Suppliers owed R100bn
14 April 2016 - 02:47
The government, which at present owes suppliers R100-billion because of its failure to pay many of them within the prescribed 30-day period, is tired of paper and wants to migrate to an automated system that would also help to reduce manipulation of the tendering system. This is according to Kenneth Brown, the country's first chief procurement officer, who briefed the parliamentary standing committee on appropriations yesterday.
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