Hermann Pretorius | 12 October 2025 “Broad-Based” Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) reduces being economically excluded to being black. Even if this unsupported and contentious position were true, B-BBEE would still be an inherently elitist policy that caters for an entrenched elite already equipped for high levels of economic participation, and leaves the poorest behind. At best, it is an entrenchment policy and not an empowerment policy. At worst, it is a cynical smokescreen to justif...
