Saturday, January 28, 2012
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Keeping it real

The phrase “at the time of writing” could scarcely have been more pertinent while we were putting together this edition of Converging Communications. Cables landing all around us, legislations fluctuating, new players entering the market and old players reinventing themselves – the last few months have been torrid for South Africa’s telecoms sector, and keeping on top of it takes some doing.
These boots are made for walking Paraphrasing a Nancy Sinatra number to talk about effective e-government might seem a bit of a stretch, but at a time when South African citizens are taking to the streets to protest about government’s failure to deliver on promises, lines like “someone else is gettin’ all your best” and “you keep samin’ when you oughta be changin’” just keep coming to mind.
The silver lining Letter from the editor At a time when it seems that everywhere you look, clouds are in the way, it’s nice to find a little silver lining for those involved in e-commerce in South Africa.

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