BEE under attack
With SA's policies designed to redress racial injustices drawing international attention, S'thembiso Msomi assesses the debate
08 June 2025 - 00:00
Their bromance may have been short-lived, but the one thing US President Donald Trump and his oligarchic billionaire friend-turned-overnight-enemy Elon Musk succeeded in doing, at least in the South African context, was to put BEE on trial at a global level. ..
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