The State IT Agency's (SITA's) two-and-a-half-year parade of acting-chief executives has finally come to an end, according to several sources within and close to the organisation.
Gauteng Economic Development Agency (GEDA) chief executive Blake Mosley-Lefatola has been appointed CEO of the agency, the various stakeholders revealed.
The sources cannot be named, as the appointment cannot be confirmed by either agency until public service and administration minister Richard Baloyi issues an official statement on the matter. This announcement is understood to be imminent.
SITA has been without a permanent CEO since the acrimonious departure of Llewellyn Jones in July 2008. Amid rumours of corruption, flouted procedures and a rift between senior management and the board, Jones told ITWeb he was “gatvol”, having been in the position for only nine months.
His appointment broke a 13-month stint under the leadership of several acting-CEOs following the departure of longest-standing CEO Mavuso Msimang, who took up the post of director-general at the Department of Home Affairs.
SITA has had five acting CEOs leading the organisation since Jones' exit. Two executives who have held the top spot - Ramabele Magoma Nthite and Moses Mthimunye - are currently suspended, pending the outcome of investigations into fraud and supplier collusion.
The organisation's seven-person executive team only has one permanent placement - that of Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, who took the COO role late last year.
Mosley-Lefatola has led GEDA since July 2008, following Keith Khoza's redeployment to head up the Gauteng Liquor Authority. His previous posts include municipal manager for the City of Tshwane Metropolitan, regional director of the City of Johannesburg District Seven, deputy director-general for North West Department of Developmental Local Government and Housing, and CEO of Akanani Consulting.
In May last year, Cabinet announced his appointment as a director-general within the Department of Public Service and Administration. However, Mosley-Lefatola continued in his role at GEDA, playing a large role in activities around the 2010 Soccer World Cup.
Neither SITA, nor the Department of Public Service and Administration, would comment on the appointment at this stage.
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