How Motswana computer expert solved Land Management problem

The Monitor: Why is your innovation written in capital letters?

McGeoff: Because it stands for Standardised Repository and Data Usage Tool - STARDUST. I created the software while working at the Kgatleng Landboard as the IT manager. There was a need to manage the large amounts of data on plots, applications, titles and land rights that existed. It also became possible because the senior management, which I was part of, board secretary, and the board all expressed a serious need for such a tool. When the Ministry of Lands and Housing learned that Kgatleng Landboard had come up with this innovation, it decided to adopt it and make all other landboards use it. So I would say it was the right time for the innovation.