Joburg aims to be a smart city, employing IT to sense, analyse, integrate, and react intelligently to improve its activities.
Not one submission to the original payroll tender module of the IFMS tender met the mandatory requirements.
Under the 10-year deal, Civica will deliver all the council's core ICT operations, to achieve savings and improve services.
The Curiosity rover will help assess Mars' habitability.
Microsoft SA, YES to equip 300 000 youth with AI skills
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The state infrastructure provider is still probing whether money changed hands over a cable tender dating back to last year.
PSICT Forum - Digital literacy and leadership for public service excellence
There cannot be a choice between upgrading roads and developing public transport; both are needed, says Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi.
PPPs to fast-track digital transformation
Hosted in partnership with ITWeb Brainstorm and BCX, a Public Sector in ICT Forum event took place at Protea Fire & Ice in Menlyn on 17 August. Attendees could benchmark with industry leaders who have entered successful PPPs and engage in meaningful conversation to foster change in the digital journey of both the public and private sector. #ppp #digitaltransformation #bcx
Cultural, gender and language barriers must be surmounted to make the opportunities offered by ICT available to all, says the DOC.
The Department of Science and Technology will host events around the country to build public support for the bid to host the SKA.
Proposed changes to the Electronic Communications Act will strip more power from SA's already-weak communications regulator.
Mapping the digital transformation journey
MTN and Microsoft partnered with Brainstorm magazine in hosting three executive roundtables at The Saxon on 21 June. The conversations that took place focused on the digital transformation journey for the public sector, enterprise and SME markets. #mtn #microsoft #digitaltransformation
The National Planning Commission calls for a substantial policy review across the ICT sector.
It appears e-tolling is set to hit the province early next year, despite opposition and ongoing consultative processes.
The new National Development Plan identifies technological change as one of the key external drivers of change in SA.
The city is filling a revenue hole by aggressively cutting off accountholders, despite billing problems, says the opposition.