(1) (a) What percentage of the total procurement of (a) her department and (b) every entity reporting to her went to (i) SMMEs and (ii) co-operatives from 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available?
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QUESTION NO: 371(NW383E)
PUBLISHED IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO: 2-2016 OF 19 FEBRUARY 2016
MS J Edwards (DA) TO ASK THE MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATION:
(a) What percentage of the total procurement of (a) her department and (b) every entity reporting to her went to (i) SMMEs and (ii) co-operatives from 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available?
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REPLY:
(i)The percentage of the total procurement that her Department spent on SMME and Co-operatives from April 2015 up to latest date is as follows:
DIRCO
(i) SMME: 22.90%
(ii) Co-operatives: 6.65%
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