Mthunzi Mdwaba, executive chairman of Torque IT, has been elected as chairman of the Black Information Technology Forum (BITF) Gauteng region.
The election coincides with BITF`s 10-year anniversary, and follows the dissolution of the old committee at the organisation`s recent Gauteng annual general meeting.
Mdwaba will represent the region for the next two years. In addition, 10 new executive committee members, including Mdwaba, have been elected for the Gauteng region.
One of the BITF`s biggest achievements to date has been its role in the ICT empowerment charter and its contribution to drafting some of the major clauses affecting black professionals, says Mdwaba.
"It was through organisations like the BITF, that called for a charter document that will define the industry and help the government in its transformation drive, that an initiative to form an ICT charter took place. Today it is coming to fruition and this will help us as the BITF to remain effective in the sector."
Mdwaba is the former secretary of the organisation and has served the BITF for the past three years. The BITF hopes to play a more active role in issues concerning small and medium enterprises, empowerment partnering models with multinationals and procurement issues.
The elected executive members include Tebogo Makgato, Livingstone Chilwane, Zeth Malele, Tumelo More, Jane Mosebi, Sipho Ndaba, Brandon Redcliffe, Jake Rachdi and Preddy Mothopeng.
Other provinces are in the process of electing their own executives, after which a national chairman will be elected.
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