Zambian Government is implementing various strategies to ensure Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) progressively migrate to large-scale enterprises, President Michael Sata has said. Mr Sata said on his Facebook wall yesterday that some of the ...read more

The amended Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Codes published on 11 October 2013 will prove problematic to the current BBBEE status of many South African businesses. This is according to John Botha, Labour Law Specialist. The recent amended ...read more

A helicopter view of South Africa’s public-sector procurement system highlights not just its scale, scope and complexity, but also some of its key fragilities. Every year, departments and agencies across the three tiers of government spend more ...read more

In a rare criticism of transformation legislation, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has conceded deficiencies in broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE), saying on Wednesday that shortcomings in the implementation of this legislation had emerged ...read more

Local content is a policy tool used by some countries to create jobs and develop local supply chains to become internationally competitive. Local content requirements usually include a combination of mandates to investing companies to develop and employ ...read more

Standard Bank has joined forces with construction materials group Massbuild to provide a R20-million credit facility for select black economic-empowerment (BEE) building contractors, aimed at enabling them to establish sustainable businesses and improve ...read more

Department’s "hard targets" for state-owned companies seen as alternative to mandatory "set asides" wanted by Black Business Council ...read more

Johannesburg - The mining industry is currently the most transformed of all the country's major industries, the Chamber of Mines of SA said on Tuesday. “Whatever our shortcomings, and we know we have a way to go, we believe the industry is currently ...read more

Broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) has had a significant impact on the way business is done in South Africa – particularly for owner-managed small and medium-sized companies, family firms, professional practitioners as well as large public ...read more

Companies would be granted a one-year transitional period to align with and prepare for the implementation of the revised broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) Codes of Good Practice following its gazetting on Friday. This seemed to be the only ...read more

The country is marking 10 years since the passing of the Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Act and the implementation of that law. There have been successes and there have also been challenges. This Summit is intended to reflect on what has worked ...read more

2013 marks a decade of the existence of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in South Africa, with the country set to host the first ever summit on BEE this week. President Jacob Zuma is set to open the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Summit ...read more

Johannesburg - The Gauteng Provincial Government’s strategy to reduce the turnaround time of payments to suppliers is paying off, says Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane. ...read more