Sars to pay Microsoft and IBM R2.75-billion in sole-source deals
The South African Revenue Service is investing heavily in artificial intelligence The South African Revenue Service will pay Microsoft almost R1.6-billion over three years to renew its software licences and support, and IBM nearly R1.2-billion, under contracts approved without open tenders, its latest annual report shows. The Microsoft deal, worth R1.58-billion, renews Sars’s Microsoft enterprise…