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The Western Cape education department says it will continue to honour a R1.2 billion tender awarded by the State Information Technology Agency (Sita) even after a forensic report uncovered irregularities.
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Western Cape education department refutes R1.2bn tender irregularities

The State Information Technology Agency has recommended an investigation into the tender awarded to Blue Network Consortium

Hlubi Shivanda, Director of Business Operations, Innovation and Corporate Affairs at Samsung SA.

Samsung Solve For Tomorrow Competition

The Mail & Guardian conducted a Q&A session with Hlubi Shivanda, Director of Business Operations and Innovation and Corporate Affairs at Samsung South Africa

The shame of 40 000 missing education certificates

Graduates are being left in the lurch by a higher education department that is simply unable to deliver the crucial certificates proving their qualifications – in some cases…

(John McCann/M&G)

Offline horrors hit home affairs

One of the department’s centres was unavailable for 130 out of SA’s 248 working days in the past year

Death threats and dismissals: Inside SITA’s ‘clean-up’ probes

Among several investigations relating to the agency are two which former president Jacob Zuma previously ordered

(John McCann/M&G)

Fleece the state, face the music

Public officials who routinely find loopholes to siphon money out of government coffers may soon find themselves in the dock

It was alleged that Snyman gave Khomotso Phahlane and his wife vehicles

Corruption charges withdrawn against Phahlane

The case was withdrawn after the magistrate dismissed the state’s application for a postponement

(David Harrison/M&G)

Police supplier’s offices closing, but business still running

In April FDA shut down the police’s firearm permit system and property control and exhibit management

The South African Police Union (Sapu) has called on national police commissioner General Khehla Sitole to act decisively after his deputy, Lieutenant General Bonang Mgwenya, was arrested in connection with the R191-million “blue-lights tender”.

Boeremag link to state IT company and dodgy police supplier

IPID director Robert McBride told Scopa he has been met with resistance to suspend certain people