Tag: public procurement

Construction adjudication often receives treatment as interim. Arbitration or litigation then waits as the final forum. In a judgment delivered by the Eastern Cape Division in Makhanda on 30 April 2026, Krüger AJ issued a clear warning. He stressed that this assumption only holds if the contract supports it.

The Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) is an empowering piece of legislation and allows that secretes cannot be hidden in the shadows. The matter of The Health Justice Initiative vs The Minister of Health provides insight from a regulatory point of view, not only since it has consequences for the privacy and information regime but also the procurement regime.

Optimised procurement processes have the potential to refine supply chain management and resolve ongoing corruption challenges.

It seems conceivable that the state of disaster declared under the Disaster Management Act (DMA) in 2020 might soon end. This would involve the removal of various regulatory restrictions South Africans have been burdened with to cope with the spread of COVID-19.

We have noted the ruling by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) that declared the PPPFA Regulations of 2017 invalid and confirm that the ruling has no effect on the B-BBEE Act, as amended, and its requirements. The B-BBEE Act permits organs of state or public entities to set B-BBEE qualification criteria for procurement and other economic activities and to exceed the criteria set in the Codes of Good Practice through section 9 (6) of the B-BBEE Act.

The recent economic reconstruction and recovery plan delivered by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, emphasised the intention of Government to assist female-led businesses that have experienced hardships as a result of COVID-19.