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<p><span>Re-Engineering Municipal Supply Chain Governance: An Empirical Framework for Service Delivery Resilience in Limpopo Province</span></p>

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socioeconomic

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paper
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Tho
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Elsevier BV
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Background & Purpose: Municipalities across developing economies face a persistent operational dilemma: balancing strict statutory procurement compliance with rapid, highquality service delivery. In South Africa, local government institutions operate under rigid financial control frameworks primarily governed by Section 217 of the Constitution (RSA, 1996), the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA Act 56 of 2003), and Preferential Procurement Policy Frameworks. Despite these statutory controls, systemic supply chain failures, contract defaults, and capital under-expenditure continue to hinder local infrastructure delivery (Auditor-General South Africa [AGSA], 2024). This paper presents an empirical framework designed to re-engineer municipal supply chain management (SCM) into a resilient vehicle for public value creation across local and district municipalities in Limpopo Province.
Methodology: Utilizing a Pragmatic Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Design (π‘„π‘ˆπ΄π‘ β†’ π‘žπ‘’π‘Žπ‘™) (Creswell & Creswell, 2018), quantitative data were gathered from municipal accounting officers, Chief Financial Officers, and SCM practitioners (𝑁 = 312) across Limpopo’s five district municipalities (Capricorn, Mopani, Sekhukhune, Vhembe, and Waterberg). Hypothesized structural relationships were tested using Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modeling (CB-SEM) (Kline, 2023). Follow-up qualitative semi-structured interviews (𝑛 = 24) with provincial treasury officials, Auditor-General representatives, and municipal oversight chairs provided contextual explanation for the quantitative outcomes.Β 
Findings: Quantitative path analysis demonstrates that direct statutory compliance alone exerts a non-significant effect on service delivery lead times (𝛽 = 0.080, 𝑝 = .239). However, when mediated through E-Procurement Integration and Contractor Vetting Rigor, the indirect path toward service delivery resilience becomes highly significant (𝛽 = 0.540, 𝑝 < .001). Qualitative insights further reveal that political-administrative friction during bid adjudication and delays in contract variation approvals serve as the primary structural bottlenecks (Fourie & Malan, 2020).
Contribution: The study synthesizes these findings into the Public Supply Chain Resilience Model (PSCRM), offering public sector decision-makers a risk-adjusted operational framework to optimize procurement speed without compromising statutory accountability.Β Β 

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