CDE response to the proposed changes to the B-BBEE Codes March 26, 2026 The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) regards the achievement of the goals of broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) as vital to ... CDE Submission | CDE calls for withdrawal of the Business Licensing Bill November 26, 2025 The Minister of Small Business Development has published a draft Business Licensing Bill to replace the 1991 Business Act. If passed, the Bill would... South Africa’s Unemployment Catastrophe: A call for urgent action October 7, 2025 South Africa has the deepest and most persistent unemployment crisis in the world. More than 12 million South Africans want work but cannot find a j... CDE Submission | Transformation Fund: Right Goal, Wrong Approach May 28, 2025 The government’s proposed R100 billion Transformation Fund is “a lose-lose proposition” that will fail to achieve its stated objectives. CDE support... CDE Insight | Professor Robert Lawrence on Trump, trade and trouble April 24, 2025 During his visit to South Africa in April 2025, Professor Robert Lawrence, Harvard professor and world-renowned trade expert, held a series of high-... Dealing with the Budget Crisis: CDE recommendations February 27, 2025 The rejection of National Treasury’s proposed VAT increase last week was a crisis waiting to happen. Government has been living beyond its means for...
