THE State Information Technology Agency (Sita) has been quietly cleaning up its business to rid itself of the rot that has troubled it in the past.Under the leadership of CEO Blake Mosley-Lefatola, the entity, which procures IT hardware, software and services for all government departments and municipalities, is working tirelessly to restore the confidence of its clients.Sita has been mired in controversy about mismanagement of funds, tender irregularities, conflicts of interest and alleged wrongdoing in human resources and payroll.But in the past 20 months, since Mr Mosley-Lefatola was appointed as CEO, Sita has made progress in implementing a turnaround that has seen it reduce the tender backlog, the turnaround time for awarding tenders and the payment period to service providers.Sita procurement has been transformed into a supply-chain management function with new processes and systems."There are improvements but we are not where we want to be yet, but the journey to excellence i...
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