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SA urged to improve its maths, science education at primary school level

South Africa would have to continue to find ways to support teachers and schools, provide strong primary school education and increase the country’s pool of mathematics specialists who taught at...

Cabinet approves ICT road map

ICT

Cabinet this week approved a road map aimed at promoting and strengthening the development of research, development and innovation (RDI) in South Africa’s information and communications...

SA: Maite Nkoana-Mashabane: Address by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, following the conclusion of bilateral meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, Pretoria (29/04/2013)

SPEECH

Today I had the pleasure of hosting my colleague Dr Guido Westerwelle, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany. Of course this is not the first time we have met. Last year,...

Promoting Local IT Sector Development through Public Procurement (April 2013)

IT

Local purchases of goods and services in the information technology sector by government offices has untapped potential for stimulating domestic economic progress, particularly in developing...

UN: Navi Pillay: Address by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the University of Witwatersand, Johannesburg, (17/04/2013)

SPEECH

Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for this kind invitation; I'm very pleased to be home, and at Wits. In the past four and a half years - since I became the High Commissioner for Human Rights - my...

DoC calls for broadband policy comments

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The Department of Communications (DoC) on Wednesday called for comments on the proposed National Broadband Policy for South Africa. Stakeholders would have 30 days from its gazetting, on April 3,...

Outline of the ICT Policy review process, 2013

Topics

In April 2012, the Minister of Communications Launched a process· to review the· Information and Communications technology (ICT) policies. To this end a National. ICT Policy Colloquium was held...

Broadband the key to Africa’s growth

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Information and communications technology (ICT) development would drive the predicted 5.4% gross domestic product (GDP) growth within sub-Saharan Africa, said telecommunications group Ericsson...

Daily podcast – April 2, 2013.

PODCAST

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ordered the release of all political prisoners on Monday. The move was cautiously welcomed by the opposition in the tightly-controlled African country....

Prasa awards R485m digital radio system contract to Huawei

Rail

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has awarded information and communications technology giant Huawei a R458-million contract to supply a digital radio communications system for its...

SA: Zweli Mkhize: Address by the KwaZulu-Natal Premier, during the State of the Province Address, Royal Showgrounds, Pietermaritzburg (28/02/2013)

SPEECH

The warmth of the embrace we feel each time His Majesty the King sits among us on the occasion of the State of the Province Address is an inspiration that drives us as he guides and commands us in...

From silos to systems: Dealing with population health challenges in the world today

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

In a recent blog post,(2) Devi Sridhar draws attention to the fragmentation that has accompanied the interpretation and implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This...

SA: Statement by the Department of Sport and Recreation, on remarks by Fikile Mbalula at the the Africa Cup of Nations Press Club briefing (16/01/2013)

SPEECH

Ladies and Gentlemen, yesterday the President of the Republic of South Africa, President Jacob Zuma visited our national team, Bafana Bafana to motivate them when they were preparing for the Africa...

SA: Statement by the Government Communication and Information System, on reports of hacked government websites (11/12/2012)

STATEMENT

The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has noted media coverage over the weekend, reporting that three government websites were hacked. In fact, the websites were defaced, and not hacked,...

ICT increasingly important for economic development

ICT

The development of information and communications technology (ICT) is becoming increasingly important, not only for the transformation to a networked society, but also for economic development. For...

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