Criminal Liability Requirements of the New Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Statutory Fronting Offence

Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law, Vol. 81, p. 355-373, 2018

19 Pages Posted: 12 Feb 2019

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GA Gerber

Private Law Practice

LG Curlewis

University of Pretoria - Faculty of Law

Date Written: August 1, 2018

Abstract

A “fronting practice” generally refers to those activities or transactions that serve as a cover for the secret or illegal activities of a person or group. Other pieces of legislation, such as the Income Tax Act, the Companies Act and the Labour Relations Act, describe these practices as avoidance, circumvention or non-genuine operations or activities. In the context of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE), practices of so-called window-dressing or tokenism are referred to as “fronting” or “fronting practices”. These practices describe disguised or deceiving B-BBEE initiatives as a “token of the superficial inclusion of historically disadvantaged persons into mainstream economic activities with no actual transfer of wealth or control”.

Keywords: Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment, fronting practice, tokenism

Suggested Citation

Gerber, GA and Curlewis, LG, Criminal Liability Requirements of the New Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Statutory Fronting Offence (August 1, 2018). Journal of Contemporary Roman-Dutch Law, Vol. 81, p. 355-373, 2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3327051

GA Gerber (Contact Author)

Private Law Practice

Pretoria
South Africa

LG Curlewis

University of Pretoria - Faculty of Law

Lynnwood Road
Pretoria, 0002
South Africa

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