The Procurement Reform Working Group:
Statement of Intent

The Procurement Reform Working Group (PRWG) is a South African coalition of civil society organisations, allied partners, researchers, and interested individuals concerned with public procurement integrity and efficacy in South Africa. The group provides a space for analysis, coordination and collective engagement on procurement law, policy and practice. PRWG brings together organisations with different mandates and sectors specific interests, but with a shared concern for how public money is spent and how procurement shapes state capability, service delivery, and public trust.

While much of PRWG’s work in recent years has centred on engaging with the Public Procurement Act and related legislative processes, its common purpose extends to concern with the broader development of a procurement system that is more transparent, more effective, less vulnerable to corruption, and better able to serve constitutional government and public need.

The group has been concerned with how procurement information is disclosed, how decisions are monitored, how institutions are equipped to carry out their responsibilities, and how the system can be made more intelligible and more workable, including via support from civil society.

PRWG is not a coalition built around a single uniform position on every issue. It is a working group that allows organisations to compare analysis, identify common ground and coordinate where collective intervention is useful. Where shared positions emerge, it can support common reference points, collective inputs and public statements. Where emphasis differs, it still provides a forum for exchange and informed debate. Core members of the group are included below, but participants are free to join and contribute where and when they can.

For more information about the group, contact Thabisop@pari.org.za