February 20, 2015.
For Creamer Media in Johannesburg, I’m Sane Dhlamini.
Making headlines:

Government to introduce a new supply chain management system as from April 1.

Nigerian warplanes bomb training camps and caches of weapons and vehicles belonging to the Islamist group Boko Haram.

And, Suspended South African Airways CEO Monwabisi Kalawe faces a formal disciplinary enquiry.

President Jacob Zuma said a pending change to government’s supply chain management system would stop it getting stuck with suppliers with the "highest" price for goods and services.

In his response to debate on last week's State of the Nation Address, in Parliament, he told MPs government was taking action to improve the supply chain management system to prevent fruitless and futile expenditure and corruption and other problems.

Zuma said government had established a chief procurement office, set to become operational on April 1 this year, where all tenders would be posted on an electronic tender system available across the country.

Nigerian warplanes bombarded training camps and caches of weapons and vehicles belonging to the Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeasterly Samibisa forest on Thursday, the military said.

Defence spokesperson Major-General Chris Olukolade said many terrorists had been killed while others are scattered across the forest as they escaped the struck bases.

After a year in which Boko Haram seemed to be gaining ground, seizing swathes of territory, killing thousands of people and kidnapping hundreds of mostly women and children, the tide has appeared to turn against them in the past month, as neighbouring countries plagued by cross-border attacks have weighed in.

Suspended South African Airways (or SAA) CEO Monwabisi Kalawe is set to face a formal disciplinary enquiry following the findings of an investigation into allegations of serious misconduct.

Kalawe was suspended in October following allegations of misconduct relating to noncompliance with various critical policies and procedures and legislation.

He is also accused of undisclosed gross misrepresentation to Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown and failing to act “at all times in the best interests” of SAA, besides others.

Also making headlines:
A senior Egyptian diplomat accused Qatar of supporting terrorism after Qatar recalled its ambassador from Cairo in a dispute over Egyptian air strikes on Islamic State targets in Libya.

Mali's government and an alliance of Tuareg-led northern rebels agreed to cease hostilities on Thursday to ease tensions during UN-sponsored peace negotiations aimed at ending decades of uprisings.

A military spokesperson for South Sudan's rebels quit on Thursday, saying slow-moving peace negotiations to end the ethnic-fuelled conflict were ignoring the demands of smaller factions.

IBM signed an Equity Equivalency Investment Programme with the Department of Trade and Industry that would see IBM invest R700-million in skills development in the fields of science and technology in South Africa over a ten-year period.

And, a consortium led by Bravura Equity Services plans to set up a stock exchange in South Africa for companies that are currently trading their shares on the over-the-counter platform.

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That’s a roundup of news making headlines today