(1) What progress has the National Treasury made with regard to the development and implementation of a new system to curb tender malpractices where (a) civil servants and (b) political officials take advantage of the poorly managed government procurement system to win lucrative tenders through companies in which they allegedly have interests; (2) whether a pilot of the new system has been introduced; if not, when does the National Treasury intend to introduce it; if so, when; (3) what measures are currently being implemented to arrest the tender malpractices revealed in the Auditor-General’s most recent state audit which found that about R600 million in state tenders were awarded to suppliers linked to families of employees of state departments awarding the tenders?