South Africa’s 2003 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BB-BEE) Act: The Challenges of Affirmative Action in a Racially Divided Society

• In Event: Politics and Vision in Africa

Brief Overview

This paper examines the effectiveness of South Africa’s 2003 Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BB-BEE) Act, a far-reaching 1998 reform law that addresses the still pervasive obstacles Blacks face in their efforts to secure employment.

Author

• Julie M. Bunck, University of Louisville