The Preferential Procurement Act should be revised to make the involvement of women-owned companies compulsory. A gender specialist believes the national preferential procurement ‘could be an effective tool to build economic resilience for women’. Data suggests that there is a Read the full story
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) announced today that it has appointed Ismail Essa as Sanral’s Transformation Manager to report directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). His appointment will take effect from 1 April 2017. Announcing the appointment, Read the full story
Minister of Small Business Development, Lindiwe Zulu has reiterated and reaffirmed statements made by senior government leaders who spoke to the fact that change must happen in the economic landscape of South Africa. This she mentioned during the State of Read the full story
National Treasury has revised the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2017, which were gazetted on 20 January 2017. According to the National Treasury, the regulations were initially promulgated in 2001 and revised in 2011, making this the second revision since the initial Read the full story