“Only R1.2 million” – government doesn’t understand its own BEE policy

The new Employment Equity Amendment Bill was recently published for public comment. Besides the already-well-documented problematic nature of government’s racialised empowerment policy, it is becoming increasingly clear that government has no inkling of the devastating consequences this policy has on South Africa’s economy or society.  Opponents of racial empowerment policy might be quick to proclaim that of course government does not understand, as they have been pressing ahead with it […]