It is a well known fact that the rural parts of South Africa is far worse off economically than the more populated city areas. This is especially so today, as the cities are developing at a ever increasing pace, leaving the rural country side further and further behind every day.
How can this ever widening gap be brought back under control? Why should we even care? What has this got to do with ICT?
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I run web design courses in various shapes and sizes, using mostly Joomla and WordPress as the underlying framework. Students often ask me why they need to go the extra mile. Is a basic website not all they need?
My answer to this question often depends on the sophistication of the audience.
Before I answer this one let me clarify something quickly. I operate in George, which is in the Garden Route, where the typical web design student is a small business owner that sells to real people within the local area, and not to online customers.
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The Garden Route has long been a quiet tourist destination, with little technology focussed business happening in the coastal towns of George, Knysna and Mosselbay.
The top industry sectors in the region has always been tourism and agriculture, with building and property development coming third. Recent economic changes has seen the building industry shrink, and the ongoing drought has made agriculture less sustainable. The economic profile of the region needs a change in order to sustain growth and employment.
Repositioning the region as a technology destination is not only a smart economic move, it is also the ideal move given all the region has going for itself already.
It has the infrastructure, the people, political will and the ability to make it happen.
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