Abstract
The South African government is under pressure to deliver quality services to its citizens. South African national departments have recognised the strategic role that information technology is playing as an enabler of public service delivery. The deployment of information technology in national departments must be effectively managed so that the purpose of the use of information technology to support strategic goals can be achieved. Against this background, this study sought to investigate whether national departments complied with the King IV Report requirements to disclose information and technology governance in their annual reports in the studied period. This study adopted a qualitative content analysis to answer the research questions and achieve the objectives. The findings from this study indicate that in the studied period, none of the 40 national departments complied with the King IV Report requirements to disclose information and technology governance in their annual reports. Only 8 (20%) of the 40 national departments were shown to have made a disclosure regarding an overview of the arrangements for governing and managing technology and information. Given the above, the study recommends that the national departments establish clear guidelines or legislation outlining the specific information and technology governance disclosures required in annual reports. The findings from this study indicate the need for further research to inform the establishment of legislation that requires mandatory information and technology governance disclosures for national departments in South Africa.