Smart ID card roll-out on course
Home Affairs says it will introduce the first smart ID card in the second quarter of this current financial year. Speaking during her budget presentation to Parliament, Home Affairs minister, Naledi Pandor, said the smart ID cards would be rolled out to all first-time ID and re-issue applicants. The department is currently piloting the smart ID [...]
ICT incubator shows growth
Thirty-one ICT small businesses being incubated at the Seda Nelson Mandela Bay Information Communication Technology Incubator (SNII) have produced solid results, generating R6 million in turnover and creating a combined 95 direct and indirect jobs in the 2012/13 financial year. Funded by the SEDA Technology Programme and the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, SNII is a hub [...]
Gauteng Online under review
The Gauteng provincial government has cancelled the tender for the provision of e-learning services for the Gauteng On line project. This is after the schools project was placed under strategic review as the province searches for ways to incorporate e-Learning, which was not part of the existing scope, and to merge the project with the Gauteng Broadband Network once it has been [...]
Telkom offers voluntary severance packages
Telkom has announced to its employees that management and bargaining unit staff will be afforded the opportunity of applying for voluntary severance (VSPs) and early retirement packages (VERPs) from 15 March 2013 until 31 August 2013. This follows formal consultation with internal and external stakeholders, including the three recognised trade unions – Communication Workers Union [...]
Joe Mjwara to chair ICT review panel
Minister of Communications, Dina Pule, has appointed Joe Mjwara as the chairperson of the ICT Policy Review Panel. Lucky Masilela has been appointed as the deputy chairperson of the review panel. Pule also announced the appointment of the members as chairs of various committees. Libby Lloyd will head up the Broadcasting committee; Tracy Cohen was appointed to chair the [...]
Govt mulls options for Telkom
Communications minister, Dina Pule, is finalising the options for Telkom‘s future. According to her department, she is completing the process in consultation with the Telkom board. This is after options were submitted to Cabinet and returned to Pule following the board changes at the company. Pule has met with Telkom twice already with the last [...]
ICT training for Gauteng youth
The Gauteng provincial government says over 5000 young people have been placed in internships in the private sector in critical skills areas such as ICT. Speaking during the State of the Province address, Gauteng premier, Nomvula Mokonyane said another 6500 young people would be placed in learnerships and internships to gain experiential learning. “Our skills [...]
Telkom Internet unveils 40Mbps products
Telkom Internet will on 4 March launch VDSL-based broadband products that will see customers experience speeds of up to 40Mbps. Telkom MD for consumer services and retail, Maneliso Mavuso says the development of these products revolutionises the internet experience in SA. “This is in line with the greater focus on our ISP to enable powerful [...]
ICASA publishes digital migration position paper
The Position Paper on Digital Migration Regulations has been published in the Government Gazette by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). The purpose of the position paper is to provide clarity on the regulations to participants in the communications sector and to specifically address matters that were not covered in the previously published [...]
Communications DG still on leave
The Department of Communications (DOC) says its Director General, Rosey Sekese, remains on special leave. According to the DOC, the matter is being handled internally. Sekese was initially place on special leave until 15 February 2013, as the department carried out internal processes. This followed comments by Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Communications that the DG had misled them on the [...]
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