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19 November 2008

The Deputy Minister of Communications, Mr Roy Padayachie will officially launch of the National House of Traditional Leaders (NHTL) website in KwaZulu-Natal on 21 November 2008. The Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) work-programme with the traditional leaders, which is being implemented over three years, is focused on the following areas of work:
* Development of websites for the National House of Traditional Leaders, the (eight) provincial and forty-nine local houses of traditional leaders.
* Digitisation of information for the provincial houses of traditional leaders.
* Monthly stakeholder engagement forums in the form of provincial roadshows.

Websites have been developed and are live for all the eight provincial houses of traditional leaders. The website addresses are as follows:

* Mpumalanga (http://www.mhtl.gov.za)
* North-West (http://www.nwhtl.gov.za)
* Gauteng (http://www.ghtl.gov.za)
* Northern Cape (http://www.nchtl.gov.za)
* Free State (http://www.fshtl.gov.za)
* Limpopo (http://www.lphtl.gov.za)
* Eastern Cape (http://www.ecphtl.gov.za)
* KwaZulu-Natal (http://www.kznphtl.gov.za)

The Department of Communications (DoC) is currently in a process of finalising contracts with e-co-operatives trained by Institute of Satellite and Software Applications (ISSA) as well as the e-cadres that were trained by the DOC through the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) programme to render the following services to the provincial houses of traditional leaders:

* Technical support in respect of the websites, including content development and updates as well as maintenance thereof.
* Providing technical support in respect of information technology (IT) needs of provincial houses of traditional leaders.
* Provide on-going, on-site training for the traditional leaders to utilize information communication technologies (ICTs).

The strategic intent of government's is to make available government information and services on line and promote national identity and social cohesion through the use of ICTs. Also, to ensure that people are empowered for self-employment, prioritising the youth. Underpinning the achievement of all of these objectives is the need to invest in infrastructure as well as research and development.

The details regarding the launch are as follows:

Invited guests
* Deputy Minister of Communications, all the national, provincial and local houses representatives have been invited by the national Chairperson, Inkosi Kutama
* Members of the Executive Committee of the national house
* Chairpersons and their deputy chairpersons of the provincial houses
* Two members each of the 49 local houses

Venue: Suncoast Hotel located in Durban
Time: 09h00 to 13h00
Date: Friday, 21 November 2008

Media will be addressed at 12h30
RSVP:
Joe Makhafola
Tel: 071 290 1735
E-mail: joe@doc.gov.za

Issued by: Department of Communications
19 November 2008
Source: Department of Communications (http://www.doc.gov.za)