The increase in the volume of data for the public sector means South Africa cannot ignore analytics, says SAS.
Authorities' lingering failure to address a flawed e-toll Gazette has legal implications that will see Sanral having to refund e-toll fees, says JPSA.
Whoever is appointed communications minister after the elections will need a steady hand and a longer tenure than their predecessors.
But Sanral says e-tolling is not plagued by problems - and criticism of the system is just a product of wishful thinking.
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The UK's transport department gives the equivalent of over R500 000 for the development of a smartphone app to report potholes in the region.
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Sanral says e-toll offenders will be legally charged - and the route to be followed when issuing a charge is not the same as for a traffic offense.
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The communications minister justifies Cabinet's decision not to make set-top box controls mandatory.
The Justice Project SA says the department and Sanral must get clarity from the High Court before claiming a Gazette mistake has no legal bearing.
Justice Project SA calls on the transport minister to instruct Sanral to stop levying e-tolls until a Gazette oversight is rectified.
The roads agency says it is almost at the point where it will no longer respond to Outa's anti-toll assertions.
The fight against e-tolls rages on as the anti-toll alliance continues to probe compliance.
The Square Kilometre Array Organisation is considering changing its governance structure to a treaty organisation.