{"id":548101,"date":"2006-02-27T07:48:17","date_gmt":"2006-02-27T07:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/548101-new-heads-for-hi-tech-department-appointed.html"},"modified":"2006-02-27T07:48:17","modified_gmt":"2006-02-27T07:48:17","slug":"new-heads-for-hi-tech-department-appointed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/548101-new-heads-for-hi-tech-department-appointed.html","title":{"rendered":"New heads for hi-tech department appointed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new appointments were approved by cabinet last week. <\/font><\/p>\n

The department has lost high ranking staff at a time when government is increasingly viewing the information and communications technology sector as vital for job creation, for winning foreign investments and for creating economic growth. <\/font><\/p>\n

Rapid changes in technology are seeing telecommunications, broadcasting and computing technologies become increas- ingly blurred and have given the department a heavy workload. <\/font><\/p>\n

The department is frequently criticised for moving too slowly to keep abreast of advances and outdated legislation is preventing industry players from making the most of new technologies. <\/font><\/p>\n

Keith Shongwe has been appointed deputy director- general for strategic policy co- ordination, integration and international affairs. <\/font><\/p>\n

Shongwe was previously a senior GM at the State Information Technology Agency, heading up its centres of excellence. <\/font><\/p>\n

Harold Wesso has become the deputy director-general responsible for policy development. <\/font><\/p>\n

He presently leads the Western Cape provincial government\u2019s technology programmes. <\/font><\/p>\n

He is also a member of the e Health Commission of the Presidential National Commission on the Information Society and Development. <\/font><\/p>\n

A third move sees the department\u2019s chief financial officer, Harry Mathabathe, become the deputy director-general for finance, state-owned enterprises and small, medium and micro- enterprises. <\/font><\/p>\n

The department is expected to announce further steps to liberalise the telecommunications sector next month. <\/font><\/p>\n

Keith Shongwe has been appointed as the deputy director-general for strategic policy coordination, integration and international affairs. Shongwe was previously a senior general manager at the State Information Technology Agency, heading up its centres of excellence. <\/font><\/p>\n

Harold Wesso has become the deputy director-general responsible for policy development. He currently leads the Western Cape Provincial Government\u2019s technology programmes. He is also a member of the e-Health Commission of the Presidential National Commission on the Information Society and Development. <\/font><\/p>\n

A third move sees the department\u2019s chief financial officer Harry Mathabathe become the deputy director general for finance, state-owned enterprises and small, medium and micro enterprises. <\/font><\/p>\n

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THE communications department has appointed three new deputy directors-general, which it says is a \u201cshot in the arm\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548101\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}