There is a moment in every business when the analysis ends and the commitment begins. For us, that moment happened in Mokopane. Not because it was the obvious choice. Not because the model demanded a new location. But because the more time we spent on the ground in that region, the harder it became to […]
South Africa’s industrial policy debate often revolves around targets – ownership thresholds, localisation quotas, supplier development metrics and transformation scorecards. These are the ceilings of the system: visible, measurable and politically resonant. What receives far less attention is the floor. According to Thabo Moodie, chief operations officer at Oricred, the recurring fragility of Black industrial […]
There’s a moment that never really left me. A small business owner from Limpopo had won a major fencing contract, tens of millions of rands’ worth of work. On paper, it was a breakthrough. In reality, it was the beginning of a crisis. He had no capital, no financial backing, and no one willing to […]