The dti's dti.gov.za website isn't working, so I tried thedti.co.za and lo and behold. A new website and all sorts of great Robisms. The first Robism you see is the gazetting of the forgotten about ICT Charter under section 9(5). It does seem a little different to other charters and includes a section for specialised entities. There are also different weightings for the elements
|
Element |
Weighting |
Targets |
|
Ownership |
20 |
30% |
|
Management |
10 |
50% |
|
Employment equity |
10 |
43-80% |
|
Skills development |
17 |
3% (same as the dti's) |
|
Preferential procurement |
20 |
70% (dti's 6 year target) |
|
Enterprise development |
11 |
5% of NPAT |
|
Socio-economic development initiatives |
12 |
1.5% of NPAT |
And what about the features
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Lasts until 31 March 2026!!! What!!! (no it's true)
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5% of NPAT for 11 points (ED) – wow what a great deal
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More pages dedicated to ownership than anything else
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1.5% of NPAT for 12 points under SED (with the added word – INITIATIVES). That's a better deal.
I would suggest that this is another piece of rubbish, written by people with little tolerance for sense (you know like jungle). Please protest against this thing vociferously – it reeks of ancient thought processes and ………. rubbish. You've got until the 10th of August this year.
It does seem a little different to other charters and includes a section for specialised entities. There are also different weightings for the elements
It does seem a little different to other charters and includes a section for specialised entities. There are also different weightings for the elements