Tender News and Blog

South Africa’s public tender framework has long recognised the importance of ensuring reliable, affordable, and uninterrupted access to essential medicines and vaccines, particularly for national immunisation programmes that protect children and vulnerable populations. While local pharmaceutical manufacturing remains an important national objective, it is equally critical that public procurement decisions prioritise patient access, programme sustainability,

The eThekwini Municipality approved R1.1 billion in public tenders over a three-month period. A report presented to the eThekwini council detailed the tender awards for November 2025, December 2025, and January 2026 as follows: R276 million tenders in January 2026 R152 million in tenders in December 2025 R726 million in […]

eThekwini Municipality’s R1.1 billion tender awards raise questions about transparency and community benefits.

Acsa faces fresh legal challenges as Eagle Eye Security Specialists files an urgent high court application over a major aviation security tender covering South Africa’s three largest airports.

Carrim said he invested millions into Matlala’s company, Medicare24, believing the funds would be repaid once a lucrative police tender advanced. Instead, he received only a fraction of the money back.

A new court challenge has been filed against ACSA’s aviation security tender covering OR Tambo, Cape Town and King Shaka airports, raising concerns about procurement fairness.

Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) is embroiled in another tender scandal.

The third annual Tender Success Summit will take place on 28 May at the Focus Rooms in Modderfontein.

In parallel, the city manager has instituted a comprehensive internal investigation led by the Internal Audit Division to review the supply chain management and human resources processes linked to the transaction.

Three senior health dept officials in court for allegedly aiding the firm to secure the contract