Using Information and Distributed Ledger Technologies to Combat Public Procurement Corruption: A South African Perspective

Corruption in public procurement Causes, consequences and cures

Triage — a South African Perspective

June 2004 Vol.22 No.6 CME 325 While an estimated 60 000 South Africans are murdered and die in road traffic accidents each year, at least 2.5 million cases of non-fatal injury require emergency care during the same period. This translates to about 66 trauma presentations per 1 000 population per annum. In South Africa the burden of non-trauma emergencies seeking medical care has not been formal...

Heliotherapy: A South African perspective.

The research objective was to gather and collate data that will enable dermatologists to quantify exposure to solar radiation so that they can give accurate advice to patients using heliotherapy, thereby minimising harm from sun exposure. Other patients can also be advised regarding ultraviolet index (UVI) and sun safety. The concept of minimal erythema dose per hour (MED/h) may be useful in fu...

Competitive procurement with corruption

We study competitive procurement administered by a corrupt agent who is willing to manipulate his evaluation of contract proposals in exchange for bribes. With complete information and no corruption, the efficient firm will win the contract for sure. If the agent is corrupt and has large manipulation power, however, bribery makes it costly for the efficient firm to secure a sure win, so in equi...

African Anti-Corruption Agencies: Challenges and Prospects

Corruption has become an issue of major political and economic relevance in recent years. This has led to a resurgence of interest in analyzing the phenomenon and the diverse forms that it assumes in developing politics with an expectation that democratization and economic liberation offer potential routes to dealing with the problem. Anti-corruption strategies range from institutional reforms ...