B-BBEE Commission slams DA’s ‘sinister ploy to repeal history’

THE DA’s discomfort with the notion of ‘race’ in policymaking undermines its credibility on transformation, says the B-BBEE Commission in response to the party’s proposed “Economic Inclusion for All” Bill.

- STAFF REPORTER

The DA’s Economic Inclusion for All Bill, introduced to replace the existing BEE policy, aims to remove race as a determining factor, and replace it with a needs-based approach.

The party argues that BEE, since its introduction in 2003 as a redress policy for apartheid-era economic inequalities, has been ineffective and has primarily benefited a connected elite, leaving the majority of South Africans impoverished and unemployed.

As mandated to oversee and promote compliance with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act 46 of 2013, the B-BBEE Commission said it was compelled to respond to the DA’s proposed Bill.