To get things going one has to go out and meet people. Best if you don’t know what the goal is. Anna and Ron Wertlen went to Cape Town for three quite different and very interesting meetings. RLabs and Marlon Parker in Athlone: The VSA, eKhaya ICT and RLabs want to work closely together and Read more about VSA partners in Cape Town: meetings and projects.[…]
In South Africa taxi associations do not pay taxis and from what I understand, they’re not really in awe of the government. For instance, if the government tries to introduce a bus system; they kick up a storm – until the proposed system is shelved or scraped. Hence they hike up their prices at will. Read more about About taxi fares, air planes, and twisted perceptions[…]
Albert Yovu is a modern day hero. He is a quiet unassuming man, with a wide smile and a passion for teaching. He also loves working with computers. He teaches Life Sciences to grade 11 and 12 learners at Zwelenqaba SSS. He is one of the 4000 temporary teachers whose contracts were summarily cancelled in Read more about Eastern Cape Teacher Teaching Without Pay[…]
Manuela Walsdorf-Maul from the Technical University Berlin and Anna Wertlen from the Village Scribe Association visited the Bulungula Incubator (BI) in Nqileni last week (2.-6.3.11). Together with Annette Champion, Rejane and Dave Martin, they discussed the possibilities for a school extension project in the area. Mrs Walsdorf suggested that German students finish outstanding work and Read more about VSA, BI and TU Berlin cooperate in school extension project in Nqileni[…]
The VSA has some exciting new developments to report: Anna Wertlen is currently writing a proposal to the Makana Municipality for the usage of a large building in Joza-Rhini. Several stakeholders are interested to move into the building to strengthen and widen partnerships to serve the community, eg. RLabs, the Centre for Social Development, The Read more about VSA 2011 activities[…]
Ron and I have just registered for the Net Prophet Conference in Cape Town. Anna will represent the VSA and Ron eKhaya ICT. Together we will present our Village Scribe Project, awareNet, TeleWeaver and much more. This is how Net Prophet describes itself on its homepage: Take the most innovative/successful/creative/ambitious thinkers and entrepreneurs in the Internet Read more about VSA at NetProphet[…]
TeleWeaver is a hybrid on- and offline product which allows access to Internet services in a manner that is friendly to mesh networks. Mesh networks are an important source of access in the African environment. Another unique feature of TeleWeaver is its low-maintenance architecture. Through OSGi, a technology standard developed for motor vehicle software and Read more about About TeleWeaver[…]
Thozi Ngeju works for the VSA and is the community coordinator for the Grahamstown-Rhini region. He teaches awareNet to the learners at various different schools in the township. (Click here to find out more about Thozi.) “So far January has been slow because of the holiday. However, I’d like to note that this should be Read more about Thozi’s January news[…]
Reed House Systems, our partner in developing software for African communities, is looking for an additional junior programmer, as well as an administrator or coordinator. If you are interested, please send your CV and a cover letter to hiring [at] eKhayaICT [dot.] com.
Ron Wertlen visited Nkwalini with Darren Anderson, SELF’s new Technical Project Manager for Africa (17-18/1). The solar infrastructure of the Zwelenqaba SS School that Mr Anderson had to inspect was in excellent shape: “I have never seen anything like this,” he said as he inspected the 48 batteries in Zwelenaba’s bank, all of which were Read more about Nkwalini news[…]