Trade & industry minister Ebrahim Patel conceded on Thursday that black economic empowerment laws in their current form need a “rethink” as they had not always produced the required results.

“As we engage with South Africans some say that there is a need to rethink BEE,” Patel told MPs after presenting his department’s annual performance plan...

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