‘the next decade won't be shaped ... Read More
* The Vodacom Foundation, in partnership with the Eastern Cape Department of Education, has launched a R1.5m School of Excellence (SOE) at Lavelilanga Secondary School in Komani, Eastern Cape. This marks an expansion of its technology-enabled education programme in the ... Read More
* The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice & Correctional Services is calling for public input on candidates to serve as members of the Information Regulator. It has published the names and CVs of 21 candidates on Parliament’s website for public comment ... Read More
* Zimbabwe has made a significant step towards digitising its national libraries and information service system, with the establishment of an official body to oversee the project. Torerayi Moyo, Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, inaugurated the National Libraries and Documentation ... Read More
Smart ID records Khoi-San nameIn a groundbreaking moment last week, Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber last week handed over the first Smart ID Card that officially records a Khoi-San traditional name. This follows recent upgrades to the Department of ... Read More
