SA government blows R140-million on WordPress website

[James]

SA government blows R140-million on WordPress website

A three year contract to redesign the Free State website will reportedly cost R140-million, the Sowetan reported on Monday

 

[MalicE]

and the design company doing it doesn't even have their own website, just a shitty looking facebook page

 

[Lyt]

140 million rand for a website that runs on wordpress? F**k me, I could do that for 2k a month. Is this BEE or what?

 

[JP'S]

I swear this is BULLSHIT. I can make a WAY better website and I'll only charge R130 million fair price if you ask me. The guy didn't put in allot of effort and LOOK at what his skin colour brought him. Effin R140 million.

 

[Ike_009]

A banks site can cost R12 million but a government department can spend 10 times that. If you ever wondered how Pravin could save 10 billion start here.

 

[Graal]

Let's see then.

Nope, your supporters are still living in poverty. Try again.

 

[Pooky]

OH MY WORD

Here's the site: http://www.freestateonline.fs.gov.za/

So the developers just paid $40 for this theme: http://themeforest.net/item/london-live-3-in-1-news-magazine-and-blog/154462
And then customised it and now they are RICH RICH RICH!

This truly is a scandal

 

[Lyt]

OH MY WORD

Here's the site: http://www.freestateonline.fs.gov.za/

So the developers just paid $40 for this theme: http://themeforest.net/item/london-live-3-in-1-news-magazine-and-blog/154462
And then customised it and now they are RICH RICH RICH!

This truly is a scandal

At least it looks pleasing to the eye a bit...but we all know where the rest of the money went...

 

[z1oc]

this is wrong on so many levels when will this stop.

 

[MetalSoup]

I would have gladly done it for only one million.

 

[czc]

Is it normal not to give the pages proper names, instead of pageid58 or whatever.

 

[Pooky]

One can despair. I hate seeing stuff like this you feel so damn helpless at this blatant wastage. It's left right and centre and it feels like I am helpless

 

[JP'S]

Is it normal not to give the pages proper names, instead of pageid58 or whatever.

Nope not at all. Minimal effort went into that site.

 

[Pooky]

Bloody tenderpreneur AGENTS

 

[Ike_009]

It just amazes me how they can defend stuff like this never mind wasting the cash

Edit
Love how they include links to the public protector and moral regenerative movement

 

[MetalSoup]

Is it normal not to give the pages proper names, instead of pageid58 or whatever.

This is simply a setting in Wordpress. These guys put in no effort whatsoever.

 

[Solitude]

You guys are all racists. It's apartheid's fault that they had to pay so much for a website.

 

[S1ght]

This is kinda where you need Batman to step in ... Nobody argues with Batman...

 

[MalicE]

 

[Roomys]

Just disgusting.