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South Africa: Do You Need Something From a Government Website? Good Luck!

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By Nathan Geffen , Joel Cedras
| AllAfrica
We found duplicate sites, bizarrely-designed sites, and so much out-of-date information (part 3 of 4) In the early 2000s websites ending gov.za were simple, well-designed and smooth to navigate. You could easily find who held what position and their contact information. There was reasonable consistency across the government websites. Today, the state's websites are a mess.
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Do you need something from a government website? Good luck!

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By Nathan Geffen , Joel Cedras
| GroundUp
Home Affairs computer systems are especially hard to navigate and use. Illustration: Lisa Nelson In the early 2000s websites ending gov.za were simple, well-designed and smooth to navigate. You could easily find who held what position and their contact information. There was reasonable consistency across the government websites. Today, the state’s websites are a mess.
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South Africa: Wild Goats and Open Gates - Government's Websites Are Asking to Be Hacked

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By Joel Cedras, Nathan Geffen 
| AllAfrica
Government websites outside SITA's network carry more than 4,400 security flaws. One in every five servers is vulnerable Government websites are insecure and a mess. The Constitution says that officials must provide us, the public, with "timely, accessible and accurate information". The way that is done in the modern world is through websites. But the gov.za websites are highly insecure. They are vulnerable to viruses and ransomware.
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