…rather late than never.
What the SA government under Mbeki should have done already in the late 90s, the Zuma government has now finally done: acknowledged the importance of the internet to economic development and (important) published a plan to get cheaper, faster internet to more people in SA. Eureka! [Read on]

First published on my old blog on 14/6/2005. An interesting read – more so now than then! A lot can happen in three, short years. 

South African newspapers reported yesterday president Mbeki had called a special sitting of parliament for today. Although he didn’t say what it was about, the media speculated Mbeki might use the opportunity to fire his deputy Zuma.  [Read on]