BEESA Consulting and EES-Siyakha hosted their second annual Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Conference on the 11th, 12th and 13th of November 2008 at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Johannesburg. More than 80 delegates from both the private and public sectors attended the event in order to get to grips with the […]
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The board of the Association of BEE Verification Agencies (ABVA), an independent national membership organisation established to lead the black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) verification industry, has the pleasure to announce Andile Tlhoaéle, as the new Chairperson of ABVA. Andile Tlhoaéle is the Group CEO of Inforcomm Limited and Director of Coral-I Solutions. He is also
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Part 5 of a ten-part series that examines key operational aspects of the so-called “Purchase to Pay” value chain by Independent Contributor, Peter Alkema – Head: Purchase to Pay at ABSA “Until such time as a Purchase Order (PO) is created by the customer and received by the supplier, no legally binding purchase process has
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Dallas & Johannesburg – Anglo Base Metals launched its full e-Procurement functionality at a formal event on 1 August 2008, in partnership with Quadrem Africa, a subsidiary of Quadrem International Ltd, a supply chain solutions company with one of the world’s largest electronically connected supplier networks for private and public sectors. This will see
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During the recent Advanced Negotiations Skills Workshop, hosted on the 23rd & 24th of July 2008 in Centurion by SmartProcurement, several interesting issues around the whole ‘skills-set’ were raised and debated. The workshop was facilitated by Tom Beasor who hails from the UK and has consulted to companies and organisations in over 30 different countries
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“Organisations can no longer only rely on their products and services to differentiate themselves”, Tom Beasor, an acclaimed international negotiator told SmartProcurement. “Often, it is the actual level of training of their personnel that makes the deciding difference.” This applies as much to your hard skills (technical competence) as it does to your soft
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Time to recalculate your scorecard! In a landmark decision, the Pretoria High Court has ruled that South Africans of Chinese descent qualify for the full benefits of the country’s Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and Employment Equity (EE) legislation. The Pretoria High Court found in favour of an application by the Chinese Association of South
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As the recognised industry body for the BEE Verification Industry, ABVA (the Association of BEE Verification Agencies) has provided companies with the following information in regards to what they can expect from their chosen Verification Agency (VA) during the verification process. The criteria and expectations as expressed here are part of the ABVA Member Code
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Part 1 of a ten part series that examines key operational aspects of the so-called “Purchase To Pay” value chain By Independent Contributor, Peter Alkema – Head: Purchase to Pay at ABSA The contract is signed, months of negotiation are concluded, the supplier is already paying bonuses and the sourcing managers are going home for
World Class Operational Procurement: What is compliant spend? Read More »
"No government department has ever asked for a Broad Based BEE certificate, and it may be some time before they do" Wade van Rooyen of Iquad Verification Services tells SmartProcurement. . The answer to the question of why government has not asked for certificates is based on conflicting legislation which may have a serious impact
BBBEE Compliance vs Government Procurement Practices – a Contradiction in terms? Read More »
