National Empowerment Fund (NEF), the government agency set up to provide capital for black economic empowerment transactions, has contributed almost R700-million toward economic transformation in the country since its formation in 1998, while its capital reserves now stand at about Read the full story
The New Growth Path [PDF] is a broad framework that sets out a vision and identifies key areas where jobs can be created. The new growth path is intended to address unemployment, inequality and poverty in a strategy that is Read the full story
The sum total of the estimated 2,8 million small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs) contribute between 52% and 57% to the gross domestic product (GDP). It is also estimated that SMMEs contribute nearly 61% of employment. The South Afircan government aims Read the full story
By Tiisetso Tlelima When her father lost his job at a fish-processing factory in the small fishing village of Paternoster, Vivian Kleynhans’ entire family was evicted from the factory house. With no money and nowhere to go, a life full Read the full story
By Mzwandie Jacks A respected BEE expert has said the much-vaunted advisory council – launched in late 2009 – had since its inception brought back broad-base black empowerment (BBBEE) to the South African political agenda. This bucks the general Read the full story
According to financial journalist, Mzwandile Jacks who will also be contributing to the journal, the issue of transformation needs a magazine that will expose the good, the bad and the ugly things that are happening in matters pertaining to transformation Read the full story
BUSINESSMAN LAUNCHES TRANSFORMATION MAGAZINE A Johannesburg-based publisher and businessman, Saki Mabhele, today said TransformSA, a new sassy quarterly publication covering transformation and BEE issues, would hit the shelves on Friday this week. Developed by Mabhele and his business partners, TransformSA Read the full story