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Ramaphosa on BEE: We must integrate black businesses in value chain at any cost

By Nokukhanya Mntambo

Speaking at the Inaugural Black Industrialists and Exporters Conference in Sandton on Wednesday Ramaphosa reiterated government's support for the policy.

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    President Cyril Ramaphosa took into account sector expertise, gender, age, diversity and provincial representation.

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  • FILE: The first Burger King in South Africa opened its doors in Cape Town on 9 May 2013. Picture: Rafiq Wagiet/Eyewitness News

    Why the Competition Commission blocked GPI's sale of Burger King

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    432 days ago
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    Businessman and former Bosasa consultant Kevin Wakeford testified at the state capture commission on 6 May 2021. #StateCapture #Bosasa #Agrizzi

    460 days ago
  • BEE fronting is said to be prevalent in mining, transport, construction and engineering sectors. Picture: AFP

    YONELA DIKO: BEE falsification and fronting is delaying transformation

    Setting back the country with fake BEE compliance needs to be punished harshly, writes Yonela Diko.

    518 days ago
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    Coca-Cola SA to transfer an additional 10% of shares to employees

    Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel, together with the managing director of Coca-Cola, announced the agreement during a media briefing on Friday.

    549 days ago
  • Ramaphosa to Groenewald: BEE is here to stay

    President Cyril Ramaphosa told Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Groenewald that BEE was here to stay when he replied to questions in the National Assembly on 18 June 2020.

    782 days ago
  • Minister of Small Business Development Khumbudzo Ntshavheni at an inter-ministerial briefing on 24 March 2020 detailing how government will respond ahead of and during the 21-day lockdown announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN.

    BEE requirement for funds: Solidarity opens criminal case against Ntshavheni

    The union said the criminal complaint, which included perjury, was laid at the Lyttelton police station in Pretoria.

    827 days ago
  • FILE: DA interim leader John Steenhuisen. Picture: @alanwinde/Twitter

    'Black households are 10% poorer under BEE' says DA's Steenhuisen

    John Steenhuisen said while the DA recognises the importance of race in the country due to its history, it believes in organic transformation.

    921 days ago
  • FILE: Power lines leaving Eskom's Duvha power station, 15km east of Witbank. Picture: AFP

    DA opens case against 3 Gupta firms relating to Eskom contracts

    In the party’s sights are Tegeta, Optimum and Trillian following findings by the BBBEE Commission that they were awarded the Eskom contracts after misrepresenting their status or using fraudulent certificates.

    1047 days ago
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    Vodacom earnings fall 6.6% on black share scheme

    Headline earnings per share (EPS) for the full-year ended March fell to 862 cents from 923 cents a year earlier.

    1184 days ago
  • Freedom Front Plus Western Cape leader Corne Mulder says the District Six housing project should have been handled at a provincial - and not national level. Picture: Kevin Brandt/EWN

    FF Plus blames District Six land restitution delays on BEE

    First, it was Eskom, now the Freedom Front Plus is blaming delays in developing District Six on the ANC’s policies around black economic empowerment.

    1217 days ago
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    Unpacking the DA's alternative to BEE

    CapeTalk host Africa Melane spoke to the Black Management Forum about the DA’s alternative approach to black economic empowerment.

    1261 days ago
  • A file picture shows the logo of Sasol at its headquarters in Johannesburg. Picture: AFP

    Union says go-slow at Sasol a build-up towards Thursday's total shut down

    Thousands of white workers affiliated to Solidarity have begun their go-slow and picket demonstrations at Sasol plants against the new share scheme Khanyisa which they've criticised for excluding white workers.

    1436 days ago
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    White workers at Sasol launch 'go-slow' ahead of Thursday strike

    The Solidarity union also said it will file a complaint to US regulators over Sasol’s 'discriminative' black share scheme.

    1436 days ago
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    SA's Solidarity union to strike at Sasol over black staff scheme

    The bone of contention is Sasol's newly-announced empowerment scheme, known as Khanyisa, in terms of which its black employees will get shares worth R500,000.

    1442 days ago
  • Picture: @Our_DA/Twitter

    DA again clarifies position on BEE

    Earlier this month, some DA leaders made public their disagreement on the policy, with some claiming it was ditched.

    1451 days ago
  • FILE: Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane at the party's elective congress on Sunday 8 April 2018. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/EWN

    Maimane gives reasons for moving away from BEE policy

    DA leaders have spoken in different voices about the empowerment policy, with some saying it has been ditched while others say it hasn't.

    1457 days ago
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    Sasol explains shareholding scheme amid dispute

    Trade union Solidarity has been given the go-ahead to strike over this so-called black only shareholding scheme.

    1533 days ago
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