Question NW373 to the Minister of Labour
24 May 2016 - NW373
Groenewald, Mr HB to ask the Minister of Labour
(a) 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:
1. The Department of Labour’s spent on SMMEs for 2015/16 accounted for 59.2% of the total procurement spent.
2. When taking all its entities into account, 29.6% accounted for SMMEs procurement.
3. Cooperatives accounted for negligible share and the Labour Activation Programme is focusing on Enterprise Development Programme with a special focus on Cooperatives.