Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has backed a proposal to extend South Africa’s real estate investment trust (Reit) regime to digital infrastructure – a reform the sector has long argued could unlock billions of rand in capital for fibre networks, mobile towers and data centres. “While we work on stabilising…
While South Africa has made significant progress in connecting citizens to the internet, Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi says more must be done to unlock the full potential of connectivity. Source: [https://www.magnific.com/[Magnific]] According to the recently released Digital Infrastructure Investment Study commissioned by the Development Bank of South Africa, the true connectivity access…
Low-Earth orbit satellites are used to deliver broadband connectivity to communities worldwide. Low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite services form part of South Africa’s digital and connectivity future, communications minister Solly Malatsi told MPs yesterday. This, as connectivity gaps in the country continue to linger, with millions of South African households still without reliable and meaningful internet…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi Communications minister Solly Malatsi has placed faster, cheaper and more reliable internet at the centre of the department of communications & digital technologies’ agenda for the year ahead, adding that the state cannot afford to deliver these services on its own. Tabling his R2.55-billion budget vote in parliament on Tuesday, Malatsi…
Solly Malatsi, communications and digital technologies minister. The communications ministry has appointed an independent expert review panel of astute individuals to drive the development of the country’s artificial intelligence (AI) policy. Minister Solly Malatsi announced this during his department’s budget vote this afternoon, addressing the issue of the now-withdrawn draft National AI Policy. Last month, furore…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi has appointed an independent panel of AI researchers, lawyers and governance specialists to rebuild South Africa’s draft national AI policy, a document he was forced to withdraw last month after academic citations in its reference list turned out to have been fabricated by a generative…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Image: DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi could be summoned to parliament to account for the AI-generated hallucinations that forced the embarrassing withdrawal of South Africa’s draft national AI policy. The ANC study group on communications & digital technologies late on Tuesday called for the minister to appear before parliament’s portfolio committee…
Solly Malatsi, communications and digital technologies minister. Minister Solly Malatsi yesterday officially informed the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Communications and Digital Technologies about his decision to pull the plug on South Africa’s draft National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy. As a result, the minister also requested time before Parliament’s oversight committee to explain the events that…
Communications minister Solly Malatsi. Photo: Lerato Sepotokele/DCDT Communications minister Solly Malatsi is facing calls from across the political divide to withdraw South Africa’s draft national artificial intelligence policy after News24 revealed at the weekend that the document contains at least six academic citations almost certainly fabricated by an AI tool. Update: The draft policy has…
Solly Malatsi, communications and digital technologies minister. Communications minister Solly Malatsi has decided to withdraw South Africa’s draft National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy, citing integrity as the reason behind the move. This, after a News24 report at the weekend uncovered fake and made-up research used to draft the country’s AI framework. The news outlet stated that several…
