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Amended BBBEE Codes Could Spell Disaster for SA

The consequence for multinationals is that they are unable to maintain a competitive BEE score. Multinational companies that generally import their products and services contribute a lot more to South Africa than just their products and services. Multinationals employ more than 200 000 South Africans. Disincentivising multinationals to continue to do business in South Africa

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Some animals are not more equal than others – Constitutionally Speaking

If the President is good at his job and ensures that textbooks are delivered on time and that houses are built and services delivered; if he does not enrich himself or turn a blind eye when his family members and cronies become corrupt; if he demonstrates respect for himself and for the people of South

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Forces Of Change – new website calling for change in ANC leadership

We call for change at the 53rd national conference of the ANC.  We need change because: South Africans do not have confidence in the leadership of President Zuma. We need a leadership that will lead the ANC towards quality and durable change, towards an ideal as set out in the Freedom Charter, which remains its

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BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AN IMPERATIVE FOR SOUTH AFRICA, SAYS Rob

Addressing the New Age Business Briefing organized by the New Age newspaper group in Sandton, Johannesburg, on Monday, Davies said B-BBEE was an imperative from the point of view of equity and had a political dimension. "We cannot have an economy in which the people are allowed to vote in the political level but are

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Now we will really start to empower people – Mazwai. Really

Davies was briefing the audience on changes to the codes of good practice for broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE). The first person wanted to know why there were no tax incentives for business to implement the policy. The second warned that BEE would discourage investment in South Africa. Thankfully, the rest of the questions were

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