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.
Empowerment advocates are disappointed by the state’s preference for mediation over punishment.
A decade after the advent of BEE, South Africa is still one of the most unequal countries in the world. Has BEE failed or is it a work in progress?
She says it only benefits a few politically connected individuals at the expense of the masses.
Apartheid’s economy has been built on cartels; that culture of collusion and Âcriminality has left the deep structure of the siege years in place.
Moeletsi Mbeki has been accused of engaging in the very shady BEE deals he condemns. Watch our video explanation of the story.
The mining charter in its current form betrays the principles of empowerment and should be aligned with the BEE Act, the Black Managent Forum said.
Tokyo Sexwale’s company will score up to R150-million from Absa Bank’s Batho Bonke ‘broad-based’ scheme.
The public works department claims businessperson Roux Shabangu fraudulently used his empowerment credentials for a R137-million lease deal.
The latest storm in the social media tea cup is over claims that Woolworths won’t hire white staff. We round up the best jokes from the saga.
The ANC has used power allotted to it to create a black elite by implementing affirmative action in rather doubtful ways, writes Sampie Terreblanche.
Your report "Union uproar over ‘missing’ BEE shares" (March 30) makes serious claims against me, writes Thoko Obisanya.
The South African Police Service has been entered into another multimillion-rand property deal that was not put out to tender, writes Matuma Letsoalo.
A new study shows that BEE leaders who succeeded in through political clout rather than entrepreneurial initiative are no longer regarded as iconic.
Black ownership of fuel companies operating in South Africa is far below state-mandated targets agreed in 2000, says Energy Minister Dipuo Peters.
The department of trade and industry is revising the legislation to expose abuse such as fronting, writes Thalia Randall.
BEE firm that will reap rewards from huge payout tender refuses to reveal its shareholders
The BEE consortium that is part of the winning bidder for a massive social grant tender has many links to Mvelaphanda, Tokyo Sexwale’s company.
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/ 9 December 2011
Listed companies whose empowerment share schemes have come out of their lock-in periods have largely shunned the JSE’s BEE trading platform.
A new black empowerment policy shake-up aims to oust fat cats and tenderpreneurs once and for all from the procurement landscape.
Media companies make headlines with their poor scores in BEE ownership, writes <b>Reg Rumney</b>
Mining group Assore and Shanduka Resources have announced the conclusion of a R2.7-billion BEE transaction.
We all revere Nelson Mandela. I would even suggest that many of the young leaders in the country aspire to be like him, writes <b>Nikiwe Bikitsha</b>.
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/ 16 February 2011
Sanlam’s new empowerment fund scheme is for previously disadvantaged South Africans only.
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/ 30 December 2010
President Jacob Zuma has called for a debate on the meaning of black economic empowerment, the media reported on Thursday.
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/ 9 September 2010
A reader wants to take up the BEE shares offered by MTN, and wants advice on whether to place the shares in a trust.
Minister of Mineral Resources Susan Shabangu on Wednesday was adamant that 26% of mines should be black-owned by 2014.
Newspaper reports following the suspension of Jimmy Manyi are mischievous, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana said on Sunday.
Trade and industry says Solidarity’s figures are misleading, writes <b>Lynley Donnelly</b>.
The National Consumer Forum (NCF), a non-profit consumer group has taken up the cause of lobbying for support, training and funding for SMEs.
A new MTN deal lights a spark of hope that all the big BEE transactions may not be over yet.
BEE has recently taken some flak, but it is still a necessary policy for our post-apartheid society.