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This paper describes how little research is available on the opportunities and challenges faced by small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in the context of the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) strategy, and on their potential contribution for socio-economic transformation. The author aims to enrich this debate by looking at the synergies between SMMEs and the BEE strategy, and by examining the potential that SMMEs hold to facilitate BEE. The author concludes that that positive interactions between the SMME and BEE frameworks can contribute to the empowerment of more disadvantaged South Africans and therefore to meaningful socio-economic transformation.