“All relevant information pertaining to the matter at hand will be released in due course”. Gijima has and will continue having a sound relationship with our client, the SAPS. “Gijima has been working with SAPS for the past ten years and we’ve delivered in accordance with the contract in question. It is unfortunate that this is now in the open forum. Nicqui Galaktiou, chief operating officer at Brian Kahn Incorporated Attorneys, which is representing Gijima, told Moneyweb that the urgent application heard on Friday “was stood down until Tuesday pending settlement discussions between Gijima and Sita”.įerreira added that “at this point in time this is a confidential matter between the client and ourselves. Gijima’s Group Financial Director Carlos Ferreira confirmed with Moneyweb that the IT service company has filed an application with the North Gauteng High Court to overturn the cancellation of the contract it has with SAPS. In its court papers Gijima claims the termination of the contract on January 31 is of “no force and effect” and that it is entitled to at “least one-month’s notice of termination of the contract”.
The urgent application was due to be heard on Friday. Gijima CEO Maphum Nxumalo said: “Justice has yet again been done by our high court”, adding that he “looks forward to Sita’s compliance with the court order”.JOHANNESBURG – IT service company, Gijima ( JSE:GIJ) filed court papers on Wednesday to the North Gauteng High Court in a bid to prevent what it describes as the “unlawful” cancellation by The State Information Technology Agency (Sita) of a R19.6m-a-month contract it has with the SA Police Service (SAPS). “Gijima and AVS are the only entities that satisfy the tender requirements,” she said, and on Wednesday she dismissed Sita’s application for leave to appeal saying there was no reasonable prospect another court would think differently. Judge Leonie Windell said even though In2IT’s R89m tender compared well on price with the R160m quoted by Gijima, the Indian company should have been excluded because it did not comply with requirements. Gijima challenged the 2020 decision to give the police PBX maintenance and support contract to In2IT, a multinational from India with a branch in SA, and won its case last October. The Gauteng high court’s dismissal this week of the appeal bid by Sita means the agency has 30 days to sign a contract with ICT services firm Gijima and its partner Advanced Voice Systems (AVS). The State Information Technology Agency (Sita) has been denied leave to appeal against a court decision that it illegally awarded a contract for maintenance of the SA Police Service telephone system.
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