Sue Brown

Should there be a sunset schedule for affirmative action in industry? Two key black intellectuals — Billiton SA’s Vincent Maphai and the University of Cape Town’s Loyiso Mbabane — have locked horns on this issue. Black economic empowerment (BEE) is now mainstream policy and big business. With much BEE now framed by the Broad-Based BEE Act, there is hot debate about how earlier provisions and policies need to be adapted to fit in with it.