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Transformation beyond gimmicks

Broad-based BEE has an educational value among the public because it generates an interest in the stock exchange and what companies do.

Beneficiaries must drive BEE

Black people must become familiar with what and how the empowerment process delivers.

In spirit as well as letter

Broad-based empowerment and material transformation must become the new business as usual, says Nkosinathi Chonco.

Getting back to basics

The tendency to deal with empowerment as a system of scorecard compliance impedes transformation because there is no values-based leadership in such an exercise. Scores do not…

Back to the boardroom for BEE

It has been interesting to read what many commentators are saying about how the ANC palace coup is going to influence the essence, policy, strategy and implementation of…

Transformation post-Polokwane

Polokwane has come but, apparently, not gone, which might not be such a bad thing. And muted reverberations predict more drastic consequences. In the build-up to the conference,…

When are we empowered?

When is a company empowered? For me, this goes beyond a mere stamp of verification. It is when there is a sustained sense that there are no unfair obstacles preventing you from…

Not an event, but a process

Like BEE, transformation is a complex, emotive and potentially divisive process, but its benefits far outstrip the risks. Empowerment evokes various and contrasting emotions…