[3], On 30 May 2019, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng inaugurated the newly appointed ministers and deputy ministers at the Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guest House in Pretoria.[4][5][6][7]. As respective G20 Ministers, we acknowledged the fact that digitisation presents both benefits and challenges to society. We will further repurpose the South African Post Office to take advantage of the thriving e-Commerce and financial services environments, with the latter through the Post Bank. Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams (born 30 June 1978) is a South African politician and the current Minister of Telecommunications and Postal Services. The list of participating stations is hereto attached. Additionally, 100 SMMEs and individuals will be trained on fibre and Wi-Fi deployment skills, in partnership with the Wireless Access Providers Association (WAPA). Whilst we acknowledge that some jobs will become obsolete, we cannot afford to bury our heads in the sand and ignore this critical phenomenon, the opportunities it presents, and the necessary steps that we must take as a nation to minimise risks and maximise benefits. Nevertheless, I regret none of my pronouncements on Ndabeni-Abrahams’ failure to communicate adequately on the missed deadline. As such and as part of the Internet for All Initiative we have established a Working Group on Content which has commenced with translating Wikipedia content into the ten official languages of South Africa, save for English. It seemed odd that a statement on delayed policy direction (to be provided by the minister to Icasa) should be posted on the Icasa website and nowhere else, which I noted in my report on the development. Broadband Infraco has rolled out 15 000km of fibre and 147 Points of Presence throughout the country. The outcome of the Digital Economy Summit will serve as an input into the work of the Presidential Commission.

[2] The cabinet is the third cabinet in Africa to be made completely gender-equal in its composition and the first gender-equal cabinet in South African history. We invite partners to join us in this digital skills revolution. Contributions must come from all industries and our efforts must seamlessly be felt within and outside the borders of our country. Staff Writer 26 July 2019. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. It presents an opportunity for all in society to participate in the digital economy, whether it be for social welfare or business interests; as creators or consumers of goods and services; and whether trading locally, regionally or internationally. Honourable members, this brings me to the Appropriation of our Budget. We have, since our appointment, been seized with the task of creating a new department that places at its centre, the digital transformation of government and support for a digital economy and society. Recent studies by Accenture and the World Economic Forum estimate that the aggregate value that can be derived by our country from the digital transformation of our society and the economy is about R5 trillion. This page was last edited on 26 November 2019, at 00:51 (UTC). The Minister will attend and deliver a keynote address at the launch of Telkom’s fibre connectivity in Soweto as well as engage listeners of 25 community radio stations through a GCIS simulcast on South Africa’s Fourth Industrial Revolution interventions and its role in democratising communications for the unconnected. the previous day announced that Cabinet had approved the policy and policy direction and that, “in the next few days”, Ndabeni-Abrahams would release it and “brief the media”. In fact, the last time either department for which Ndabeni-Abrahams is responsible posted anything of importance on an official website was 9 July (in the case of the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services) and 18 July (in the case of the Department of Communications). This is exemplified by the Accenture Java Academy in partnership with Codex and the longstanding, proven Skills to Succeed Programme. The Second Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa was formed on 29 May 2019 after President Ramaphosa was inaugurated for his first full-term as President of South Africa following the African National Congress's victory in the 2019 South African general election.

In our quest to digitally transform the nation, we also acknowledge the fact that the vast majority of our people still lack access to digital infrastructure, which is the bedrock for the digital economy. In our oversight function, we will monitor the extent to which this commitment is sustained. The commission is mandated to advise government on 4IR policies, develop a framework for implementation of a multisectoral 4IR strategy; and coordinate, monitor and evaluate multisectoral initiatives that will position South Africa as a globally competitive player in 4IR. The Department is also working with SEDA to assist TAM gaming to offer training in township and rural areas. Pam Saxby played a key support role in the National Peace Convention, Codesa and related political transition processes. Government policy on licensing a high-demand radio frequency spectrum and developing a wireless open access network is a key component of preparing South Africa for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Minister of Communications, Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, welcomes the swift action taken by the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution to concretise its workplan. Growing SMME’s in the ICT sector and the digital economy in particular will be prioritised in the coming financial year. This did suggest that the “finalised” policy to which Icasa had referred had not, in fact, been finalised at all.

Facilitating access by new entrants to the telecommunications sector, establishing a viable, sustainable wireless open access network, increasing competition, promoting investment and reducing data costs had to be good for SA, right? WRC National Preparatory Group: Child Protection . iParioli Office Park, 1166 Park Street, Hatfield, PRETORIA; 120 Plein Street, Room 155, CAPE TOWN Further, it represents the extent to which societies can overcome their traditional challenges and people can lead dignified lives, be it through better guarantees of safety and security, easier access to effective healthcare, broader access to education, better social mobility through gainful employment or more comprehensive and responsive social protection systems. We are currently designing an optimal structural and institutional framework that will speak to our new mandate. Within the next few months the Commission will engage with key stakeholders and the public, working towards the development of South Africa’s blueprint on 4IR. To this end, working with National Treasury, we will in the next ten days, provide a portion of the interim relief and the remaining balance within the next 45 days.

I simply visited the account in the hope that she might have tweeted something, anything about the until-quite-recently elusive policy direction. The design and alignment of work will inform and guide how our continuing operations in relation to some of the key public policy promises made under the previous department.

Two months after the document was gazetted, when she replaced him in a Cabinet reshuffle, News24 described the new minister as “a rising star in the ANC’s top structures” and a “strong supporter” of Ramaphosa’s 2017 ANC presidential campaign. I’ve also commented in my reports on unfortunate utterances in parliamentary committee meetings by the late Dene Smuts and the DA’s Kevin Mileham.

on behalf of the ministry advising that, while “the policy direction on unassigned high-demand spectrum” had been finalised, it was still “going through the requisite processes” and could not be published at that stage. The Budget allocation for the Department of Communications in the financial year 2019/20 is R1 576 100 billion.

ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA TO THE 1ST SOUTH AFRICAN DIGITAL ECONOMY SUMMIT GALLAGHER CONVENTION CENTRE, JOHANNESBURG FRIDAY 05 JULY 2019 Programme Director, Mr Bruce Whitfield Gauteng Premier, Mr David Makhura Former President Kgalema Motlanthe Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Ms Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams Sadly, this has resulted in my being blocked by the minister from @Stellarated. How can any policy or policy direction be finalised without Cabinet approval? Facilitating access by new entrants to the telecommunications sector, establishing a viable, sustainable wireless open access network, increasing competition, promoting investment and reducing data costs had to be good for SA, right? At the time, Siyabonga Cwele was the telecommunications and postal services minister, with Ndabeni-Abrahams as his deputy. Within 90 days, the department will present the reviewed broadcasting digital migration delivery model in order to enable the swift release of the high demand spectrum needed for the rollout of broadband and effective DTT migration. The Minister of Communications and Telecommunications (formerly Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting) is a Minister in the Government of South Africa, responsible for overseeing the Department of Communications.

~ Niccolo Machiavelli, Please sign in or register to enable this feature. Skills Development as a key tenet of the 4IR, The late former President Nelson Mandela once said, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.”. That’s because my job is to monitor and report on public policy for Legalbrief Today. It seemed odd that a statement on delayed policy direction (to be provided by the minister to Icasa) should be posted on the Icasa website and nowhere else, which I noted in my report on the development. On 20 June 2019, in his State of the Nation Address, Ramaphosa said that “within the next month”, Ndabeni-Abrahams would issue policy direction to Icasa that would enable it to “commence the spectrum licensing process”.