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by : empowermentsa
GOLFING PRODUCTS TO COMPETE WITH NIKE & PING IN SOUTH AFRICA
A foreign company, with international golf trademarks valued at over R100m, is looking ..

by : 1
INVITATION TO COMPANIES FROM ZIMBABWE, LESOTHO & BOTSWANA
An incubator programme has been established for companies from Botswana, Lesotho and Zi..

by : 1
200 SMEs GET R50 000 FINANCE
A partnership between empowermentsa with the Department of Trade and Industry has been ..

by : 1
DREAM TEAM FOR R2 BILLION PROJECTS
Empowermentsa and Deals South Africa are putting together a team of professionals for our two billion-rand residential property worth of projects.

We a..

by : 1
YOUR EASIEST ENTRY INTO SOWETO TOURISM BOOM
If you have always wanted to capitalise on the success of the tourism boom in the biggest township in south africa, we are happy to inform you that your time has com..

by : 1
TOP CLOTHING COMPANY WANTS PARTNERS
An award winning clothing manufacturing company is looking for partners in other provinces.

This well-known brand counts major retailers like Donna Clai..

by : 1
BRITISH COMPANY WANTS PARTNERS
South African companies with contacts in the coal mining industry are invited into a partnership with a British company that recycles coal duff (coal left-overs and ..

by : 1
OIL-PRODUCING CONSORTIUM
An American engineering company is seriously searching for South African partners with ..

by : 11
ARE YOU COMING TO ZIMBABWE? THEY ARE WAITING FOR YOU & US
Empowermentsa and Deals South Africa, DealsSA, will be setting up two offices in Zimbabwe in order to fast-track the revival of that economy.

Our focus..

by : empowermentsa
INVEST IN A JOBURG PHOTO GALLERY
Do you remember Patrice Motsepe while he was still adviser to Nafcoc? What about the bloody corporate battles for the heart and purses of both Nafcoc and Fabcos wher..

by : empowermentsa
DO YOU KNOW DOCTOR MOTLANA?
If you are like empowermentsa founder (mphuthi MPHUTHI), you are a big fan of business success stories of Black and White entrepreneurs, you would have heard of Dr ..

by : empowermentsa
VERY SERIOUS, SENIOR & REPUTABLE S.A. MINING PARTNER WANTED
A very serious wheeling and dealing Polish company is looking for equally serious wheel..

by : empowermentsa
THE FIRST PROPERTY STOKVEL EVER IN SA IS NOW HERE & YOU ARE INVITED
It has never been done before!!

Empowermentsa is the first to launch a stokvel specifically for people that want to enter the property market in a BIG ..

by : empowermentsa
600 BULLET-PROOF VESTS WANTED THROUGH THE EMPOWERMENTSA TENDERS NETWORK
From September 2008 empowermentsa introduces the innovative tenders’ network.

From now on, we will collect tender documents for you. From now we will..

by : empowermentsa
BEE ENGINEERING COMPANIES WANTED
An engineering company whose main business is hydraulics assembly, repair and building as well as distribution of hydraulic cylinders is looking for good quality pr..

by : empowermentsa
DIAMOND MINE FOR SALE NEAR KIMBERLEY
The Mine was opened in 1906 and has been mined up to 1996. During 2002 it was purchased from the land owners and re treated tailings on the property from July 2003 t..

by : empowermentsa
FOUR COAL MINES/FARMS FOR SALE NEAR NEWCASTLE
The transaction consists of selling SITU reserves. The quantities of SITU reserves are as follows:
1. Colliery in the district of Colliery District Dannhauser ..

by : empowermentsa
SOWETO'S TOP & EXCLUSIVE EATERY WANTS INVESTORS
A top Soweto eatery that has been frequented by the Mandelas as well as top dignitaries from the office of the South African Presidency, is looking for investors.
by : empowermentsa
$25 MILLION WANTED FOR OIL WELL EXPLORATION
Investors are invited to two oil properties in the Soviet Union. The properties are next to each other. Empowermentsa is contact with owners (South Africans and Russ..

by : empowermentsa
EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES TO SADC
Empowermentsa has been requested by businesses within SADC to look for suppliers of the following:
a. ARV (anti-aids drugs) as much as possible until 2010; <..

by : empowermentsa
R400 000 investment required for a R9 million tender
A member of empowermentsa has won a R9million tender for the renovation and tarring of 3km road within Joburg.

We, empowermentsa, have been asked to U..

by : empowermentsa
INVITATION TO A R19 MILLION BEE DEAL IN A CRUSHING PLANT
A well-established and successful producer and supplier of sand and crushed stone is looking for BEE investors with R19 million. The company is sold unencumbered by ..

by : empowermentsa
DIAMONDS FROM ANGOLA & DRC FOR SALE
Buyers are invited to the sale of a 31 kilometres squared diamond concession in Angola by a marketer of diamonds within SADC. The same company, which has exclusivity..

by : 1
2000 METRIC TONNES OF COPPER FOR SALE
An amount of 2000 metric tones of LME Grade A Copper is for sale in Johannesubrg.

It is available in REC’MCM brands and is supplied as whole cathode...

by : empowermentsa
150 BAKKIES AND TRUCKS WANTED
A successful and leading retailer is launching a BEE transport enterprise development programme and is looking for 150 bakkies and trucks to move goods for this JSE ..

by : empowermentsa
PROFESSIONAL WOMEN INVITE YOU INTO TRUCKING
A women-led BEE investment company invites you to a consortium that is buying 60% of a company that sells trucks.

The company currently has stock of 18..

by : esa
SQUID FISHING CONSORTIUM
A Port Elizabeth-based BEE company invites investors (Black or White, within South Africa or beyond) to an exciting deal in the acquisition of shares in a company wi..

by : ESA
TELECOMS INVESTORS WANTED
A Johannesburg-based telecoms civils company, specializing in construction side of the telecoms industry is looking for R30 million investors.

This com..

by : ESA
MORE MINING DEALS FROM EMPOWERMENTSA
The coal mine still available. This mine has 3.3million tons of coal to mine. It is for sale. Delving license and test results available. Very near to Camden. Upper ..

by : esa
FOREIGN PARTNERS WANT SA PARTNERS
A medicals equipment manufacturer from Brazil which is one of the leaders and specialists in the sale and manufacturing of Ophthalmology, Odontology, Gynaecology, Ot..

by : empowermentsa
BEE RATING BUSINESS FOR SALE
empowerment south africa is looking for competent professionals to buy into its BEE rating business which has done many BEE rating certificates since establishment i..

by : esa
TRUCKING OPPORTUNITIES TO LUSAKA, ANGOLA & MPUMALANGA
CONTRACT NUMBER ONE:.JHB TO LUSAKA – LUSAKA TO JHB
a. ON GOING WORK 12 MONTH WITH R/E .
b. PAYMENT -50% UPFRONT / 50% - 14 DAYS ON INVOICING.
by : E
Are you looking for funders for your mining venture?
An Australian investor with approximately US$5 million is looking for investors within the mining sector. It is important to have existing mining operations or conta..

by : empowermentsa
HERE ARE BIG DEALS IN DIAMOND, GOLD & COPPER MINES
A 15-year old, experienced BEE company invites you to a broad-based consortium that is buying diamond mines, copper mines as well as a gold mine for approximately US..

by : empowermentsa
Looking for deals in top franchises?
Empowermentsa has been requested to invite you to the following opportunities in franchising:

1….Mimmo's (Pretoria). Price only R850 000. Net profits ..

by : empowermentsa
LESOTHO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Batho Trading – Maseru (9700 sq²):- This site is located in prime area in Maseru City which is capital town of Lesotho. The suitable tenants are as follows: Pick`..

by : empowermentsa
VERY URGENT 2010 TENDER OPPORTUNITIES FROM JOHANNESBURG
Well-established and experienced suppliers (BEE or not BEE, Big or small) are URGENTLY invited to join empowermentsa in bidding and registering for Johannesburg’s..

by : empowermentsa
New Franchise Consortiums for You from empowermentsa
You are invited to join consortia for the following franchises:

1. Kentucky Fried Chicken;
2. Wimpy Restaurant
3. Scooters Pizza;
4. D..

by : empowermentsa
Open an empowermentsa Office in Your Area
Here is your chance to open an Empowerment South Africa, empowermentsa, office in your area. You can earn thousands of rands in commission and meeting high-flying bu..

by : empowermentsa
Here Are Your First Real Steps into BEE Investments
Are you tired of reading about other people’s BEE deals and not yours?

It must be very frustrating to get the feeling that every Tom, Dick and Harry i..

by : empowermentsa
R50 million finance for tenders from empowerment South Africa
Have you won a tender but are battling to find finance for it because banks are too slow to respond? Are you battling to pay your monthly salaries and equipment beca..

by : VNECONOMY
Vietnam Business looking for partnerships in South Africa
The Vietnam Ministry of Trade is working with domestic enterprises to set up trade centres in South Africa where Vietnamese products would be exhibited, said a minis..

by : Irene Louw
R200 million for women empowerment
An uncomplicated risk capital facility worth R200m is now available to help women with convincing business ideas to turn them into reality.
Business Partners ..

by : Martin Zhuwakinyu
Russian investors still looking for SA joint venture partners
South Africa’s Department of Minerals and Energy is, it seems, willing to draw up a list of local companies that could partner Russia’s Renova Group, although th..

by : Kommersant International (Russia); The Globe and Mail (Canada) and La Tribune (France)
Debt relief improves credit-worthiness of developing countries, says World Bank
The World Bank said poorer countries’ ability to access private debt markets was boosted by debt relief in 2006, which has cut their heavy debt burdens and improve..

by : ESA
Want to partner Brazilian biofuel technology?
Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petrobras has announced its growing focus on biofuels will finally make it a large, integrated and diversified energy company, ins..

by : Amy Fleitas and Paul Bannister, Bankrate.com
YOUR DEBT PROBLEMS ARE NOT THIS BAD
A decade ago, Donald Trump was on the brink of going spectacularly bust. His personal liabilities were around $900 million. His three casinos and posh Plaza Hotel we..

by : Jeannine Lewan
BIGGEST FUND FOR AFRICAN STAKES
Emerging Capital Partners (ECP), an international private equity firm focused on investing across the African continent, announced the final close of its EMP Africa ..

by : A. JOHNSTONE
From Liberator To Exploiter- Comrade Capitalist
Mosima Gabriel ("Tokyo") Sexwale - former South African liberation fighter turned business tycoon . He was recruited to the ANC underground by Winnie Madikizela-Mand..

by : Linda Mbongwa
You, too, can meet Clinton, Mandela, Branson, Phuthuma, Patrice..
Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu and Sir Richard Branson are putting themselves up for auction - to save the lives of young children.

From Tuesday, the Mast..

by : ESA
empowermentsa Saves Taxi Operators
Thousands of taxi operators (owners and drivers) were facing a bleak future as a result of the government’s taxi recapitalization programme. This is because the go..

by : Mphuthi
EMPOWERMENTSA GOES HEAD HUNTING
Empowerment South Africa, empowermentsa, founder and director, Mphuthi MPHUTHI, is tapping into his wide network of contacts (running into hundreds) within governmen..

by : havard
LETEPE TAKES BEE TO HARVARD
Letepe Maisela, founding chairman of Kgorong Investment Holdings, will be discussing the Black Economic Empowerment at the Annual Africa Business Conference at Harva..

by : Ismael Hossein-zadeh
"The Rise of Disaster Capitalism". Shame on them: Part 2
In the recent US wars of choice, beneficiaries have acquired the power of promoting wars, often by manufacturing "external threats to our national interest." In othe..

by : World Bank
BILL GATES INVESTS IN CELLPHONE BANKING
Five years from now, millions of people in even remote regions of developing countries could be doing their banking with cell phones or other high tech devices.
by : VILLA TRITONIA SA
Are You Looking for an International Property Developer Franchise?
An International property Development Group has set its sights on an ever-expanding and booming South African property market.

A successful property de..

by : ESA
Clean-technology Becoming Big business
Venture capital investment in clean-technology companies jumped 78% last year to $2.9 billion, compared with $1.6 billion in 2005, according to data released this mo..

by : ESA
Chinese Dragon Awakes In Africa
China’s exports to Africa rose by 36 percent year-on-year to $13.82 billion in 2004, while imports, mostly natural resources, surged 81 percent to $15.65 billion, ..

by : ESA
Do You Have Good Ideas and Need Investors?
One of South Africa’s most successful entrepreneurial networking platforms, The Big Idea, will be resurrected in February 2007 with a series of events across the c..

by : William F. (Bill) McCready
Deal Structure Secrets (USA)
What's the secret to obtaining capital from outside sources when you need it? A key element of the process is your Deal Structure.

The structure of you..

by : ESA
SIEMENS CORRUPTION UNPUNISHED
Paying €420 million in bribes means never having to say you're sorry - at least if you are the CEO of Siemens. You have to ask: what does it take to get fired fro..

by : Jen Chang
David Beckham's Art of Negotiation
At first glance, David Beckham's deal appears to be the biggest contract in sports history (reportedly paying Beckham $50 million for 2007), dwarfing that of the hea..

by : Deutsche Presse-Agentur
You are Invited to Christie's Auction Of the Most Expensive Car
Empowermentsa is happy to inform you that Christie's is to auction one of the world's most expensive motor cars, an original 1939 model Auto Union Type D racing car,..

by : Antonia Juhasz
Is This Not The Biggest, Most Gullible, Gross, Despicable and Corrupt Crime In Modern History? Shame on Them!!
Since the invasion of Iraq, more than 150 U.S. companies were awarded contracts for post-war work totaling more than $50 billion.

Halliburton received t..

by : Susannah Frankel
The Real & Big Business of High Fashion's Catwalk
For those who bow down at the altar of designer fashion, the industry is a valid reflection of society as a whole and, for that reason, as important a part of cultur..

by : ESA
You Are Invited to (Puff Daddy) P. Diddy's Celebrity Party
empowermetsa is happy to tell you that Sean "Diddy" Combs is to throw a star-studded bash in Miami for Superbowl XLI weekend at dance club Space (34 N.E. 11th Street..

by : ESA
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT TAKING OFF
EmpowermentSA has unearthed women talent like no other private company in South Africa and the objective of these talented women is to expand the goal of sustainable..

by : DAVID WRIGHT
The Boss-of-All-Bosses Captured: Is The Mafia Business Dead?
The real-life Godfather's face was revealed for the first time in 43 years. Bernardo Provenzano, the most powerful boss in the history of the Italian mafia, was arre..

by : empowermentsa
Have you lost a tender bid illegally? Maybe empowermentsa can help you SUE someone!!
Empowermentsa has established a tender litigation relationship, led by an attorney (B. Proc, Natal) to the High Court of South Africa.

With a team of o..

by : mphuthi
Empowermentsa Gives R15 MILLION-PER-MONTH Business To SMEs
Empowermentsa has been mandated to seek suppliers for the following products. The numbers reflect the minimum quantities required MONTHLY

WOODEN FURNITU..

by : ESA
TIPS FOR TENDERING
Always provide all of the information requested by in the tender application.
Do not forget things like your tax clearance certificate and shareholding certif..

by : MPHUTHI
JOINT VENTURE GUIDE: PART ONE
1. Identify the Need: Conduct a strategic analysis of your market sectors and target audiences to determine which areas are the most profitable or have the greatest ..

by : WEF
STEPS TO A SOUND BUSINESS
James W. Owens, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Caterpillar, USA, and his team stuck to the core principles of running a sound business by focusing on the foll..

by : MPHUTHI
10 TURNAROUND STEPS
To implement the ten keys in a successful turnaround, you have to perform, in order, the following ten steps. Owners of small- and medium-size businesses have succes..

by : Gateway
TENDERING GUIDE: ONE
The key to successful tendering is careful planning and time allocation.
Generally, you should:
· Read the Request for Tender (RFT) document thoroughly..

by : MPHUTHI
SIPHO MSELEKU LEAVES CHAMSA
This letter serves to inform that my contract as Chief Executive Officer of CHAMSA expires at the end of September 2006, I will not pursue the option to renew the co..

by : Various
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL SECTOR PROCUREMENT SPEND
The FSC requires enterprise development to be focused on black SME suppliers. Several programmes were initiated to achieve this objective.

These includ..

by : 1
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ARE HAMPERING EMPOWERMENTSA’S WORK IN BLACK TOWNSHIPS
Over R2 billion has been channeled to agencies like the National Empowerment Fund, Seda, Gauteng Enterprise Propeller, yet none of them have offices in townships to ..

by : Soweto Business Forum
SOWETO BUSINESS BOOM..............YOU ARE INVITED
The richest township in South Africa, Soweto, is enjoying greater business attention more than ever before. Whittey Basson’s Shoprite, Ray Ackerman’s Score and P..

by : Mzi
BDFM, L'AGENCE & EMPOWERMENTSA TAKE BEE TO THE WORLD
Successful and leading business news and information publisher, BDFM, in association with Empowermentsa and Lagence are proud to introduce what ..

by : AYANDA
WE LAUNCH R100m TENDER PROJECT FOR SMEs WITH EZEEDEX
Empowermentsa has formed an alliance with Ezeedex in order to attain the following:

1. R100 million tenders available to SMEs:Research has shown that th..

by : BIZCOMM
PRODUCTIVE FOR THREE DAYS, ARE SOUTH AFRICANS LAZY?
Most South African respondents to a Microsoft Office survey say they're working longer, but are less productive. The research showed that South Africans say that 38%..

by : Soweto Business forum
EMPOWERMENTSA PARTNERSHIP WITH AMERICANS EXCITES SOWETO
Empowerment information will now be easier to access and within walking distance for Soweto entrepreneurs after the launch of the Soweto empowerment center, a joint..

by : Lynda Loxton
ILL INFORMED BLACK YUPPIES FUELLING PROPERTY BOOM
Soaring property prices were being fuelled by upwardly mobile but ill-informed black professionals as much, if not more, than by market forces, it was claimed yester..

by : Catherine Wheatley
THE ART OF BAD MANAGEMENT
Qualities needed: mega-ego, poor communication skills, an ability to ignore imminent threats and little understanding of your staff and customers. You may spend your..

by : Lance Harris
EFFECTIVE ORGANISATION LEADERSHIP
“The way autocrats manage their people destroys them. Remember, instructions have become laughably ineffective. Inspire and empower instead,” said Brand Pretoriu..

by : ESA
QUOTE FOR THE DAY
YOU CAN'T DO TODAY'S JOB WITH YESTERDAY'S METHODS AND BE IN BUSINESS TOMORROW..

by : WEF
TOUGH CHOICES IN BUSINESS
While there are no easy choices in business, either because the consequences are unpleasant or the outcomes obscure, there are critical ones. Orit Gadiesh, Chairman,..

by : WEF
BUILDING THE GREAT COMPANY
Richard Quest, CNN UK, challenged the CEOs to imagine that in 2020 they are morally bankrupt with red ink up to their eyes and asked them: "What are you going to do ..

by : TACY
NCHAKA WINS BASETSANA OVER WITH AUSTRALIAN DIAMONDS
Directors of Australia’s Tawana Resources NL have reached a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) agreement with Seven Falls Trading 155 Pty Limited for the sale of 26 ..

by : Larry Claasen
EMPOWEMENT TO DRIVE PUTCO TO CONTRACTS
COMMUTER bus company Putco says the approval given by its shareholders last week to delist the group paves the way for it to bring in an empowerment partner, which w..

by : David Gleason
NAFCOC VERSUS FABCOS!! ................ AND THE WINNER IS...........: JOHNNIC
Fabcos sold Fabvest Investment Holdings to listed Hoskens Consolidated Investments (HCI) in return for a 12% equity stake. Between them, Fabcos and the South African..

by : I-Net Bridge
SANTAM AND KAGISO SHARE RISK
Santam Risk Finance, a wholly-owned subsidiary of short-term insurance group Santam, on Friday announced that it has concluded a deal with Kagiso Treasury Services -..

by : William Pesek Jr. columnist for Bloomberg News
THAILAND'S SECRET FOR SUCCESS? WOMEN!
The idea is that the more opportunities women have, the more vibrant economies are and, consequently, the less need there is to amass a huge public debt to boost gro..

by : SABC
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT GOES NUTS
A cashew nut farm has become a showpiece of women empowerment and community development in KwaZulu-Natal. The 1 000 hectare Maputaland farm is a few kilometres away ..

by : CREAMER
PAMODZI NOW MADE OF STEEL
Newly-formed black economic-empowerment (BEE) firm Mediro Industrial Holdings has bought a 19% stake in Kulu-ngile Metals and its wholly-owned trading divisions – ..

by : VANCOUVER
ZWELAKHE GOES PLATINUM
A Consortium led by Mr. Zwelakhe Sisulu of Afriminerals Holdings (Pty) Ltd. ("Afriminerals") has entered into an agreement to acquire a 26% shareholding in Spitzkop ..

by : nkolola halwindi
SIEMENS' BEE PROCUREMENT TO TOP R200MILLION
Siemens Southern Africa has committed itself to black business to the extent that the company spends R200-million out of a total budget of R500-million with black ec..

by : Idea Engineers
SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE BRAND CHAMPIONS
'Before you leap into the world of employee motivation sessions and brand workshops, you should look at the footprints of those who have been successful,' says Spark..

by : Professor Feldberg, director of several major public companies, including Revlon, Primedia, and Sappi Limited
WHAT IS SUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP?
Building a successful organisation takes time. It is not a sprint, but a marathon. It's not something that happens in one, two or three years. I have often been told..

by : Gary Alfonso
Reinventing Strategy
The term “reinventing strategy” is hardly a new one in the ever-changing world of business, commerce and management. In fact, the mere mention of the term is lik..

by : Lynda Loxton
WE BRING R165BILLION, WHAT DO YOU BRING?
Public enterprises minister Alec Erwin yesterday challenged the private sector to come on board the massive R165 billion investment programme by the state to upgrade..

by : Gugulakhe Masango
WHERE IS BEE IN MEDIA AND ADVERTISING?
Media groups that have failed to have empowerment partners are Naspers, the Independent Group (the publisher of Business Report), Johnnic Communications, Caxton and ..

by : Rebecca Harrison
ICT CHARTER MARCHING TO THE FINISH LINE
Squabbling factions compiling a black economic empowerment charter for the communications industry have agreed on a black equity ownership target and hope to publish..

by : I-Net Bridge
IMITHI CURES ASPEN'S EMPOWERMENT HEADACHE
Imithi Investments, would be acquiring 13.4 million new Aspen ordinary shares and 17.6 million new variable rate voting, convertible, redeemable, cumulative Aspen pr..

by : Nontokozo (Nonto) Mhlongo
African Diaspora businessmen/women Convention 2005
African Diaspora businessmen/women Convention 2005 in which we are
expecting, plus or minus 500 businessmen and women to
attend from all over the world. ..

by : LOLA LAZARUS
MFRC JOINS HANDS WITH CONSUMER DIRECTORATES TO CELEBRATE WORLD CONSUMER RIGHTS DAY
Access to credit is the national economy’s most important building block, especially at the lower income level and yet, in many segments of the credit market, the ..

by : John Fraser
PATRICE SEEKING FINANCE OFFSHORE
PATRICE Motsepe's African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) may list its portfolio of exploration projects in North America, the Miningmx website reported yesterday.
by : Pauline Skypala
FOUNDATION SHELLS OUT SME EMPOWERMENT
Shell Foundation, the sustainable development charity set up by Shell in 2000, had a message for the investment and banking community: you can support the small busi..

by : Siseko Njobeni
WHITE FARMERS WILL BENEFIT FROM EMPOWERMENT-NAFU
WHITE farmers and companies stand to benefit from black economic empowerment in agriculture (AgriBEE), says a representative of the National African Farmers Union. ..

by : INEWSWIRE
"SCRAP CHARTERS", SAYS CONFUSED ATTORNEY
Attorney Kunyalala Maphisa of Jan S. de Villiers Attorneys said there was a view that the development of sector-specific empowerment charters was a mistake and they ..

by : Sherilee Bridge-David
VUNANI CLIENTS ARE R7BILLION HAPPIER
Vunani Capital Holdings, a new black-owned financial services company, said yesterday that it had raised more than R7 billion on the bond market in the past 18 month..

by : FINANCE
MAFIKA MKHWANAZI'S PARTNER IN TROUBLE, AGAIN
Mining finance company JCI paid R12m to DRDGold over an empowerment transaction with Matodzi Resources on Tuesday, JCI chief executive Bret Kebble said.
He sa..

by : Lynda Loxton
ANYONE INTERESTED IN ALISTER'S RUITER'S JOB?
Lionel October, dti deputy director general, could be in line for director general job, but so could several of the talented former senior officials who have left th..

by : John Qwelane
IS PASEKA NCHOLO MAD?
Dr Paseka Ncholo, executive chairperson of Khumo-Bathong Holdings and also chairperson of DRD Gold, last week amazed many people with his simple gesture of love and ..

by : Benjamin Spock
QUOTE FOR THE DAY: BENJAMIN SPOCK
"Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."..

by : Ramotena Mabote is chairperson of Matigari Holdings
IN EMPOWERMENT YOU GET SCREWED.....
Marlise identified the right entrepreneur she would want to partner with to create a BEE company — me! From what she was told, I was a self-made businessperson, wi..

by : Lynda Loxton
NEF TO REMOVE BLINKERS OFF BEE MAGAZINE?
The National Empowerment Fund (NEF) came under fire in parliament when it emerged it had granted a R3.5 million loan in 2004/05 to an upmarket magazine aimed at youn..

by : Bus. Report
FIRSTRAND SECURES R173MILLION LOAN FOR BEE
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, would lend FirstRand R173 million for black economic empowerment, the group sa..

by : Samantha Enslin
EMPOWER FAST AND BE COMPETITIVE
"Empowerment will not go away. It will give your business a competitive advantage but only for the next two years. By then, most companies will be empowered and thos..

by : Ronnie Morris
THE OTHER (BAD) SIDE OF EMPOWERMENT
Three directors of a black empowerment company, which won a R22.8 million painting contract at Saldanha Steel in 1997, are being sued in their personal capacities fo..

by : nkolola halwindi
ANGLO'S ZIMELE, TRUE TO ITS NAME
Zimele has been facilitating new ventures at divisional and operational level and is currently investing in several black-empowerment concerns. It is invested in 25 ..

by : Horst Kleinschmidt, Deputy Director-General, Department: Environmental Affairs and Tourism
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS RESERVES FISHING RIGHTS TO SMEs
Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism has introduced the novel concept of reserving a proportion of the total allowable catches (TAC) in certain fisheries ..

by : Nicky Smith
R10MILLION TO EDUCATE PROSPECTIVE PLATINUM MINE OWNERS
A trust has been created with a budget of R10 million directed toward creating awareness in the Bakubung-ba-Ratheo tribe about the economics of exploring and mining ..

by : FINANCE
ISCOR OWNER IS THIRD RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD
Lakshmi Mittal head of majority shareholder of SA's Ispat Iscor, Mittal Steel Co, boosted his fortune faster than anyone in the world over the past year to become th..

by : MERCURY
DHLOMO DRUMS UP MORE RHEEM EQUITY
OD Investments - a black empowerment consortium headed by Kwazulu-Natal entrepreneur Dr Oscar Dhlomo - has increased its stake in national metal drums, pails and can..

by : Reuters
THEBE TO GET CAPACITY FROM SANLAM
South Africa's Competition Tribunal has approved a purchase by life assurer Sanlam of a 55 percent stake in black investor group Thebe Investment Corp.'s life assura..

by : SABC
BLACK YOUTH HAVE NO CHANCE IN CAPE TOWN
Preliminary findings of a survey done by the University of Cape Town revealed that the prospects for black Cape Town residents in their 20's are slim when compared t..

by : SABC
SURVEY ON SMEs IN SOUTH AFRICA
Is South Africa a welcoming environment for the entrepreneur? That is one of the key questions tackled by this year's edition of the annual Small or Medium Enterpris..

by : Stephen Timm
BEE Partnerships should add value all around
BUSINESS owners who are looking to get into a Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) partnership or deal, should ensure that both partners add value to one another's busin..

by : FINANCE
SA improves its IT rankings
South Africa climbed to 34th position out of 104 countries surveyed from 37th position in 2003/2004 in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Information Technology..

by : Mike Cohen
SOUTH AFRICANS WANT JOBS FIRST
South Africans rank unemployment as their country's most pressing problem, followed by crime and HIV/Aids, a survey conducted by the Institute for Democracy in SA fo..

by : Gugulakhe Masango
VODACOM EXECUTIVES WANT EQUITY INCENTIVES, TOO.
Vodacom's black employees have shown interest in acquiring a 5 percent stake in Vodacom that was previously owned by empowerment firm Hosken Consolidated Investments..

by : Andile Ntingi
HELLO........!ANYBODY LEFT AT THE DTI?
The department of trade and industry, the current target of criticism for its perceived non-delivery, is battling to fill about 80 job vacancies, or about 10 percent..

by : FINANCE
CIGARETTES SALES UP IN SOUTH AFRICA
British American Tobacco (BAT), the world's second largest cigarette producer, has posted a strong performance in its South African operations.
According to t..

by : SAPA
MBEKI LOOKING FOR TIPS FROM WORLD BUSINESS LEADERS
President Thabo Mbeki, cabinet ministers and 10 of the world's leading businessmen are to meet in Cape Town this weekend, the department of trade and industry said o..

by : CAPE TIMES
LET US DEBATE BLACK EMPOWERMENT- FW DE KLERK
Hardly a day passes without the announcement of some Black Economic Empowerment deal. Many of these deals are creating real opportunities for black South Africans, a..

by : INEWSWIRE
BEIJING HAS EXPEDITED WOMEN EMPOWERMENT, GLOBALLY
FOLLOWING IS THE SUMMARY OF THE MEETING OF THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

Mr. ZAFILAZA, Minister for Population, Social Welfare and Sports of Mad..

by : Lindsay Williams
MINEWORKERS NKUNA LOCKS-IN PRISM
Lindsay Williams talks to Alvin Els from Prism about their empowerment deal with the Minewrkers Investment Company (MIC)

LINDSAY WILLIAMS: The R400-mil..

by : ALL-AFRICA
EMPOWERMENT WAS MEANT TO BE THE WINNER: SHAIK
Corruption accused Schabir Shaik denied yesterday that Deputy President Jacob Zuma had intervened in several business deals to assist him in particular, saying Zuma ..

by : ALL-AFRICA
BEING UNEMPOWERED IS MORE COSTLY: OLD MUTUAL
OLD Mutual's delay in selling an interest in its South African operations to empowerment partners is unfortunate, as it has caused the insurer to lose business becau..

by : Patrick Wadula
WE ARE EVIDENCE THAT EMPOWERMENT ADDS VALUE-SEXWALE
Empowerment deals also added value, Sexwale said. When Mvelaphanda Resources took over Northam Platinum six years ago, the company had a projected life span of about..

by : ALL-AFRICA
SEXWALE IS HONOURED WITH THE TOP IN THE WORLD
Shared Interest hosts its 5th Annual Awards Dinner Fundraiser on Monday, February 28, at Manhattan's Gotham Hall Restaurant at Broadway at 36 Street, Manhattan.
by : ANANOVA
QUOTE FOR THE DAY: CHRIS ROCK AT THE OSCARS
"The only acting you ever see at the Oscars is when people act like they're not mad they lost. Nicole Kidman was smiling so wide (the year Halle Berry beat her to be..

by : Udo W. Froese
PUBLIC COURSE IN ECONOMIC MASTURBATION IN NAMIBIA
At the beginning of this year's parliamentary session in Windhoek, the notorious Additional Profit Tax (APT) of 4% to 5% additional tax was signed into law. This is ..

by : Bojana Stoparic
UNITED NATIONS TO EMPOWER WOMEN SOME MORE
Starting tomorrow government delegates and women's organizations from around the world will gather at the United Nations headquarters in New York to evaluate what pr..

by : Jim Jones
PHUMZILE VERSUS ANGLOGOLD
Minerals minister Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka who remains concerned at what she sees as AngloGold’s slow progress towards BEE compliance. According to Johannesburg’s ..

by : Bus. Report
KING SHAKA AIRPORT GROUNDED BY ACSA
Concerns have been raised that the process to get the Dube Tradeport and the new King Shaka International Airport off the ground had stalled over an unresolved land ..

by : : Sid Peimer
In advertising, six out of 100 people have psychic abilities. For accountants, it’s six in 10 000
Even though the above headline is total fabrication, a dinner guest will shortly be standing his/her ground firmly (if they can stand at all after the third bottle) ..

by : Sid Peimer
TURNING STRATEGISTS INTO SUPER-STRATEGISTS
"Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do," Piaget, the Swiss child psychologist, used to say. "Moreover, a child cannot build new, increasingly c..

by : Sid Peimer
nine ways for brands to join the new revolution
Although a fast food experience is perfectly real, it is a shiny, ubiquitous one resulting in a superficial engagement between consumer and brand. David Boyle, in hi..

by : Sid Peimer
PITCHING FOR NEW BUSINESS: 10 THINGS YOU DON'T DO
Presenting to an audience for the first time can make us do some strange (and often unnecessary) things. Here are 10 pitfalls to avoid should you want to win the hea..

by : Quo Vadis Communications
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW SOUTH AFRICA'S BRANDS?
Test your knowledge - and have some fun at the same time - with a quiz on the website of Brands and Branding, South Africa's premier branding publication.
The..

by : Ambassador Liu Guijin
China-South Africa Cooperation
China and South Africa: Partners in Cooperation

I am gratified to have witnessed during my tenure in this great rainbow nation the rapid yet sustained ..

by : Joel Netshitenzhe CEO: SA Government Communications (GCIS)
Zimbabwe - Complex problems require nuanced responses
In his article on Zimbabwe, Mugabe plunders regardless, in The Star of 18 February, Barney Mthombothi repeats the principle that values we stand for at home "should ..

by : ESA
GAUTENG GOVERNMENT MINISTERS
Premier Mbhazima Shilowa Premier's Office Tel: 011 355-6000 Fax: 011 836-933430 Simmonds Street, Johannesburg

Khabisi Mosunkutu Agriculture, Conserva..

by : ESA
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT MINISTERS
President of South Africa Mr Thabo Mbeki
Mail: Private Bag X1000, Pretoria, 0001 Street: Union Buildings, West wing, 2nd Floor, Government Avenue, Pretoria Tel..

by : FINANCE
POPO TO ARMSCOR'S RESCUE AS GOVERNANCE MISSILES FLY ALL OVER THOMO
Dr Popo Molefe, chair of the Armscor board of directors, was appointed on Thursday as acting chief executive until a forensic investigation into the other three had ..

by : FDA
FDA ON SABC 1, 27 FEBRUARY 2005
FOUNDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA PRESENTS: THE ENTERPRISE ZONE (SABC 1) - NETWORKING

To all our South African contacts: Please make an effort of..

by : CREAMER
ZIMBABWEAN EMPOWERMENT TARGETS NOT AS REALISTIC AS SOUTH AFRICA'S
World number-two platinum producer Impala Platinum Holdings (Implats) is delaying a decision on the $109-million project until an investment-protection accord, part..

by : CREAMER
KGORONG DIVISION KEEPS GETTING THOSE CONTRACTS
The industry division of Alstom South Africa, which is the electrical projects and systems arm of the group, continues to receive valuable contract work from gold-, ..

by : CREAMER
CANADIAN SEED CAPITAL RESULTS IN R468m CONTRACT
A contract worth up to R468-million, secured by South African armoured vehicle manufacturer Land Systems OMC through General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada (GDLS-C..

by : I-Net Bridge
NEXUS ABANDONS COURTROOM BUSINESS FOR BOARDROOM BUSINESS, AT LAST
Nexus Connexion, a 19% equity shareholder in the second network operator (SNO), announced on Thursday that it had withdrawn its litigation pertaining to the SNO proc..

by : NEWS 24
REUEL, YOU WILL NEED A LOOOT OF PATIENCE IN DRC. GOOD LUCK!!
South African energy firm, Eskom Holdings, announced ambitious plans on Thursday to build a massive, $50bn hydroelectric plant on the Congo River to provide low-cost..

by : Mzwandile Faniso
HOW MANY BEEs BENEFITED FROM R50BN BEE PROCUREMENT SPEND?
Major state-owned entities bought more than R50 billion in goods and services from empowerment companies between 1997 and 2004. But it is not clear how much of the m..

by : I-Net Bridge
KAGISO & CO. COMMITTED TO FIRSTRAND UNTIL 2014
One of the conditions of the FirstRand deal is that the BEE partners remain shareholders of FirstRand at least until the end of 2014. The BEE partners have also unde..

by : Reuters
FIRST NATIONAL KAGISO BANK?
FirstRand will sell a 10 percent stake to black investor groups for around 7.9 billion rand in one of the biggest black economic empowerment (BEE) transactions yet i..

by : Sathie Gounden
SA NATIONAL BUDGET:2005, AS PRESENTED BY FINANCE MINISTER: TREVOR MANUEL
The winning goal is a 1% reduction in taxation for companies. The corporate tax rate has been decreased from 30% to 29%. Clearly the Minister’s objective is to ena..

by : J. Wadula (UK)
QUOTE FOR THE DAY
My life is in the hands of any fool who makes me lose my temper- ..

by : Richard Mantu
TREVOR GIVES R600M TO A FUND WITHOUT A CEO
Government has proposed a new Micro Agricultural Finance Scheme to complement the Comprehensive Agricultural Support programme to provide further support to emerging..

by : FINANCE
SOUTH AFRICANS TO BLAME FOR USA'S CONFUSION ON OUR EMPOWERMENT
Until the policy of black economic empowerment (BEE) is better communicated to foreign countries, international trade agreements remain at risk, an economics confere..

by : Abubakar Bukola Saraki
DOES NIGERIA HAVE A FUTURE BEYOND OIL?
Someone described Nigeria as a rich country with poor people. This is very easy to understand. Nigeria's export economy is up to 90% dependent on oil. And when the l..

by : Hopewell Radebe
ARE YOU FRONTING? SHILOWA WILL GET YOU!
COMPANIES must meet stricter black economic empowerment requirements than in the past if they want to do business with Gauteng's provincial government, Premier Mbhaz..

by : Patrick Wadula
WHY MPOFU IS ALTRON'S DA(R)LING
COMMUNICATIONS and technology group Altron yesterday launched its own company charter, Altron Transformation Vision 2010.

This is the first time a list..

by : Belinda Anderson
GORE TO DISCOVER BEE PARTNER MUCH LATER
Discovery Holdings got within five days of announcing a black economic empowerment deal before a potential conflict of interest saw the deal fall apart.

by : Thandeka Gqubule
PAMODZI ON THE PROWL. WHO IS NEXT?
Pamodzi Investment is not a headline name in the current empowerment frenzy, yet the company has a longer and more substantial track record than many other prominent..

by : ESA
SMALL BUSINESS MAKING GOOD CONTRIBUTION TO GDP
The Small business development sector has made a significant contribution to the gross domestic product. According to the "Towards a Ten Year Review " study, small a..

by : NATION ONLINE
SOUTH AFRICAN GROUP FIVE TRIGGERS EMPOWERMENT DISCUSSIONS IN MALAWI
Ibam emphasised the importance of foreign investors going into joint ventures with local entrepreneurs in various fields to build capacity. “Group Five did a very ..

by : De Kock Communications
SA WANTS TO CAPTURE THE BIGGEST WINE MARKET: THE USA
Emboldened by a 59% year-on-year growth in sales volumes of Cape wines to the US for 2004 and a much heightened interest from leading US wine importers, Wines of Sou..

by : Wines of South Africa
WINNERS OF THE 2005 BEST OF WINE TOURISM CONTEST
The international body embraces seven large wine producing hubs, centred around the capitals at the heart of each region: Bilbao-Rioja in Spain, Bordeaux in France, ..

by : Ingrid Salgado
IS SA RUNNING OUT OF BEE FINANCE?
Old Mutual's pending black economic empowerment (BEE) deal could strain the resources of private equity funders, Roger Latchman, Ernst & Young's manager of BEE strat..

by : David Gleason
WHAT IS HAPPENING AT DRD-GOLD?
Some curious things have been happening over at DRDGOLD.

A month or so ago, Doug Campbell was appointed the house's new financial director.

by : FINANCE
TREVOR: THE MOST POPULAR FINANCE MINISTER
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is not only the country's longest serving finance minister, but also the most popular Cabinet member.
This is all clear from re..

by : John Samson
HOW TREVOR SHOULD SPEND R14 BILLION
South Africa's booming economy has seen the South African Revenue Services collect a windfall in tax revenues. VAT collections are up almost 16% this year, while tax..

by : PETER METCALFE
"ACCESS TO FINANCE" UPDATE
The FOUNDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA proudly presents you with the following information that may add value to Africa's development.


FDA..

by : Bus. Report
IT REALLY PAYS TO BE A SOUTH AFRICAN EXECUTIVE
If the lowest-paid miner in a gold mine earns, according to Cosatu, about R2 400 a month, then 15 799 people could be employed for a year on the money paid to these ..

by : Gugulakhe Masango
R100m BONUS FOR BLACK INVESTORS IN TELKOM
Telkom plans to reward its black investors with a loyalty bonus of nearly R100 million on its second anniversary as a listed company on March 4.

The new..

by : I-Net Bridge
CASHBUILD TIES UP FIRST BEE IN RETAIL
In an announcement following the shareholder vote on Monday, Cashbuild said its shareholders had approved measures including: an increase of the loan to the Cashbuil..

by : helene le roux
IS ANGLO'S EMPOWERMENT NOT FOR ITS OWN BENEFIT?
According to global mining and diversified resources giant Anglo American the group has, to date, spent more than R15,7-billion on BEE transactions in South Africa, ..

by : helene le roux
RANDGOLD LAUNCHES WOMEN EMPOWERMENT. OR WAS IT DEBEERS?
One of the few black economic empowerment (BEE) companies headed by a woman, Marothodi Resources, is carving out a niche for itself in the local diamond-mining indus..

by : LOLA LAZARUS
CHINA TO IMITATE OUR MICRO-FINANCE
At a recent World Bank conference in Beijing, China, on “Public Policy for Credit Reporting Systems,” South Africa’s pioneering achievement of establishing a N..

by : I-Net Bridge
PHEW!! MOTSEPE BACK TO PROFITS
Diversified mining group African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) on Tuesday reported headline earnings per share of 10 cents for the six months ended December 31 2004 from a ..

by : James Wellsted
WHAT WILL SEXWALE DO WITH R190 MILLION CASH ON HAND?
On releasing its interim results for the six months ended 31 December 2004, Mvelaphanda Resources Limited today reported headline earnings of 25 cents per share afte..

by : Johnson Matthey
EMPOWERMENT FINANCE NOT EASY IN ZIMBABWE
Efforts by the empowerment vehicle Nkululeko Rusununguko Mining Company (NRMC) to acquire a 15 per cent stake in the platinum miner Zimplats have stuttered after a k..

by : Johnson Matthey
Aquarius dismisses "plans" to sue SA govt
Aquarius Platinum has sought to downplay suggestions that it is set to take legal action against the South African government over the appropriation of mineral right..

by : Wiseman Khuzwayo
HOW FAR IS THE AFROX DEAL FOR GERWEL & SEXWALE?
Afrox Health's, AHealth's, BEE Bidco is a consortium consisting of Medi-Clinic, Brimstone Investments and Mvelaphanda Strategic Investments, which intended to buy Ah..

by : John Fraser
STRONG RAND THREATENS EMPOWERMENT IN MINING INDUSTRY
BLACK economic empowerment in mining may be threatened by the strong rand, which could result in black investors being "swamped in debt", Anglo American Platinum cha..

by : NATION MASTER
UK AT THE BOTTOM OF PER CAPITA WEALTH
Top 50 Countries GDP:per capita




Definition: The gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produ..

by : NATION MASTER
100 GREATEST SOUTH AFRICANS???
Top 100 Great South Africans
In September 2004, thousands of South Africans took part in an informal nationwide poll to determine the "100 Greatest South Afric..

by : Claire Gebhardt-Mann
FINANCIAL SECTOR PUBLISHES EMPOWERMENT CHARTER
South Africa’s financial sector today released a groundbreaking and visionary Black Economic Empowerment charter, providing for increased access to financial servi..

by : Jabulani Sikhakhane
MZI KHUMALO TO TEACH CYRIL HOW TO SPEND HIS BILLIONS?
Mzi Khumalo: From being taken by boat to and from Robben Island, courtesy of the apartheid government, becoming rich has enabled Khumalo to hire, every year, the lux..

by : Dirk De Vynck
FOUNDATION SET FOR ITALTILE EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME
Strong growth in volume sales, underpinned by the rallying new residence and DIY renovation market, had seen Italtile, the listed tile and bathware retailer, lift ..

by : Cape Argus
SPEARHEAD GETS PROPERTY EMPOWERED
Loan stock company Spearhead Property Holdings has done deals which, once certain equity transactions are complete, will result in 25% of its shareholding being owne..

by : I-Net Bridge
ASTRAPAK'S EMPOWERMENT DEAL APPROVED
Plastics packaging group Astrapak received approval from its shareholders at a general meeting held on January 12 to sell up to 20 percent of its equity to Royal Baf..

by : Margie Inggs
SWEET EMPOWERMENT DEAL AT ILLOVO
Illovo Sugar had sold its Umfolozi sugar mill to Umvoti Transport, a broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) company led by Patrick Sokhela, the group said
by : I-Net Bridge
SAKHIKAMVA EMPOWERS COMMUNITIES
Sakhikamva Investments, a broad-based black empowerment investment company with shareholders including The Big Issue and the Black Sash Trust, has declared its third..

by : Israel L. Noko, Trade Commissioner
Canadian Film Festival: FREE ENTRANCE
South African audiences can again share in the best that the Canadian film industry has to offer when the Canadian High Commission presents a festival of Canadian fi..

by : Justin Brown
WHO QUALIFIES TO BE KUMBA'S EMPOWERMENT PARTNER?
Kumba is a major user of rail for the transport of its coal and iron-ore products
to its domestic and international clients.

Kumba Resources is wi..

by : John Fraser
ARE YOU NOT PART OF THE DE-BEERS BEE CONSORTIUM?
DE BEERS intend to announce an empowerment transaction later this year, CE Gary Ralfe promised delegates at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town yesterday.

T..

by : IAIN SCOTT
BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT DEAL FOR SAP
Multinational business application software group SAP has agreed to sell a 25% stake in its local operations to an empowerment shareholder.

SAP Africa M..

by : Ronnie Morris
INTERESTED IN AUCTION EMPOWERMENT DEAL?
Auction Alliance was looking to sell over 30 percent of the company to a black economic empowerment (BEE) shareholder before the end of the year, Rael Levitt, the
by : Media News
THE MOST QUOTED BEE EXECUTIVES
For the first time in five years, black CEO's topped the list of most quoted managers in leading SA media. Head to head were Patrice Motsepe and Tokyo Sexwale, follo..

by : I-Net Bridge
SEXWALE'S BEE SPARK NO-LONGER CONTAGIOUS?
Empowerment group Mvelaphanda Resources reported on Thursday a headline loss per share of 207.56 cents for the half-year to December 2004, from a headline loss per s..

by : Nicky Smith
AFRICAN BRANDING FOR FUTURE GOLD JEWELLERY?
Over the past five years demand from the jewellery sector, which accounts for abo
ut 62 percent of gold consumption, has dropped from more than 3 000 tons a ye..

by : Sherilee Bridge-David
R100 BILLION TO FINANCE EMPOWERMENT?
South African banks yesterday committed themselves to R85 billion in empowerment
finance by 2008 and acknowledged that this could top R100 billion.
by : I-Net Bridge
SISULU BEE DEAL WAITS LONGER FOR AQUARIUS PROFITS
The BEE transaction announced to shareholders of Aquarius on July 26, 2004, and a pproved by them in a Special General Meeting on October 11, 2004, was formally ex ..

by : Lynn Bolin
FRUITY EMPOWERMENT DEAL FROM BOSCHENDAL
DGB has taken over distribution of the award-winning Boschendal portfolio of wine s in South Africa from January this year, and a wider transaction to acquire the..

by : Gugulakhe Masango
MTN BEE PROCUREMENT RINGS LOUDER
MTN South Africa, the country's second-largest cellular company, would spend R750 million during the financial year to the end of March 2005 buying goods and serv ..

by : Rebecca Bream and John Reed
BEE TO BENEFIT FROM LOCAL DIAMOND BENEFICIATION
South African mining companies are in the process of transferring a portion of th eir assets to black ownership under BEE legislation. It has been proposed that co ..

by : Tito Mboweni, SA Reserve Bank Governor
TITO EMBRACES EMPOWERMENT IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
The broad principles for transformation have been agreed on, and targets are curr ently being considered for various categories of transformation. These include o..

by : Business In Africa
BEE Finance for Women in Diamond Industry?
Nozala Diamonds is funding a feasibility study into the establishment of a financ ing facility for black and women-owned diamond mine expansion projects, and has a ..

by : ESA
BEE Deal Value Quadruples to R42,2 billion in 2003
Johannesburg, 30 March 2004: There were 189 black economic empowerment (BEE) deal s totalling R42,2 billion in 2003, compared to 104 deals during 2002 totalling R1 ..

by : Ronnie Morris
Biko beams at multimillion BEE deal
- Hlumelo Biko, a son of late Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko, yesterday be amed at the announcement of a multimillion-rand black economic empowerment (BEE)..

by : I-Net Bridge
Shell SA in BEE talks on Sapref refinery
Shell South Africa is at an advanced stage of discussions to sell 25% of its 50% holding in the Sapref refinery based in Durban to a black owned equity partner, a ..

by : Margie Inggs
Maduna to play a key role in R15bn BEE oil deal
- Penuell Maduna, the former justice minister who was appointed by Sasol to advis e it on its black economic empowerment strategy, and who is a newly appointed non ..

by : Engineering News
AECI / TISO Broad-based and sustainable.
Engineering News Nov 26 - Dec 02, 2004 Narrow black-economic-empowerment (BEE) is condemned from the rooftops these day s. Conversely, broad-based empowerment dr..

by : By Sherilee Bridge
Old Mutual making progress on empowerment suitor
November 18, 2004 By Sherilee Bridge Johannesburg/London - South Africa's largest insurer, Old Mutual, said yesterday it was "looking for a degree of consist..

by : Engineeringnews.co.za

Market leader in lifting and transport services BD Sarens has sealed a multimilli on rand black economic empowerment (BEE) deal, which will see 30% of the company ..

by : Business Day
BEE IN POLLUTION MANAGEMENT
A R150-m maritime pollution-prevention and response contract to secure SA’s coast line from pollution disasters was signed at Cape Town harbour yesterday between ..

by : Business Report
Thailand Coal Empowerment
A R 5 billion contract to export 18 million tons of steam coal to Thailand over f ive years was signed on Friday between Zamori 83, a consortium of various empower ..

by : I-Net Bridge
Sun International in R25m BEE deal
Listed hotels and gaming group Sun International Ltd (SUI) has concluded an agree ment in which black economic empowerment (BEE) vehicle Mbizana Development Trust ..

by : By: Judy Green, Moneyweb
Timken SA, a US firm gets BEE ball rolling
At a press conference on Wednesday at the Saxon hotel in Johannesburg, the Bokamo so Investment BEE consortium handed over an outsized cheque for R 38,6-m in excha ..

by : By Barry Fitzgerald
Nkwe Platinum in black empowerment group deal
December 30, 2004 Australian mining companies active in South Africa are leading the way in striki ng black economic empowerment (BEE) deals under that country's..

by : Themba Hlengani, Business Day
Black Empowerment And Total Success
(Johannesburg) December 24, 2004 Posted to the web December 30, 2004 Johannesburg Oil giant Total SA recently celebrated 50 years in SA and, as champagne ..

by : Zweli Sukazi
Seven out of 10 worst performers are in technology sector
“IT’S only when the tide goes out that you can see who’s swimming naked.” This remark by Warren Buffett, one of the world’s best-known investors, is an a..

by : I-Net Bridge
Aquarius shareholders okay BEE deal
Posted Wed, 13 Oct 2004 Shareholders of London-listed Aquarius Platinum, which is 8.6 percent held by Im pala Platinum (Implats), on Tuesday approved the group's ..

by : Matthew Costello, Smartsource Holdings
Octagon concludes R24 million BEE deal
[18 Feb 2004 09:32] At an official signing ceremony held in Sandton on Tuesday, 17th February, Octag on, the market leader in the South African sports, ente..

by : Issued by: Smartsource Holdings
Moshebi Investments signs BEE deal Linux training provider
[Cape Town, 22 April 2004] - In what is believed to be the first BEE deal in the Linux training sector, black-owned investment holding company, Moshebi Investment ..

by : By Ian Fife, Financial Mail
Herman Mashaba & Humphrey Khoza buy 35% of JHI
Herman Mashaba, founder of the successful Black Like Me beauty business, and busi nessman Humphrey Khoza have bought 35% of JHI, one of SA's oldest and biggest pro ..

by : Lwazi Bam, Deloitte
A new, fair approach to Black Empowerment Deals, Lwazi Bam
Published: 28/5/04 Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) deals may have become the main areas of merger and acquisition activity in South Africa and a key part of do..

by : Cape Argus
Engel & Völkers welcomes 'true black empowerment'
November 15, 2004 Engel & Völkers Western Cape, which spearheaded South Africa's first black empow erment deal in the residential property market through its de..

by : By Garth Mason who can be contacted at iscc@mweb.co.za;
Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment as a form of Corporate Social Responsibility
www.workinfo.com/sponsors/garth.htm 1. To do or not to do –that is the question Fifteen years ago the term ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ may have soun..

by : Reuters
Mbeki blasts black empowerment critics
JOHANNESBURG, Friday South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday opponents of his government's programmes to give jobs, power and assets to blacks were on..

by : ESA
DEBEERS & BLACK EMPOWERMENT
Our vision is to generate sustainable shareholder and stakeholder value by being instrumental in the development of Black Economic Empowerment companies who condu ..

by : ESA
Does BEE power benefit only the rich?
Grumbles about the new tycoons Oct 14th 2004 | JOHANNESBURG WHO IS fuelling the growing resentment against “black economic empowerment”, Sou th Africa's po..

by : By: Gareth Tredway, Moneyweb
Altech wins half billion bid
Posted: 2004/02/11 Wed 17:21 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Information technology company, Allied Technologies (Altech), has won a R506-m c ontract to supply the So..

by : By: Shirley Kemp, Moneyweb
Where are all the dealmakers?
Posted: 2004/03/30 Tue 13:00 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Merger and acquisition activity in the empowerment arena has picked up dramatica lly in the last year. Bu..

by : By: Elian Wiener, Moneyweb
Metropolitan buys its BEE ticket - again
Posted: 2004/06/17 Thu 18:18 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 On Thursday, Metropolitan announced that it had bought its (second) ticket to th e black economic empowerme..

by : By: Belinda Anderson, Money web
More BEE for Altech
Posted: 2004/05/04 Tue 17:41 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Telecoms, IT and multi-media and electronics group Altech has concluded yet anot her in a string of recent ..

by : By: Ron Derby
Jomo loses out on Basil Read deal
Posted: 2004/10/05 Tue 16:20 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Listed construction group Basil Read’s negotiations that would have seen the int roduction of a black eco..

by : By: Belinda Anderson, Money web
Is Motswedi clash a real issue for MGX?
Posted: 2002/01/26 Sat 13:00 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 That the share price of MGX has come under pressure in recent days must be relat ed to the increasingly pub..

by : By: Bruce Whitfield, Moneyweb
Investec's R500m BEE deal
Posted: 2003/05/15 Thu 17:00 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 JSE and London listed investment banking group Investec has entered into a landm ark empowerment deal which..

by : By: MoneywebKZN
Hluhluwe empowerment deals
Posted: 2003/10/07 Tue 18:00 | © MoneywebKZN 1997-2005 A general upgrade of the entrance to Hluhluwe Game Reserve is underway and this week Ezemvelo KZN Wildl..

by : By: Ryland Fisher, Moneyweb
From activist to business
Posted: 2003/04/29 Tue 13:09 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Hilda Ndude describes herself as an activist. But it is a new kind of activism, far removed from the days ..

by : By: Elian Wiener, Moneyweb
Absa staff in the money
Posted: 2004/10/29 Fri 06:34 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 It seems that Absa has taken note of the criticism levied its R858-m black econo mic empowerment (BEE) de..

by : By: Elian Wiener, Moneyweb
PSG confirms empowerment deal
Posted: 2004/02/25 Wed 18:29 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Following its preliminary announcement made on February 4 2004, the PSG Group an nounced today that it has ..

by : By: Elian Wiener
Absa and the great BEE vanishing act
Posted: 2004/05/12 Wed 18:01 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 The proposed listing of Tokyo Sexwale’s Mvelaphanda Holdings (Mvela) on the JSE Securities Exchange co..

by : By: Elian Wiener
Standard and Liberty take the plunge
Posted: 2004/07/15 Thu 19:02 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 In order to facilitate its R5,6-bn empowerment transaction, Standard Bank ordina ry shareholders have been ..

by : By: Ryland Fisher
Government needs to enable empowerment
Posted: 2003/02/19 Wed 10:37 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Even before the National Party came into power in 1948, they had already establi shed a programme for what ..

by : By: Felicity Duncan
No coconut charters please
Posted: 2004/10/07 Thu 18:40 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 As negotiations begin on the health charter, pharmaceutical manufacturing and di stribution organisation Am..

by : By: Felicity Duncan
BEE gets in on the property action
Posted: 2004/11/02 Tue 16:16 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Empowerment investors are taking up a 35% stake in property services group JHI i n a deal that will see s..

by : By: Jackie Cameron
BEE costs for investors
Posted: 2004/11/23 Tue 13:00 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Investors could be in for a big shock when companies are required to divulge the cost of Black Economic ..

by : By: Elian Wiener
Nedcor concludes R66-m BEE deal
Posted: 2004/11/23 Tue 18:01 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Nedcor confirmed on Tuesday that following a ten-month delay, the treasury divis ion of Nedbank had final..

by : By: Chris Nthite
Bulelani Ngcuka enters the property industry
Posted: 2004/11/30 Tue 18:02 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 With the wheels of transformation turning in sectors such as mining, financial s ervices, and lately agricu..

by : Tony Leon is leader of the Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s official opposition party.
Empowerment weasels
Posted: 2004/12/10 Fri 15:48 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 The dictionary defines a "weasel word" as a term that has been emptied of all me aning, one that is used to..

by : By: Mboniso Sigonyela
Connection's empowerment coup
Posted: 2003/05/22 Thu 09:00 | © Investorhub 1997-2005 The Connection Group has completed its transformation into a retail focused oper ation with an empower..

by : By: Thami Phakamile
Empowerment deal sanctioned
Posted: 2003/11/19 Wed 13:40 | © My Own Business 1997-2005 Johannesburg - A deal that will see empowerment group Dinatla become the biggest single shareholder..

by : By: Ron Derby
Retailers grapple with empowerment
Posted: 2004/09/23 Thu 17:34 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Equity-type black economic empowerment (BEE) transactions have to date been alie n dealings in the retail s..

by : By: Ryland Fisher
Do we need BEE?
Posted: 2003/05/13 Tue 12:15 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 Do we need black economic empowerment? I know this seems like a stupid question to ask seeing all the acti..

by : By: Clive Simpkins
Black Empowerment and Competence
Posted: 1999/08/25 Wed 14:00 | © 1997-2005 Being a committed and dedicated mentor to young black business people, I have a particularly passionate aversion t..

by : By: Chris Nthite
Black estate agents ripped off
Posted: 2004/11/08 Mon 16:00 | © Moneyweb 1997-2005 With the financial services sector seeing more empowerment action, the same cann ot be said of the estate age..

by : ESA
The business of black empowerment
Top speakers will be getting to grips with BEE, what it means and its implicatio ns. Greg Gordon reports THE Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Act..

by : Dyer
BEE as vehicle for entrepreneurship
IS BLACK economic empowerment (BEE) an effective vehicle for entrepreneurship, a critical driver of the economy? The relationship between the two may be analy..

by : ESA
MAFIKA HAS ARRIVED
JCI/OrlyFunt deal - no money to change hands JCI announces the R1.4bn sale of a portfolio of its BEE joint ventures to a cons ortium led by OrlyFunt Holdings (..

by : ESA
ANOTHER BEE DEAL FOR KENNY SETZIN
Ince sells stake to Setzin group Consumer Industries Editor CAPE TOWN Ince, the c orporate printing and communications group, has sold 25,1% of its shares to..

by : ESA
DURBAN EMPOWERMENT BY FEDERAL MOGUL
DURBAN Federal-Mogul, the maker of car components, has sold the last of its non-m otor vehicle businesses to a black economic empowerment consortium for an undiscl ..

by : ESA
Nozala Shortlised for Capespan Deal
WOMEN's investment group Nozala had been chosen as the preferred black economic e mpowerment consortium partner for Capespan after discussions with a wide range of ..

by : Percy Mthimkhulu
GAUTENG ECONOMIC STAKEHOLDERS AGREE ON WAY FORWARD
25 November 2004 GAUTENG ECONOMIC STAKEHOLDERS AGREE ON WAY FORWARD Over 200 participants from government, business, labour and civil society organizati..

by : Dudu Ndlovu, Manager of Corporate Affairs
GLAXOSMITHKLINE GRANTS ARV LICENCE TO BIOTECH LABORATORIES
6 December 2004 Continuing with its firm commitment to increase access to its antiretroviral (ARV) medicines, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has granted a ..

by : Mark Floyd
WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS IN SA ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT TRANSACTION
-Willis Group Holdings, (NYSE: WSH) the global insurance broker, announces today the sale of 10% of Willis South Africa (Proprietary) Limited ("Willis SA") to a sp..

by : CAROL DUNDAS
ASTRAPAK BEE DEAL WITH ROYAL BAFOKENG APPROVED
JSE-listed plastics packaging group Astrapak announced today that it had received approval from its shareholders at a general meeting held on the 12th of Januar..

by : e
Gold Fields Sells To
Gold Fields, Ltd. (NYSE GFI $11.55) and its predecessors have long been le aders in the global gold mining industry. Today, GFI ranks as the #4 global gold ..

by : Mandisi Mpahlwa: Minister
world conference of International Council for Small business
49TH Annual world conference of International Council for Small business Speech by the Honourable Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa Introduction and Welcome Outgoing P..

by : Nigel Roberts
Price of Your Good Name?
What's the Price of Your Good Name? 24.01.2004 Annual Meeting 2004 Moderator Nigel Roberts, Financial Editorialist, United Kingdom, started by repo rting that in..

by : MMS Mdladlana: Minister
Partnership between Aberdare Cables, an Altron subsidiary, and the Izingwe Consortium
Speech of the Honourable MMS Mdladlana, MP on the occasion of the launch of the P artnership between Aberdare Cables, an Altron subsidiary, and the Izingwe Consort ..

by : NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MANDELA: PRESIDENT
INAUGURATION AS PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
STATEMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS NELSON ROLIHLAHLA MAN DELA AT HIS INAUGURATION AS PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA..

by : Nelson Mandela
Release from Prison, 1990
Nelson Mandela: Speech on Release from Prison, 1990 After a quarter century in jail, Nelson Mandela, the leader of the South African African National Congres..

by : Deputy Minister Lindiwe Hendricks
Black Economic Empowerment in the Agricultural Sector
Presentation by Deputy Minister Hendricks Minister Didiza Minister Mlambo-NgcukaProgramme DirectorLadies and gentlemanCong ratulations to the Department of Agricu..

by : Yacoob Abba Omar, Deputy CEO
Racism in the advertising industry
Submission during hearings on racism in the advertising industry 1. Introduction GCIS welcomes this opportunity to make a presentation to the Parliamentary Portf ..

by : DTI
Film Industry Incentives
The Launch of the Film Industry Incentives Published: 06 July 2004 INTRODUCTION South Africa is blessed with a wonderful climate, breathtaking landscapes and ..

by : esa
DO YOU KNOW DOCTOR MOTLANA?
If you are like empowermentsa founder (mphuthi MPHUTHI), you are a big fan of business success stories of Black and White entrepreneurs, you would have heard of Dr ..

by : ESA
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR INVESTORS IN YOUR COMPANY?
Empowermentsa wants to encourage the Silicon valley approach to SME finance.
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by : ESA
WE PROVIDE 100% FINANCE FOR YOUR TENDER OR CONTRACT
Empowerment South Africa can provide 100% finance to your company once you have been awarded a contract or tender. For example, we were approached by an lady SME who..

by : ESA
IS THIS THE BEST JOB IN SOUTH AFRICA OR WHAT?
Imagine being able to do engage in deals with other deal makers around the country EVER..

by : empowermentsa
MORE COMPANIES ACQUIRE EMPOWEMENTSA BEE CERTIFICATES
Here are more companies who have recently got empowermentsa BEE Certificates. Please co..

 
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