2026 SITA GovTech Terms and conditions

The Awards are open to organisations and to individuals, as set out for each category

Organisations throughout South Africa may enter any category open to them.

All applications need to be supported by relevant documentation.

The Judges reserve the right to cancel any category due to insufficient entries, or for any other reason within law, and the decision of the judging panel is final. All results will be audited by an external accredited auditing firm approved by SITA. The decision of the judges will be final and binding and no correspondence in this regard will be entered into.

Entrants will be published on the GovTech website and in industry specific publications with the exception of confidential information. The information received by the organisers may be submitted in its entirety to the publisher of any industry specific publication, both digital and printed, for inclusion in the publication and entrants should be mindful of submitting information that might be sensitive or confidential as it will be in the public domain.

Entrants are reminded that the information they submit will be accepted VERBATIM by the publishers and therefore should be checked and approved by all parties prior to submission.

Entrants should be aware that their information will undergo an editing process, necessary to ensure that both entrants and category winners can be accommodated in published material and presentation applications.

All submissions must be made online via sitaawards.co.za, which is linked from the GovTech website.

All photographs must be labelled and titled.

Entries must be submitted on or before the final day for submissions.

Winners will be announced at the GovTech event.

SITA reserves the right to cancel or postpone the Awards Gala Banquet or change the venue for any unavoidable reason. All changes will be communicated effectively.

Winners shall be paid their cash prize money within 90 days of the announcement at the GovTech event, where winner/s submission (documentation) fails the validation process SITA reserves the right to withhold such payment/s until the validation process is successful.

There are NO FEES payable for entry.

Every entry must include at least one item demonstrating that the work described is real. This may be a photograph, a link, a screenshot, a short video or a document. Entrants are encouraged to provide further supporting material in substantiation of their entry. Shortlisted entrants and winners may be required to provide additional documentation as part of the validation process referred to in clause 13.

Entries are accepted on the basis of the declarations made at the point of entry. Shortlisted entries may be asked to substantiate those declarations. An entry that cannot be substantiated, or that does not respond within the period allowed, will be removed from placement and the next ranked entry promoted. The affected category will be re-ranked and re-audited before the result is issued.

SITA employees are not eligible for nomination.