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PART A: SAMRC MANDATE
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2.1.2 Chapter 10: Public Administration

Table 2. Chapter 10 of the South African Constitution

SECTION DESCRIPTION PRINCIPLES

195 Public administration must be A high standard of professional ethics must be promoted and
governed by the democratic maintained.
values and principles enshrined
in the Constitution Efficient, economic and effective use of resources must be promoted.
Services must be provided impartially, fairly, equitably and without
bias.
People’s needs must be responded to, and the public must be
encouraged to participate in policymaking.
Public administration must be accountable.
Transparency must be fostered by providing the public with timely,
accessible and accurate information.

Good human-resource management and career-development
practices, to maximize human potential, must be cultivated.

2.1.3 Chapter 13: Finance

Table 3. Chapter 13 of the South African Constitution

SECTION HEADING DESCRIPTION
217 Procurement When an organ of state in the national, provincial or local sphere of
government, or any other institution identified in national legislation,
contracts for goods or services, it must do so in accordance with a
system which is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-
effective.
Subsection (1) does not prevent the organs of state or institutions
referred to in that subsection from implementing a procurement policy
providing for—
- categories of preference in the allocation of contracts; and
- the protection or advancement of persons, or categories of
persons, disadvantaged by unfair discrimination.
National legislation must prescribe a framework within which the policy
referred to in subsection (2) must be implemented.

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