Against the background of the Shell Saga where the Eastern Cape High Court, in December 2021, granted an interdict against a seismic survey along the Wild Coast of South Africa, another seismic survey has been halted. This time, the Western Cape High Court, on 1 March...
On 10 March 2022, draft Preferential Procurement Regulations were published for public comment, which closed on 11 April 2022. The most significant omissions in the draft 2022 Regulations are pre-qualification criteria, objective criteria, local production and...
The Employment Equity Amendment Bill (B14 -2020) has been sent to the National Council of Provinces for concurrence after it was passed by Parliament in November of last year. The Bill proposes several changes to the Employment Equity Act of 1998, most notably, it...
The 2022 Budget Review provides an update on Government’s infrastructure investment drive, increasing infrastructure spending to an estimated R812.5 billion over the next three years. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana‘s budget echoed the same sentiments and...
On 16 February 2022, a Constitutional Court decision effectively halted public procurement for the foreseeable future – further hampering infrastructure-driven economic recovery plans (as outlined in the SONA and the Budget). The 2017 preferential...
