The trade, industry and competition minister says government policies ‘do not say only black people can access public funds’
Trade, industry and competition minister Ebrahim Patel insists that government funding polices are not race based, although historical disadvantage is taken into account.
BEE is a controversial issue in SA with the country’s main opposition party, the DA rejecting it in its current form, saying it is being used by the ruling ANC to enrich only a few politically connected elite at the cost of job creation. ACDP MP Wayne Thring said race based policies “must go” especially as the economy faces collapse due to the Covid-19 crisis.Patel said government policies “do not say only black people can access public funds”.“Our programmes take into account historical disadvantage,” he said.
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