The role of B-BBEE in creating economic value

Posted in: i-Blog, Intellidex in the media on February 4, 2022


Dr Stuart Theobald joins SAfm’s ‘The Talking Point‘ with Cathy Mohlahlana, as a panellist, to discuss the role of B-BBEE in addressing inequality and creating access to economic opportunities for black entrepreneurs.

“It is important to recognise that B-BBEE has had some successes and there are unfortunate narratives that tend to take hold sometimes that B-BBEE is a failure or just leads to corruption, which we hear parroted often. But we have to step back and look at what has been achieved.”

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