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Simnikiwe Mzekandaba

Simnikiwe Mzekandaba

IT in government editor

Simnikiwe Mzekandaba is the IT in government editor at ITWeb. She reports on tech initiatives, policies and digital transformation strategies in government, banking and education. She holds an Honours degree in Journalism from Rhodes University. Behind that smile, she is plotting how best to get government officials to respond to her emails before deadline :)

Articles

Emerging Technologies

Tech, skills mismatch debilitates SA’s public service

A study of the public service workforce’s skills and competencies uncovers limited technology proficiency and an HR system that is poorly utilised.

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KasiD looks to go international as business grows

The local food delivery service aims to be in more than 60% of SA’s 532 townships this year, reveals CEO Freddy Mahhumane.

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Comms minister, chairperson in spat over transformation laws

Minister Solly Malatsi says a claim that he is looking to appease business through new SITA regulations and equity equivalent programmes is devoid of truth.

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Sub-Saharan Africa is mobile money epicentre

After 25 years, mobile money surpasses two billion registered accounts and over half a billion monthly active users globally, says the GSMA.

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InfoReg takes data breach reporting online

The data privacy law enforcer launches an online portal for reporting data breaches, moving away from e-mailed reports.

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Enterprise Solutions

Common governmental digital identity platform in the works

Home affairs turns to the South African Revenue Service to deal with evolving challenges in digital identification and fraud detection.

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Video: Female tech leaders honoured for ‘rewiring’ the system

From the tenured to the rising stars, SA’s female tech change-makers were lauded at the second annual Wired4Women Awards ceremony last night.

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Telecommunications remains star of SA’s ICT sector

ICASA’s ICT sector barometer shows revenue in the telecoms sector reached R232 billion in 2024, with social media platforms driving the gains.

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Science dept lifts lid on cost to build SA’s satellite project

The locally-owned communications satellite would require a one-time capital investment of up to R6 billion.

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Altron CEO unpacks ‘significant’ opportunity as it turns 60

The JSE-listed group sets its sights on three areas to power the business, committing to being part of tech efforts to rejuvenate Johannesburg.

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Urgent 'all-inclusive' digital TV switch-over date required

Parliament's communications committee chairperson flags the challenge of maintaining dual-illumination at an exorbitant cost to Sentech.

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Another setback in SA’s analogue switch-off

The Gauteng High Court interdicts minister Solly Malatsi from switching off analogue signals and ending dual-illumination on 31 March.

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