BIOGRAPHY OF A POLITICAL ACTIVIST The Ghost of Equality: The Public Lives of D. D. T. Jabavu of South Africa, 1885–1959. By CATHERINE HIGGS. Athens: Ohio University Press; Cape Town and Johannesburg: David Philip, Cape Town: Mayibuye Books, 1997. Pp. xiii+276. £37.95 (ISBN 0-8214-1169-1); £15.95, paperback (ISBN 0-8214-1171-3).

1998 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-514
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Ohio University ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Activist ◽  
Public Lives

Companies convicted of economic crimes and their participation in government tender processes in South Africa: A comment on Namasthethu electrical (PTY) LTD v City of Cape Town and another (201/19) [2020] ZASCA 74 (29 JUNE 2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-122
Author(s):  
Jamil Ddamulira Mujuzi
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The Public ◽  
South African Police Service ◽  
The Government ◽  
South African Police ◽  
Economic Crimes

In South Africa, persons or companies convicted of fraud or corruption or companies whose directors have been convicted are debarred from participating in bidding for government tenders. Although it is easy to establish whether or not a natural person has been convicted of an offence, because a certificate can be obtained from the South African Police Service to that effect, it is the opposite with juristic persons. This issue came up in the case of Namasthethu Electrical (Pty) Ltd v City of Cape Town and Another in which the appellant company was awarded a government tender although the company and its former director had been convicted of fraud and corruption. The purpose of this article is to analyse this judgment and show the challenges that the government is faced with when dealing with companies that have been convicted of offences that bid for government tenders. Because South Africa is in the process of enacting public procurement legislation, the Public Procurement Bill was published for comment in early 2020. One of the issues addressed in the Bill relates to debarring bidders who have been convicted of some offences from bidding for government tenders. Based on the facts of this case and legislation from other African countries, the author suggests ways in which the provisions of the Bill could be strengthened to address this issue.

A Manuscript of Landino's Xandra in South Africa1

1963 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 44-59
Author(s):  
L. F. Casson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
South African ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Public Library ◽  
The South ◽  
The Public ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
Good Taste ◽  
The Gift

S. Grey 3 c 12 is a miscellany of Latin poems in the South African Library, Cape Town. It is one item in a collection of manuscripts, and a much larger number of printed books, given to the library in 1861 by Sir George Grey, governor of the Cape. At the time of the gift, he had relinquished his office for a similar post in New Zealand, where he had been governor also before coming to South Africa. While in New Zealand for the second time, he formed another but smaller collection of manuscripts, now in the Public Library at Auckland. Both collections are the work of an amateur bibliophile, a gentleman of private means, who assembled with intelligence and good taste.

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