Three weeks ago, Jabulane Sikhakhane, well respected in providing informed commentary on matters black economic empowerment, in an article published in the City Press, lamented the narrow simplification of BEE to an share-buying or selling spree. Truth be told, he Read the full story
They say that “Perception is reality‘”. And there is a perception that financial services sector have two different strategies: one tailored for the elite, and another one for the previously disadvantaged majority that cannot just be wished away. Given the Read the full story
Property Point and The Black Management Forum (BMF) have joined forces through a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at driving the meaningful participation of women in the SME environment through development initiatives. A lot has been made about the conspicuously small number of Read the full story
Cases of a corporate behemoth exploiting its might, indulging in uncompetitive practices are too numerous to be documented. Start-ups with innovative business models find themselves being driven out of businesses due to unfair business practices like unsustainable underpricing, intellectual theft Read the full story
Two weeks ago, the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission declared that a company with a naturalised black South African citizen as one as its shareholders had misrepresented its BEE credentials. If your company has black shareholders, one of them Read the full story
The ETPS (event technical production services) draft sector codes highlight aspects of ownership, management control and skills development in the cultural and creative industries. Stakeholders are curious about what will come out of them, once finalised. Approximately over 1 million Read the full story
Nigerian artist, Adewale Adebayo, popularly known as BNaira, is a global investor, music artist andbusinessman. BNaira has over a million followers on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. BNaira found a passion for Bitcoinand another cryptocurrency and has a unique way of Read the full story
The founder of African Bank, Dr. Sam Motsuenyane, mentors, Nthabeleng Likotsi, the first black South African woman to establish a mutual bank. The CEO and founder of Young Women in Business Network (YWBN,) Nthabeleng Likotsi, has been consulting with various Read the full story
Worryingly, it has become not uncommon for dividends of a BBBEE scheme to go unclaimed for a long time after reaching maturity. Naturally, investors, who are black South Africans, should rush to get their money to make ends in the Read the full story
Bates Motors and Isuzu Truck World are now 100 percent black-owned (and 65 percent black women-owned) businesses. Amid the COVID-19 induced economic gloom, Bates Motors’ acquisition of Isuzu Truck World is a much needed pick-me-up in transformation of the motoring Read the full story