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Zambia’s Broadbased Citizens Economic Empowerment (CEEC) – Draft codes

The Zambian Public Procurement Authority issued a notice in in 2011 (that came into effect on the 15th of April, 2011) that said the following Procuring Entities shall be guided by the Citizens...

FSC Continuing Consequences (or once empowered etc)

(Before I start, I have prepared a comprehensive presentation on the draft FSC that I am more than happy to present to any concerned person). The issue of once empowered, always empowered was always...

Cover-quoting: Cape man fined R30 000

Du Plooy, who owned four close corporations (CCs), issued three different quotations to install fibre cabling at municipal premises in the Cape Town suburb of Kuils River. The quotations were in his...

Affirmative action dragging heels, says watchdog

Nope this is not South Africa.  It's Namibia – startlingly similar to our local politicians.  As to the merits of the argument, I can't comment on that.  However when...

SIMON MANTELL: Plan for small firms is just a pipe dream (a very interesting perspective on entrepreneurship)

The legacy of apartheid plays a big part in this and serves as an obstacle to successful small-business creation. In appreciating the capacity of SA to create the numbers of small businesses the...

From Rob Davies’ desk with a cursory glance at the FSC

Almost like a fireside chat – except we don't get to hear words of wisdom being spoken, we can read them at our own leisure (however in the case of the AgriBEE charter – you only have 60 days in...

Sisulu wants more military veterans, BEE transformation in SA defence industry so she’s getting a charter

“I have reviewed the resolutions of the last DOD Industry days and can confirm that we are working towards the creation of a BEE Directorate and the appointment of the incumbent who will ensure that...

On changing the Constitution – Pierre de Vos

My question would be: which sections of the Constitution exactly are those that hinder transformation? In my view there are no such sections to be found in our Constitution. Those who argue that it...

Why it’s hard to be black in South Africa (and this has nothing to do with apartheid)

We all know that Rob is big on transformation, most of us know that he is even bigger on legislation forcing people to do things like transform; only history will tell as to whether he has a clue...