Challenges and opportunities of e-government in South Africa

Electronic Library

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-53

  Mutula, Stephen M ^a   Mostert, Janneke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Government; Libraries; Service delivery; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951199300     PISSN: 02640473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02640471011023360     Document Type: Article

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