Although the DA wants to get rid of B-BBEE, political analysts say the policy should not be scrapped yet.
DA leader John Steenhuisen speaks, 11 August 2025, during the announcement of an urgent reform plan on B-BBEE, employment equity, and the Expropriation Act, at Nkululeko House in Bruma. Picture: Michel Bega/The Citizen
“Despite the continued updates to legislation, individuals and groups have still managed to find loopholes to bypass what could be a beneficial policy and system.Solomon said when this legislation was introduced in 1994 it had good intentions of leveling the scales between black and white South Africans.
Because of this, the political analyst said, B-BBEE has consequently failed emerging entrepreneurs and small businesses instead of assisting them.“The policy has not achieved its desired outcome but that does not mean there is no need for black people to get empowered. One can also argue that it has created a scope for corruption coupled with the privatization of services.
“The agreement they are using against this law they are also using it against affirmative action or the Employment Equity Act,” he said.Breakfast said B-BBEE was intended to benefit women, people with disabilities and all groups that were previously disadvantaged before 1994. “It’s not about the principle; it’s about the policies. Even inside the the ANC this has been discussed,” he said.
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