South Africa: GovChat Brings Government Closer the People

22 November 2017

The app designed for easy two-way communication between government and the public has been given the nod by two great continental bodies - the EU and AU.

The app, GovChat, is a platform that is the collective brainchild of the South African Local Government Association (Salga), Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) and Government Communication and Information System (GCIS). It allows government to send messages to the public at no cost and receive service delivery related messaging in return.

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