EFF vows to scrap tenders after 4 November local elections
The party says the tender system benefits one person while communities go without work, and that it will end tenders at municipalities it controls.
The Economic Freedom Fighters says it will scrap tenders at municipalities it takes in the 4 November local government elections.
In a broadcast published by eNCA (YouTube), the party said its position on tenders is not negotiable and that the change would begin at municipal level. The party argues that tenders breed corruption.
According to the broadcast, the EFF says ending tenders will allow more direct jobs to flow from municipalities to residents, and that this would create more work in communities where unemployment is high. The party said tenders currently benefit one person and leave the unemployed in the same community worse off.
The statement was made in the context of the 4 November municipal elections, which the party identified as the point at which the change would be implemented.
The broadcast does not set out how municipalities would procure goods and services without tenders, how the party would handle existing contracts, or which municipalities it expects to win. None of those details were stated in the transcript.
The source material for this report is a broadcast transcript published by eNCA (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh82YFmbtBg
