In her opinion piece, tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane lashed out at those who have criticised the Tourism Relief Fund for handing out benefits to businesses according to their BEE status (“Those opposing Tourism Relief Fund don’t respect B-BBEE (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/mmamoloko-kubayi-ngubane-those-opposing-tourism-relief-fund-dont-respect-b-bbee/)”, April 17).
While Kubayi-Ngubane’s utterances are entirely consistent with the ANC’s approach to empowerment, they also illustrate the sleight of hand often used by ANC politicians (and many supporters of race-based quotas) whereby they conflate being against BEE with being against the idea that black people should be empowered and enjoy prosperity...
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