The Expropriation Bill and its ‘Game-Changing’ Benefits for the BEE Elite

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Speaking last month to the Progressive Business Forum – a group of BEE and other businesses that pay the African National Congress (ANC) significant sums for increased access to business opportunities – President Cyril Ramaphosa said that 2021 would be a ‘game-changer’ for BEE in South Africa. The key focus would be on how to move the needle on black participation in all sectors of the economy.


Farmworkers expect to benefit from good rains and bumper harvests

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As soon as the new national minimum wage was announced, bringing the wages of farmworkers in line with workers in all other sectors with low pay, the agriculture lobby was out in full force to suggest it would lead to huge job losses, shifts away from labour-intensive product lines and generally the sort of catastrophe we can ill afford at this point.