DigiTech "app store" didn't cost anything to design and develop, says comms minister

[Jan]

Minister claims South African DigiTech "app store" didn't cost a cent

Communications minister, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has revealed that their DigiTech "app store" to showcase South African innovation was designed and developed by the State Information Technology Agency.

She also acknowledged that her department isn't satisfied with the quality and functionality of the DigiTech website.

 

[DapperDanMan]

functionality of the DigiTech website

More like they put the func in defunct.

 

[RonSwanson]

Well if someone at SITA did it, as far as I know, no-one there works for free. So the taxpayer paid.

 

[deweyzeph]

The site certainly looks like nothing was spent on it.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Well if someone at SITA did it, as far as I know, no-one there works for free. So the taxpayer paid.

I was gonna say the same thing... If SITA did it then it cost the time and money for those staff members.

 

[Syphonx]

Still paid too much.

 

[Fulcrum29]

I have seen some fantastic Drupal projects as of late which are very functional for the purpose of a digital store front with permissions and privileges, but this DigiTech is nothing but a blog front, and not only does it lack standards, but also insufficient blog-type content. The point being, whoever made it chose the wrong CMS because it is vastly underutilised for its purpose. The question is why is the CMS outdated; if it was a fresh install it would have been up-to-date, so is this website coming from a restore or a nulled script?

I don't want to speculate too much, I look into stuff like this every day.

 

[r00igev@@r]

That website is still nauseatingly bad.

 

[gotaway]

Minister claims South African DigiTech "app store" didn't cost a cent

Communications minister, Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, has revealed that their DigiTech "app store" to showcase South African innovation was designed and developed by the State Information Technology Agency.

She also acknowledged that her department isn't satisfied with the quality and functionality of the DigiTech website.

How many brooms at R200K each did it take to get the website for 'free'?

 

[Guest 290922]

Holy moly check the load times on this page: http://www.digitech.gov.za/portfolio-marketplace

 

[Guest 290922]