Lessons in Higher Education Procurement Practices

Reflecting on findings from the Zondo Commission and Auditor General Reports, this analysis emphasizes the importance of robust internal control systems and a holistic approach towards mitigating risks and corruption in the procurement processes of Higher Education institutions.

• Higher Education
• Procurement Practices
• Risk Mitigation
• Corruption
• Internal Controls

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1. The Zondo Commission findings: Lessons for procurement practices in Higher Education PURCO SA Ponder 23 February 2022 Sethulego Matebesi Department of Sociology T: +27(0)51 401 9111 | info@ufs.ac.za | www.ufs.ac.za

2. AS A POINT OF DEPARTURE. Firstly, I need to declare that I am not an academic. Nor have I studied any of the social sciences or human behavioural fields such as psychology. Nor have I gone down the MBA route. I am a dyed-in-the-wool mining engineer with a master s degree in engineering science. However, what I do have, and what I want to share, is over 30 years experience working with leading people leading people, which is often a far more variable and volatile commodity than the mineral that I was trying to mine! working with, managing managing and (Matt Gill, 2017: Risk why do people do what they do? AUSIMM Bulletin, April, p.60)

3. My Reflection Auditor General Reports - Consistently being ignored Lessons for HE sector procurement practices Zondo Commission - Undue influence -Administrative compliance by political/executive interference Corruption Integrity Risks examples - R400 million multi-modal taxi rank - Bfn - R15 million open ground stadium - EC

4. Conclusion A low hanging fruit for HE institutions: Existence of robust internal control systems However, the ecosystem of procurement in HE should consider the human element as potential risks in the procurement process Risk exist throughout the procurement process Thus, a holistic approach for risk mitigation & corruption is needed.

5. Thank You!!