Seems that some provinces has started the roll-out (NWP) process and some has canned the process for the time being (EC). All I know is that the provinces has to spend the money allocated to the laptop project within the next 3 years
It now possible for teachers in South Africa to receive a subsidy to purchase a laptop. Full details my be found in a Government Gazette published on Friday, 8 May 2009. Teachers may have many questions about owning a laptop. This page serves as a point of reference to some of these questions.
Several problems - including teachers with bad credit records - have left government plans to equip all 400000 teachers with a laptop computer and software hanging in the air.