The Free State government paid R40m to have its website redesigned, the provincial government’s director general Elizabeth Rockman said.
The antie signed a three-year contract to redesign the website in 2011. At first the Sowetan newspaper said it was R140million, but Rockman says they invented the 1 in front of the 40.
Be that as it may, it’s still a lot considering the k*k website runs on WordPress, which is an OpenSource and free blogging platform. You pay about R350 for the template.
The agreement was signed with businessman Tumi Ntsele. The fellow reportedly holds tenders with several other provincial departments. Why are we not surprized…
The company was awarded the tender even though two other companies allegedly submitted significantly lower bids.
The website: www.freestateonline.fs.gov.za
Ntsele said opposition parties had an agenda against black businessmen and that the website’s cost was fair.
Was that the race card being played, or are we paranoid – again?.
