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SA misses renewables procurement deadline at Kusile

Leave a Comment / Compliance / Legal, Featured, Legal / Contract, Public Sector Procurement, Sourcing Strategy, Tender Management / By Bernie van Niekerk

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has welcomed the earlier-than-expected return of Kusile Unit 3 coal-fired generation, but has also acknowledged that government simultaneously failed to meet its end of September deadline for the release of the next public procurement round for renewable energy, reports Creamer Media’s Editor, Terence Creamer in Engineering News. Eskom confirmed on September …

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Procurement Fraud Continues to Thrive

Leave a Comment / Compliance / Legal, Leadership and People, Legal / Contract, Procurement Leaders, Public Sector Procurement, Risk Management, Sourcing Strategy / By Bernie van Niekerk

Procurement fraud happens within the entire value chain of organisations, says Lebogang Letsoalo, director at Sincpoint Pty Ltd. The reason for so many procurement officials getting the chance to manipulate systems and accept bribes, is because decisions are made on every level. Letsoalo tells SmartProcurement that – from an economic perspective – we need to …

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South Africa’s Public Procurement Bill – Quo Vadis?

Leave a Comment / Compliance / Legal, Don't miss, Legal / Contract, Public Sector Procurement, Sourcing Strategy / By Bernie van Niekerk

South Africa will soon get the chance to provide input on the Public Procurement Bill through Parliament’s portfolio committee. Discussing the implications of the process ahead is Johannesburg-based director, coach, consultant and Supply Chain Management practitioner, Shaun Scott. The Public Procurement Bill has officially been a “Draft Bill” since February 2020 and formally a “Bill” …

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Speaking of Contracts

Leave a Comment / Compliance / Legal, Contract Management, Legal / Contract / By Bernie van Niekerk

Managing Director of Commerce Edge, Ronald Mlalazi, presents a short and crisp tutorial on Contractual Terms, part of the CIPS Curriculum for CIPS Level 4. https://commerce-edge.com/tools-tips/tips-on-contractual-terms/

What P2P Will Look Like in the Future

Leave a Comment / AI, Compliance / Legal, Global Sourcing, Leadership and People, Legal / Contract, Procurement Training, Sourcing Strategy, Supplier Management, Supply Chain Management SCM, Technology / By Bernie van Niekerk

As businesses move further into the twenty-first century, the traditional procure-to-pay process will become increasingly outdated. In the coming decades, warns Dooka South Africa, companies will need to completely re-envision their procure-to-pay (P2P) process if they want to remain competitive. This article explores what the future of P2P will look like in 20 years, examining …

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Light cast on Preferential Procurement Regulations 2022

Leave a Comment / Compliance / Legal, Legal / Contract, Preferential Procurement, Public Sector Procurement / By Bernie van Niekerk

Navigating the legislative environment applicable to state procurement is no easy task and arriving at a workable understanding has for many, since the 2017 Preferential Procurement Regulations (“2017 Regulations”) were set aside, taken on the form of trying to solve a five-sided Rubik’s cube. Sean Sim, Director of Sim & Buzo Attorneys in Johannesburg, enlightens …

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Public Sector Scramble on PPPFA Begins

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Public procurement in South Africa is on the brink of being turned on its head. Johannesburg-based Director, Coach, Consultant and Supply Chain Management Practioner, Shaun Scott, unwraps the legal conundrum that faces all organs of state come January 2023, which must decide for themselves how to implement the new Preferential Procurement Regulations. Over 700 organs …

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How to manage political pressure in public procurement

Leave a Comment / Compliance / Legal, Leadership and People, Legal / Contract, Professional Development, Public Sector Procurement, Sourcing Strategy, Supplier Management, Supplier Partnerships, Supply Chain Management SCM / By Bernie van Niekerk

Political pressure from stakeholders in supply chain management (SCM) is a reality. We must just find ways to collaborate with our colleagues in government successfully, advised Thandy Pino, Founder and CEO, Ntakha Consulting, and former Chief Director of Supply Chain and Asset Management at the Gauteng Department of Health, at the recent SPW Indaba 2022. …

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Preferential Procurement – Constitutional Confusion

Leave a Comment / Compliance / Legal, Legal / Contract / By Bernie van Niekerk

Probably the most significant judgement the country has seen in public procurement, was handed down by South Africa’s Constitutional Court on 16 February 2022, on the Afribusiness versus Minister of Finance case, and is reflected upon here by Shaun C Scott, Johannesburg director, coach, consultant and supply chain management practitioner. The decision was not anticipated …

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The Urgency of Procurement Reform after State Capture in South Africa

Leave a Comment / Compliance / Legal, Legal / Contract / By Bernie van Niekerk

Even a cursory reading of the published parts of the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into State Capture (the Zondo Commission), leaves no doubt that public procurement was at the heart of state capture in South Africa, says Prof. Geo Quinot, professor of law at Stellenbosch University and director of the African Procurement …

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