Building a Smart City

Governments must become a part of the fast-growing 4IR or Industry 4.0 movement in the wake of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Because of its finger on the pulse of a changing, technologically driven global environment, Saldanha Bay Municipality recognises the benefits that 4IR can provide through e-government services, smart resource management, safety, artificial intelligence (AI), and other value-added services in order to improve the lives of its citizens. Saldanha Bay Municipality has accepted the challenge of preparing our municipality for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in order to allow our citizens to benefit from its opportunities and enhancements. As a result, we have embraced the challenge of getting our municipality ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Saldanha Bay Municipality has begun the process of establishing a cutting-edge fibre network that will provide open access to data networks for all of its residents. Saldanha Bay Municipality is the only municipality in South Africa that has addressed the problem of data network accessibility in its communities.