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New Preferential Procurement Regulations Released.
After much anticipation and a lengthy process of review, the new regulations under the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act of 2000 (Procurement Act ) ...
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Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2011.
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Legal Brief
Who is liable to pay the municipal accounts of defaulting tenants?
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Volume 10, Issue 3, July/August 2008.
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The Role and Function of Bid Committees.
In recent months the courts have stressed the importance of the roles and functions of these committees. Contracts have been set aside because bid committees ...
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Volume 11, Issue 4, October 2009.
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From the Courts: The Municipal Manager Supervisory Role Over Bid Committees.
Bid committees can be described as the engine rooms that give effect to a municipalities’ supply chain management policy. The work of these committees is ...
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Volume 11, Issue 2, April/May 2009
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When Can Bidders With a Bad Track Record Be Rejected?
There are a number of legislative grounds upon which a municipal manager may reject a tender bid. One such ground is provided in the Municipal Supply Chain ...
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Volume 11, Issue 1 February 2009
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The Financial Health of Municipalities.
In the 2008 Local Government Budgets and Expenditure Review, the National Treasury analyses how municipalities have been funded since 2003/2004 and how they ...
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Volume 10, Issue 5, November 2008.
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From the Courts: Who Excludes Bidders From Future Contracts?
The duty to create and maintain a sound supply chain management system is an essential component of the good governance of any municipality. While the ...
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Volume 10, Issue 5, November 2008.
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The Tender Process and Blacklisted Suppliers.
The courts view the blacklisting of suppliers by the National Treasury in a very serious light and confirm that organs of state are allowed to cancel contracts ...
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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010
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Limitations of Section 62 Appeal Procedure.
Section 62 of the Municipal Systems Act provides that any person ‘whose rights are affected by a decision taken by a political structure, political office ...
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Volume 12, Issue 3, August 2010.
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From the Courts: The cart before the horse? An award of tender contracts before legal compliance?
Diggers Development (Pty) Ltd v City of Matlosana and Isago@N12 (Pty) Ltd (47201/09) [2010] ZAGPPHC 15.
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Volume 12, Issue 3, August 2010.