The Scourge of ‘Tenderpreneurship’: A Critical Analysis of the Effects of Political Patronage and Corruption in Public Procurement on Service Delivery Outcomes in the Eastern Cape Province
This study focuses on procurement processes as one of the most critical issues facing the South African local government domain today. Our main argument in this paper is that effective and efficient procurement processes are stifled by corruption emanating from political patronage which continues to menace the public s...