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Government must be held accountable for eradicating school pit toilets by...

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There are still more than 3,900 South African schools with illegal pit toilets. We have launched a campaign calling on people in South Africa to petition the government to #EndPitToilets in South Africa’s schools, in an ongoing drive to address the issue. As part of the campaign, we have created a stunt, printing a newspaper insert with ink made from sterilised human faeces, taken from pit toilets.

Financial institutions without acceptable empowerment plans could lose their licences

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In 2020, the National Treasury published for public comment a draft Conduct of Financial Institutions Bill, as an update of its draft two years earlier. This 2020 draft bill aims, ambitiously, at revising the separate laws which regulate the conduct of financial institutions of all kinds, be they banks, insurers, pension funds or medical schemes; and which regulate the conduct of providers of financial advisory, administration or payment services.

Understanding the 2024 sectoral targets

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On 1 February 2024, new Draft Regulations were released, containing new Draft Sectoral Targets, and unpacking what businesses need to consider when setting goals. The public now has 90 days from release to comment on the draft.

Anticipating B-BBEE transformation in 2024

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As South Africa moves into 2024, the landscape of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) is poised for significant shifts. The B-BBEE framework has been a cornerstone of economic transformation in our country, aiming to address historical imbalances and promote inclusive economic growth.

ESG and B-BBEE – driving sustainable transformation

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With over 13 years of working in the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) space, we have witnessed an evolving landscape of transformation. From verifying compliance to fostering inclusivity, his path has taken him from corporate corridors to government initiatives.

How poor policy and bad governance are wrecking growth

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We have released a South Africa’s anti-growth strategy report. The report argues that the slow economic growth of the last 15 years is the result of bad policy choices, a catastrophic decline in government performance and a devastating lack of leadership. Despite rhetoric to the contrary, the South African government does not have a growth strategy. If anything, it has an anti-growth strategy.

Transition options for the core

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Representing 75-80% of a portfolio, the core public equity and debt investments can drive the largest impact on positioning the whole portfolio on a path to meet whole portfolio climate objectives. Decarbonisation on a scale sufficient to reach global emissions-reduction targets will transform each sector of the global economy.

Blacceleration: Investing in black entrepreneurship to accelerate economic transformation

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South Africa is the second largest and the most technologically developed economy in Africa. However, according to the World Bank, South Africa is also the most unequal country in the world. A full report published by the World Bank states that the country's extreme inequality is due to “inherited circumstances over which an individual has no control”.

B-BBEE Commission releases 2021 national status and trends report

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The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission’s latest report on empowerment trends shows a decrease in overall black ownership, as well as in black women ownership. The B-BBEE Commission has released its annual trends report for the 2021 calendar year.

No legislation enables the FSCA to beget transformation – part 1

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The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) wishes to usurp the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) role of the Minister of Trade and Industry, to make missing a transformation target an offence, and to make the Sector serve two masters. Yet it fails to produce even a basic Impact Assessment.

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