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There has been progress since 1994. South Africa now has a black middle and upper middle class but the means of production remain largely owned by white people and black people swelling the ranks of labour. Photo: Mujahid Saofodien/AFP)

A future without broad-based BEE and affirmative action is not possible

‘The new economic dispensation should match the aspiration for economic freedom and the fulfilment of the highest ideals of our democracy.’

Elon Musk. (AFP)

Editorial: The fault in our Starlink narratives

What can Musk offer and what price are we willing to pay?

President Cyril Ramaphosa.(@PresidencyZA/X)

Ramaphosa: Racial redress is not stunting growth

The president said the low growth was a function of the slow transfer of the means of production to black South Africans

Minister of Labour and Employment Nomakhosazana Meth. (File photo)

New equity targets are constitutional, counsel for labour minister tells court

The ministry sought to counter the DA’s argument that the targets amount to unfair discrimination

Employers get more responsibilities amid equity amendments

Employers need to make sure they are informed about the new regulations, which fall under the Employment Equity Act, and are compliant

DA supporters march to Luthuli House to protest against the energy crisis South Africa is currently facing.  (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Is the Democratic Alliance a minority party with majority concerns?

The DA can’t shake off the question of race if it aspires to grow

Building cathedrals for black business

A vision for the future needs to take the long view

Black business needs a new meeting place

There are still too few top positions filled by black leaders – we need to work tirelessly to change that

Lower income brackets spend a large proportion of their income on food.

In celebration of the Basotho hat

Defining human capital in an emerging market

Whether the ANC can regain that trust will only be known after the next election.
(Graphic: John McCann)

Why Afrikaner affirmative action was more effective than BEE

The National Party government used a collective effort — social, cultural, linguistic, political and financial — to prop up poor white people

Race reinvented for post-apartheid SA

Two decades since 1994, we’re still stuck in the racial categories of the old regime – a colour-coding of class from which only the rich benefit.

Ernst Roets says that the reason why black South Africans are having a hard time getting by is because South African government has largely deserted them.

Seven ways in which our government abuses black people

The real problem between black and white South Africans is not white people’s attitude, but the government’s desertion of black people.

Former police officer Renate Barnard’s court case drew attention to affirmative action in the SAPS.

No apologies for affirmative action, says Phiyega

Government and business should never be apologetic about implementing affirmative action, according to National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega.

Some of my best friends are white and – they still don’t have a clue

I so wish I could find some way to show my white friends the world I live in, where I wake up daily to fight my way out of ”earning” my place.

We need an era of black exceptionalism

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.

Affirmative action does not kill babies

The subtext that black people are incompetent is widespread and racist and must be addressed, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.

Renate Barnard resigns from SAPS over race discrimination

Captain Renate Barnard has handed in her resignation after a protracted battle for promotion within the SAPS, denied her because she is white.

Jacob Zuma hit out at the opposition ­in Parliament over criticism of affirmative action.

Good story? Zuma chases ANC tale

President Jacob Zuma has called for intensified affirmative action policy after the elections.

We will never survive as a nation or as humans if we put up racial barriers to isolate ourselves from one another, economically, socially and politically.

Khaya Dlanga: Affirmative action is here, deal with it

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.

Khaya Dlanga: DA wants to tell black people about affirmative action

The DA’s good intentions are that of a white master who thinks that he knows what is best for a black person, writes Khaya Dlanga.