Category Archives: Southern Africa

Botswana government urges suppliers to register or lose business

Firms hoping to win government work must sign up to Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board before they can bid.

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South African government to hire chief procurement officer

Finance minister Pravin Gordhan has announced the government intends to hire a CPO to monitor purchasing across government.

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Western Cape to implement green procurement plan

The South African regional government says it will be the first province to integrate environmental criteria into purchasing.

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SA government urges suppliers to show integrity

Economic development minister warns that competition authorities are ready to “crack down” on contractors that collude on prices.

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South Africa trains to have 65 per cent local sourcing

South Africa’s train manufacturing supply chain must be competitive, sustainable, support black economic empowerment efforts and meet localisation targets.

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Buyers pay price of limited cross-border trade in Africa

Lesotho, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia and Angola are among the countries The World Bank said could buy cheaper goods if they traded more products across their borders.

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Incidents of procurement corruption uncovered at South African university

Minister Nzimande: “We will call on our courts to impose the maximum sentence where cases are proven.”

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Pick n Pay boycotts ‘expensive’ suppliers

The South African retailer has removed products from stores in Swaziland and South Africa until suppliers lower prices.

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Pick n Pay boycotts ‘expensive’ suppliers

The South African retailer has removed products from stores in Swaziland and South Africa until suppliers lower prices.

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UK manufacturing sparks into life

Latest PMI “means a return to recession is by no means a certainty”, said economist Rob Dobson.

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