South African Minister of Communications Dina Pule has announced the ICT Policy Review Panel that will advise the Department as it proceeds towards developing a Green Paper and later, a White Paper on Integrated National ICT Policy.
The panel will be divided into the six focus areas; Broadcasting, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Postal, Content Development, Digitising Government, and Investment and Manufacturing.
The panel’s first meeting is scheduled for January 2013, with a further three meetings scheduled for the rest of next year. The TORs for the panel are available on the DOC website.
The panelists are: Charley Lewis; Professor Shaun Pather; Calvo Mawela; Lehlohonolo Letele; Dr Tracy Cohen; Kerron Edmonson; Lucky Masilela; Angeline Maseko; Johann Koster; Sizwe Lindelo Snail; Monde Twala; Sipho Johannes (Joe) Mjwara; Lulama Nongogo; Elizabeth Libby Lloyd; Hlukanisa Richard Jossy Zitha; Mothibi Glenview Ramusi; Atul Gupta; Mpho Mosimane; Febe Potgieter; Professor Tshilidzi Marwala; Peter Uys; and Snakes Nkateko Nyoka.
Said Minister Pule: “We are now a step close to developing the ICT policies that will make the country competitive and bring millions of South Africans into the knowledge and information society.
“It is humbling to receive the amount of support that we are getting from society and the industry as we seek to overhaul the ICT Policy landscape in our country. This is a great act of patriotism as so many people answered our request for their time and their expertise. A lot of the respondents are people that we have worked with before and they bring a wealth of experience to our processes.”
