Start free with Consequence.
The free companion to the Practitioner Series — eight lessons from Zondo, Nugent, Mpati and Seriti, each landing on a control already on your desk.
By Itumeleng M. Ramutla — the case material behind the series, free to read before you buy a single volume.
A 36-page PDF, emailed to you. No payment required.
Practitioner references for South African public finance.
Practitioner references for South African public finance — PFMA and MFMA, in equal measure.
Six digital reference volumes. Verified citations. Equal treatment of the PFMA and MFMA throughout.
Built for the work
Each volume tracks the public-finance management cycle as practitioners actually experience it — from appropriation through procurement, prevention, consequence, reporting, and assurance.
Citation integrity
Every case, section, and regulation is verified before it is relied upon. The PFMA, the MFMA, the Treasury Regulations, the Public Audit Act, and the standards that give them effect.
PFMA and MFMA, in equal measure
National, provincial, and municipal spheres receive equal treatment throughout the series — not an afterthought, but a design principle.
One reference for each phase of the management cycle.
Budget Management and Expenditure Control
From appropriation to year-end: budget preparation and approval, implementation, expenditure control, in-year monitoring, adjustments, and the management of unauthorised expenditure.
Supply Chain Management
Procurement integrity end to end — the PPPFA and the 2022 Regulations, the demand-to-disposal lifecycle, bid committees, contract management, the high-risk failure modes, audit defence, and what changes under the Public Procurement Act.
Irregular, Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure
Preventing, detecting, disclosing, and remediating non-compliant expenditure under the PFMA and MFMA — through to the material irregularity framework and the compliance system that keeps it from recurring.
Financial Misconduct and Consequence Management
Consequence management in practice — investigation, the disciplinary process, criminal referral and PRECCA, recovery mechanisms, and the material irregularity framework.
Annual Financial Statements and Reporting
Preparing defensible annual financial statements — closing off, the statements and notes, non-compliant expenditure disclosure, the AGSA audit process, the opinion spectrum, and improving audit outcomes.
Internal Audit and the Audit Committee
Building independent assurance — risk-based internal audit planning, methodology, the audit committee’s mandate and practice, and combined assurance.
All six volumes, at a single discounted price.
All six volumes of the Public Finance Practitioner Series — from budget management and procurement through prevention, consequence management, annual reporting, and internal audit assurance — at a single discounted price.
The IT Procurement Practitioner Series.
Working handbooks for information-technology procurement in South African government — both sides of the table, from the buyer's desk to the supplier's bid room.
The IT Procurement Officer's Handbook
The public-side working reference for IT procurement: methods and thresholds, SITA panels, specifications that procure competitively, evaluation and award, contract management, the audit defence, and the Public Procurement Act transition. For IT procurement officers, departmental CIOs, and SCM heads with IT scope.
The SITA-Panel Bid Manager's Handbook
The supplier-side bid manager's reference: panel application, the bid pipeline, decoding the specification, bid response, mini-bids, and evaluation defence — the supplier's discipline. Anchored additionally in the Competition Act and the B-BBEE Act.
The Public-Sector Account Manager's Field Guide
The supplier-side account manager's field guide to holding multi-year positions with public-sector institutions: reading the institution, mapping the procurement calendar, engaging within the bright lines, and building a pipeline at portfolio scale — the long game.
Both series, all nine volumes, one purchase.
Everything Folio Press publishes — all six Public Finance Practitioner volumes and all three IT Procurement Practitioner volumes, with the Public Procurement Act transition guide included free. The complete practitioner reference shelf at the best price.
The Public Procurement Act 28 of 2024 — a practitioner's transition guide.
What changes under South Africa's new procurement regime — the new institutions, preferential procurement, and the phased transition timeline. R295 standalone, or included free with the complete set and the Complete Library.
Bulk and site licensing
Universities, training providers, departments, and municipalities can licence the series for cohorts and teams. Tell us what you need and we will prepare a quotation.
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The series methodology
The free Series Process Map — yours to download.
The Series Process Map is a one-page navigator to all six volumes and 56 chapters across the PFMA and the MFMA. Download the print-quality PDF below — no sign-up required. Subscribe too for occasional compliance guidance and new-volume updates. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
