Sars IT problems will cost R1 billion to fix

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Sars IT problems will cost R1 billion to fix

The Mail and Guardian has reported it will cost R1 billion to fix problems with Sars’ IT systems.

The report added that R200 million previously paid to Gartner to overhaul Sars’ IT systems was “not worth” the money spent.

 

[The_Librarian]

Crash and burn?

 

[HeftyCrab]

How on earth does it cost R1 Billion to "fix problems" in a system like that? Or is it more a case of like 10 years of technical debt catching up to them.

Surely it would be cheaper to re-write it from scratch?

 

[Gaz{M}]

Total bargain - R1 billion to collect R1.5 Trillion. <I'm not being sarcastic here>

 

[MachoPants]

Total bargain - R1 billion to collect R1.5 Trillion.

Why don't the MB forum techies offer a project solution and then get lifetime tax free earnings? Just saying I'm sure we could sort this out, chop chop

 

[karnuffel]

Why don't the MB forum techies offer a project solution and then get lifetime tax free earnings? Just saying I'm sure we could sort this out, chop chop

I will never, ever, touch ANY project linked to government if I can help it again... That includes SOEs.

 

[MachoPants]

I will never, ever, touch ANY project linked to government if I can help it again... That includes SOEs.

No more tax sounds good to me

 

[grok]

A couple of hundred mil to fix SARS, the rest for helicopters for the aunties.. its mos how we roll nowadays.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

Sars IT problems will cost R1 billion to fix

The Mail and Guardian has reported it will cost R1 billion to fix problems with Sars’ IT systems.

The report added that R200 million previously paid to Gartner to overhaul Sars’ IT systems was “not worth” the money spent.

So when is Gartner paying back the money?

I'll be willing to do the same work for 10% of that cost...it won't work either, but it will be a huge saving to them, no?

 

[ArtyLoop]

Cover story me thinks? To fool the masses into the REAL REASON...
Gupta Brothers...

 

[koeksGHT]

Any tech specs so we can work out actual cost?

 

[SilverCode]

How on earth does it cost R1 Billion to "fix problems" in a system like that? Or is it more a case of like 10 years of technical debt catching up to them.

Surely it would be cheaper to re-write it from scratch?

The systems and data are probably fragmented and out of sync. The R1b cost is to have audits one on all the systems to see what needs to change, and then write systems to link everything back up, and then likely hire people to manually reconcile the accounts so the data is back in sync.

At least that is the only thing I can think of that would cost that much. Hiring physical bodies to do non-menial work. If it is just hardware and software, then I don't know...

 

[Jola]

Why don't the MB forum techies offer a project solution and then get lifetime tax free earnings? Just saying I'm sure we could sort this out, chop chop

I have heard (from a consultant that did some work there), that the systems are in an absolute mess, with a lot of old legacy stuff.

How is your Adabas/Natural and Cobol ?

 

[access]

1 billion rand.. seems like a pretty round and precise number.

is there a breakdown of costs? lol

 

[SkippyRamirez]

I wonder if Sahara will be supplying some equipment?

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

1 billion rand.. seems like a pretty round and precise number.

is there a breakdown of costs? lol

Rounded up to the nearest billion, it is the way this country works

 

[access]

their entire it problem might be related to pebkac faults highlighted with some intermittent id10t errors..

 

[ArtyLoop]

their entire it problem might be related to pebkac faults highlighted with some intermittent id10t errors..

And Gupta transversals in the mix too..

 

[Temujin]

R200m... definitely not worth the money, kick backs on that is spent in no time. Billions is where the real kick back money is.

 

[ArtyLoop]

R200m... definitely not worth the money, kick backs on that is spent in no time. Billions is where the real kick back money is.

And you're in favour of this?