SITA under fire for SAPS contracts

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Police was briefed by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to assess the role these agencies play – and heard that major IT projects are still undeployed up to 13 years after they started. SITA’s briefing was aimed at tracking progress on the implementation of projects such as the Integrated Case Document Management System, otherwise known as e-docket, which started in 2002 and yet to be completed.

SAPS biometrics tender raises the bar

A tender released to the market for biometric technology equipment, services and support by the South African Police Services (SAPS) has thrown down a gauntlet for the domestic biometric technology market. This is the view of executive management at Ideco, a South...