South Africa: ‘Plans in place to make disaster procurement easier for drought-affected areas’

08 Feb, 2018: The national government is putting plans in place to ensure disaster procurement can happen faster in drought-affected areas. The Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape have all declared provincial disaster areas, as a persistent drought grinds on. During a special meeting in Parliament this week, Cooperative Governance Minister Des van Rooyen raised concerns that provinces were not spending the disaster funds …