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Karachi’s PAF Masroor received highest monthly rainfall of 606mm.

While the recently published National Data and Cloud policy is comprehensive and says many right things, it comes across as if the government is trying to do too many things with too few resources at its disposal, writes David Monyae.

May 19, 2021 Comments on government’s controversial proposed data policy – the Draft National Policy on Data and Cloud, released on 1 April 2021 – were due yesterday (18 May). The policy, in which the government will become co-owner of all data generated in South Africa (SA), has already attracted widespread debate amongst commentators, with many saying that it raises issues around privacy and has the potential to scare off much needed investment into the sector. But, it may be too soon t...

Daily Maverick 168 weekly newspaper. Government’s proposed data policy in which the government will become co-owner of all data generated in SA has come under withering fire from local and foreign legal and digital experts. SA’s Draft National Policy on Data and Cloud, released on 1 April 2021, seeks to put government at the heart of data control, ownership and distribution in SA, proposing a data policy that is massively more state-centric than the global norm. The policy is ostensibly des...

Apr 22, 2021 The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) has welcomed the government’s commitment to strengthening its digital capacity and moving the country into the 4th Industrial Revolution – but it has questioned the need for the government to create a new SOE, and the implementation model and costs associated with some of its plans. Responding to the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies’ draft national data and cloud policy, which out...

Mother arrested for locking up, starving daughter for 10 years in Kano On By Bashir Bello A mother, identified as Rabi Mohammed, has been arrested by operatives of the Kano State Police command for locking up and starving her daughter, Aisha Jibrin, for 10 years in Darerawa Quarters, Fagge Local Government Area of the state. Rabi and her husband, Mohammed Jibrin, who is now at large, allegedly locked up their 15-year-old daughter inside a room (solitary confinement) within their house for abou...

By Bashir Bello A mother, identified as Rabi Mohammed, has been arrested by operatives of the Kano State Police command for locking up and starving her daughter, Aisha Jibrin, for 10 years in Darerawa Quarters, Fagge Local Government Area of the state. Rabi and her husband, Mohammed Jibrin, who is now at large, allegedly locked up their 15-year-old daughter inside a room (solitary confinement) within their house for about 10 years without proper feeding and health care. Spokesperson of the stat...

According to him, the fire started around 10.15am and engulfed the said DPC before it was contained by the Federal Fire Service (FFS). “The Staff made spirited efforts to bring the fire under control using fire extinguishers, but they were overwhelmed until the arrival of officers of the Federal Fire Service who subsequently quenched the fire. “The physical items burnt include Industrial Printers used for the printing of the voter register, Laser Jet Printers, Dell and Blade Servers, Desk T...

Vanguard News Fire razes Data Processing Centre at Kano INEC office On By Bashir Bello, Kano An early Tuesday morning fire outbreak has razed the Data Processing Centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC office in Kano State. It was gathered that the fire incident started at about 10:15 am. The fire razed the whole building, destroyed all equipment and other valuables. The spokesperson of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi confirmed the fire incident. Abdullahi s...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 3:06 pm An early morning fire outbreak has destroyed a section of the State Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Kano. The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Fire Service, Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the incident to The PUNCH in Kano on Thursday. He said the fire which started about 10.30 am, on Tuesday, affected the Data Processing Centre of the INEC office and a section of the administrative department of the comm...