President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the publishing of lists of Covid-19 government tenders.
He says by publishing these lists government has honoured their promise to the South African people.
“They enable proper scrutiny of the details of all companies who have received tenders for COVID-19 related services.”
The lists include COVID-19 procurement information from all provinces, national departments and over 70public entities.
The move is in line with a directive issued by President Ramaphosa on 5 August 2020 for departments to submit full information on COVID-19 tenders to the ministerial team convened by Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola.
“This measure is unprecedented, and a clear demonstration of government’s commitment to transparency and accountability when it comes to allegations of corruption in the COVID-19 procurement process,” President Ramaphosa said.
The register of COVID-related procurement may be found at: https://t.co/vyYxBTL1e3
— Presidency | South Africa
(@PresidencyZA) August 26, 2020
PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA WELCOMES PUBLISHING OF LISTS OF GOVERNMENT-WIDE #COVID19 TENDERS
President @CyrilRamaphosa has described as historic the online publication of a list of all COVID-19 related government expenditure. pic.twitter.com/Q3d1GbyRJJ
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