Published on Pambazuka News (https://www.pambazuka.org)

Home > South Africa: NGOs petition government to adopt FOSS

Contributor [1]
Monday, September 11, 2006 - 03:00
Categories: 
Internet & technology [2]
Issue Number: 
269 [3]
Article-Summary: 

The South African NGO sector is gathering momentum to petition the South African government to adopt free and open source software. The petition, to be sent to Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, the minister of public service and administration, calls on government to reduce the country's dependence on software imports.

Category: 
Advocacy & Campaigns [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/internet/36931 [5]
Country: 
South Africa [6]

Source URL: https://www.pambazuka.org/node/36160

Links
[1] https://www.pambazuka.org/author/contributor
[2] https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3305
[3] https://www.pambazuka.org/article-issue/269
[4] https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3291
[5] http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/internet/36931
[6] https://www.pambazuka.org/taxonomy/term/3287