1.With reference to President Jacob G Zuma’s undertaking in his State of the Nation Address delivered on 12 February 2015, that the Government will set aside 30% of appropriate categories of state procurement for purchasing from Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMME’s), co-operatives, as well as township and rural enterprises, what percentage of the total procurement of (a) his department and (b) every entity reporting to him went to (i) SMME’s and (ii) co-operatives from 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available
QUESTION NO. 359-2016
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DATE OF PUBLICATION 19-02- 2016: INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO: 02-2016
“Mr HCC KRUGER (DA) to ask the Minister of Arts and Culture”
With reference to President Jacob G Zuma’s undertaking in his State of the Nation Address delivered on 12 February 2015, that the Government will set aside 30% of appropriate categories of state procurement for purchasing from Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMME’s), co-operatives, as well as township and rural enterprises, what percentage of the total procurement of (a) his department and (b) every entity reporting to him went to (i) SMME’s and (ii) co-operatives from 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available? (NW371E)
REPLY:
(A) & (B) (i) 9% of all procurements was given to the SMME’s from 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available.
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