The chimera of redistribution in post-apartheid South Africa
Black Economic Empowerment’ (BEE) in industrial fisheries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6024667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefano Pontes (0000-0001-6788-8700, Danish Institute for International Studies), Stefano Ponte, Lance Van Sittert (University of Cape Town) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue | 424 |
| Pages | 437-462 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0001-9909 • E-ISSN: 1468-2621 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/afraf/adm019 |
| OpenAlex | W2089871611 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is an attempt to marry redistributive and neo-liberal economic policies. The South African state, however, has differing degrees of power to force redistribution on different sectors of the economy. Fisheries is one of the sectors where state allocation of licenses, exploitation rights and quotas makes the prospects for BEE promising. In this article, we examine redistributive processes in the hake trawl industry. We conclude that BEE, despite its redistributive intentions, has been doubly conducive to the interests of large-scale South African capital. To begin with, it has by and large confirmed the historical share of fishing rights to incumbent, largely white-controlled, operators. Second, it has created a layer of ‘black captains of industry’ to whom incumbents are increasingly outsourcing primary production in a volatile, high-risk and currently loss-leading sector. While fishing operations are being outsourced under the banner of redistribution, the fish trade remains under the effective control of white capital.
Business · CONTEST · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Fishery · Fishing · Political science · Politics · Redistribution (election) · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2023 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |