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The Crony Capitalism of the Cities Support Programme
The Cities Support Programme (CSP) is a thinly veiled attempt by the government to hand out lucrative contracts to its cronies, under the guise of "supporting" metropolitan municipalities. The latest tender is for a professional service provider to deliver system support to the programme management function, which translates to a blank check for the DBSA to waste taxpayer money.
The CSP’s third phase promises to continue the programme’s tradition of mismanagement and inefficiency, with the DBSA boasting about its ability to "support" metropolitan municipalities in their efforts to "improve" their spatial and infrastructure planning, and economic development. Code for: more government interference, wasteful spending, and crony capitalism.
The SABC’s Desperate Attempt to Stay Afloat
Meanwhile, the SABC is desperately trying to stay afloat by tendering for IT services, including hosting, support, and maintenance. It’s a sad state of affairs when the public broadcaster is forced to beg for scraps from the private sector just to stay afloat.
Eskom’s Job Evaluation Software: A Ruse for More Cronyism
Eskom, the pariah of the South African energy sector, is tendering for job evaluation software, which is code for another opportunity for the utility to dole out contracts to its favorites. The real question is: how will this software be used to pad the pockets of Eskom’s cronies?
The CCMA’s Contact Centre Solution: A Recipe for Disaster
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) is looking to provision a contact centre solution, but will it be another example of government bungling? With its history of mismanagement, it’s anyone’s guess what kind of disaster the CCMA will unleash on the taxpayers.
The Department of Agriculture’s Limpopo Tender: A Backdoor for Cronies
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s tender for laptops, monitors, projectors, and voice recorders in Limpopo is a thinly veiled attempt to create a backdoor for cronies to get rich quick. Will this tender be used to reward loyal party cadres or will it be used to enrich the department’s friends?
The National Treasury’s eTender Portal: A Gateway to Corruption
The National Treasury’s eTender Portal is touted as a way to increase transparency and competition in government tenders, but is it just a facade? With a history of corruption and cronyism in government, it’s hard to believe that this portal will be used to reduce wasteful spending and increase efficiency. Instead, it’s likely to be used as a tool for government officials to funnel contracts to their friends and family.
Overall, these tenders are just more examples of government’s failed attempts to support metropolitan municipalities, while lining the pockets of cronies and perpetuating wasteful spending.
