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July 9, 2026

MEDIA RELEASE | New procurement rules will raise costs and deepen corruption

The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) today called on the National, ...

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July 2, 2026

INVITATION | CDE Conversations | Anne Applebaum on The rise of authoritarianism and the future of democracy | Mon 20 July 2026 | 5 to 6pm SAST

Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, journalist and staff w, ...

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April 17, 2026

Proposed BBBEE shake-up is reckless and must be stopped

Proposals are a huge bet on the idea of a Transformation Fund, whose details, ...

By Ann Bernstein

April 9, 2026

South Africa’s BEE debate “too loose” and needs urgent review

CDE executive director, Ann Bernstein, participated in News24’s On The Recor, ...

By Centre for Development and Enterprise

April 7, 2026

Doubling down on B-BBEE is just plain wrong

When President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in his Sona that the government was, ...

By Ann Bernstein

March 30, 2026

SA’s economy is failing its young people

Almost 12.5-million South Africans are unemployed. Many of them are young pe, ...

By Ann Bernstein and Stefan Schirmer

March 26, 2026

MEDIA RELEASE | Proposed B-BBEE Code amendments are reckless and should be withdrawn

The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) regards the achievement of t, ...

By Centre for Development and Enterprise

March 19, 2026

Stabilising at Crisis Levels: Ann Bernstein Warns on South Africa’s Unemployment Reality

On SAfm’s Market Update, CDE executive director Ann Bernstein reflected on t, ...

By Centre for Development and Enterprise

July 9, 2026

MEDIA RELEASE | New procurement rules will raise costs and deepen corruption

The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) today called on the National, ...

By Centre for Development and Enterprise

July 2, 2026

INVITATION | CDE Conversations | Anne Applebaum on The rise of authoritarianism and the future of democracy | Mon 20 July 2026 | 5 to 6pm SAST

Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, journalist and staff w, ...

By Centre for Development and Enterprise

April 17, 2026

Proposed BBBEE shake-up is reckless and must be stopped

Proposals are a huge bet on the idea of a Transformation Fund, whose details, ...

By Ann Bernstein

April 9, 2026

South Africa’s BEE debate “too loose” and needs urgent review

CDE executive director, Ann Bernstein, participated in News24’s On The Recor, ...

By Centre for Development and Enterprise
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CDE response to the draft General Public Procurement Regulations

CDE called on National Treasury to reconsider and withdraw the preferential procurement provisions in, ...

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Johannesburg in Brief: Local Government White Paper

In May 2026, CDE convened a discussion on the draft Local Government White Paper led by Pascal Moloi,, ...

April 22, 2026

Johannesburg in Brief: City Improvement Districts

In March 2026, CDE hosted a discussion led by Katlego Dikobe, general manager of the Gauteng Precinct, ...

April 9, 2026

Tyler Cowen in conversation with Ann Bernstein

In this CDE Conversation, Tyler Cowen, one of the world’s most influential economic thinkers and publ, ...

March 26, 2026

CDE response to the proposed changes to the B-BBEE Codes

The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) regards the achievement of the goals of broad-based b, ...

July 9, 2026

CDE response to the draft General Public Procurement Regulations

CDE called on National Treasury to reconsider and withdraw the preferential procurement provisions in, ...

July 1, 2026

Johannesburg in Brief: Local Government White Paper

In May 2026, CDE convened a discussion on the draft Local Government White Paper led by Pascal Moloi,, ...

April 22, 2026

Johannesburg in Brief: City Improvement Districts

In March 2026, CDE hosted a discussion led by Katlego Dikobe, general manager of the Gauteng Precinct, ...

July 9, 2026

CDE response to the draft General Public Procurement Regulations

CDE called on National Treasury to reconsider and withdraw the preferential procurement provisions in, ...

July 1, 2026

Johannesburg in Brief: Local Government White Paper

In May 2026, CDE convened a discussion on the draft Local Government White Paper led by Pascal Moloi,, ...

April 22, 2026

Johannesburg in Brief: City Improvement Districts

In March 2026, CDE hosted a discussion led by Katlego Dikobe, general manager of the Gauteng Precinct, ...

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