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Sub‐Saharan Africa to pay $71 bln mobile tax by 2012 - (29 May 2008)
Taxes are strangling the growth of the mobile phone industry in sub‐Saharan Africa, with most mobile
operators expected to pay $71 billion in tax by 2012, the GSM Association (GSMA) said on Thursday...
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Regional ICT usage under review - (28 May 2008)
Stakeholders in the public and private sectors in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
will meet in Mauritius this week to discuss the use of ICT by governments in the region.
The seventh annual SADC ICT in Government Summit and Networking Forum takes place from 29 to 31
May...
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DPSA renews e‐govt push - (27 May 2008)
Despite e‐government failing in its implementation so far, government is embarking on a renewed,
aggressive drive to fully automate 100 public services.
This is according to public services and administration minister Geraldine Fraser‐Moleketi, who
yesterday announced her department would kick‐start this drive with a bid to automate six essential
government services that affect the poor directly...
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Latest documents
Provincial Draft Spatial Database Policy - (13 January 2010)
Provincial Draft Spatial Database Policy
Policies - download >>
Provincial Draft Data Distribution Policy - (13 January 2010)
Provincial Draft Data Distribution Policy
Policies - download >>
Foundational Programme - (29 October 2009)
The Foundational Programme develops initiatives that underpin the ProvincialrnGovernments ability to deliver services effectively; initiatives that are requiredrnfor other programmes; and initiatives aimed at establishing a reliable, fit-forpurposernICT infrastructure and organisation.
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