Tlali Tlali, head of corporate affairs at SITA. The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) says the in-house tool built in response to last year’s Eastern Cape floods has been deployed at scale, reaching municipalities across the province. Named the Provincial Disaster Management Application System (PDMAS), SITA says it’s a fully integrated, web-based digital platform developed…
Despite missing its annual target, BBI delivered a stronger-than-expected final quarter, generating revenue of R290 million. State-owned broadband infrastructure provider Broadband Infraco (BBI) ended the 2025/26 financial year below its revenue target despite a strong fourth-quarter recovery. The company says the loss of a major customer contract and delays to key government connectivity projects weighed…
Buried in the Public Service Commission’s investigation report into the State IT Agency (Sita), which has been provided to TechCentral, is a finding whose implications neither communications minister Solly Malatsi nor PSC chairman Somadoda Fikeni drew on when they released it in Pretoria on Monday: the instability that hollowed out the agency did not start…
Communications and digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi. Communications minister Solly Malatsi has touted automated processes across the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) to reduce risks and minimise indiscretions. This, after the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) and Public Service Commission (PSC) this week released the findings of an investigation into governance, irregular procurement…
Systemic and mutually-reinforcing weaknesses have been identified in SITA’s governance environment. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) Procurement irregularities, inconsistent consequence management and irregular expenditure are among the identified challenges that handicap the State Information Technology Agency (SITA). This is based on an investigation report commissioned by communications minister Solly Malatsi in December 2024. He requested thePublic…
More than R2-billion in irregular expenditure, a quarter of tenders that never resulted in an award and procurement matters stuck in adjudication for more than 400 days on average: that is the picture of the State IT Agency (Sita) painted by the Public Service Commission’s long-awaited investigation report, released in Pretoria on Monday. Communications minister…
Cabinet has approved a new SITA board, for a three-year period. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) A full complement of new board members has been announced by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA). This, as the embattled entity also welcomed its first permanent managing director Magatho Mello on 1 April, promising much-needed leadership stability for the…
Cabinet has approved a new, permanent board for the State IT Agency (Sita), drawing a line under more than two years of leadership instability that has hobbled government’s centralised IT procurement organisation and helped trigger a damning rebuke from the Auditor-General. Communications minister Solly Malatsi on Thursday welcomed the appointments, which run for a three-year…
The Namibian government is doubling down on aviation infrastructure as part of its growth strategy, with Works and Transport Minister Veikko Nekundi highlighting major upgrades at Hosea Kutako International Airport, including a third terminal and plans for a new national carrier, Namibia Air. “These developments are critical to ensuring that Namibia remains competitive and capable…
The State IT Agency (Sita) has lashed out at the City of Tshwane after electricity was cut to one of its facilities in Pretoria, accusing the municipality of acting without due diligence and wrongly blaming the agency for unpaid electricity bills. In a strongly worded statement on Friday, Sita said claims circulating on social media…
