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departments. This is a sign of improvement in the bandwidth and hopefully this will be
extended to remote areas. That would require the national government to invest in
greater bandwidth for wireless broadband. Many other organisations will benefit from
this investment including educational institutions, provincial government and also
private sectors.
The lack of skills and expertise in the area of MWTs is another limitation also identified
in prior research; VGO will also be challenged by this limitation. This is one of the
issues the government has to address and sometimes it is difficult to find qualified and
experienced people in this area. One reason for this is that the government may have
been paying very low salaries and qualified employees move to work in private
organisations who offer them higher wages.
Finally one of the problems with deploying MWTs is the concern about the exposure to
radio waves as pointed out by du Preez (2009). There have not been enough studies on
the effects of radio waves on people's health. The level of exposure to radio waves is
expected to continue to rise in the future. This problem has not been fully understood
yet. To provide meaningful results of the effects of MWTs, more studies must be carried
out over a long period of time. The exposure may also negatively affect people who
are always connected at all time. Those with higher level of responsibilities are likely to
be the one affected by such a situation and may resist a broader utilization of MTW.
Despite the challenges and limitations of MWT, the benefits of utilising MWT are
obvious as demonstrated by the many examples covered in the previous chapters.
Citizens have realised the potential of using MWTs both for cost saving and improving
the livelihood of people living in rural areas, especially in the islands. There is no longer
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