In October last year, I hosted the Intergovernmental Relations Forum, which was attended by MECs from the nine provinces of our country. The common challenge expressed by most provinces is the unavailability of ICT infrastructure, while others indicated that they have began their investments in fibre-optic networks. However, I must highlight that there is a strong need to integrate our plans to ensure interoperability and accessibility of these networks by individual households. Our people must have maximum return from all these investments that our government is making.