Tag: BBBEE

Should women empower women or is it a man's job, you may ask. Can the disempowered empower themselves? In a world that belongs to men, as James Brown once sang, women are still critical players in the creation of balance & growth. It is proven that companies with women at the helm perform better. However, when so many doors remain closed to women (African women particularly), who needs to take responsibility for changing the status quo?

As more South African politicians and policymakers call for “radical economic transformation” (RET) and others are suggesting “smoke and mirrors”, RET is not possible without a radical change in the way South African businesses see transformation as a whole.

Soria Hay | Head of Corporate Finance | Bravura | shay@bravura.net | http//www.bravura.net | The R600 million train blunder that broke in July 2015 is...

Jules Newton | MD | Avocado Vision | jules.newton@bts.com | www.avovision.co.za | The new BBBEE codes of best practice have challenged business in South Africa...

The BBBEE Commission announced that it has initiated 17 investigations for possible contraventions of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act (BBBEE Act).  Six cases deal...

Diversity, if seen as a powerful tool and harnessed properly to serve the business purpose, can be an asset contributing to positive business growth,...

Entities of a certain size are considered to be exempted micro enterprises and thus deemed to be BBBEE compliant as a Level 4 contributor...

In June 2017, a black woman-owned entity launched a complaint of BEE fronting against JSE listed Netcare Holdings. The complaint has been lodged with...

PART 1 OF A 3 PART SERIES South Africa lags far behind many developing countries in levels of entrepreneurship, which is seen globally as a...

In his State of the Nation Address in 2017, President Jacob Zuma noted the intention of the South African government to influence the behaviour of the private sector and to drive economic transformation.