WBHO has issued a scathing response to the South African National Roads Agency’s (Sanral’s) announcement that it will do business only with companies that are at least 51% black-owned and have a minimum B-BEE Level 2 rating. Sanral was flouting government policy in its draft transformation strategy announced on Friday, WBHO said. The group is among seven JSE-listed construction and engineering entities party to the Voluntary Rebuilding Programme (VRP) — also known as "the settlement agreement" — signed with the government to speed up transformation in the industry.

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