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The telco ramps up its network modernisation efforts in Mpumalanga and Limpopo, as it looks to rollout further new 5G sites in the provinces.
The provincial government introduces coding and robotics in 128 Mpumalanga schools, as part of a pilot programme.
The comms minister switches off the province’s last analogue transmitter, noting digital migration is on course in SA.
Software AG, in partnership with E&T Minerals, Africa Teen Geeks and UNICEF, will modernise the computer lab and library facilities at Tsiki Naledi Secondary School in Hendrina, Mpumalanga.
The planned network investment for the 2021 financial year of R350 million is aimed at modernising, upgrading, building new sites and transmission links.
The company is in the process of constructing 16 fibre networks in the two provinces, to connect over 50 000 households and businesses.
The Department of Communications, and the MTN and SABC foundations partner to help learners in Vuwani, Limpopo.
Six Mpumalanga schools will have access to tech centres valued at R5.4 million.
Communications minister Faith Muthambi will visit the communities of three provinces to spread awareness on the significance of digital migration.
A fully-equipped learning facility has been made available to community members in Mpumalanga.