The government of Swaziland is now user-friendly following the launch of e-Government which will enable people to make payments using credit and debit cards, APA learns here on Tuesday.Prime Minister Barnabas Dlamini said government transactions would from now be processed from anywhere at any time without having to go to offices.
This followed the introduction of the Point of Sales facility that allow debit and credit card usage when paying for government services.
On Thursday, Minister of Information, Communication and Technology Dumisani Ndlangamandla told the House of Assembly that he was not aware of any instrument stopping members of parliament from using state-owned media.
This is despite that, in 2012, his ministry, under his predecessor Winnie Magagula, who is now minister of labour and social security, is the one that introduced the Public Service Announcement Guidelines that have been used to stop the MPs from using both radio and television to communicate with their constituencies.
Addressing MPs, Ndlangamandla was quoted saying: “What is there to revoke because when I came into office there was no instrument stopping MPs from state-owned media.”
E2million of the financial assistance goes to digital photo mapping of the country, E4million for procurement of computers for the police service and E1million for purchasing steel bunk beds and base sets for the police college.
Speaking during the handover of the cheques, Ambassador of the Republic of China on Taiwan Thomas Chen said the digital orthophoto mapping is very important as the current maps of Swaziland were last updated in 1999.
Government in partnership with Swazi MTN has introduced mobile based government services, dubbed m-Government.
Through this service, citizens will use their mobile phones to access services. The programme started with the ministry of home affairs, health and the meteorology department under the ministry of tourism and environmental affairs.
The m-Government service was launched at the Happy Valley Hotel yesterday morning.
It is envisioned that the IXP will serve as a catalyst for innovation and development of Internet services and applications in Swaziland.