Eskom, Denel, Transnet, and other state-owned companies can no longer disqualify suppliers from consideration for tenders if they don’t meet black economic empowerment criteria.that finance minister Enoch Godongwana published new legislation for the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act on Friday, 4 October 2022.It previously specified that organs of state could disqualify bidding companies if they were not 100% black-owned.
The Concourt ordered South Africa’s new finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, to publish revised regulations within a year. Although not explicitly mentioned in the new legislation, there is a “special purpose” in the original regulations published in 2000 that allows for giving previously-disadvantaged groups preference.The regulations have hamstrung Eskom from procuring equipment needed to maintain its ageing power stations in a timely and cost-effective manner and getting additional power onto the grid.
But since the court ruling in February, over 700 state entities — including Eskom, Denel, Transnet, and various municipalities and state departments — have been granted exemption from the regulations.Former MTN and Microsoft South Africa chief executive Mteto Nyati, recently appointed head of the Eskom board’s business operations performance committee,“Procurement rules are not as agile as they should be, including rules which say you cannot use suppliers that are not local,” said Nyati.
“We need to remove costs from the equation. We need to make sure we are connecting directly with the people who have the knowledge that will get us out of this crisis as soon as possible,” Nyati said.
Sanity prevails
Let’s be honest black owned suppliers have destroyed Eskom .
Cde Deployment & BEE destroyed everything in this country. It even cheated qualified Black individuals because only connected individuals which wasn't necessarily qualified, but just family or friends got selected.
Good.... now let's get back to business
Mehlolo ha e Fele!
If you have benefited from crook tenders under the guise of bee, you cannot complain about this decision to discontinue this system. You added to the nationwide problem these corrupt tenders caused this nation. When we say corruption has a wide spreading effect, we mean this!!
Thabang_LM Phakama CR17
Let's hope this is the beginning of the end of B-BBEE forever.
We told you get rid of cyril anyways most tenders at eskom go to white companies 🤔how will this work.
We want quality services. whether they will be provided by black or white,we don't care
Sebenza President, sebenza Ramaphosa.. ANC deliveres as promised. You save us from the most corrupt Zuma and delivered us to the new dawn
Corruption rot is in these BBE nonsense, do away with all BBE
As long as we get electricity, truck owners have being sabotaging eskom for long, black brothers can be greedy, am happy with tthis lets just see how it goes however i see people will kill each other
Let the pool get bigger
Funally there they are going in the right direction
Why do we need a crisis for this racist policy to be acknowledged for what it is.
no longer after collapse
This headline is misleading, is Hatch, Mckinsey, coal mines that supply coal to eskom 100% black owned?
BEE is corruption. Sorry to say
About time...
The meltdown in the comment section is mildly amusing, 😉
Attaboy
He's there to undo everything I mean your president and his cabinet hence the other race love him so much.
Ya neh 😦
That was the plan all along the other brothers were hungry for that tender money.
Its a victory for eskom. Loadshedding might be iradicated in 3 months. White people cannot easily be bought.
Hau kanti was the notorious Glencore 100% black or they talking about tissue suppliers
When has Eskom EVER used 100% black suppliers. These lies are ridiculous
EraBaloyi The funny thing about the post is the picture
Stop peddling lies 🤥🤥🤥 Eskom was never forced to use 100% black owned companies. All major contracts have been with white companies.
Lol,he told you during SONA 2022 that he is selling everything back. I can't wait for December conference. people learn better in a struggle we will wake up. Lol so basically the ANC is saying we failed please take back,
And they have never been forced
LandNoli And the whites are sabotaging it to gain total takeover….!!
LandNoli We know, it started in 2017 already, that is why WMC is protecting Cyril at all costs with the media and judiciary!!! Cyril better have a huge budget for the conference , the branches will decide..
The supplier database should be cleaned out completely and the word blacks must never be abused anymore, this time to protect corrupt few🙏🏿
Old news that guy did that when he entered office, Andre
We saw it from when the white ceo took over, we knew it was going here
Wow.....regression
LandNoli CR is in charge and some are saying he us week
LandNoli Not Eskom only it must apply to all the big companies nje
Cyril reversing everything
It never did
When did it use 100% black-owned suppliers? 🤣🤣🤣 Fronting just came to an end, just do your thing in peace
The beginning of the end of BBBEE. Now we can build on merit.
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Tjooo, Cyril 😲😲😲... Now the Europeans are going to sign evergreen tenders!!
Long overdue but we must not be fooled with forever green contracts
Good, they are just middle men overcharging the SOE's and government departments!
Was it forced? That was nonsense.
Slowly cutting out the thieves on the outside……and the inside ✊🏿
'Forced'
Nḓala yo dzhena
95% of the coal was always white-owned. wtf is this rubbish?
As long as the electricity can be restored full time, I don’t care who supplies Eskom
Finally 🤩 apartheid finally ending
At last, abantu abamnyama ba ngazos bora
Zuma was fighting for this. They want to shut us out in every way possible.
Eskom is no longer forced to use 'Blacks' as fronts😅🤣😂
Bass_Mad Good! 🧡
The agenda against Africans is real
Good.
Cut out the middleman comrades. Go directly to manufacturers and service providers to get real value for our buck.
It never did anyways 🤣🤣🤣
Divid an concur.... basic war tactics.
Should never have been forced to in the first place.
A step in the right direction. BBBEE for its initial good intention has a become a curse for SOE's i.e. quick enrichment scheme for the ANC elite
Black people are their own worst enemies. They collapsed Eskom and they will want to blame the white man.
BEE requires 51% black ownership, there has never been a 100% black owned company supplying Eskom, they must release data we want to see the top 200 suppliers and how much they where paid over the last 5years
they have never used 100% black, the real big milkers are the white owned companies with ever green contracts there.
Key strategic sourcing of eskom were never be black owned
Now end the rest of BEE and woke racism and extremism.
THEY NEVER WERE
Ja send in the cavalry to fix the fuck-ups others made. Deliberate Sabotage for sinister reasons. 💰💰💰💰.
Ma_LoJ ANC doing very well for the WMC systems to undermine black people
Good!! The ANC and their policy of BEE has ruined all of our parastatals. And now once everything is broken, they are only realizing that now!
We need an alternative black party we will not allow the SOEs the be monopolised!
MYANC we will vote u out!!!!
Are 100% black-owned Companies compelled to hire a percentage of minority groups for diversity?
Halala thuma mina
Good ngamasela
So who is going to supply now, Russia, Cuba or China?
What a time to be alive in South Africa, to first hand experience the rise of a brand new era under the Ramachanges banner.
Good, now some of the required middle men requiring kickbacks can be given the boot and costs to sort out the issues can be recovered. Onwards and upwards!!
About time ffs ...
No more fronting
I thought BBBEE is a government policy,how do they go against it?
I thought BBBEE is a government policy,how do they go against it?
In SA, cadre failure (impacting citizens) is literally placed above capability.. it's just stupid & greedy.
What are cleaver blacks saying now!we are going back to slavery.
Good one
Fantastic
A few were ever black owned. Mostly were fraudulent fronting white owned companies
What does this even mean when white owned companies have always been the biggest suppliers at Eskom? Does it mean they no longer gonna give business to black owned companies?
FCKTWIRA Reverse the gains Cyril
Whether Eskom has the guts to is the real question
Lol and so it begins...or continues 😂😂😂
Now only?
Bit too late isnt it. We (the taxpayers) ALREADY forced to pay back those debts
Eskom has never used 100% black suppliers stop lying.
Because of all the millions received from all over the 🌎 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 etc 🙄
The new dawn MYANC
Welele, it's a new dawn indeed🤣
Lol
Blame those that come with guns and what what... we are our own worst enemy...
Evergreen contracts
What a travesty
So all that means is the funds now go straight to the supplier and no longer through a BEE account holder, we all know that black business owners dont own any infrastructure, followthemoney
It's about time they get rid of those RACIST laws.
Misleading information , there was never a requirement for 100% black ownership. I mean 99% of Eskom coal is supplied by white owned companies to start with.
Here comes the war
100% black owned? Are Glencore, Exxaro, BHP even black! This is fake populism.
Carl_CE50 This is RACIST and CRIMINAL anyway
Lo Cyril is ruthless in serving his masters. I was President Zuma was this ruthless in rolling out RET policies, we would be far as a country.
KwazaUnathi At last we are seeing some kind of progress.
I think its for the better
Good move. Now the highest priority, which is restoring Eskom and getting it functional again can happen. ALL hands on deck now.
Please do, it really mess up south africa
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