Preferential Procurement Regulations $2022$ by National Treasury to State Owned Entities in South Africa. Preferential Procurement Regulations $($PPR $2017)$ were deemed by the Constitutional Court

$($ConCourt$)$ judgment as determining preferential procurement policy for state organs and were consequently declared invalid. According to Section $2(1)$ of Preferential Procurement

Policy Framework Act. $2003,$ an organ of state to choose their preferred procurement policy and implement it within the following framework. The framework is contained in Section $2(1)($a$)($g$)$ of the Act. Therefore, organs of state should have the independence to establish their preferential procurement policy, while the Minister must dictate what is necessary or expedient as required by Section $5$ of the Act. PPR $2022$ aims to comply with the ruling$$s reasoning and

decision$-$making in its totality. You are therefore required to conduct thorough desktop research and prepare a write$-$up outlining the following:

Identify seven differences between the PPR $2017$ and PPR $2022$ and critically analyse the rationale thereof.