WDR Earthmoving Enterprises and Another v Joe Gqabi District Municipality and Others (392/2017) [2018] ZASCA 72 (30 May 2018)
Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
392/2017
Judges
Navsa, Swain, Davis, Pillay, Hughes
The Supreme Court of Appeal held that the requirement to submit three years of audited annual financial statements was a peremptory statutory obligation under the Municipal Supply Chain Management Regulations and the tender conditions. Both the appellants and the fourth respondent declared they were legally obliged to submit such statements but failed to do so. The municipality had no discretion to condone non-compliance with this requirement. The appellants' bid was correctly declared non-responsive, and their appeal on this point failed. However, the fourth respondent's bid was also non-res…