The Broad-Based Black Economic Amendment Bill was published by the Department of Trade and Industry for public comment on 9 December 2011. The period for public comment ended on 8 February 2012. One section of the Amendment Bill provided that: “If any conflict relating to the matters dealt with in this Act arises between this […]
Amendment to the BEE Bill Read More »
With the amendment of the (B-BBEE) act, the appeal by Oceana is strengthened.The amended act will actually force the different departments to use the measurement principles that are contained in the codes for their transformation policies. This means that all the broad-based elements shall be used unless there is justification for departure from the codes.
Vuyo sugarcoats and exposes Read More »
There are only seven days left in which to comment. My comments are below but I would like you to send me your comments and I'll post them up on a separate page. If you don't have any comments then why not send the DTI my comments, the more we object to this bill the
My comments to the DTI regarding the bill Read More »
The debate continues. This is a response to the first reader's comments from yesterday. I seem to recall, but may be mistaken, that the PFMA is an instrument of the Constitution – it is one of those pieces of national legislation that was required to be enacted by mandate included in the constitution – this
There is a lot wrong with this bill. If you would like your comments aired please send them to me and I'll post them up on the blog. As with almost all comments or emails I receive I can assure that your details will not be disclosed. Comments are due by the 7th of Feb this year. This
A reader writes on the BEE bill Read More »
Please excuse the indulgence so early in the new year. I wrote this about six months ago for the FM but the article may be a little more relevant now that that disastrous BEE Bill has been published for comment. It's on the shelves right now. If you are the average BEE commentator then you'll know
BEE ain’t broke – FM article Read More »
Commenting on a bill like the new BEE bill could either be knee-jerk as an immediate response or knee-jerk after much deliberation. I chose the latter route. The first thing I realised was that you can't look at the amendments without looking at the original act. And so I was going to laboriously combine the
Bills, bills, bills (or what I really think of the new B-BBEE Bill) Read More »
