MEDIA RELEASE

SANRAL TAKES PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS ON INTERIM PREFERENTIAL PROCUREMENT POLICY TO KWAZULU-NATAL

Pietermaritzburg, 6 November 2023 – The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) will on Wednesday, 8 November 2023, continue its series of stakeholder engagement session at various venues in and around KwaZulu-Natal as part of public consultations on an Interim Preferential Procurement Policy (PPP).

The main stakeholder engagement session in KwaZulu-Natal will take place at Pietermaritzburg City Hall and will also be linked virtually to venues in Durban, Kokstad and Jozini.

The decision to withdraw SANRAL’s new Preferential Procurement Policy, which came into effect in May 2023, was taken by the Board on 23 October 2023 after careful consideration of the legal challenges to the policy launched by construction companies in various courts across the country.

These legal challenges would have prevented SANRAL from processing some 80 tenders worth billions of Rands, with significant negative consequences for the fulfilment of the roads agency’s constitutional and statutory mandate.

The purpose of the stakeholder engagement meetings is to enable SANRAL to receive inputs and contributions from interested and affected stakeholders to present a roadmap for implementation of the interim PPP.

SANRAL urges all interested and affected stakeholders to participate in this consultative process to facilitate a speedy resolution to any potential obstacles that would delay the roads agency from meeting its mandate to build and maintain the country’s road infrastructure network and pursue its transformation objectives.

Satellite venues:

Durban: Olive Conference Centre

Kokstad: Kokstad Youth Centre

Jozini: Hlabisa Community Hall

For further information please contact: Zenzele Bam on 072 891 5290 or Siyabonga Khuzwayo on 083 260 3555 or sanral@fticonsulting.com