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The Role of Enterprise & Supplier Development in Driving Black Business Development
The net effect of all the time and money we have spent on enterprise and supplier development since 1995 is zero. According to the National Integrated Small Enterprise Development (NISED) Masterplan, the number of SMMEs operating in our economy has not grown since 1995. In 1995 we had 800 000
THE BLACK MANAGEMENT FORUM: REFLECTION AND PERSPECTIVE
The Black Management Forum is often described as an organisation. That description, while accurate, is incomplete. The BMF is better understood as a response—one shaped in 1976 under conditions where exclusion was not incidental, but systemic. It emerged at a moment when Black professionals were denied both visibility and voice
Ignited to Lead: Youth as Catalysts of South Africa’s Transformation
This year marks 49 years since the Soweto Uprising. Despite commemorating the courage of the youth from 1976, who rejected an unjust education system and stood firm in the face of state violence, we must ask ourselves: why has the current generation’s fire dimmed? On 17 December 2010, the world
The GNU at a Crossroads – Advancing Transformation or Entrenching Inequality?
As the Government of National Unity takes shape, the 2026 Local Government Elections will be the first real test: will political inclusion deepen economic transformation, or will it simply diversify the face of inequality? Inequality in South Africa manifests in multiple ways—across race, gender, geography, and economic opportunity. These inequalities
Will South Africa Waste its Most Valuable Resource? The Challenge of Youth Employment
Economic transformation is crucial for economic development. When we talk of economic transformation, it is important to consider structural change, which is going from lower productivity to high productivity and within-sector productivity growth. The two mentioned sectors are to be considered in a holistic approach to ensure that Economic growth