Why so many Afrikaner tycoons have risen so remarkably over the past 30 years
3 May 2021 7:39 PM Ebbe Dommisse
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The Money Showâs Bruce Whitfield interviews Ebbe Dommisse, author of Fortunes â The Rise and Rise of Afrikaner Tycoons .
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The past three decades have seen a remarkable rise of Afrikaners in business.
In light of the governmentâs comprehensive black economic empowerment programme this has been one of the unexpected features of the South African economy.
Today many of these Afrikaner tycoons are competing internationally.
With Koos Bekker at its helm, media group Naspers began dominating the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and was turned into a global consumer internet group.
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