New IS CEO Setumo Mohapi and Dimension Data have dismissed allegations of corruption and collusion during Mohapi\u2019s tenure as SITA CEO.<\/p>\n
The allegations came from a SITA employee, Beare R. Ramlal, who was suspended by Mohapi in August 2018.<\/p>\n
According to Ramlal, Mohapi and Dimension Data colluded to provide network and service management services to the Department of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n
This, Ramlal said, included an \u201cunsolicited proposal to SITA to take over the management of DHA network services for an additional amount of R30,000,000\u201d.<\/p>\n
Ramlal asked the Zondo Commission and the Department of Public Enterprises to investigate the relationship between Mohapi and Dimension Data while he was at SITA.<\/p>\n
Dimension Data CEO Grant Bodley told MyBroadband that the contracts awarded to Dimension Data by SITA were lawful in all respects.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese contracts were awarded pursuant to Dimension Data\u2019s participation in open and competitive bid processes,\u201d said Bodley.<\/p>\n
He added that Dimension Data conducts its business in terms of its Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, as well as its Anti Bribery and Anti-Corruption policies.<\/p>\n
Bodley also defended the appointment of Mohapi as IS CEO, saying he has extensive experience in the ICT sector and is highly regarded in the market.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are pleased to have him as the Managing Executive of Internet Solutions and as a member of the Dimension Data executive team,\u201d said Bodley.<\/p>\n
Mohapi told MyBroadband that he is aware of the allegations made against him by Ramlal and denies the accusation that he engaged in wrongdoing during his tenure as SITA CEO.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe baseless allegations have been made by a disgruntled SITA employee against whom I personally initiated serious charges in a disciplinary action instituted against him in terms of SITA\u2019s human resources policies. I was also one of many witnesses in this disciplinary process,\u201d Mohapi said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI take the allegations very seriously and reserve my rights to address them in an appropriate forum.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of the actions undertaken by me in my tenure at SITA are fully auditable and SITA can be contacted for confirmation.\u201d<\/p>\n
New IS CEO Setumo Mohapi and Dimension Data have dismissed allegations of corruption and collusion during Mohapi\u2019s tenure as SITA CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":141156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[1691,59933,35,4472],"class_list":["post-315671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-dimension-data","tag-grant-bodley","tag-headline","tag-setumo-mohapi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315671"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315717,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315671\/revisions\/315717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}