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4th October 2021

ANALYSIS | Business profitability depends on the socio-economic climate, and that depends on alleviating youth unemployment

This article (and an event being planned by BEE Novation) argues that we’ll need the business sector to leverage legislation like B-BBEE, Employment Equity as well as the Youth Employment Service Initiative to achieve inclusive […]
16th March 2021

The Young and The Restless: Why Every South African Business Needs to Think About Skills Development and Enterprise Development 

Economic resilience and stability depend on how frugally we work for B-BBEE Incentives Through Skills Development, Youth Employment Service and Enterprise Development, writes BEE Novation     A business owner reading a newspaper in late […]
8th March 2021

Five Reasons Why Actual Enterprise Development Can Save South Africa

Implemented well, Enterprise Development potentially addresses more nation-wide challenges than all other solutions combined because those problems begin and end with the economy.   As the below list of challenges and respective solutions demonstrates, our […]
10th February 2021

Is Compliance Businesses’ Biggest Challenge — Or Is It An Opportunity for a Win-Win Situation?

Lockdown challenged the governance compliance efforts of large businesses and informal traders alike.  What if the solution to both their problems is Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD)?     Could a collaboration between transformation consultancy […]
11th November 2020

#Brackenfell: South Africa(n Businesses), We Need to Talk

An act of (real or perceived) racism anywhere can have devastating consequences for a whole neighbourhood, its business operations and its schools: this is the possibility implicit in the EFF’s statement that it will descend […]
9th November 2020

Relying on 20/20 Hindsight to Fix your 2020/2021 Employment Equity Submission?  Follow Our Proactive Checklist Instead

Employment Equity is evolving, which changes the scope of opportunities and risks associated with complying and failing to comply respectively.  The below questions aren’t an exhaustive summary of the requirements of the Act, nor of […]

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28th June 2017

First WHERE IS YOUR INDUSTRY GOING: How It Unfolded

On the 26th of June, we hosted the first WHERE IS YOUR INDUSTRY GOING? panel discussion in Durban. We would like to thank everyone who attended and helped make it a success. Here are a […]
17th July 2017

Mandela Day Tomorrow: How to Make Each of those 67 Minutes Count

Nelson Mandela said: “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” This week, while we bemoan scandals and other bad news in other sectors, […]
19th February 2018

#SONA2018, A POST ANALYSIS OF AN INTERESTING ERA

A BEE Novation perspective on the economy, transformation, and South Africa’s newly appointed leader Written by: BEE Novation “By working together, in a genuine partnership, underscored by trust and a shared vision, I am certain […]
2nd August 2020

Women’s Month Economics Question: Did Bheki Cele Associate Alcohol and GBV to Enforce Patriarchal Dominance?

A version of this article has been featured on platforms such as Daily Maverick.   The ir/rationality with which the country carries out transformation is the nexus of social, political and economic events.  When we […]