mmegi

Gov’t entities frustrate PPADB

In the news: The Boatle bridge embankment collapsed after rains last year. Public procuring entities are generally sloth to submit “End of Activity Reports” and have a poor track record of monitoring contractors PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
In the news: The Boatle bridge embankment collapsed after rains last year. Public procuring entities are generally sloth to submit “End of Activity Reports” and have a poor track record of monitoring contractors PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Procuring entities such as ministries and local authorities continue to vex the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) through poor monitoring of contractors and persisting with requests for retroactive spending.

The two issues have perennially come up each time the PPADB reports on the state of public procurement and continue despite the Board’s remonstrations.

In the latest update, PPADB acting executive chair, Tumelo Motsumi said submissions of end of activity reports by procuring entities remained a challenge, explaining that this hampered the performance monitoring of contractors in the implementation of government projects.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up