The relatively new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is made up of the manufacturing and services sectors whose main activities are linked to development, production, commercialisation, and intensive use of new technology. This sector is the fastest-growing sector within South Africa, however, there does exist a scarcity of participation of Black female-owned entities. The Amended ICT Sector draft codes were gazetted on the 27^th of October 2015 and, subsequently, the finalized Amended Sector Code was published in the Government Gazette on the 7^th of November 2016. However, the most alarming fact about the Amended ICT Codes is that a lack of definition exists within it. Hence, in the areas where the Amended ICT sector is silent, we refer to the DTI Codes. This has sparked several debates as the DTI (Amended Codes of Good Practice) were again amended on the 31^st of May 2019. A few examples of areas in contention include:

1. The SDF calculation
2. The absorption definition
3. The 2.5% learnership indicator

We had a meeting with the ICT council to discuss the above issues of debate and we were able to get an acceptable consensus on these and other issues.

Do you fall under the ICT codes? Would you like to have guidance on the above in terms of the priority element of skills development and in other matters?

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