Mineral Resources on mining charter and local economic growth In a move that seeks to bridge the growth gap between the mining companies and the Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) in the North West province, the Department of Mineral Resources ...read more

Johannesburg - A two-year deal between Square Kilometre Array (SKA) South Africa and telecoms operator Vox Telecom will see households in the rural communities in the Northern Cape getting high speed broadband connectivity. ...read more

GLOBAL jitters following poor manufacturing data from China and the eurozone and the downgrade of Japan’s sovereign credit rating by Moody’s, triggered widespread panic selling of stocks on Monday, which some analysts believe was excessive ...read more

The CEO of the Passenger Rail Services of South Africa (PRASA), says the unveiling of new locomotives will change the lives of commuters for the better. ...read more

Iron ore has plunged 47% this year to near the lowest level since 2009 as investment in new mines deepens a global glut ...read more

A.T. Kearney's 2014 AEP Study finds that the best procurement organizations are at the top of their game. Meanwhile, the rest of the pack is treading water and wondering what's next for procurement. On the one hand, the study found that the ...read more

[ITC]ITC assists enterprises in exploring new markets and entering value chains ...read more

The ITC assists enterprises in exploring new markets and entering value chains ...read more

South Africa’s National Treasury on Friday reissued its amended request for proposal (RFP) for the five-year multibillion-rand project to replace the legacy systems currently in use with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution for an integrated ...read more

Power utility says it has signed coal supply deal with Anglo American’s black empowerment company to have coal delivered from New Largo project to Kusile ...read more

"Savvy” procurement saved the BBC more than £70 million on goods and services this year, a report into the broadcaster's efficiency has stated. Total category spend of £655 million across 11 ... ...read more

The profession's increased involvement in wider business strategy has altered the skill set needed by those working in the function. Generally speaking this has manifested itself in a focus on skills related to relationship management and strategic ...read more

The supply base plays a pivotal role in any organisation’s success. Without a robust system to evaluate supplier performance, a business can never reach the point at which it can derive real value from its suppliers. CPOs need a system in place ...read more

Government departments and state entities have come under fire from the Auditor-General for poor performance and failing to jack up their systems to comply with the law in the issuing of tenders. This was after Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu found that ...read more

CHEVRON SA has warned that should the building of a Cape Town harbour oil-storage terminal go ahead, this would eventually mean the shutdown of its Western Cape refinery and lead to the loss of thousands of direct and indirect jobs. On Tuesday, the ...read more

Cabinet approves implementation of programme to ensure compliance by government departments with policy on procuring goods, services from local suppliers ...read more

THE importance of public-private partnerships is a prevalent theme of the National Development Plan. Such a partnership is already taking place at the very highest level between business and government with dedicated task teams working behind the scenes ...read more

Trade and Industry Minister Dr Rob Davies reiterated on Tuesday that the procurement of goods that conform to local content requirements was not just a recommendation for State entities but a legal requirement. During a Portfolio Committee on Trade ...read more

When it comes to driving compliance and adoption of your new P2P system by your supplier base, you really don’t have any control at all. Suppliers are usually overlooked in this process, but the supplier represents half the transaction, and can ...read more

There is no denying the value that small and minority-owned suppliers offer to businesses but securing that value has proved to be trickier for procurement. ...read more

Does your procurement/supply management department have a truly strategic role in your company? Does it get invited EARLY on new initiatives, new projects, acquisition evaluations, new plant sites, etc.? Or, is your department generally involved at the ...read more

ONE of the country’s most experienced corporate leaders, Mark Lamberti, says South Africa’s problems are structural, not cyclical — and turning things around will take time. The CEO of Imperial Holdings, the R100bn-a-year logistics ...read more

Supply chain professionals are "masters of the universe" because of the growing importance of their role in firms, says Huw Waters, supply chain director at Procter & Gamble. ...read more

A procurement boss’ time is at a premium but by placing themselves at arms-length of day-to-day procurement negotiations they stand a chance to focus on more strategic issues, give their team a confidence boost and help work through any impasses ...read more

The challenge of generating high-quality leads looms large in front of business-to-business marketers today. 78% of B2B marketers say lead generation is their biggest challenge. Just like any other large problem, the best way to address this is to break ...read more