Forensic Data Analysts (FDA) lashed out against the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) on Thursday, saying it was "shocked and disappointed with the fact that one man can hold the whole country to ransom by having the power to switch off the criminal justice system". Scopa chair Themba Godi had not taken kindly to FDA announcing it would shut down the systems it provides to the South African Police Service (SAPS) and State Information Technology Agency (Sita), after they failed to pay FDA, which supplies critical infrastructure systems and services. FDA had said in a statement early on Friday morning that it did not say the criminal justice system would be switched off; "rather, critical systems relied on by the SAPS would be suspended, that would have an impact on the criminal justice system". "FDA is shocked and disappointed that Scopa regards the suspension of services to the SAPS ‘as holding the whole country to ransom’. Scopa has deliberately and expressly ordered an...
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