On Friday, July 26, 2024, South Africa’s premier black business leadership gathered at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, Gauteng, for the 21st Annual Black Business Quarterly (BBQ) Awards and Gala Dinner. Established by Cape Media Corporation, the BBQ Awards are the country’s longest-running and most prestigious showcase, honouring transformation, corporate governance, entrepreneurial resilience, and industrial leadership among black-owned and empowered enterprises. Wha

On March 20, 2024, the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg hosted the 2nd Black Industrialists and Exporters Conference and Awards. Organized by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic) alongside the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the National Empowerment Fund (NEF), the gathering brought together over 1,000 delegates, senior government officials, corporate leaders, and leading black manufacturers and exporters under the theme "Black in