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Improx Group International is a founder-led strategic holding and governance platform providing oversight, intellectual property stewardship, and selective operational support across a portfolio of operating companies and aligned affiliates in financial services, technology, and property development. The Group exists to strengthen governance, align capital, and preserve execution discipline, while allowing each operating entity to retain regulatory independence, operational focus, and market-specific execution capability. Under the leadership of their Founder & Chairman by HRH Prince Vusi Dlamini Snr, Improx Group International believes in patient capital, purposeful growth, and partnerships built on mutual respect and institutional trust 🤝.

Read all about Improx Group International in our 26th edition of the Top Empowerment publication 🤩!
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The Intersection of Between Public Procurement and B-BBEE
By Eustace Mashimbye, Chief Executive Officer @ProudlySA

The landmark ruling by the Constitutional Court that declared the country’s procurement regulations, specifically the Preferential Procurement Regulations 2017, to be invalid and inconsistent with the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA), has inadvertently dealt a severe blow to efforts aimed at leveraging the state's massive procurement war chest to drive local procurement and accelerate industrialisation in the designated economic sectors already earmarked for preferential procurement.

While admittedly this momentous verdict was precipitated by the inclusion of pre-qualification criteria as outlined in the Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Act, we hope that the inclusion of local procurement in any request for quotations (RFQ) would provide impetus to the scaling up of local industries down the value chain and accelerate the inclusion of home-grown companies in the state’s supply chain.

📌 Read the full article from the latest edition here: hubs.la/Q04p0VRG0

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B-BBEE Landscape Evolution: An Opportunity For Economic Inclusion 🇿🇦
✍️ By Livhuhani Mukhithi, Director: B-BBEE Policy, Advocacy & Institutional Management, @the_dtic

The evolution of B-BBEE policy, legislative framework and institutional mechanisms has largely been triggered by the continuous test of its efficacy in the face of unrelenting scrutiny and opposition to its implementation. With the early iteration of BEE in the 1990s and early 2000s premised largely on ownership acquisition, was this focus not narrow and limited to the ideal of economic redistribution and inclusion. The gravitation towards Broad-Based BEE proved that fundamental transformation of the patterns of ownership of the mainstream of the country’s economy was necessary.

This change of approach appreciated the power of elements such as Management Control, Skills Development and Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD). Also contained in these changes was the codification of these elements to enable measurement of contribution by mainstream economic actors to the noble idea of economic transformation. The Amended Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Codes of Good Practice of 2013, which became effective in 2015, introduced a new scorecard that had five elements: ownership, management control, skills development, enterprise and supplier development (ESD) and socio-economic development.

📌 Read the full article from the latest edition of Impumelelo: Top Empowerment Companies here: hubs.la/Q04nBztJ0

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Employment Equity Compliance: Enforcement Is Here - Is Your Business Inspection-ready?
✍️ By Frik Boonzaaier, Human Capital Transformation Specialist @TheBEEChamber

South Africa’s first reporting cycle under the amended Employment Equity Act, now incorporating sectoral numerical targets, has officially closed. This signals the beginning of a significantly intensified enforcement period for employers across the country.

The Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) has been explicit: additional inspectors are actively being trained, which means the chance of a compliance inspection has risen sharply. When an inspection takes place, failure to comply will carry heavy consequences. Fines for initial contraventions begin at R1.5-million per offence and can climb as high as 2% of annual turnover.

📌 Read the full article from the latest edition here: hubs.la/Q04n31NF0

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A huge thank you to Jenna Clifford Designs for partnering with us at the Nedbank Top Empowerment Conference 2026.

From a legacy rooted in craftsmanship and purpose to a continued commitment to transformation and impact, your presence added something truly special to this year’s experience.

We appreciate the support, the partnership, and the beautiful way you continue to celebrate excellence.

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