Public Service Commission chairperson says effective governance is needed at SITA [SOUND]

# Public Service Commission chairperson, professor Somadoda Fikeni, says there is a need for strategic foresight and effective governance at the State Information Technology Agency. An independent investigation covering the period 2020 to 2025 has found serious weaknesses in spending controls, contract management, and governance. The report found, amongst other things, that over two-billion-rand in irregular expenditure was flagged by the Auditor-General across four audited years. Fikeni says addressing issues in the report is important to ensure global competitiveness and digital transformation: