Commenting on a bill like the new BEE bill could either be knee-jerk as an immediate response or knee-jerk after much deliberation. I chose the latter route. The first thing I realised was that you can't look at the amendments without looking at the original act. And so I was going to laboriously combine the […]
Bills, bills, bills (or what I really think of the new B-BBEE Bill) Read More »
At round about the exact same time as Pravin posted this notice, I was writing my post on Eskom's illegal behaviour. My bona fides are still intact. You can look through the Treasury notice but it exempts schedule 2 (major public entities) and schedule 3 entities from a variety of sections of the PPPFA until
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This notice was issued by Treasury this afternoon regarding the applicability of the PPPFA – it was issued in June but made the front page of www.gov.za today. Reinforces my earlier post about Eskom and PPPFA. NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 1 (iii)(f) OF THE PREFERENTIAL PROCUMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK ACT, 2000 (ACT NO. 5 OF 2000)
Confirming the PPPFA’s applicability and the DTI workshop Read More »
Eskom probably regards themselves as the saviour of black business and on paper you might even be able to agree with them. There is little doubt that Eskadaat 6's intentions were to promote black business but not specifically to the detriment of non-black business. However the practical application of Eskadaat 6 was a huge threat
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Today is the day that the new PPPFA regulations come into effect. All bids advertised from today onwards are subject to the new regulations. If you have a moment, why not read your new tendering bible. And take a look at the next post about the applicability of the PPPFA and how Eskom is getting
The 7th of December, 2011. And I quote Repeal of Regulations 15. The Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2001, as published in Government Gazette No R. 725 of 10 August2001, are hereby repealed as from 07 December 2011. Short title and commencement 16. These Regulations are called the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2011 and shall come into effect
PPPFA regulations come into effect on……………. Read More »
As per the November 6 post, it would seem that the Amajuba Municipality is a victim of poor DTI public relations and BEE. This attachment is a must see – but for those of you with coloured monitors I'll write it out for you. (You can see the same announcement on the DTI's home page).
More on the disawareness campaign and a little bit of social consciousness Read More »
Broad- Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) & Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA) Regulations, 2011 ALIGNMENT AWARENESS CAMPAIGN Amajuba District Municipality hereby invites all business entities with its area of jurisdiction to the information session in which the KZN Treasury will clarify the alignment of B-BBEE and PPPFA Regulations. As from the 7th of December
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We’ve partnered with Keyona Business Information & Management Solutions to deliver a one-day PPPFA course which covers the new PPPFA regulations and their applicability. There's also a special section on the Madonsela report. The course is on the 5th of October, 2011 in Gauteng. You can find out more information here – or download the
PPPFA and BEE scorecards – one day workshop 5 October, 2011 Read More »
You might have noticed this weekend's Business Times' article on Dennis Worral and his little issue with doing business (or more correctly, his ATTEMPT) at doing business with the government. The bidding department is that of Transport. The story goes along these lines (Worral's company) put in a R6.7-million bid to run a three-day investment
The complex nature of government procurement and a course that explains it all Read More »
