Jumbling the letters of people`s names to produce humorous results has long been a pursuit of wordsmiths. Now the fever has hit ITWeb`s offices.

Last week saw further progress on the ICT empowerment charter as well as the continuing squabbles surrounding the proposed staff cuts at Telkom.

As South African companies clamour for cheaper bandwidth, others blame the 'greed` of local ISPs for the poor state of Internet development.

Around August every year, I usually try to regain lost balance by focusing on something other than work. It`s tough, if not impossible.

Estate agents, the very people who are supposed to make purchasing a house simple, endeavour to make the process as complicated and unpleasant as possible. The Internet provides a solution.

Last week saw news about a possible delay to the second national operator (SNO) licensing date and the government`s new procurement policy.

Failure is often blamed on technology. Even the outcome of some modern wars has been ascribed to technology failure. But is it the technology that fails or the people implementing it who fail?

Telkom is a prime example of why company policies are meaningless unless properly monitored and enforced.

Bad driving has finally united all South Africans, transcending all cultural, financial and gender divides.

Last week saw the furore re Telkom`s possible acquisition of Tiscali SA taking much of the local ICT headline space.

While it is easy to understand the anger aimed at Telkom and Sentech, it is time to get real about the broadband Internet access problem and direct attention where it should always have been.

While it`s no use fighting spammers, it is still possible to direct your wrath at friends who send nonsense to your inbox daily.