Black economic empowerment has seen an interesting journey including the recently announced Sasol Inzalo transaction. Broad based black economic empowerment has gone a long way to make sure that there is a significant advancement towards contributing to sustainable economic growth and to meet socioeconomic objectives Earlier this month VW Commercial Vehicle launched the first VW vehicle dealership in East London. It will be headed by Nkuli Pityana who has revealed that she has big plans for the company’s new truck and bus workshop. Volkswagen is already making inroads in the commercial vehicle market with reported sales last month of 71 medium and 13 heavy commercial vehicles and 16 large buses.