Millions unspent in drive to bring SA’s poor online

Theledi acknowledged that the agency’s record was poor. Of SA’s 27000 schools, only 7000 had internet access. The agency had funded computer labs for only 234 schools, and just 90 of those had internet access. It wants to open 200 new computer labs a year and take internet access to 3000 schools a year.

Its 154 community telecentres have been equally unsuccessful. Some have no staff with the skill to run them, or the equipment has been stolen.
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This is to me the understatement of the century!:sick:

The USA's inability to manage themselves and see to it that they implement their mandate has been so poor, that even I would not really want to give them MORE money, when they have proved to be ineffective with the money they have been allocated in the past.

The treasury’s communications director, Thoraya Pandy, said the levy would be reinvested in the sector, but only when the agency could demonstrate a sound business plan and the ability to execute it. In the past it had struggled to spend its cash or present proper plans.
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Agreed. Show what you want to do with the money first, then you get it. It is just common sense.
 
Actually I am with the Treasury on this one. If they're not capable of handling the money, why should they get it?
 
I don't get it

in August we had this:

Government rejects used UK computers

which said:
A BRITISH charity that recycles computers discarded by top UK companies says it could make SA’s 5-million secondary school pupils computer literate for just R50m.
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and now we have this:
Theledi acknowledged that the agency’s record was poor. Of SA’s 27000 schools, only 7000 had internet access. The agency had funded computer labs for only 234 schools, and just 90 of those had internet access.
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If the structures are not in place, the Treasury can't fund something that isn't there. Someone has to light a fire under the arses of the people who are in charge, because clearly they are not doing their jobs!
 
there are stories i cannot tell you which would make you hair curl about the incompetence at USAASA

to be fair tho there has been a significant improvement since the new guys came in although how you are meant to be efficient when you rely on the DoC and ICASA is beyond rational thinking
 
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