“…Information systems (IS) are considered vital in many organisations including government administrations.Hence,manyorganisationswhollyrelyonIS (Iyamu,Sekgweleo,&Mkhomazi, 2013).TherelianceonISmakesitcriticaltounderstandthevariousandwaysofactivitiesinwhich IScanbeusedtosupportandenableorganisations'operations,forcompetitivenessandsustainability. However,theselections,developmentsandimplementationsofISartefactsarenotassimpleasthey aresometimesproclaimed,hencethecontinuouschallenges,andsubsequentresearch.Duetotheir complexities, from both technical and non-technical perspectives, organisations and researchers employsamoreinnovationapproach,suchastheuseoftheoriestounderpinISstudies.Thus,the ActivityTheory(AT)is,orcanbeemployedtoguideISstudies.AccordingtoRoseandScheepers (2001),socialtechnicaltheoriessignificantlycontributestothedevelopmentoftheISdiscipline,in thatthetheorieshelptogainbetterunderstandingofhumaninteractionswithtechnologiesinorder tomakemeaningfulimpactsinanenvironment.…”