Service delivery is a major problem as it is, but what exacerbates the issue is when those charged with using our tax monies to deliver services too often use it to further their own ends and enrich themselves. So it is to be welcomed that Minister of Justice and Reconciliation Jeff Radebe has announced that the
names of those government officials convicted of corruption are to be published.
In a similar vein, National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel says there should be
consequences for public servants who do not deliver. Many people might add to that: "What about adding non-performing government ministers and provincial MECs to the mix?"
Writing from the US, Reuben Yonatan tells us
what we can expect from VoIP in 2013. As he says, the future is always bright for any kind of computer-related or especially internet-related technology so we can always expect new innovations, but just what sort of innovations can we predict?
It is the government's job to provide the environment in which business can thrive, and it is the job of business to then provide employment. Unfortunately, it appears that in SA much conspires against the establishment and healthy growth of SMEs; a recent
study finds South Africa is hostile to SMEs.
Finally, the thought of our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser in makeup - fancy or otherwise - is, well... deeply disturbing. But the same cannot be said, thank goodness, for Opel's new OPC rocket, which Henrie reckons is
a rocket ship with fancy make-up.
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Embarcadero Technologies, a provider of software solutions for application and database development, is actively engaging with the academic community across South Africa to support secondary and university-level ICT education in the country. 
In a move that will revolutionise the way that they study, CTI Education Group will become the first higher education institution in South Africa to offer its students tablet computers loaded with prescribed textbooks, at no extra cost. 
Training courses presented by Camargue Underwriting Managers through its Liability Academy for Brokers (LAB) are now CPD accredited. This was recently confirmed by the Insurance Institute of South Africa. 
A strict new regime that will ensure training and re-skilling of municipal staff is to be introduced in the Eastern Cape in pursuit of total audit compliance. 
The Hurst Campus has received an international endorsement from the Institut Paul Bocuse, by being accepted as the newest member of its Worldwide Alliance. It joins a group of the "best hospitality management and culinary arts schools and universities across the world". 
Substantial progress has been made the past decade and a half in relation to schooling, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande claimed on Tuesday (19 February). 
Despite it being a legislative requirement, several government departments on Wednesday (20 February) denied responsibility for drawing up and publishing the National Scarce and Critical Skills List - indicating the confusion that resulted after President Jacob Zuma increased the number of ministries in 2009. 
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