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BEE agony column – issue number 1

Welcome dear readers to your black economic empowerment (BEE) agony column. I will endeavour to answer your questions and queries to the best of my objective and non-cynical ability. Confused from...

Use this blog to air your views anonymously

This blog is not a fan of the DTI, Rob Davies, the president, Nkandla, the ANC and the government. I get to say things on the blog that many people feel they can't say. Please send me your...

Did the minister?

Talk to multinationals and white-owned businesses and ask them about the challenges that they faced in implementing the current version of the codes. Consider the 800,000 plus white people who live...

ANC hand caught in the cookie jar | Columnists | BDlive

Just to add to investor uncertainty is the Private Security Industry Regulation Amendment Bill, one clause of which seeks to ensure that "at least 51% of the ownership and control (of private...

Comments are most unwelcome and will be ignored (Davies alludes in October)

A NEW scorecard to calculate black economic empowerment (BEE) ratings will come into effect for all companies on December 1, following the publication of revised codes of good practice by Trade and...

Between a Davies and a hard place – the hard place is easier to reason with. We are in limb0

That's right you read right. We are now in limbo – how do you advise companies on what to do for the next year when new codes are coming out?  I met a company today that would be interested...

The DTI has a breakfast – more like a teddy bears’ picnic (codes were launched this morning)

The cellular networks were working overtime to inform the cynical blogger about the launch of the codes. Apparently there was a launch this morning but alas I was not invited – in fact I wasn't...

Pravin is pinning his hopes on the FSC

Mr Gordhan held up the Financial Sector Charter as an example of how financial inclusion could be successfully implemented. He described it as " an almost negotiated" document that included...