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In 1995 there were more telephones in Manhattan than in the whole of sub-Saharan Africa and a majority of Africans had never made a telephone call. Such statistics illustrate both the problems and the opportunities South Africa faces. We now live in an ‘information age’ and the capacity to progress and develop adequately depend more and more upon the mastery of information technology. Speaking at the opening of the four-yearly International Telecommunications Union (ITU) conference in Geneva in 1995 President Mandela said:
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Arnold, G. (2000). Catching Up. In: The New South Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230213852_11
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