Workshop on Public Procurement Reform in South Africa 2024

On 24 to 25 July 2024, APLU convened a national workshop on public procurement reform in South Africa.

The aim of the workshop was to bring together all stakeholders to discuss current developments in public procurement reform in South Africa. The workshop is a continuation of a project started in 2023, broadly aimed at collective reflection on what public procurement system the procurement community wants and needs in South Africa and how all stakeholders can collaborate to get there.

Chief Justice Zondo delivering the opening address at the Workshop on 24 July.

The 2024 workshop was opened by Chief Justice Raymond Zondo, in which he reminded delegates that public procurement was at the heart of state capture as identified by the State Capture Commission which he chaired. He thus emphasised the importance of the aims of the workshop in pursuit of a reformed public procurement system in South Africa. The Chief Justice called on all delegates to carefully scrutinise current reform projects, such as the new Public Procurement Act and regulations to be made under the Act, to ensure that the weaknesses that enabled state capture through public procurement are effectively addressed.

The presentations by the various speakers can be viewed at the link below and recordings of the live stream are available on APLU’s YouTube channel.

This project is funded by the Millennium Trust.

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