Business organisations and experts remain divided over whether a R100bn Transformation Fund mooted by the department of trade, industry & competition could help black-owned businesses access markets and scale.
The department wants to raise R20bn over the next five years and disburse R100bn, using a mix of contributions from enterprise and supplier development (ESD) obligations under B-BBEE codes of good practice and voluntary donations by big corporations. ..
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