The Black Agencies Network Association (BANA) marked its one-year anniversary with a highly anticipated conference that took place on Friday, 10 November 2023, at the prestigious Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The conference featured distinguished speakers who shared their expertise and Read the full story
As H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation Address for 2023, the Black Business Council (BBC) expects the focus to be on practical, demonstrable and concrete implementable solutions to spearhead economic reconstruction, recovery, renewal and growth. Some Read the full story
The Black Business Council (BBC) strongly condemns the irresponsible and reckless utterances purported to be those of Mr Mteto Nyati regarding transformation and localisation. Mr Nyati is quoted in the Business Times as saying that in order to save Eskom, Read the full story
“The New leadership of the Black Business Council (BBC) faces the mammoth task of addressing challenges black businesses face, mainly lack of access to capital or dependable source of capital. Public Investment Corporation is not obligated to support black businesses. Read the full story
Speakers at the Black Business Council (BBC) conferences are never shy of expressing what some would regard compelling and controversial opinions on economic transformation in equal measure. At the recent conference, Nonkululeko Gobodo‘s address lived up to that billing, when Read the full story
Pic-Zico The Black Business Council (BBC) held its elections late on Tuesday evening at PwC offices in Waterfall outside Johannesburg. This followed a long closed-door discussion which delayed the process. Zungu won the elections as the new President defeating his Read the full story
On 01 June 2017, Fitch Ratings (Fitch) downgraded South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency debt to ‘BB+’ from ‘BBB-‘ with a stable outlook, a non-investment grade rating. Sello Rasethaba, Chairman of the Black Business Council (BBC) notes that the Read the full story
The Black Business Council (BBC) has announced the termination of cooperation with the Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), following over 23 years of partnership and dialogue between White and Black business at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC). Read the full story
Following the announcement by Standard & Poor Global Ratings Agency to downgrade South Africa to sub-investment grade, the Black Business Council (BBC) believes that this is a questionable and a bad judgment by the agency. This comes on the back Read the full story
The Black Business Council (BBC) is excited to have partnered with the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) to advance Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment and to promote the Black Industrialists programme. These programmes are geared towards black business owners Read the full story