Up from the underground
13 September 2012
The growth of black-owned businesses in post-apartheid South Africa has been slow. But new procurement legislation aims to change that, as Emma Clarke reports
South Africa’s economy is the most developed and prosperous in the continent. The nation has huge mineral resources, a first-world infrastructure and a progressive democratic government. But the long-term effects of apartheid have meant the black majority has been largely excluded from economic activity. And now, with most of the population on low incomes, the country...