Simplifying B-BBEE.

Your go-to guide for clear, actionable B-BBEE insights.
adeolu eletu e7rlgujjazc unsplash

Top Insights

And so spake the BBC unto Gwede

"The BBC position is that, for BEE to work, the focus has to be on enterprise and supplier development, that is sector-focused and based on entrepreneurial technical capability and depth of...

Namibia: Financial sector has decade to restructure

The 39-page Namibia Financial Sector Strategy (NFSS), launched by Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, contains few concrete targets, however. The only two targets in the blueprint pertain to...

No need to be alarmed yet – but this is a sneak peek of the codes to come

Cabinet has approved the revised Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Codes of Good Practice, 2012 for public comment. The arch-racist Jimmy Manyi (jungle jim) told anyone who bothered to...

So spake Mantashe unto the Black Business Council

"Something is wrong in creating layers and layers of business." He said the state was aware it gave out tenders, and the quality of the service provided was not up to scratch, pointing to...

Trade and Industry on fraudulent Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment certificates (English)

The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) warns the public of fraudulent B-BBEE certificates 17 Aug 2012 The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) would like to warn the public, supply chain...

Botswana’s Citizen Economic Empowerment policy published

Citizen Economic Empowerment Policy Government Paper NO. 1 of 2012 (CEE Policy0, albeit inadequate, is long overdue. Above the façade, it looks like the government is heeding the call by observers and...

Cabinet Approves B-BBEE Amendment Bill

Cabinet has approved the introduction of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Bill, 2012, to Parliament. via allafrica.com OK – so now we know. My sources tell me that the BEE...

ICT Charter is no good – so say the industry

CONFUSION has gripped the ICT (information and communications technology) industry as it mulls over the implications of the recently gazetted sector's code. At a workshop for stakeholders hosted...

Why we should be overjoyed that ABSA may lose some of its BEE shareholding

There's been a bit of press about this, mostly about the fact that Tokyo wants to sell out via Mvelaphanda Holdings' 40% interest in Batho Bonke. Batho Bonke owns about 4% of ABSA. This is a...