The IRR's Blueprint for Growth: Breaking the BEE Barrier to Growth
Oct 19, 2026
This paper examines how BEE’s three core pillars have held back investment, growth and job creation. The paper then shows how their benefits have flowed to a small, politically connected elite. Finally, it sets out the IRR’s answer, Economic Empowerment for the Disadvantaged (EED), a non-racial alternative that rewards businesses for investment and job creation, and extends to South Africans vouchers for the schooling, housing and healthcare of their choice.
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