LETTER: Tourism minister is virtue signalling to ANC ideologues
In suggesting those who disagree with her are racist, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane does not engage with the substance of arguments against her position
In her response to those who oppose the inclusion of B-BBEE criteria in the tourism relief fund (Those opposing Tourism Relief Fund don’t respect B-BBEE (https://webmail.timesmedia.co.za/owa/redir.aspx?REF=LpzVZ4hUn6KGN15JokbnJkGMmXFP2dhhI2K_5kZKo_a7XKREWuTXCAFodHRwczovL3d3dy5idXNpbmVzc2xpdmUuY28uemEvYmQvb3Bpbmlvbi9tbWFtb2xva28ta3ViYXlpLW5ndWJhbmUtdGhvc2Utb3Bwb3NpbmctdG91cmlzbS1yZWxpZWYtZnVuZC1kb250LXJlc3BlY3QtYi1iYmVlLyNFY2hvYm94PTE1ODcxMzc0MjQ.), April 17), tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane relies, essentially, on two grounds.
The first is that her department is legally obligated to administer the fund in accordance with the Tourism B-BBEE Code of Good Practice. In support of this she relies on section 10 of the B-BBEE Act, according to which every organ of state must apply “any relevant code of good practice issued in terms of this act determining criteria for the awarding of incentives, grants and investment schemes in support of B-BBEE”...
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