Procurement hurdles: unveiling challenges in the subsidized commuter bus sector of Gauteng, South Africa
Thobeka KT Ngcamphalala,
Intaher Marcus Ambe
Abstract:In South Africa, like many developing countries, procurement is seen and used as a strategic tool to promote socioeconomic development, including the promotion of competition, among other objectives. The South African commuter bus industry is structured to procure – through competitive tendering – SMMEs within the industry’s mainstream. These contracts are subsidized by the government – their origins date back to the 1940s – to ease the financial burden on black African communities. However, since its establis… Show more
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