(1)Whether he will furnish Mr G K Y Cachalia with a reasonable data-driven estimate on how much more each one of the seven state-owned entities reporting to him spend on a basket of recurring consumables such as bottled water, toilet paper, milk, cleaning products and implements, as (a) a result of the application of the current procurement regime governed by internal procurement manuals and the Public Financial Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, and (b) against normal wholesale and/or even retail prices; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) How has he found that the quantum of the difference, extrapolated across the total spend, might impact cash flow and profitability?