Question NW387 to the Minister of Tourism
15 March 2016 - NW387
Krumbock, Mr GR to ask the Minister of Tourism
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 (SMMEs), 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) SMMEs and (ii) co-operatives from 1 April 2015 up to the latest specified date for which information is available?
Reply:
(a) Department
(i) 44.1% from 1 April 2015 to 30 November 2015
(ii) None
(b) South Africa Tourism
(i) 6% of total procurement spend is spent on SMMEs in South Africa. This excludes foreign spend.
(ii) None. There is no procurement expenditure in the co-operatives category of suppliers.