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[TOP STORY] State blacklists 52 companies in long-overdue procurement crackdown

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‘Under my leadership I've shown that we've gone from two being blacklisted in 22 years to 52 in 18 months and that's because we are having a lot more scrutiny on these projects,’ says Minister of Public Works, Dean Macpherson.

7 Apr 8AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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