Roads are built through procurement.
IF governance theatre encourages us to mistake policy for performance, nowhere is that confusion more visible than in South Africa’s procurement system.
Public procurement is one of the state’s most powerful instruments. Every democratic government relies upon it to translate policy into tangible outcomes. Roads are built through procurement. Hospitals are equipped through procurement.
Schools, water infrastructure, housing developments, transport networks and public health programmes all depend on procurement systems functioning with integrity. Properly governed, procurement is not merely an administrative process.
It is one of the principal mechanisms through which governments pursue economic development, social justice, and improved public services.
