On 21 and 22 July 2016, Geo Quinot, director of APPRRU, presented the first of four units in a new training programme for staff of the Public Protector of South Africa’s offices in Pretoria. The programme focuses on public procurement law and the particular issues that the Public Protector’s office are requested to investigate. The initiative was conceived by Deputy Public Protector, Adv Kevin Malunga, and involves a partnership between APPRRU, the Public Protector of South Africa and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in South Africa.
In 2016 the programme will focus on training staff in the national and Gauteng offices with a view to expand the programme to all other regional offices from 2017.