Overpricing by middlepeople is not only about rents, which are not inherently anathema and can even be productive where mobilised behind clear institutional parameters that encourage reinvestment, productivity improvement, skills transfer and value addition, writes Ayabonga Cawe.
Procurement in South Africa is not just about “buying stuff” but an avenue of redress and redistribution, fraught with all the political and economic questions, silences and tensions that are no doubt familiar to us all.
In an opinion piece in this publication on Tuesday, Carol Paton correctly located how supply-chain-focused “violence” – as distinct from say, rape, murder or common assault – had strong links with the interpretation of preferential procurement within the framework of the broad-based black economic empowerment policy.
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