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From Hustle to High Growth: Innovation as the Catalyst for Black Economic Power

In an economy where innovation often skews towards privilege, Black entrepreneurship remains South Africa’s most underutilised engine of inclusive growth—and its greatest missed opportunity. From the informal economies of townships to the boardrooms of black-owned startups, Black entrepreneurs have long been building value in overlooked places and underserved markets. But

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Reflecting on 30 Years of South Africa’s Bittersweet Democracy

Freedom Day celebrations in post-apartheid South Africa are a bittersweet occasion filled with moments of hope and despair. The promise of freedom, meant to liberate us, free us, and return our resources and land to us, has kept us in an endless cycle of poverty. We are witnessing the gap

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Women at the centre of B-BBEE and Transformation

Close to 30 years into the democratic dispensation, women in South Africa are still largely underrepresented in economic activity and they form a crucial part of previously disadvantaged persons at whom specific empowerment strategies should be targeted. The Gender-responsive public procurement (“GRPP”) framework is embedded in the current B-BBEE and

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The Anatomy of the Listed BBBEE Share Scheme: A Note on Bula Tsela

Our affair with Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment transactions is a complicated one. To begin with, there is always going to be an inherent tension in policy that combines market-oriented economic policy with redistributive social policy. This tension has been obvious in the implementation of BBBEE policy in South Africa, and

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