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SAFM Interview: Zero-rating of mobile content

SAFM Interview: Zero-rating of mobile content

You can probably count on one hand the ways in which the poor half of South African people could be immediately included in new opportunities for socio-economic development. Bridging the digital divide is one of them. DGMT CEO David Harrison joins SAFM to talk about the zero-rating of mobile educational content of public benefit organisations […]

Are NGOs doing the work of the state? Should they?

Are NGOs doing the work of the state? Should they?

People in South Africa are used to reports of organisations like Gift of the Givers stepping in during humanitarian emergencies, or service delivery NGOs helping with HIV or tuberculosis programmes. But is there not a risk of the state becoming overly dependent on NGOs, and might this not mask state failure and thereby undermine democratic […]