CDE Submission | Buying Badly: How the draft procurement regulations will raise costs and deepen corruption July 21, 2026 CDE called on National Treasury to reconsider and withdraw the preferential procurement provisions in its draft public procurement regulations. The ... The Procurement Trap: An economic perspective on the draft general public procurement regulations July 20, 2026 Written by Professor Johan Fourie, Chair of Economics, History and Policy at Stellenbosch University, this CDE Viewpoints report assesses the draft ... 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...
