It’s time for BEE to be set aside
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BEE’s problem is not its enemies. It’s its friends
Parks Tau mistakes frustration for prejudice, ignoring how BBBEE has been gamed by vested interests, undermining economic potential…
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The GNU has opened the door to a B-BBEE review, but real reform will require more than technical tweaks to a system many no…
South Africa needs BEE – but that doesn’t blind us to its faults
BEE shouldn’t be jettisoned. Instead, we need to make it work better…
Behind the economic thinking of Paul Mashatile
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Johnny Copelyn, the union and the activist investor
HCI’s long-term boss has tightened up the firm’s knot with trade union Sactwu – but one activist investor says it’s not to outside shareholders’…
How MTN’s BEE shareholders lost out on a R1.3bn rally
The decision throw in the towel on the MTNZF scheme in June means its long-suffering investors have missed a major recovery in the telco’s…
MTN’s BEE deal shows it’s only the funders who win
MTN is unwinding its BEE scheme, leaving retail investors in the dark. Funders are paid, but shareholders may barely recoup their R20-a-share buy-in…
Legal heavyweights join forces to fight BEE rules
Bowmans, Webber Wentzel and Werksmans are joining Norton Rose Fulbright to challenge BEE rules they say could derail real transformation…
Tau’s R100bn transformation ‘plan’ void of detail
Parks Tau’s R100bn Transformation Fund promises big changes – but a newly released concept paper is all smoke, no substance…
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