The contract was awarded by Ithala SOC Limited, which offers banking services to KwaZulu-Natal communities, to Tech Mahindra South Africa for provision of integrated banking system services in 2018.
City Press understands that payments made by Ithala to Tech Mahindra followed after the company had threatened to take legal action. He said he learnt from a project manager at Ithala that Tech Mahindra received information about the system requirements from SAP before the tender was advertised. Ithala said the implementation or replacement of a core banking system was a highly complex initiative that required integration with numerous third party interfaces such as the national payments system.
The report said it was noted that Tech Mahindra submitted a bid and was appointed as the winning bidder. “Furthermore, we noted that Mbokodo travelled together with his former Ithala colleagues Luvuyo Keyise, Shane Moodley as well as Slindile Mqana while gathering information in order to write his report.
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