The ANC’s political fate mirrors that of the National Party

IN THAT history has a habit of repeating itself, there is a significant correlation concerning internal and external circumstances that determined the destiny of the National Party and those that currently beset the ANC.

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Despite efforts to bottle up black people in economically unviable, spatially inadequate and geographically scattered ethnic homelands, socioeconomic realities compelled the National Party to embark on political reforms which led to a half-baked form of power sharing.

But that flawed dispensation served only to ignite massive black unrest, which, coupled with international sanctions and disinvestment, led to the capitulation of the National Party and the accession of the ANC to power.

In 2003, BEE was consolidated into Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE). Next month, the third wave of B-BBEE is scheduled to commence with new sector-specific targets.