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South Africa hopes to fully implement its National AI Policy by the end of the 2027/28 financial year.
The Post Office’s new long-term strategy plans to diversify its mandate into e-commerce, fintech, and digital services.
South Africa has ambitions to develop and launch its own communications satellite system, which the Department of Science, Technology, and Innovation says will save taxpayers billions every year.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi says the cost of living is too high to implement an additional tax in South Africa.
Through NEMISA, South Africa aims to train one million citizens with digital skills by 2030.
The SA Connect programme aims to provide reliable broadband connectivity to government facilities and underserved communities.
The communications department has shared a timeline for finalising a policy that could pave the way for Starlink’s launch in South Africa.
The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies has approached National Treasury for R803 million to complete the analogue switch-off.
Portfolio Committee on Communications chairperson, Khusela Diko, says the SABC is teetering on the brink of collapse without a sustainable funding model.
Communications minister Solly Malatsi says the SABC and National Treasury will decide on a service provider to develop a new funding model for the public broadcaster this week. After that it will need roughly three weeks to finalise the model.