Byerly Pounding the Information Security Beat New York takes the security lead with the first state and municipal information-security officers. The people of Kgautswane unite to put their land on the technology map. That means it lies beyond the reach of the national electricity and telephone grids, sufficiently remote to place it out of radar range for regional development planners. Stockholm Mayor Carl Cederschold presents Stockholm Challenge Award trophies to representatives of the Kgautwane and Manguzi projects in June. Its community center comprises a dozen 20-foot steel transport containers strung together into a network of rooms and offices.
Kgautswane residents have modest expectations of life.
The village and its surrounds support a population of about 60,000, most of them subsistence farmers. Children are often raised by the grandparents or extended family members who remain behind and rely on financial support from those who leave to seek work elsewhere. The area is well-served by schools. The rest rely on daylight and candles. Given such handicaps, the people of Kgautswane have learned to be self-reliant.