Struggling black asset managers face uphill battle to break through into ‘old boys’ network
The president is explicit: white monopoly capital causes black poverty, justifying the black elite being the only beneficiaries of economic change.
Germany’s competition regime is permeated by economic values of fair competition which ensure large companies have special obligations.
When the politically connected keep gorging at the trough, bona fide black talent is kept back, writes William Gumede.
Black-owned businesses are being stymied by the new procurement codes intended to help them.
Moves to increase black-owned enterprises will have little effect on listed companies.
The EFF says that Jacob Zuma, Gwede Mantashe and Cyril Ramaphosa all "hide behind black economic empowerment, a posture for capitalism".
No one is claiming Lonmin broke any formal rules or acted unlawfully; the issue is a moral one.
As black people we need to liberate ourselves from self-doubt and wondering if we are ever really good enough – and dominate, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Land ownership in SA remains heavily skewed across racial lines 20 years after apartheid. But is 80% of it in the hands of 40 000 white families?
Parliamentary speaker lets go of complaint against newspaper due to her busy schedule
The platinum miner will sell shares to the Bapo ba Mogale community in a bid to meet a black ownership target of 26% by 2015.
It may take at least a year before the BEE commission is formed.
Although affirmative action is at times abused and unfairly used, it is still far from unnecessary. We just need to learn how to make it work.
Economic transformation discussion goes with examining the legal framework put in place to open the way for participation of marginalized sectors.
Black diamonds confuse analysis of BEE success or failure.
Transforming education should be the next step towards South Africa’s future, say analysts.
BEE has come a long way in South Africa since1994.
The US Securities Exchange Commission will continue investigating the BEE deal plaguing the mining firm despite Michael Fleischer’s abrupt departure.
Lindiwe Mazibuko and others have scored a victory in the DA with its decision that race matters, which puts the party on a more interesting course.
Addressing economic equality legislation, Helen Zille has spoken out against coercive equity quotas, which she says the DA shouldn’t support.
In a sector still dominated by white entrepreneurs, it seems short-sighted to weight the deck so heavily against the majority of BEE participants.
The latest changes to B-BBEE legislation stifle the economy as a whole and make things tough for small businesses.
Changes to laws governing black economic empowerment will be highly beneficial for small, black-owned companies but not for underperforming big ones.
Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies says B-BBEE has been a success in SA despite acknowledging several problems with the empowerment plan.
The Democratic Alliance is taking flak for struggling to reconcile its non-racial philosophy with its newly trumpeted commitment to BEE.
Its decision not to write up its empowerment investigation raises yet more questions.
Several factors are stacked against new deals and businesses are taking a hard look at alternatives.
New legislation says companies should be fined at least 10% of sales for misrepresenting the measures they have undertaken to promote BEE.
Kelly Group, one of South Africa’s largest recruitment agencies, is accused of swindling its black economic empowerment (BEE) partner, Ndaba Ekude.
Although Standard Bank got most of the attention for its empowerment deal, its insurance subsidiary, Liberty, formed a critical part of its scheme.
A decade after the advent of BEE, SA is still one of the most unequal countries in the world. Has BEE failed or is it a work in progress? We discuss.