Tectonic: SA Minister Outlines OSS Plans May 16, 2003, 07 :00 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (5940 reads) (Other stories by Alastair Otter)
"Responding to a question in Parliament this afternoon, South African minister of public service and administration Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi described in detail her department's support for open source software in the delivery of public services. In her response to a question from ANC MP Andries Nel, Fraser-Moleketi said OSS was already widely used by government and was 'part of a deliberate strategy aimed at generating widespread knowledge and understanding [of ICT].'
"'OSS has recently emerged as a powerful way of generating knowledge as well as economic value... and we are working on this quite extensively,' said Moleketi..."
