B-BBEE Commission hits the ground running

The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission Head of Operations, Nontokozo Nokhwali-Mboyi, says 134 complaints have already been received since the body was established earlier this year. Nokhwali-Mboyi said while the B-BBEE Commission was still in the process of securing Read the full story

Net Value Holdings ordered to stop B-BBEE sessions with immediate effect

The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission has instructed Net Value Holdings, the organiser of the B-BBEE sessions with the title “B-BBEE PARTNERSHIP TAILORED TO YOUR BUSINESS” planned for 22 September 2016 in Johannesburg, and 6 October 2016 in Cape Read the full story

Beyond the crumbs: why big agencies need to invest in empowerment now

While the MAC B-BBEE codes have been gazetted and the PR and advertising industry does a lot of empowerment talk, small black-owned marketing and advertising agencies feel they are still not getting a fair shot at opportunities in South Africa. Read the full story

Transforming the MAC industry through education

By Beverly Klein On Thursday 9 June in Cape Town and on 13 June in Johannesburg, the Red & Yellow School hosted information sessions to address the changes and updates to the B-BBEE Sector Code for the South African Marketing, Read the full story

Training is more about compliance than skills transfer – expert laments

Rather than addressing the skills gaps to increase productivity within their employees, organisations in South Africa seem to have reluctantly adopted training merely to comply with the amendments to the Skills Development Act and the requirements of the Broad-Based Black Read the full story