POLITICAL WEEK AHEAD: Black business flexes its muscles
The politics of black business will be high on the agenda at the BBC’s conference in Johannesburg
THE politics of black business and its views on the slow pace of economic transformation will be high on the agenda as this week kicks off.The Black Business Council, which caused controversy by backing President Jacob Zuma, is holding a two-day consultative and policy-making conference in Johannesburg from Monday.Not all of its affiliates, which include the Black Management Forum, the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants of Southern Africa‚ the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals and the Black Lawyers Association, endorsed its position, which is likely to be hotly debated. The conference is expected to be attended by Cabinet ministers, CEOs and representatives from business, labour and civil society, with Zuma delivering the keynote address at the gala dinner on Tuesday night.The focus of the conference will be on transformation — why it is necessary and why it is taking place so slowly — with feedback on the government’s black industrialist...
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