SITA under fire as PSC identifies governance, financial control gaps
The investigation by the Public Service Commission into the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) has identified systemic and cross-cutting weaknesses in governance and financial controls at the organisation.
Among the findings is over R2-billion in irregular expenditure which was flagged by the Auditor-General across four audited years between 2020 to 2025.
The report found that more than 200 procurement matters took longer than a year to finalise mainly due to internal administrative failures.
Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi has addressed the media in Pretoria.
“The Public Service Commission has outlined key areas for immediate intervention and we both agree with the spirit and direction of those. To outline them is that: 1. In the next 30 business days the SITA Board must submit a board approved stabilisation and recovery plan. Together we verified procurement backlog baseline. Within 60 business days SITA must submit a comprehensive governance reform plan to strengthen procurement controls, record keeping, board administration and executive accountability. In addition, SITA will provide quarterly governance reports so that implementation is monitored transparently.”
Outcomes of Public Service Commission investigation report on SITA
Credit: Naledi Mabitsela-Ngcobo