South African Minister Approves Constitutional Court Ruling

Home Affairs Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has welcomed the Constitutional Court judgment dismissing an application challenging the cancellation of an R1.5 billion Electronic Document Management System contract.<br />The Department of Home Affairs said the matter started when it wanted to digitise its records.<br />The department says in terms of the law, SITA had to issue a tender looking for a service provider on behalf of the department.<br />The tender had initially been awarded to three companies - New Dawn, Valor IT and Ideco.<br />The department says as long as a public institution had contingent liability on its books, the Auditor-General would flag it each year as a risk.