The ANC responds to the contentious ICT policy directive, which is viewed by some as SA bending its transformation rules to enable the licensing of Starlink.
Mondli Gungubele, who served as communications and digital technologies minister since March last year, is now deputy minister of the department.
With the process to capture and validate election results under way, ITWeb compares the CSIR’s predictions with the official preliminary results.
Africa Check’s Election Information Hub focuses on the accuracy of claims made by the three major political parties.
The governing party debuts the myANC Digital app ahead of the elections, joining other political parties in electioneering via tech.
The Independent Electoral Commission fires the employee it identified as leaking political parties’ candidate lists online.
The IEC’s notifications do not provide sufficient details about the incidents to make them compliant with POPIA, says the watchdog.
All three of South Africa’s biggest political parties’ manifestos ramp up their ICT plans, as they prepare to do battle for votes at the polls on 29 May.
The president says 4IR technologies will expand employment opportunities, and the government should turn to green energy.
The African National Congress’s 8 January statement puts implementing digital migration and access to broadband among its key economic priorities in 2022.
Top news headlines for 3 to 8 January 2022
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The state capture report reveals how the technology services firm made several donations to the ruling party before scoring lucrative government tenders.
The political party launches a crowdfunding campaign, to raise funds in a way that it says is responsive to Political Party Funding Act requirements.