What South Africans should know, but don’t, about government’s Covid-19 vaccine procurement
A major area of uncertainty relates to the terms of the supply contracts in terms of which the government will acquire the vaccines, and it is unclear whether any contracts have actually been signed
08 March 2021 - 08:30
The Covid-19 pandemic has again highlighted the challenges facing public procurement in SA. The auditor-general’s reports on Covid-related procurement and media coverage have all have flagged opacity, corruption and mismanagement on a wide scale.
In this context, one is understandably apprehensive about the next major procurement episode in the country’s response to Covid-19. That is the procurement of vaccines and the services required to vaccinate the population...
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