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15/03/2020

B-BBEE must create jobs: BLSA CEO

BLSA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso says Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) needs to create job opportunities.… continue reading

13/03/2020

BLSA CEO unpacks 2020 budget

By Entrepreneurs Pit Stop

Bernadette talks to Busisiwe Mavuso, CEO of Business Leadership South Africa, about the #2020 Budget speech and unpacks what the… continue reading

11/03/2020

Billions of rand in duty lost to government’s revenue coffers

By Edward West

Estimates of the size of the illicit trade in cigarettes, alcohol and illegally imported clothing runs into billions of rand… continue reading

11/03/2020

SA is losing billions due to the scourge of illicit trade

Following a dialogue session on Tuesday, Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso lamented that South Africa’s economy was… continue reading

11/03/2020

South Africa losing R250m a day because of illicit trade – BLSA

By BACSA

Illicit trade is one of the biggest contributors to the strain that South Africa’s fiscus is currently experiencing, as the continue reading

11/03/2020

SA losing R250m a day because of illicit trade – BLSA

By Simone Liedtke

Illicit trade is one of the biggest contributors to the strain that South Africa’s fiscus is currently experiencing, as the… continue reading

09/03/2020

Invitation to join the Eyes and Ears Initiative (E2)

The Eyes and Ears Initiative (E2) is an official joint crime fighting initiative between the South African Police Service (SAPS),… continue reading

05/03/2020

Eyes and Ears takes aim at criminals, more companies joining

Business Against Crime South Africa, the South African Police Services and the private security industry started with the Eyes and… continue reading

03/03/2020

BUSI MAVUSO: Life support must come with reforms

In a month in which Moody’s Investors Services may make a call on our sovereign ratings that could send us… continue reading

03/03/2020

A welcome step on public sector wages, but action is still needed on SOE vampires

What was called for in this week’s budget speech was substance, rather than bluster about how we must do something… continue reading

02/03/2020

BLSA CEO unpacks budget 2020

BLSA CEO Busi Mavuso expressed business’ views following the 2020 budget, saying the Minister tried his since there was no… continue reading

26/02/2020

Mboweni rises to the challenge

Tito Mboweni has faced up to the challenges and delivered a tough budget that will rescue the state from financial… continue reading

26/02/2020

Hiking tax is not an option-BLSA

Business Leadership South Africa says increasing taxes is not an option.… continue reading

25/02/2020

The toughest budget since democracy

South Africa’s national finances are in a perilous state and the finance minister will have the difficult task of setting… continue reading

25/02/2020

Mboweni needs to deliver credible fiscal strategy: Mavuso

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s budget speech will have to convince ratings agencies not to downgrade our sovereign credit rating.… continue reading