The attempt by the government to modernise and integrate a financial management system across national and provincial government has so far cost R2.4bn, taken more than 10 years’ planning and has yielded no concrete results, parliament heard on Wednesday.
Licences acquired from service provider Oracle in 2016 cost R448m but the software has not been used, with other costs being incurred for software support and maintenance, project management, professional services, implementation planning and audit fees. With deputy public service and administration minister Chana Pilane-Majake, they expressed frustration at the long delay in implementing the system. Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has instructed National Treasury to proceed with the implementation as soon as possible.“IFMS has been a frustration over years. It has taken too long and delayed the digitisation, modernisation and connectivity across government,” Pilane-Majake said.
Treasury chief director of IFMS Dikeledi Lebea said the evaluation of the outcome of the request for information will determine the procurement strategy for the system. Lebea said that implementation of the pilot cloud system at selected departments will start in 2023/24 after the appointment of a service provider with rollout planned for 2024/25.
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