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Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003)

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Chartered Accountancy Charter

Section D : Challenges

Challenges Facing the CA Profession

15.4 Preferential Procurement

 

The target for the CA sector is to increase procurement from level 5 to level 1 contributors, as well as procurement from suppliers that are 50% and 30% owned by black women.

 

Current situation / challenges

Recommended activities

• Perception that service delivery by the black organisations is poor
• Insufficient numbers of providers of the required services
• The practice of 'fronting' in order to attract business
• Too little is spent to actively and effectively promote growth and job creation
• To create awareness by black organisations supplying the accountancy sector of the need for service excellence
• To ensure that procurement from black companies becomes a matter of routine based on service excellence
• To implement robust, independent verification and reporting mechanisms to avoid fronting