KwaZulu-Natal premier Sihle Zikalala says 235 African-owned companies out of a total of 392 were awarded Covid-19 contracts.Almost 40% of the R2.1bn spent by the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government on procuring PPE and other goods and services as part of the response to Covid-19 was spent on African-owned companies.
“Our analysis shows that out of this total of R2.1bn, R810m was spent on African-owned companies. The total of African-owned companies used was 235 out of a total of 392 companies,” he said.“The analysis further shows that R37m was spent on white-owned companies, a total of R31m on companies with owners showing a mixed racial profile, while R10m was spent on companies owned by coloured people and R9.7m on companies owned by Asians,” Zikalala said.
He said almost R1.8m went to suppliers whose owners were not registered on the Central Supplier Database, therefore there were no details available.“We are unable to provide the same detail for municipalities at this stage because the reporting format and the IT systems applicable are different. It is, however, work in progress.
“We are releasing the information merely to account and be transparent to our people. Should we find, at a later stage, that there was something untoward in the awarding of the contracts, we will not hesitate to act.”
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