Black Economic Empowerment

/ 25 November 2024

SACP will vote with the ANC in local elections, despite discontent

SACP secretary general Solly Mapaila said the party would not leave the alliance although it was unhappy with elements of it

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By Mandisa Nyathi

Opinion

/ 13 June 2024

A new GNU: South Africa’s first democratic election and the evolution of power sharing in the ANC

The majority of 1994’s voters recognised the GNU script because they co-authored it, and were assured of explanations if deviations were unavoidable

By Mzwandile Manto kaB. Wapi

Business

/ 2 March 2024

Report urges state to cut BEE premium to reduce VAT

A report suggests that government could save R150 billion in wasteful expenditure if it stopped overpaying its contractors

By Lyse Comins

National

/ 6 October 2023

Karpowership: ‘State capture on steroids’ deal unearthed

Battle between Karadeniz and its partners shows what seems to be a plan to trade influence and deals to get Karpowership permits and benefit businesswoman Anna Mokgokong

By Susan Comrie

Thought Leader

/ 28 August 2023

The Fiscal Cliff | State-owned entities: A war zone between political and economic elites

The corporatisation of SOEs has disempowered the South African public and benefited corporate power and private finance

By Andile Zulu

Thought Leader

/ 24 July 2023

A different, better South Africa needs more than just blaming the ANC

We need to begin any analysis with the realisation that capitalism has few winners

By Jeff Rudin

Opinion

/ 16 June 2023

The ANC’s reinvigorated obsession with quotas will be the death knell for our ailing economy

Redistributive policies to reduce racial inequality should focus on achieving equality of opportunity, which can only be done by fixing our disastrous education system

By Herman Mashaba

Opinion

/ 17 November 2022

Harnessing women’s economic power can boost SA economy and create jobs

Given equal opportunities, female entrepreneurs can add enormous value to our economy.

By Kebalepile Matlhako

Opinion

/ 9 June 2022

ANC lacks the political will to push economic transformation

Ramaphosa’s long delays in appointing the new BEE Advisory Council shows he has little interest in allowing others to cash in on the BEE deals that earned him his fortune

By Duma Gqubule

Opinion

/ 3 May 2022

OPINION| Amend laws to allow businesses to boost education and food security

Prioritise vocational training, introduce economic empowerment for the disadvantaged in the place of black economic empowerment and amend the Consumer Protection Act to enable businesses to donate food

By Sindile Vabaza

Opinion

/ 21 December 2021

Is broad-based BEE an anchor for democracy?

Government and public entities are too timid in their transformation drive and could do much more to raise black people from poverty

By Monde Ndlovu

National

/ 1 October 2021

The Zondo commission cases that have made it to the courts

The NPA has begun proceedings based on some of the testimony given at the state capture inquiry

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By Khaya Koko

Opinion

/ 1 September 2021

The economy is the engine of reconciliation, and B-BBEE is the engine of transformation

The advent of democracy in 1994 merely created the conditions for transformation to begin

By Monde Ndlovu

Opinion

/ 22 June 2021

Entrepreneurship will save South Africa’s youth

Complaining about ‘reverse racism’ and BEE serves no one. South Africa’s white youth should focus on entrepreneurship instead

By Ian Fuhr

Opinion

/ 18 June 2021

Obituary: Jabu Mabuza was so much more than a ‘taxi driver’ at Eskom

The businessman, who died suddenly this week, leaves a long legacy of highly successful ventures

By Mzimkulu Malunga

Opinion

/ 8 June 2020

South Africa must flatten the inequality curve

We cannot return to the pre-coronavirus crisis of unemployment, inequality and poverty. There is a moral incentive for the rich to give up some of their wealth and for the salaries of top earning civil servants, employees at state-owned entities and in the private sector to be cut

By Jairam Reddy

Opinion

/ 17 May 2020

Engineer our way out of policies that cause corruption and inefficiency

The bidding process and black economic empowerment has backfired, resulting in deficient construction projects

By Gundo Maswime

Article

/ 12 March 2020

Steenhuisen is a shoo-in as DA leader, but he needs help

The biggest challenge for the next leader of the Democratic Alliance will be to get politicians like Mbali Ntuli onside

By Eusebius McKaiser

Article

/ 18 October 2019

BEE must address needs of informal economy

Research shows that existing approaches have been wholly inadequate for addressing the needs of South Africa’s informal economy

By Tessa Dooms and Khwezi Mabasa

$MTN’s BEE share fracas goes to court$

Article

/ 16 October 2019

MTN’s BEE share fracas goes to court

The trustees of the multibillion-rand scheme, set up to benefit the firm’s black employees, have been accused of hiding money from beneficiaries

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 14 July 2019

Zondo commission awaits a star witness — Jacob Zuma

South Africans may well be seduced by the prospect of Zuma appearing at the Zondo commission, but he wasn’t alone in driving the state capture project

By Mark Swilling