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Power pylons ‘Preferential Procurement’ designation to create some 1 500 jobs

The designation of power pylons as local content under government’s preferential procurement rules would create an estimated 1 500 new jobs, Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) industry development executive Kobus deBeer told Engineering News. Under Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA) regulations, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) could stipulate sectors and […]

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Implications of government entities not complying with revised PPPFA

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The new PPPFA regulations became effective from 7 December 2011. Lucille Jansen van Vuuren of Volition Consulting Services outlines the implications if government entities do not comply with the amendments, in this month’s SmartProcurement. “In addition to an adverse Audit General Report, non-compliance with the PPPFA regulations as amended may result in expenditure to be

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PPPFA alone cannot revive SA industries

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South Africa’s revised Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA) will need to be tied to a number of other strategies, as it will be inadequate on its own to ensure South Africa’s re-industrialisation, Manufacturing Circle chairperson Stewart Jennings said earlier this week in media reports. While Government argues that its procurement power has the potential

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Engineers want services designated under PPPFA’s local procurement

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Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has applied to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for engineering consulting services to be given “designated” status under government’s preferential procurement rules. CESA president Naren Bhojaram said in reports earlier this month that the “designation of consulting engineering services has the potential to stimulate additional work for the

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State-business accord sets buy-local target of 75%

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Business, government and labour pledged on Monday to increase their expenditure on goods and services from South African producers to 75%. The move is a bid to boost industrialisation and create employment in the country. The New Growth Path Local Procurement Accord seeks to “lay a foundation for a localisation programme,” said Economic Development Minister

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Sustainable supplier and enterprise development

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Many of the 6 000 000 small to medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa are struggling and a high percentage will fall by the wayside, Yvonne Themba, Director of Corporate Affairs at Shanduka Black Umbrellas, told delegates at SmartProcurement World. Themba added that South Africa has a low entrepreneurial class with less than 8% of

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Using the new PPPFA Regulations for successful supplier adoption

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The new Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA) regulations are set to go into effect on 7 December 2011. This is great news that will positively impact the lives of many in South Africa as well as the country’s overall economic outlook, Catherine Hills, Partner: Global Accounts at Ariba, tells SmartProcurement. The regulations state that

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DTI, UNISA and WITS create Management Development Programme

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The B-BBEE Management Development Programme (MDP), created by the dti and Unisa School of Business Leadership (including Wits), has recently been launched. The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) partnered with these two prominent institutions to develop a standardised national Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Management Development Programme (MDP). The programme gives impetus to

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PPPFA – Is Level 4 Good enough?

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The difference between a level 3 and level 4 can have a massive impact on your company’s profitability. Wayne Oosthuizen, CEO of Engeli Enterprise Development highlights some interesting facts about the evaluation of tenders in terms of the PPPFA, in this month’s SmartProcurement. The new PPPFA must be applied in the adjudication of all tenders

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Sustainable Procurement matters

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Sustainable Procurement recently moved into the blogosphere following publication of the 5th edition of an HEC-Paris/EcoVadis report, ‘Sustainable Procurement: Back to Management!’ For a view on the survey’s findings of European procurement realities within 2011, SmartProcurement spoke to Abrie de Swardt, IMPERIAL Logistics Marketing Director. Risk management imperative The study, which featured participation by 80

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