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State hints at flexibility on changes to Icasa bill
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ICASA fights to keep name
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/tel...p?A=ITG&S=IT in Government&O=E&CiRestriction=
"Lyndall Shope-Mafole, director-general of the Department of Communications, said the proposed name change was part of an overall education strategy by her department to get the public to know that the “e” in various names such as “e-government” meant electronic.
“Part of the department's mandate is to take this country out of the industrial age and put it into the information age. But if they [ICASA] want to stay in the industrial age, then so be it,” she said."
...on recent evidence seems that the Director-General needs to learn that a closed mouth gathers no feet...
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/tel...p?A=ITG&S=IT in Government&O=E&CiRestriction=
"Lyndall Shope-Mafole, director-general of the Department of Communications, said the proposed name change was part of an overall education strategy by her department to get the public to know that the “e” in various names such as “e-government” meant electronic.
“Part of the department's mandate is to take this country out of the industrial age and put it into the information age. But if they [ICASA] want to stay in the industrial age, then so be it,” she said."
...on recent evidence seems that the Director-General needs to learn that a closed mouth gathers no feet...