AYABONGA CAWE: BEE and state purchases: time for critical reflection amid noisy debate
20 November 2022 - 16:33
The brouhaha around whether the new procurement regulations negate BEE obligations of the state, its companies and agencies, seems to have died down, ending more than a week of unhelpful bickering over whether this spells the end for BEE in state purchasing.
While the debate has been filled with alarm and noise, it has raised the need for considered and critical reflection on the role of preferential procurement in the SA economic policy framework. One perspective that requires engagement, not for its merit but because of the dangers posed by uncritical acceptance of it, is the view proposed by Sakeliga...
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