More than 110 organs of state have been granted exemption by National Treasury from the provisions of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act . These exemptions were granted following the Constitutional Court’s decision in February that the 2017 Preferential Procurement Regulations issued by the minister of finance were unlawful.
” National Treasury added that the exemption process will continue until new regulations are in place or the Constitutional Court has provided clarity on the matters put before it, and that it has never prevented or prohibited organs of state from procuring goods and services. New regulations The new draft Preferential Procurement Regulations were published in the national and provincial gazettes for public comment on March 10, with a closing date of April 11.