News Source: The New York Times
| 2 months ago
Hot Line Takes First Calls Published: September 14, 2009 Fulfilling a campaign promise, President Jacob Zuma started a hot line for citizen complaints on Monday. More than 7,200 callers phoned the toll-free number in just the first three hours,...
News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader
| 2 months ago
South Africa's president took a call about leaky sewers to inaugurate a hot line meant to help fulfill his campaign promises to be responsive and accessible. Jacob Zuma's office says he answered two of the busy first day's calls Monday, including one...
News Source: News 24
| 2 months ago
President Jacob Zuma's complaints hotline received 7 261 calls between 9am and noon -- or 40 calls a minute -- on its first day on Monday, his office said. "We are experiencing high call volumes and are spending the day sorting out various glitches,"...
News Source: I Africa
| 2 months ago
At 2pm on Monday close to 8�000 people had dialled into the call centre since 9am to lodge queries. President Jacob Zuma himself fielded two calls on Monday; one of them was from an Ekurhuleni man complaining about leaking sewerage pipes. All the...
News Source: BBC
| 2 months ago
Mr Zuma first mentioned the hotline during his election campaign, saying it would help make the government more accessible to the public. The hotline can also be used to report corruption in public offices. The BBC's Pumza Fihlani says corruption and...