PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO: 1739
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 24 June 2011
QUESTION PAPER NO: 18
DATE OF REPLY:
Mrs J D Kilian (Cope) to ask the Minister of Communications:
1) Whether his department has a database listing public schools and
clinics that have been linked to reliable terrestrial internet
infrastructure; if so, what are the relevant details; if not,
2) whether his department has taken any steps to compile such a database;
if not, why not; if so, what steps?Â
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REPLY:
(1) The Department has a database listing public schools that have internet
connectivity as supplied by the Department of Basic Education. The
Department does not have a database listing clinics but the Department
of Health has been requested to assist in this regard. Such data is then
held by the Department on completion of the specific projects and added
to existing databases.
(2) As mentioned above, the Department has regular meetings with the
departments to collate the information so as to update the database. The
Department is working both internally and with ICASA to further improve
the data storage requirement.