Who attends the Conference

The PURCO SA Conference is restricted to employees of PURCO SA member institutions and their suppliers. Suppliers may only attend if they are exhibitors.

PURCO SA Annual Conference attracts delegates from almost every one of the PURCO SA member institutions. Membership encompasses:

• Public higher education institutions
• Registered higher education institutions such as FET Colleges and private institutions
• Allied institutions such as the CSIR, National Research Foundation, SABS and others.

To ensure the right level and calibre of attendance PURCO SA sponsors a free registration for at least one senior delegate from every member institution. The bulk of the approximately 250 regular attendees are directly engaged in procurement, either at an operational level or in a strategic capacity. Almost all procurement department heads attend the event, accompanied by buyers across a broad range of services and commodities. Finance departments are well represented.

PURCO SA has affiliate relationships with HEFMA (Higher Education Facility Managers Association) and ASAUDIT (Association of University IT Directors) and there are plans to increase attendance by their members.

PURCO SA Member Institutions attending Conference

1. Boland College
2. Cape Peninsula University of Technology
3. CAPRISA
4. Central University of Technology, Free State
5. Council on Higher Education
6. CSIR
7. Durban University of Technology
8. KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV
9. Mangosuthu University of Technology
10. Milpark Education
11. MINTEK
12. Monash South Africa
13. Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
14. North-West University
15. National Research Foundation
    • NRF South African Environmental Observation Network
16. Polytechnic of Namibia
17. Quality Council for Trades and Occupations
18. Rhodes University
19. Stellenbosch University
20. Tshwane University of Technology
21. Umalusi
22. UNISA
23. UNISA School of Business Leadership
24. University of Cape Town
25. University of Fort Hare
26. University of Johannesburg
27. University of Kwazulu-Natal
28. University of Limpopo
29. University of Limpopo Medunsa
30. University of Limpopo Turfloop
31. University of Mpumalanga
32. University of Namibia
33. University of Pretoria
34. University of the Free State
35. University of the Western Cape
36. University of the Witwatersrand
37. University of Venda
38. University of Zululand
39. Vaal University of Technology
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