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Can South Africa Start Over?
The Black Management Forum is approaching its policy conference in the first week of November, and this question of starting over will be unpacked in the first-panel discussion. This discussion will set the tone for the rest of the conference in understanding the context of the country and what BMF
Freedom Was the Key, Now We Must Build the House.
There is a peculiar weight to the word freedom in South Africa. It rolls off the tongue easily, appearing in speeches, holidays, and hashtags. However, after the landmark elections of 1994, the essence of that word remains wide open to interpretation.We were promised freedom. But did we define it? The
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
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
Transformation & Growth: The Untapped Power of South Africa’s Black Middle Class
The republic of South Africa has entered into a new phase politically, and this will have implications for the transformation agenda going forward. In one of the timeless quotes from Lot Ndlovu, sharing his views on the role of the black middle class in SA he said, “South Africa belongs
This “Black-thing”
In the words of Lot Ndlovu, “the race issue should enjoy more priority than the class issue”. Lot Ndlovu had delivered a thought-provoking speech at a BMF conference about the role of the black middle class, and how the ideological bond between the masses and the black middle class must