Gauteng's Bid Automation Plan: Addressing Corruption or Lip Service?

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Gauteng's Bid Automation Plan: Addressing Corruption or Lip Service?
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Many South Africans weren’t convinced by the Gauteng government's plan to introduce an automated bid adjudication process that would curb tender rigging.

Finance MEC Lebogang Maile said the process would also create transparency and ensure contracts are awarded based on merit

Many South Africans weren’t convinced by the plan, with some stating that some leaders could tamper with the processFinance MEC Lebogang Maile said the Gauteng government planned to introduce an automated bid adjudication process to curb tender rigging. Images: Stock Image and Trevor Kunene/Daily Sun/Gallo Images., Finance MEC Lebogang Maile said the automated process would also create transparency in tender awarding and ensure contracts are awarded based on merit.

“We will also look at the possibility of automating our procurement systems so we limit the interference of humans because when there are humans involved that is when fraud and corruption happens.”“All tenders will now go directly to @Lesufi computer to be distributed to BBEEE and AA black mates who will buy him R28 million house and cars. That's how it works now.”“Automation will achieve nothing when the input stage of the process will be rigged.

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