De la Harpe, Stephanus Petrus Le Roux2017-05-112017-05-112015De la Harpe, S.P.L. 2015. The influence of environmental rights on the balance of convenience in the granting of interim interdicts: a note on WJ Building & Civil Engineering Contractors CC v Umhlathuze Municipality and others. South African Journal of Environmental Law and Law Policy, 20:159-167. [https://journals.co.za/content/journal/sajelp]1023-1765http://hdl.handle.net/10394/21900https://journals.co.za/content/journal/sajelpPublic procurement entails the procurement, by organs of state, of goods and services from the private sector.1 Such procurement often has environmental implications. This is especially the case in infrastructure procurement by local governments for instance procurement for the provision of sewage, water, waste collection and similar services.enArticle