BEE noble, but open doors for job creation first - economist
While it is noble to ask companies to comply with BEE, government should focus on getting jobs created in the first place, suggested Nedbank economist Busisiwe Radebe at a post-Budget briefing.
View ArticleTime for a new wave of BEE
We should not be surprised if BEE is once again attacked simply because it’s not done correctly, says Nomfundo Xenia Ngwenya.
View Article5 questions: The DA's election promise for BEE
BEE has long been contentious within the DA. Fin24 talks to its spokesperson for jobs, MP Geordin Hill-Lewis, about the party’s stance.
View ArticleOrion confirms it's raising A$8m for BEE restructure
Orion Minerals on Monday confirmed that it was raising A$8m in capital as part of a broader Black Empowerment Equity restructuring process.
View ArticleFerial Haffajee: After elections, workers will become owners
Deep stakeholder ownership can be the ticket to transformative black economic empowerment, says Ferial Haffajee.
View ArticleSolly Moeng: The DA is at a crossroads - here's how it can move forward
Now that the DA has elected a white man as its interim leader, it will find it harder to lead on some crucial, uncomfortable discussions we must have in a still racially polarised South Africa, says...
View ArticleWomen tavern owners among those benefitting from SAB Zenzele scheme
SAB is preparing to wind down its broad-based black economic empowerment programme, SAB Zenzele, currently valued at almost R10bn.
View ArticleWhy being bought out by a foreign multinational isn’t always the best option:...
This fast-growing freight-logistics business had been sounded out by a couple of multinationals seeking to establish a footprint in the country.
View ArticleRestructuring government procurement
The proposed Public Procurement Bill aims to simplify tendering while making it difficult to loot state coffers.
View ArticleBEE a disservice to South Africa's economy - Moeletsi Mbeki
BEE has not added any value to the SA economy and should be scrapped and replaced with an integrated business development policy, says political economist Moeletsi Mbeki.
View ArticleInternal strife could compromise black business in economic recovery
Divisions within the black business community need to be mended for a strong and effective collective to emerge.
View ArticleNortham weighs buyout of black investors’ R29 billion stake
Northam Platinum is considering buying out some of its biggest shareholders to curb future liabilities, boosting the wealth of three of prominent Black businessmen.
View ArticleNortham in talks to quicken buyout of black investors’ stake
Northam Platinum says it’s in talks to bring the buyback of shares from its black empowerment partner to an early conclusion.
View ArticleTime to abandon policies and ideologies that have not worked
The budget speech is around the corner. Andrew Duvenage gives his take on what government should do.
View ArticleMoeletsi Mbeki: BEE and affirmative action are biggest drivers of corruption...
Political economist Moeletsi Mbeki is sceptical of the possibility to develop a social compact in SA.
View ArticleMoeletsi Mbeki: BEE and affirmative action are biggest drivers of corruption...
Political economist Moeletsi Mbeki is sceptical of the possibility to develop a social compact in SA.
View ArticleRio Tinto faces loss of key bloc of black investors
Rio Tinto Group’s South African operation is facing the loss of a large bloc of black investors, a move that would leave it below the legal minimum for black ownership.
View ArticleBEE fronting so widespread, it's time to remove licences - Commissioner
The B-BBEE Commission says fronting is so embedded in South Africa, even the sophisticated are falling victim to it.
View ArticleBonang Mohale | My boss Jabu Mabuza - a great teacher and a quality human being
Jabu Mabuza left an indelible mark in SA's hearts that our destiny is to clearly build a free, democratic, united, anti-racial and anti-sexist South Africa, writes Bonang Mohale.
View ArticleBonang Mohale | My boss Jabu Mabuza - a great teacher and a quality human being
Jabu Mabuza left an indelible mark in SA's hearts that our destiny is to clearly build a free, democratic, united, anti-racial and anti-sexist South Africa, writes Bonang Mohale.
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