Question NW365 to the Minister of Energy
08 April 2016 - NW365
Cardo, Dr MJ to ask the Minister of Energy
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) 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?
Reply:
a) The Department does support SMMEs, Co-operatives, as well as Township and rural enterprises through their procurement spent.
b) The procurement spent for SOEs was mainly on SMMEs and they are detailed below as follows.
Entity |
Report |
NNR |
15% of R51 million total Expenditure year to date on goods & services |
SANEDI |
R3,313770.00 being 19% of total cash and accrued operating expenses |
CEF |
R 3,847,260,039.37 spent on BBEE including SMME (CEF Group does not report specifically on SMMEs and Co-operatives or categories these suppliers separate from the BEE spend. |
NECSA |
37% of the total procurement spend (R 86 million) was spent on Qualifying Small Enterprises (QSEs= Annual revenue of less than 10 million 25% of the total procurement spend ( R 58 million ) was spent on Exempt Micro Enterprises (EME=Annual revenue of less that R 50 million ) NB: In terms of the BBBEE Act, SMME’s are now referred to as QSEs and EMEs. |
NERSA |
More than 40% of R60 million (NERSA’s procurement spend for 2015/16) went to service providers with a BBBEE Level 3 and above. |
NRWDI |
NRWDI is not yet operational; this is not applicable to the Institute. |