Evon Jeewan, Corporate Finance Principal at Bravura, highlights the need for sector-driven transformation initiatives in the agricultural space in light of the fundamental challenges and uncertainties in government’s land reform…
At the annual Africa Global Funds (AGF) awards ceremony held on 24 October in Sandton, Johannesburg, Bravura was named the Best Independent Advisory Firm for 2019. The AGF awards seek…
Article developed by Gert Schoonbee, co-owner of Schoonbee Landgoed. Bravura acted as exclusive financial advisor to the Gert Schoonbee Beleggings (Pty) Ltd group of companies. According to the recently launched…
Differing views on how far South Africa’s financial services entities and banks have come in terms of transformation ensures that the transformation debate remains front and centre. Yet in terms…
Black economic empowerment codes have not lived up to expectations of enabling genuine and sustainable transformation. And without it, South Africa is sure to struggle to achieve meaningful economic growth.…
Dr Ivor Blumenthal chats to Soria Hay on the Contemporary Business Show’s Business Brief podcast series about the benefits of the Black Industrialists programme. Soria Hay suggests that this initiative…
The B-BBEE Commission says B-BBEE transactions are lagging in the area of compliance with fronting being flagged yet again as a key problem. But broadly what is the progress in…
As South Africa enters its third wave of empowerment deals, the use of trusts as an ownership vehicle continues to rankle the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Commission. With a…
Classic Business’s Michael Avery invites insights from Soria Hay on the anticipated trends going into the ‘4th’ wave of B-BBEE transactions in 2019, touching on the lessons learned on sustainable…