TOWARDS A SUCCESSFUL CENTRALIZATION OF MUNICIPAL PROCUREMENT: A CASE OF KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE

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Zwelihle Wiseman Nzuza ORCID logo, Lawrence Mpele Lekhanya ORCID logo

https://doi.org/10.22495/jgr_v4_i4_c6_p4

Abstract

Centralization of municipal procurement in the KwaZulu-Natal Province is faced with several challenges. There were two aims for this study: to identify factors influencing municipal procurement and to design a model of the factors influencing municipal procurement, in an attempt to improve the understanding of municipal procurement. The proposed model is based on sound theoretical frameworks like knowledge management theory and the application of theory and practice ethics as well as the secondary data. The study found that the biographic factors as well as internal and external factors have strong influences on the success or failure of municipal procurement. The significance of these factors formed the basis for a proposed model and is subject to further experiments by other scholars.

Keywords: Operational Procurement Factors, Procurement Theories

How to cite this paper: Nzuza, Z.W., & Lekhanya, L.M. (2015). Towards a successful centralization of municipal procurement: A case of KwaZulu-Natal province. Journal of Governance and Regulation, 4(4-6), 697-703. https://doi.org/10.22495/jgr_v4_i4_c6_p4