In this article Nhlanhla Mabaso, Open Source Manager CSIRs Meraka Institure, says he hopes to open a debate around the various government activities and the relevance of open source software by highlighting some of the areas in which open source software is either being used or is being considered...

...DOE and the Deparment of Arts and culture - Human Language Technologies are of great interest to work being done by these departments. A successful example is translate.org.za.

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