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Soon more than 20 000 people along the Garden Route will have access to free wireless internet.
This initiative is part of the Western Cape government's plans to bring Wi-Fi to 90 000 residents in the province.
Non-profit organisation Digital Village Communication have been given the go-ahead and funds to roll out the project in the Garden Route.
Their plan focuses on areas where large numbers of residents gather, including local taxi ranks.
The first Wi-Fi hotspot on the Garden Route "is already live" in Conville in George.
Western Cape MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism said at the Free Wi-Fi pilot project launch in Delft recently that four areas had been chosen for the project including the Garden Route, Atlantis, Robertson and Delft.
In November last year the department called for proposals for NPO's to access grant funding to set up free Wi-Fi zones.
"Through this pilot 90 000 people in four spaces in the Western Cape are going to be connected to the internet. The top NPO's were selected based on the strength of their proposals and which models would reach the most residents. In total 91 730 residents will be connected in this pilot.
The aim of this project is to see what models works best, so we can replicate this across the Western Cape. Eventually, every resident must have access to free or affordable internet," Winde said.
"All of the NPO's included training programmes for residents in their proposals. One of the NPO's has a 'Wi-Fi' champion to spread the message and work with communities. We want people to know about this service and how to access it so that it becomes an asset for communities and we start to see the real benefits of connectivity in terms of growth and job creation."
