Covid-19 vaccines SA Government / Pfizer contract #4

The SA Government bound themselves to irrevocable purchasing orders, and Pfizer was exempted from any liability for failure to obtain authorisation for the vaccines, any failure to deliver the doses and our Government could not cancel any of the orders.

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The following is an excerpt from the Pfizer Vaccine Contract:

Why did our government agree to this contract provision?