Think of the exorcist: I bet what you come up with is a far cry from the corporate world of suits and boardrooms. But when we talk of a function undergoing somewhat of a transformation , the strange parallels become clear. 80% of banks now partner with ...read more

A concerned group of specialist magazine publishers has indicated its intention to lodge a formal complaint next week with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) against the South African Post Office (SAPO), which has been in ...read more

Oil prices fell in subdued Asian trade on Wednesday after speculation about the dim prospects for an Opec oil production cut. ||| Tokyo - Oil prices fell in subdued Asian trade on Wednesday following sustained speculation about the dim prospects ...read more

Seven-stage tender process to be modified to allow for more transparency and public oversight ...read more

The Gauteng Provincial Government has announced that the upgrade of Cedar Road in Fourways, Johannesburg with an estimated value of R50 million is the pilot project for the new open tender process. The pilot project was officially unveiled by Gauteng ...read more

The apparel manufacturer’s efforts are a great example of the economic benefits that can accrue to companies that pursue sustainability and promote ethics in their supply chains. Kudos to Levi Strauss, which announced last week that it will partner ...read more

Governments, academics and tech gurus over the last couple of years have been transfixed with the prospect that better and bigger data can help us solve the world’s more entrenched problems – including corruption and poverty. The United Nations ...read more

[New Era]Windhoek -Minister of Finance, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, yesterday said Namibia needs to ensure that regulatory frameworks and supervisory practices give sufficient space to encourage competition and innovation to promote formal financial sector ...read more

These types of brands are more likely to spend more time with suppliers and understand them at a personal level, the study says. Often design-led, luxury brands are also always pushing suppliers’ capabilities and testing their flexibility. Procurement ...read more

Struggling gold producers plan increasingly drastic measures such as scrapping dividends, cutting jobs, halting projects and shutting mines to survive the latest price plunge, but not all of them will make it. ...read more

KUMBA Iron Ore, SA’s largest producer of the ingredient to make steel, has warned that its full-year earnings will be at least R3bn lower than last year because of falling prices. Kumba, which operates two large iron-ore mines in the Northern ...read more

Brent oil dropped to a new four-year low below $82 (R914) a barrel, a fifth straight day of losses, as weak economic data from top energy consumer China intensified worries about demand as a global supply glut grows. ...read more

Eight signs you need to review your supply chain compliance systems http://t.co/UMFhY3wwbf ...read more

Back in the days when procurement started out as a ’back-office function’, it was probably not on the average job seeker’s horizon, at least not deliberately. But this perception has changed in the last decade. When Procurement Leaders ...read more

The internal strife at SAA is attributed by insiders to battles over procurement and contracts. SOUTH African Airways (SAA) chairwoman Dudu Myeni on Monday defied Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown’s instruction to immediately reinstate CE ...read more

THE Kagiso purchasing managers index (PMI) rose for a third consecutive month to 51.8 in October from 50.8 in September, indicating that activity in the manufacturing sector continued to improve following months of weakness. This marks the best level ...read more

The 2014 mid-term elections in the US have proven that sustainability is indeed a national issue, one that demands attention not just from business executives, including CPOs, but by political candidates and elected officials. The New York Times reports ...read more

Public service innovators gathered at Emperor's Palace, in Kempton Park, on Friday evening to be honoured for their innovations. The 12th Public Sector Innovation Awards featured among others innovations that improve service delivery, use Information ...read more

Shell Supplier Diversity is introducing a new strategy and technology to create efficiencies while helping potential suppliers interested in doing business with Shell. The new Shell Diverse Supplier Pipeline Management System, which Shell developed, will ...read more

Mike Blanchard, general manager of strategic procurement at Sydney Trains, made the point while addressing delegates at the CIPS Australasia Conference this month. He said high-performing teams have the following five characteristics: they share the same ...read more

CRIMINAL cases against private security companies are mounting, with the backlog of outstanding investigations getting larger and larger, Parliament’s police committee heard on Wednesday. The Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA ...read more

Small and medium-size enterprises are expected to create 90% of the 11-million jobs envisaged by the National Development Plan by 2030 ...read more

Brics countries must continue to embrace innovation as a key driver for economic growth, delegates at the 3rd Annual innovaBRICS & Beyond Conference taking place in London heard on Monday, 27 October. ...read more

Pretoria - The Department of Small Business Development is working towards reversing the high failure rate of new small businesses. ...read more

FAMOUS Brands has delivered an 18% rise in headline earnings per share to (HEPS) 212c in the six months to August, boosted mainly by its logistics and manufacturing operations and improved efficiencies. The fast food group said on Monday that revenue ...read more