All talk, no action on SITA report

RICHARD BALOYI

THE DEPARTMENT of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) has yet to decide what to do with a risk assessment report that exposes large-scale corruption and irregularities within the State IT Agency (SITA).

This is almost nine months after the report, compiled by enterprise risk management firm Henderson Solutions, was handed to public service and administration minister Richard Baloyi.

Contrary to the tough stance taken by Baloyi, shortly after he took over the public service and administration portfolio in September 2008, his tenure so far has been seemingly low-key. In January last year, Baloyi admitted serious problems plagued SITA, including poor leadership, fraud, corruption and mismanagement. Baloyi hinted at a possible large-scale purge within the organisation and also vowed to address the issue of finding a CEO for the agency.