Public service & administration minister Richard Baloyi has made new appointments to the board of directors of the State IT Agency (Sita).

In a statement on Friday, his ministry said the move was “part of the business re-engineering processes and the strengthening of the governance mechanism of the board.”

Appointed as directors were Febe C Potgieter-Gqubule, Solani Victoria Bvuma, Peter Kgame, Koekie Mdlulwa, Maredi Mphahlele, Nontobeko Ntsinde, and Jacqueline Shibambu.

Alternate nonexecutive board members appointed were Ronnie Mabena, BM Malongete, Nomvuyo Memory Mhlakaza, Tumelo Moloko, David Niddrie, Geeva Pillay and Kgomotso Mthimunye.

They would join the existing board consisting of chairman Zodwa Manase, AM Luthuli, R Sekese and C Kruger.

Baloyi said the board would contribute to driving the development of the Sita turnaround strategy, which was in the process of being finalised.

The strategy sought to reposition Sita to address its many challenges under the theme “Sita today, Sita tomorrow, Sita to the future,” the ministry said.

“This turnaround strategy will include, among other things, issues related to procurement, pricing and quality of service.”

The board’s immediate tasks would include appointing the Sita’s top executives, among them the chief executive officer, chief financial officer and chief operations officer.

“The minister will give instructions to the board to realise this latest by April 2010,” the ministry said.

This, according to the minister, would end the high turnover rate of top executives.

The strengthened Sita governance and management structures would work differently to address complaints raised by Sita clients, would also follow-up on highly-indebted Sita clients.

“The minister has welcomed the newly appointed board members to the agency, noting that through their appointment the agency is well placed to successfully implement its mandate.” — Sapa