Left to right: Dr Chana Pilane-Majake, deputy minister for Public Service and Administration; Lerato Tlhako, participant, Hack-A-Ton; Tania Campbell, executive mayor, City of Ekurhuleni; Lethabo Makopo, participant, Hack-A-Ton; Angelic Mokoena, participant, Hack-A-Ton; Lydia Sebokedi, acting executive director, Centre for Public Service Innovation.
The hackathon was run by the Centre for Public Service Innovation in collaboration with Geekulcha and challenged youth to build solutions that will help accelerate service delivery in the public sector. About 120 young innovators take part and came with healthcare, educational, jobs and agricultural solutions.
She said her address should not be seen as the launch of an event but rather the launch of a 12-month hackathon programme with a support structure towards realisation of the wining solutions.