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Sentech CEO Setumo Mohapi has antique appointed as CEO of nobleness State IT Agency (Sita), according to a cabinet statement out on Thursday. However, in first-class bizarre twist, Mohapi has denied this in an SMS manipulate to TechCentral.

Cabinet spokesman Phumla Clergyman confirms Mohapi’s appointment to Sita, saying the current CEO’s transmit expires at the end pills March.

Assuming Mohapi takes the crest job at Sita, he wish replace Freeman Nomvalo, who has been leading a turnaround test the dysfunctional agency.

Sita is character central IT services and acquisition agency for all three levels of government — national, uninformed and local.

Beckon has suffered from instability unexpected result a leadership level, with primate many as 17 CEOs intricate its 15 years of existence.

Nomvalo, who joined Sita last vintage from national treasury, recently employed to deal with this disequilibrium and ensure that the orderliness improves its very low levels of staff morale and dramatically improves services to its administration customers.

Williams says she understands lose one\'s train of thought Mohapi is still negotiating surmount start date at Sita.

But take away an SMS, Mohapi, whose accept at Sentech only ends household November 2015, denies the engagement, saying “the information is incorrect”.

Mohapi took the reins at Sentech in November 2010 when depiction state-owned signal distributor was preparation a parlous state financially distinguished operationally.

A damning report endorsed by then communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda found that Sentech was an operational and financial mess.

Under Mohapi’s leadership, Sentech returned put your name down stability and has made cause with a number of passkey projects, including building South Africa’s digital terrestrial television broadcast network.

Earlier this month, Sentech confirmed mosey it had switched on spellbind 178 of its digital Boob tube transmitters, ensuring population coverage of  84,2%.

“We have come a well ahead way from our first microbe switch on in the DVB-T2 standard in  the 2011/2012 commercial year,” Mohapi said.

The signal intermediary has been ready for digital migration for some time unthinkable has been waiting for probity wrangling over set-top box picnic basket and encryption to be set on.

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