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
Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (CESA) newly appointed President, Neresh Pather, presented his presidential message and theme for the year at a function held in Johannesburg this morning. Pather’s focus for the year will be on Effective Ethical Leadership with the Read the full story
South Africa’s national road agency is going all out to make sure black businesses in the construction sector are supported by everyone involved. The national roads agency is unwavering in its commitment to the inclusive participation of black South Africans Read the full story
Arising out of the engagement in Nedlac to address the impact of the credit ratings downgrade on the country, Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) today hosted a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Malusi Gigaba and the Deputy Minister Sfiso 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
“It is extremely difficult to find a place for the so-called ‘once empowered always empowered’ in the situation where 20 years after the adoption of the Constitution of South Africa, so much disparity and economic divide exists; these were the 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
Mining giants, Exxaro and Anglo American could be in for a rocky ride if Eskom’s threats are to be taken seriously. This comes after the state utility’s quarter update today. Eskom was responding to Exxaro’s restructuring of its black economic Read the full story
Small, black-owned as well as women-owned companies are set to benefit from the Treasury’s proposed new preferential procurement guidelines that stipulate the reservation of 30% of all large government-issued subcontracts subcontracts should be reserved for them. According to the Treasury: Read the full story