This after certain ministers stated that their departments would be following the applicable B-BBEE Codes and prioritising female-led enterprises in the distribution of funds.
In response to stipulations regarding applications for funding from various government relief funds set up to assist small to medium enterprises during the nation’s lockdown period, the Democratic Alliance has accused certain government ministers of racialising Covid-19 relief measures.
“We call on president Ramaphosa to immediately instruct the ministers in his cabinet to comply with his government’s own assurances given on the 24th of March that assistance to Covid-stricken businesses will be available to all South Africans.” “First, this document stipulating a 51% black ownership requirement, was called ‘fake news’ but it soon emerged that it was a legitimate, albeit earlier, draft of government’s SMME relief plan. Government immediately set about reassuring South Africans that these relief measures would be available to all, regardless of race.”
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