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COLLABORATE2019, the 2019 PURCO SA Annual Conference hosted in Cape Town at the end of October was a huge success. By clicking on the link below you can view the Plenary Presentation videos on the PURCO SA Youtube Channel and download all the speakers' powerpoint presentations.

On 14 June 2019, Selvan Govender, CEO of the Purchasing Consortium Southern Africa NPC (PURCO SA), handed over an amount of more than R1.7 million to...

COLLABORATE, the 2019 PURCO SA Annual Conference and Exhibition is the best way to deepen your knowledge about higher education procurement, network, and connect with higher education buyers and decision-makers from almost every South African university, TVET College and their allied institutions.

Procurement executives, buyers and financial decision-makers from almost every higher education institution in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana will attend COLLABORATE, the 2019 PURCO SA Annual Conference and Exhibition. As you already know, these professionals are looking for information, products, and services to optimise their current environments and plan for the future.

While we continue to deliver collaborative success, there is a much greater opportunity to reap immediate benefits. I am proud of the way our Consortium and Members responded last year to the challenges of constrained funding and an uncertain economy to deliver improved student access, welfare and academic outcomes.

The higher education sector continues to face significant headwinds, and the past year again presented our community with challenges that taxed our collective ingenuity.

According to a Stats SA report, released in October, Universities spent less money on computers, staff, transport, furniture and student accommodation in the 2017/18 financial year, mostly because of the #FeesMustFall and #OutsourcingMustFall campaigns.

THANK YOU Thank you to all our higher education members and exhibitors who supported and participated in the 2018 PURCO SA Conference and Exhibition. We had almost 600 participants at the event this year, with 94 exhibition stands - a new record for PURCO SA despite the difficult economic times.

Rector and Vice-Chancellor of UFS, Prof Francis Petersen will present the welcoming Keynote Address at the 2018 PURCO SA Conference, to be held at...