A little more on the DMR Minerals Council case It also noted the removal of other provisions which were seen as onerous. “The judgment also sets aside the provisions around procurement of goods and services (especially the capital goods target), and supplier and enterprise development which the Minerals Council argued contained unachievable targets for mining […]
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This morning I found myself sending an email to one of my staff members about procurement. This doesn't take into account stupid bolshie bob's new rules that are so ridiculous that he should be brought out of retirement to fix the mess he has created. But no – the ANC rewards uselessness. Anyway before I
A procurement tutorial – because it may be useful and a ProcureActiv endorsement Read More »
As an aside – this piece of virtual media has had 19 hits today. 19 hits – that's what I normally get in a good month. This post has been drafted in my mind over the last week. The success of black economic empowerment came through the private sector pushing the procurement element, don't
There is quite nothing more pathetic than a Zuma/ANC patsy who thinks that he is still relevant, even though he has never been. Enter our old friend (this blog's friend), Verwoerd's protege – jungle jim (who goes by the new moniker Mzwanele). I get the impression that Zuma is now so desperate for support that
Life in the jungle (more like jungle’s mind) Read More »
In his 2015 state of the nation giggle session our very competent, intelligent and decisive president made the following announcement. Government will set-aside 30% of appropriate categories of State procurement for purchasing from SMMEs, co-operatives as well as township and rural enterprises. We are quite used to this esteemed personage's platitudes and incredible decisiveness so it
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The news that the DTI planned to bring verifications in house was sent to me yesterday. I immediately phoned Gerhardus Burger (who is no longer at IRBA) and we had a little chuckle. The problem I had yesterday was that I didn't know who actually said that they would can verification agencies. Lo and behold
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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 »
You can find them here. I haven't looked through them (power failure all day). But the 90/10 rule is for R1m and up. And scorecards are the way to go for preference points. At first glance these regulations are not bad. They allow for EME certificates that are not issued by verification agencies (something Coca
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Say you are but a humble BEE consultant who advises a certain multinational called Harriest*. Harriest has a complex structure because it is made up to two companies, Harriest One and Harriest Two. Harriest One is really an import company with no employees at all, they just import goods from their parent, HARRIESSENCE. They then
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Black economic empowerment as a concept works when the lone consumer is not involved in the procurement decision.
