Barolong Seboni launches Nitty Gritty book
Monday, April 29, 2024 | 370 Views |
Barolong Seboni
The venue was breathtaking. In what seems like a bush with rocks and uncompleted structures built with rocks, lies a very beautiful opening with well trimmed green grass.
The venue was perfect for a picnic outing where revellers also enjoyed beautiful poems from two local poets, Duchess and Mbali. Each recited two poems and their unique and immense talents stole the audience's hearts including a baby girl who accompanied her mother to the event as she could not resist but danced next to Mbali when she was dishing out her beautiful poem, ‘I am Africa.’ Putting a cherry on top to make the event even more interesting, revellers complied and brought their coolerboxes, picnic baskets and blankets and camp chairs giving the venue an intimate feeling with soft music playing on the background.
Whilst celebrating milestones in inclusivity, with notably P5 billion awarded to vulnerable groups, the report sounds a 'siren' on a dangerous and growing trend: the ballooning use of micro-procurement. That this method, designed for small-scale, efficient purchases, now accounts for a staggering 25% (P8 billion) of total procurement value is not a sign of agility, but a 'red flag'. The PPRA’s warning is unequivocal and must be...