IMPUMELELO SOUTH AFRICA’S TOP EMPOWERMENT COMPANIES,SECTOR OVERVIEW Government

IMPUMELELO SOUTH AFRICA'S TOP EMPOWERMENT COMPANIES Page 186

SECTOR OVERVIEW Government Empowerment is at the heart of the South African government's agenda and it has been a shining example of women empowerment particularly with no less than 14 out of 34 ministers being women (41 percent) and five out of nine premiers being women, (55.5 percent). Central to this is the enactment of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBBE) which seeks to create representative opportunities within business, as well as within government participation through procurement and tender processes. At the heart of this is a scorecard that rates business and agencies according to seven criteria – ownership, management control, employment equity, skills development, preferential procurement, enterprise development and socio-economic development.

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