ABSTRACT
This chapter examines two almost diametrically opposite descriptions of performance in project delivery in South Africa. The first is a description of failure and its characteristics. The second is a number of accounts of success in current project delivery. The chapter discusses the reported reasons for the failure and also other failed projects. According to her, poor planning and implementation, as described below, was the main reason. The centre launched was South Africa’s first free access “Digital Village,” funded by Microsoft, local computer companies and US development organisation, Africare. Microsoft, Comparex Africa, Anglo Platinum, Telkom Foundation and the Digital Partnership joined forces through the Kopano Joint Venture to equip three Rustenburg schools with technology. Microsoft presented the following business plan and guideline for how the company implemented the establishment of “Digital Villages” in South Africa.
