Bridges

06.09.2004 Civil society in South Africa must urgently state its needs and concerns to the ICT Empowerment Working Group if they are to be reflected in the final draft of the ICT Charter.

02.09.2004 Bridges.org along with other organisations are going to hold a meeting on 8 th September to prepare a civil society input for the draft ICT Empowerment Charter of South Africa, to be presented to the Government soon. Written communication can be sent to ICTpolicy@bridges.org.

31.05.2004 Despite South Africa's pro-active initiatives in reaping the benefits of ICTs for societal development, its legislation prohibits deployment of technologies such as voice over internet. Such inhibition of easy-to-use and cost-effective ICT applications can have negative impact on the country's development, warn analysts.

31.05.2004 Despite South Africa's pro-active initiatives in reaping the benefits of ICTs for societal development, its legislation prohibits deployment of technologies such as voice over internet. Such inhibition of easy-to-use and cost-effective ICT applications can have negative impact on the country's development, warn analysts.

12.05.2004 Low bandwidth and lack of computer access hamper African open source developers from exploiting their skills in software development.