SIU saves R111m at SITA amid procurement probe

THE investigation by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) into the procurement processes at the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) saved the entity R111 million and recovered R24.6m.

- MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA

The corruption-busting unit referred four criminal cases to the National Prosecution Authority, 22 disciplinary cases to SITA and one administrative action and a contract valued at R265m was set aside.

There was one case of litigation that was pursued following the investigations.

This was revealed by SIU head Andy Mothibi when he and his team briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) yesterday on the investigation they conducted at SITA and the SABC.

“The focus of the investigation has been on procurement irregularities that occurred at SABC and SITA,” Mothibi said.

Scopa held a second day of hearings into the affairs of the SABC and SITA, following another with the Auditor-General on Tuesday with an intention to call Communications and Digital Technologies Minister Solly Malatsi in the future.