Western Cape challenges procurement law
The province says the parliamentary passage of the Public Procurement Bill was deficient
19 May 2025 - 10:44
The responsiveness of parliament’s standing committee on finance and the Treasury to public submissions is the subject of a court challenge by the DA-controlled Western Cape government of the Public Procurement Act, which it wants to be declared unconstitutional and invalid.
The case has been lodged in the Western Cape High Court by premier Alan Winde against National Assembly speaker Thoko Didiza, National Council of Provinces (NCOP) chair Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane and finance minister Enoch Godongwana. ..
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