A better coarse of action would rather be to challenge the web design experts who’ve indicated just how skilled they are to deliver the same requirements; to tackle creating the same for another province say Limpopo. I’m pretty sure they’ll be faced with similar challenges as those of the Free State province and if they are able to deliver the same at a fraction of what was actually spent then great, they will have given themselves a Big Thumbs UP and can move onto doing the same for other provinces.

Whilst working on the Limpopo website, as a suggestion they should also consider a method that can be made available on the website to track delivery of text books. Being useful works a whole lot better than just complaining on TechCentral, but what would I know… I don’t have an IT company and I suppose identifying opportunities where you can prove yourself and step up to the mark is not what business people who follow TechCentral do.

Vusi…. I am pretty sure there are thousands of web designers in this country that could put together all 38 web sites for less than R80k per site.

From another article about this:

“The Sowetan reported that Ntsele’s company was awarded the tender even though two other companies submitted significantly lower bids”

Seems like the “web design experts” did exactly what you suggested, but were steamrolled by the tenderpreneurs. Let’s hope exposing this farce will make the other provinces think twice about awarding contracts to their comrades, and the honest guys will get a chance to prove exactly what you propose! At the very least, the Free State government should release the other tender proposals, if the companies agree to it.

I am not sure I understand your point. Any web developer would grab an opportunity to work on a government tender, especially since government tends to overpay for just about everything. The SA public have a right to complain. They are not getting value for their tax money and are rightly sick of it!

Vusi, you appear to be excusing the fact that this happened in the first place? And this is not the first story, and I doubt it’ll be the last, of the ANC squandering tax payers money. And to rub salt in the wounds its happening at a time when the finance minister is telling us all about needing to tighten the belts.

We should indeed “learn a lesson” from this but have we not already been taught plenty lessons about corruption? The true way to teach a lesson is to ensure that those responsible are made to pay. Dismiss them. Fine them. Jail them if need be. Stop protecting and defending them, which appears to be what the ANC always do, yourself included.

What you have to say is rather disturbing (Vusi Sibiya) as it implies that you support corruption and the gravy train passengers. What we need is not approval of others work, but acknowledgement that some wrong doing has taken place.

All those who follow “TECHCENTRAL” know what the true cost of such a web site should be, and those of us who have some sense of political understanding know what a seat on the gravy train is worth.

That being said, it should be noted that seats on the gravy train are often (not voluntarily mind you) exchanged for vacations in the big house with bars around the windows and gates that are locked by others so the holiday makers cant run off and enjoy their free time…

All those involved in this blatant corruption should be charged and sent to spend some time at the big house.

The tender process needs to be monitored by independent parties, and not inside political appointees who are guarding their seats on the gravy train….

If supporting corruption has in any way been implied, it certainly wasn’t so intended. The ANC government like all governments the world over will forever be plagued with the scourge and even if we had the DA in power there’d still be problems with corruption.

Yes, when people are found to be guilty, then the full might of the law must deal with them but if you’re not going to move forward with helping yourself and seeing opportunity in any problem then you’d only be letting yourself down. There’s an ideal world where governments without corruption exist and that is definitely not on planet Earth.

I am not of European decent and looking at my surname, I would think that would be blatantly obvious. What good does it do, to go on and on about something that is as obvious as the corruption we see from certain rotten apples within the government.

The ANC is committed to rooting out corruption as it certainly hinders progress and reflects badly on government and the party. Do you believe that you’re the only people that can see corruption?

You can continue with pointing out the obvious, as you’ve so skillfully demonstrated with the observation of my surname but I’d be working on a real plan for getting into power if I were the opposition.

Your “Me First” attitude is exactly what will make your children unsafe. Do you imagine that the overwhelming number of young black people are going to accept that everything from the past should be just swept aside and no correction of existing imbalances should take place, so that your children can be safe?

The government is doing all it can to avert a situation that definitely has the potential turn this country into a place of “Doom and Gloom” The majority of Black people were willing to see things work out for the best for our country as demonstrated by the transition to democracy but that should not be taken to mean that they are fools that will allow things to continue with a minority still enjoying all the wealth and believing there’s no need for reparation.

Yeah, just because the checks and balances were in place doesn’t mean they weren’t ripped off. Follow the money…

How is not paying tax politically motivated? Even Al Capone’s lawyers will attest to that being a demise of his own doing. There’s nothing politically motivated about Malema’s demise. He just grew too BIG for his own EGO and didn’t realize that the ANC is bigger than any one individual.

Vusi… Oh dear Vusi… you believe that the white population just sat on their hands and got rich……

how could you be so silly?

White people worked hard for what they got, they attended classes and were punished with a stick on the rear end when their marks were low. those who failed were forced to either repeat the year or drop out of school. if they were doing a trade, they were not allowed to go back to tech / college untill they had passed the exams which they had to pay for themselves.

there were no free rides for the white school children, and those who under performed were forced to repeat the year at school and join their juniors, or go to the practical level and be laughed at.

White people were forced to go through a 5 year apprenticeship, or pass a trade test before they were deemed as qualified, today the guys attend a three month stint at a college where a pass one pass all criteria sets the standard, and there are no failures, which by default implies that there were no passes of any value.

So those people who apply for a job today are just out of school and expect to get the job done with zero experience and no skills as they attended a school where nothing was actualy taught because of the fail one fail all system.

Oh dear Oh dear what a pity that Vusi is such a racist that his eyes are closed and his mind is shut … like they say in Afrikaans “hy is so toe soos a klei oss se gat” sorry bra… you asked for this….

It takes you 5 days to come up with a comment on a conversation thread that has already lost it’s edge… just goes to show how little you actually know. Why don’t you crawl back oblivion from whence you came.