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November 2, 2009

BEE: What needs to be done?

Phillip Dexter says that it is currently being used as a cover for corruption

 

Rethinking BEE: Towards sustainable empowerment - Phillip Dexter COPE MP



The current empowerment environment is unworkable and "broken". We need to fix it.

  • Some of the difficulties include -
    It is impossible to police;
  • Its application is arbitrary and ad hoc;
  • There is still no uniform standard across government and the private sector;
  • It is extremely complex and hence difficult and costly to implement;
  • It is becoming highly contested and the private sector, although sometimes not opposed to transformation, is becoming fatigued and disinterested;
  • The current environment promotes avoidance, deceit and even corruption.

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Posted by StaffWriter at November 2, 2009 10:47 AM