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About us

Bitsware is an integrated software platform, which has been created to enhance the consequence management process within the public sector environment which ultimately revolves around unauthorised, fruitless and wasteful as well irregular expenditure. The added benefit of the integration of the above data into one platform, results in the commitment register and contract register, including the compliance reporting of section 125 requirements for municipalities can now be extract from a single source application. Bitsware, has been designed, created and programmed by accountants and auditors, for the use in the public sector environment. The aim of which is to provide an integrated solution to accounting officer’s and chief financial officer’s, that areas around procurement are elevated to an online, real time management platform for the prevention and detection of irregularities. This solution seeks to foster good governance within the entity that enhances compliance and consequence management processes.

Directors

David Thornhill, Director and Developer

David is a former Municipal Chief Financial Officer with more than 20 years’ experience in the accounting and auditing fields. He has worked extensively in the public sector at provincial and municipal government level and has a deep understanding of the issues and challenges facing this sector. David’s strength lies in the development of business enhancement processes for Government Institutions in order to improve audit outcomes. Utilising his extensive experience and practical knowledge, he has developed and successfully implemented compliance systems for Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Committee Management, Budget Management, Audit Action Plans, Performance Management, etc. Furthermore, David has undertaken various audit assignments on behalf of the Auditor General and also served as the Chairperson on the Audit Committee for the NW Provincial Legislature. David is responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of the various Bitsware compliance systems.

Johan Kirsten, CA(SA), – Director

Johan is a registered chartered accountant and regularity auditor with fifthteen years’ experience in the public sector environment. His involvement with various clients such as Departments, Public Entities and Municipalities on the area of unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure has proved invaluable within the program design, and procedural steps to creating the software platform that was needed. Johan has extensive experience in the requirements and reporting frameworks for each of the different entities as his firm is tasked to assist Auditor-General with contract-out and contract-in assignments. The excel version, on which Bitsware has been based, was successfully implemented in two municipalities and three public entities since 2015. Johan is responsible for the project role out and maintenance of compliance database for Bitsware.

Empowerment

At Bitsware we are committed to empowerment in line with the B-BBEE codes. Bitsware is currently recognised as a level 2 B-BBEE contributor.

Contact us

Clearwater Office Park Building 3, Ground floor Millennium Road &, Christiaan de Wet Rd, Strubensvalley, Roodepoort, 1735