An independent investigation by a leading global policy forum has found SA’s public procurement system is inconsistent, inefficient, lacking in transparency and vulnerable to corruption.

The study, by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), has made a series of recommendations to improve the operations and integrity of the system, as well as the legislative framework, only some of which are addressed in the government’s controversial new Public Procurement Act...

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