The Black Management Forum (BMF) Young Professionals in Mpumalanga recently invited the deputy minister of the Department of Basic Education, Dr Reginah Mhaule, to attend one of their strategic conversations.

The event was held at the Lowveld National Botanical Garden and focused on matters that affect the day-to-day running of public affairs under the theme “Politics of transition in the post-administration of the state: Quo tendimus?”

Dr Bridget Portia Mashaba, the BMF provincial secretary, said the event sought to offer an analysis of the post-administration of the state’s character.

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“The purpose was to establish whether the much-bandied-about the concept of a ‘developmental state’ has any relation with the politics of the transition that heralded in the post-1994 epoch. The question is how the characterisation of the 1994 democratic state has had a direct impact on the complex interplay of power, interest and strategies involved in bringing about significant change to societal woes.”
Mashaba said the locus of BMF in the politics of transition was revisited.

“In other words, BMF needs to continue to be on the cutting edge of ideas by stimulating public discourses that benefit society. The event brought together the expertise of business, academia and professionals to a confluence of uncomfortable conversations that contributed to the ‘Africa we want’ as stipulated by the AU Agenda 2063.”

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BMF is a non-political, non-racial and gender-inclusive organisation that focuses on the development of managerial leadership and the creation of managerial structures that are reflective of the demographics and values of the broader South African society.
Mashaba said the forum has been advocating for the socio-economic transformation of our country for 49 years through the pursuit of justice, fairness and equity.