. In 2005 - National Supplier development pilot project completed in partnership with PetroSA. Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) and the SA Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA) members established SASDA to facilitate access to procurement opportunities by Historically Disadvantaged South Africans (HSDA) for goods and services. . In 2006 - SASDA Board and governance structure were established. . In 2007 - 2008 - SASDA was incorporated into CEF following a ministerial directive and SASDA's mandate was also expanded to include energy related SOEs. SASDA renegotiated its MOU with SAPIA resulting in individual oil company Service level agreements (SLAs). It took almost 2 years to negotiate the SLA swith the oil companies.