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BMF, REFLECTING THROUGH 30 YEARS OF SOUTH AFRICA’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
Black Management Forum (BMF) commits itself to see that through Reflecting on South Africa’s journey towards 30 years of socio-economic transformation the inclusion of women in the economic hub continues to be one of the vital strategies to pave the future of our country forward. According to the South African Transformation
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
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
The Oceans Economy – SA’s Next Industrial Frontier
In a country where the oceans generate R130 billion annually but rural poverty persists at 70%, the question is not whether the blue economy has potential—it’s whether that potential will reach the people who need it most. For the GNU, the 2026 elections will be a referendum on delivery, not
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
Digital Illiteracy in the Boardroom: The Leadership Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About
Corporate SA is having two very different digital conversations. The first is happening in universities, marketing departments, software houses, data teams, innovation hubs, start-ups and agency boardrooms. It is a conversation about AI, automation, data architecture, customer journeys, attribution modelling, machine learning, CRM ecosystems and digital growth. The second conversation