Computing SA staff

National ICT industry associations from across Africa, meeting in the Pilanesberg on Sept. 26, agreed to establish the African Federation of Information and Communication Technology Associations (Aficta).

As final preparations are put into place for the regional meeting on Women and ICT, scheduled for Oct. 20-22, the three-day conference has attracted over 35 powerful regional and international speakers.

Significant opportunities exist in the ICT sector in the Western Cape, which is the third largest employer in this region and worth about R43 billion (US$6.7 million). This is according to Masedi Molosiwa, Cape Information Technology Initiative (CITI) executive director, and keynote speaker at Futurex Cape 2004, which started in Cape Town Wednesday.

South African asset performance management specialist, Pragma (Pty) Ltd., has secured part of a US$7 million asset optimization project for Indonesian electricity utility PJB, a subsidiary of state-owned Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN).

New legislation on data protection and privacy is due to be promulgated in the near future, and is expected to impact the way in that may affect how many South African businesses conduct their affairs.

Global communications company, Avaya Inc., and its South African distribution partner, Kathea, announced Wednesday that Avaya's converged communications system for office applications

DataPro Pty. Ltd., the soon-to-be-listed niche telco and Internet Service Provider (ISP), commented Tuesday that it is comfortable with the R324 million (US$48 million) acquisition of the ISP business of Tiscali South Africa (SA).

Telkom SA Ltd. has been ordered by the labour court to postpone its retrenchment process until it and organized labour have concluded consultation talks on the rationale to reduce staff numbers, says George Nkadimeng, Telkom's employee relations executive.