BEE report by Free Market Foundation and Solidarity is flawed and misleading
So-called research is simply a thinly veiled ideological attack
06 July 2025 - 00:00
A recent report titled “The costs of B-BBEE compliance” by the Free Market Foundation (FMF) and the Solidarity Research Institute purports to be a serious economic critique. In truth, it is a thinly veiled ideological attack on black economic empowerment, built on flawed data, false assumptions and a partisan agenda. The public deserves to know just how far this so-called research strays from sound research methodology and from the truth...
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