By Johnathan Paoli
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expanded the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) inquiry into the long-stalled Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS), extending the probe to the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA).
SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago confirmed that the investigation would also cover service providers and external suppliers.
“The probe will scrutinise whether these procurements and contracts were fair, competitive, transparent, equitable, or cost-effective, and whether they violated any applicable legislation or Treasury instructions,” he said.
The Presidency announced the move through Proclamation 281 of 2025, which amends the original 2020 proclamation authorising the investigation into the National Treasury.
The expanded mandate empowers the SIU to investigate allegations of maladministration, corruption, and unlawful procurement linked to one of government’s most costly but incomplete technology projects.
Approved by Cabinet in 2005, the IFMS was meant to modernise and integrate the state’s financial,
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