Consequence — Lessons from South Africa's Commissions

Consequence is the case material behind the Practitioner Series. Where the Series teaches the discipline of clean public procurement, this book shows — through South Africa's commissions of inquiry — what happens when that discipline fails. Eight lessons drawn from four commissions (Zondo, Nugent, Mpati and the 1999 arms procurement), organised by the recurring pattern of failure each exposed, every one landing where the practitioner's desk begins. The argument is in the title: South Africa has been generous in detection and miserly in consequence — and the practitioner is the person who supplies the consequence the system was slow to. Fully sourced to the public record, with footnoted citations and a consolidated reference list. 36 pages. Free to download.