But workplace skills and training can alleviate the threat and at the same time earn you a grant payback and BEE points Last year the Financial Mail reported that “two-thirds of jobs in South Africa (SA) could be lost to robots”. It is a concerning claim in a country facing economic woes, ever-looming downgrades, company […]
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The Council of the European Union (EU) placed a renewed focus on public e-Procurement when it adopted directives for the reform of public procurement in February 2014. Globally, governments have been pursuing initiatives to affect good governance and the “smart expenditure” of limited funds. They have pursued the implementation of a more effective procurement
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From left to right: SmartProcurement’s Debbie Tagg, Miss SA Ntandoyenkosi Kunene, Absa ED’s Thabo Makama Delegates, SMMEs and visitors were in for a surprise when the current Miss South Africa Ntandoyenkosi Kunene cut the ribbon and formally opened the ED Expo at the end of the conference’s first day.The second session of the second day
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The government’s procurement policy will be overhauled in a bid to support black and small businesses, said President Jacob Zuma. ”The buying power of the state is a powerful economic tool. It can and must be used to advance black economic empowerment, ” said Zuma, speaking at a Black Business Council dinner in September.
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The developmental nature of ‘transformation’ becomes a complex process when we consider the overwhelming commitment within supply chains to receiving high-level quality, consistent delivery and cost effectiveness. Such a commitment leads organisations to carefully evaluate the risks versus the benefits when implementing their ESD strategies. However, only from the vantage of a holistic overview
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As Smart Procurement World marks its 10th anniversary, the Gauteng conference underway at Gallagher Convention Centre has drawn on its opening morning more than 1 000 delegates, speakers and exhibitors. The conference kicked off with some entertainment from the famous puppet comedian, Chester Missing highlighting side-splitting commentary on South African current affairs. Join us
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The Treasury is rethinking the draft preferential procurement regulations it published in June, and there is a possibility the revised version could claw back some of the more generous provisions for enhanced black economic empowerment. “The latest revision of the regulations is expected to be submitted to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan in September and
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Developments within government such as the creation of the ministry of economic development and, more recently, the ministry of SMEs indicate that the public procurement system also needs to evolve to remain a relevant and proactive tool to drive sustainable economic development, said Adv. Siza Mthethwa, General Manager: KZN Supply Chain Management, KZN Provincial
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Four University of Johannesburg students, thinking that government’s Central Supplier Database (CSD) is not the only answer to the problem of tender fraud, have designed a system that aims to curb tender corruption in the state’s procurement system. Recognising tender fraud ias a real problem in African governments, the students, calling themselves “Kriterion”, developed
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Does this sound like you or one of your colleagues? “The problem is that there are so many suppliers, compounded by many procurement professionals being spread thin. Often, initially procurement has less specialist knowledge about a market than do their stakeholders. The consequence is procurement only being engaged late in the process, then spending
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