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How did we do this year?

We’ve put four entities under the microscope: the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies, the Information Regulator, SITA, and ICASA, and our findings are reminiscent of my long-suffering primary school teachers, who said: “Shows potential, but must try harder.”

Dark days ahead

It’s probably going to get a lot worse before it gets better, particularly for SMEs.

Rico Luman

Hilton Tarrant

Why aren’t we doing better?

The biggest challenges South Africa faces are those of its own making.

Mark Walker

Matthew Burbidge

Airport security

ACSA is a critical part of the country’s infrastructure, but it has a large cyber target painted on its back

Thipe Khaole

Kirsten Doyle

Public sector: still testing cloud waters

Many in the public sector still say they’re waiting for a clear directive from government on cloud use.

Vodacom Business

Matthew Burbidge

Digital by default

For cities like Cape Town, embracing digital enables better decision-making so that it’s possible to deliver a more effective service to citizens, staff and stakeholders.

Theresa Uys

Joanne Carew

No clouds forecast for Limpopo

Among public servants in Limpopo, there are still fears over how data is secured in the cloud.

Limpopo

Matthew Burbidge

Going dark

How do you solve a problem like Eskom?

Andre de Ruyter

Hilton Tarrant

Squaring SITA

Tired of fruitless turnaround strategies at the State IT Agency, interim CEO, Luvuyo Keyise, is working to address the agency’s challenges from the ground up.

Luvuyo Keyise

Joanne Carew

SITA’s silver lining

The slow march of government departments adopting cloud services finally seems to be picking up pace.

SITA

Matthew Burbidge

Taking Africa's first highspeed train into the future

Digital transformation at the Gautrain is all about efficiency, automation and customer experience, says the company’s CIO Nkhanedzeni Lugisani.

Joanne Carew

Bringing the public sector into the light

Where is the public sector bringing digitalisation to bear, and where is it failing?

Matthew Burbidge

Taking on the cellular Goliaths

Telkom seems to be getting its ship right and is one of the few state companies that successfully plays in the private sector space.

Natasha Meintjies