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    Restructuring government procurement

    Mar 27, 2020 3 minutes
    By Andile Ntingi

    after getting caught up in bureaucratic delays since the departure of South Africa’s inaugural chief procurement officer (CPO), Kenneth Brown, from National Treasury in December 2016, the eagerly awaited Public Procurement Bill finally kicked on.

    The first draft of the 75-page bill was released by Treasury for public comment on 19 February and the deadline for input submissions has been set for 31 May.

    The legislation has been in the works since Brown was appointed in 2013 by former finance minister Pravin Gordhan

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