Phoebe Bolton

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the use of procurement as a policy tool in South Africa is justified and that the primary legislation dealing with the procurement as policy tool offers an adequate effect to the constitutionally prescribed use of Procurement as a Policy Tool.

TL;DR: In this article, the use of the procurement or purchasing power of governments to protect the environment is discussed and suggestions are made as to how environmental considerations could be incorporated throughout the procurement process, namely the preparatory stage; the drawing up of tender or technical specifications; ensuring the capability or responsibility of contractors; the use to compare different tenders; and ensuring that eventual performance under a contract is environmentally sound.

TL;DR: In this paper, an analysis of the use of public procurement as a tool to drive innovation is presented, focusing on South Africa and evaluating whether there is scope within the existing public procurement regulatory regime for the promotion of innovation.

TL;DR: State-owned enterprises, also referred to as parastatals or public entities, are enterprises or institutions that are directly or indirectly controlled by the state as mentioned in this paper, such as Transnet, Telkom, Eskom, Safcol, Denel and Metrorail.