New South African procurement laws for local suppliers

South Africa is set to introduce new procurement legislation which will give its local suppliers a larger slice of the procurement pie, with preferential public purchasing rules to come into effect on 7th December.

The regulations will empower the country‘s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to designate specific industries as of critical or strategic importance. This would then be linked to tenders that state only locally manufactured products/product parts will be considered.

DTI minister Rob Davies said the designation of products/product parts/lines is part of government plans to use procurement to increase domestic production and employment.

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