Government Services

Government Services

South Africa’s cooperative governance system places responsibility for delivering public services mainly with local and provincial government, yet institutional weaknesses increasingly constrain the state’s ability to deliver. This creates a growing need for private sector participation, but procurement rules remain geared to transactional purchasing rather than long-term partnerships, causing regulatory bottlenecks. We help public institutions navigate complex regulatory frameworks and support private sector clients in structuring compliant, bankable and implementable solutions, combining regulatory expertise with a practical understanding of how government functions.

Selected experience (6 matters) ▾
  • Urban regeneration PPP models: advising a district municipality, through a World Bank appointment, on PPP models, including institutional readiness, partnership structuring and alignment with municipal legislation
  • Municipal entity establishment: a joint-venture entity between a district municipality and a local nature reserve to develop and operate a leisure facility
  • Prepaid electricity metering PPP: a funder and developer on a 15-year PPP agreement with a metropolitan municipality for prepaid meters, back-office systems and collections infrastructure
  • Institutional restructuring: a provincial tourism entity’s integration with two similar entities into a single agency, and a provincial treasury on consolidating two public entities into a new infrastructure development entity, including PFMA applications and the required legal instruments
  • Municipal security for PPP obligations: an international finance institution on whether a municipality may secure its PPP payment obligations
  • Sub-national debt regulation: a multilateral development bank, on the statutory regulation of sub-national debt in South Africa