Sara Gon: BEE deals – pure empowerment or a case of over-empowering the empowered?
The legislation around Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is considered in some quarters to be the the real cancer that has eaten into the South African economy.
The legislation around Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is considered in some quarters to be the the real cancer that has eaten into the South African economy.
STAR, the latest chapter in Pepkor’s story, is a diversified, multi-format retailer of significant size and scale, which has the largest retail footprint in Africa.
Preferential procurement is one of the most costly elements in BEE. It has often resulted in the doubling (or more) of the state’s procurement costs.