A few weeks ago, President Cyril Ramaphosa passed into law the public procurement bill, ushering in a new era for South Africa’s procurement landscape.

Centralised oversight may lead to more standardised procurement practices, reducing discrepancies and promoting fairness, but it also carries risks

The bill lays the foundation for a single public procurement framework, provides transparency clauses that will boost the fight against state capture and corruption, and compels the state to do more to support local businesses and thus jobs

If the programme is to be a success, the government needs to use all the tools in its kit — and it should start with a definition of what a black industrialist is

German software company SAP will cough up R2.2 billion. It’s a good start but not the end of the road