Business transformation in Durban : perceptions of black entrepreneurs in the context of black economic empowerment.
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2013
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The ANC government’s quest for economic transformation in the post-apartheid South Africa came up with black economic empowerment policy. Equal participation in the economy especially for the previously disadvantaged was one of the stated aims of black economic empowerment. This study discusses black entrepreneurs’ perceptions of business transformation in Durban in the context of lack economic empowerment. Qualitative interviews were conducted with fourteen black entrepreneurs that were indentified and located through purposive and snowball sampling methods. The study found out that while there is an appreciation of BEE policy and the transformation that has already taken place, there is also a healthy criticism, discontent, skepticism and impatience over the pace of transformation and implementation of BEE policy.
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Thesis (M.Dev.Studies)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2013.
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Black Economic Empowerment (Programme : South Africa), Business people, Black--KwaZulu-Natal--Durban, Entrepreneurship--KwaZulu-Natal--Durban., Affirmative action programmes--KwaZulu-Natal--Durban., Discrimination in employment--KwaZulu-Natal--Durban., Business enterprises--KwaZulu-Natal--Durban., Theses--Development studies.