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Caird Code Rule #1 – Is BEE applicable to you

A while ago I was doing a presentation to the American Chamber of Commerce on Equity Equivalents. One of the delegates was an apparel manufacturer who asked my why his company should consider the...

PPC new BEE rating and the construction code’s applicability

This is very interesting.  PPC announced that the have moved up from a level 4 to level three in their latest rating.  This is actually so important that they have made a JSE SENS...

Namibia’s BEE is getting closer – so they say

Namibian Mines and Energy Minister Erkki Nghimtina announced that Government was nearing completion of the long-awaited Transformational Economic and Social Empowerment Framework (TESEF) that would...

Motsepe re-evaluated

Tim Cohen wrote a rather hard hitting comment about Patrice Motsepe's strange comment about nationalisation in yesterday's Business Day “My belief has always been, if nationalisation is what...

ABVAcuousness

I was sent an email by Louis McLaren telling me that the certificate I issued might not be accepted.  I sent him a mail back telling him that it was perfectly legal in terms of notice...

Comment from Kevin Lester on Advisory Council

Kevin commented on my Zuma appoints members of BBBEE Advisory Council post. It's too good to leave buried away under comments so I've reblogged it. I am thrilled by the composition of the...

The changing face of BEE deals as per FM?

Taken from an FM article on BEE investment houses who end up being benificiaries of deals and their overall performance.  The article concludes that BEE deals need to evolve, suggesting perhaps...

A bit more on PPPs

I found this great article from a SKNews (St Kitts in the West Indies).  The principles of PPP, when properly applied, give government tremendous leverage in undertaking many infrastructural...