The party, however, says it's not the concept that's wrong, just the way the ANC implements it.
City of Tswane Mayor Solly Msimanga stands in confidence together with the DA leader Mmusi Maimane before vote of no vote of confidence motion. Picture: Cebisile MbonaniOpposition parties largely agree that black economic empowerment needs a new dawn. But experts at the Institute of Race Relations have clung to the traditionally libertarian idea that race should not be used as a proxy for disadvantage.
But Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba said the DA’s leaning towards race-based methods of redress were well-founded and that it was the ANC that had failed to make a success of an otherwise sound concept. The general consensus has been that a lack of regulation has made BEE a vehicle for corruption and cronyism.
“It should start with empowering communities and the only way is to have proper, functioning schools and improving the quality of education.The IRR’s head of policy, Anthea Jeffrey, proposed a similar education-based alternative.
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