PER: 2008 Volume 11 No 2http://hdl.handle.net/10394/17712024-03-29T15:48:12Z2024-03-29T15:48:12ZGood Governance in Public Procurement: A South African Case StudyRoos, RolienDe la Harpe, Stephenhttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/21152019-06-24T09:00:35Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZGood Governance in Public Procurement: A South African Case Study
Roos, Rolien; De la Harpe, Stephen
In this article good governance in public procurement, with particular reference to accountability is discussed. The principle of providing adequate remedies in public procurement is put under the spotlight. This is done with reference to the decision in Steenkamp NO v Provincial Tender Board, Eastern Cape. In this case the Constitutional Court had to consider whether an initially successful tenderer could lodge a delictual claim for damages to compensate for expenses incurred after conclusion of a contract, which was subsequently rendered void on an application for review of the tender award. The applicable principles of good governance and the applicable provisions of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement and the WTO plurilateral Government Procurement Agreement are analysed. This is done to enable an evaluation of the decision by the Constitutional Court in the above case. It is concluded that the South African public procurement system does in this instance comply with the basic principles of good governance with regard to accountability.
2008-01-01T00:00:00ZThe good, the bad and the ugly: using good and cooperative governance to improve environmental governance of South African world heritage sites: a case study of the Vredefort domeKotzé, Louis J.De la Harpe, Stephenhttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/18862020-11-19T10:46:33Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZThe good, the bad and the ugly: using good and cooperative governance to improve environmental governance of South African world heritage sites: a case study of the Vredefort dome
Kotzé, Louis J.; De la Harpe, Stephen
2008-01-01T00:00:00ZPublic participation, good environmental governance and fulfilment of environmental rightsDu Plessis, Anélhttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/18852020-11-19T10:43:16Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZPublic participation, good environmental governance and fulfilment of environmental rights
Du Plessis, Anél
This article succinctly, albeit critically, assesses with reference to some international developments the role that public participation is expected to play in state governments’ fulfilment of citizens’ environmental rights. Based on a survey of literature and jurisprudence, the article considers substantive environmental rights as human rights and the notion of public participation generally. It also puts forward some ideas on the relation between public participation and the fulfilment of environmental rights and how this may feed into good environmental governance. The article does not aim to contribute to the discourse on good governance or good environmental governance per se. Instead, it introduces the presumed role of public participation processes in an environmental rights context what may be but a facet of good governance and/or good environmental governance. Where applicable, the South African context is employed to illustrate and reinforce the observations and/or viewpoints maintained.
2008-01-01T00:00:00ZGood governance in public procurement : a South African case studyRoos, RolienDe la Harpe, Stephenhttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/18842020-11-19T10:46:03Z2008-01-01T00:00:00ZGood governance in public procurement : a South African case study
Roos, Rolien; De la Harpe, Stephen
2008-01-01T00:00:00Z