Plan to insource labour at Unisa
Within six months, a task team convened by the Unisa council will be expected to come up with a strategy to insource general workers at the institution.
Treasury drives transparency and price competitiveness
Transparency is one of the most effective ways to increase price competitiveness among suppliers, resulting in lower purchase prices, if implemented correctly. In this month's SmartProcurement Moritz Botha, Director: eTendering at National Treasury, discusses the use of technology to achieve these goals.
Best universities in South Africa vs emerging markets
The Times Higher Education has published a list of the top universities in emerging economies, with two South African universities featuring in the...
A view on outsourcing
UCT Vice-Chancellor Max Price was interviewed by Marelise van der Merwe of The Daily Maverick about the recent student protests.
MeetingCentre launched
We are finalising preparations to make our advanced video conferencing and meeting centre in Midrand available for hire. It is an attractive option...
2014 Conference
The 31st Annual PURCO SA Conference, hosted in Gauteng in October 2014, was premised on the theme of ‘ mindshift - be the change ’. The theme was...
2015: Good causes
PURCO SA is a firm believer in the social and business value of contributing time and funds to good causes. Children’s wellbeing, mountain climbing and education are among the charity efforts we supported this year.
2015: Systems savings
PURCO SA has saved more than a year of accumulated working time since it implemented new online technologies two and a half years ago.
2015: eProcurement
Steady adoption of PURCO SA Online and Travel platforms
2015: Skills development
PURCO SA Skills Development Programme: Investing in Skills