It is almost four weeks since I wrote to tourism minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane inquiring about the unfair and racist criteria for applications to the Tourism Relief Fund.
The department of tourism prescribes that applicants be BBBEE-compliant and that the “delivery mechanisms” must ensure that 70% of beneficiaries are “black-owned” businesses. To date, I have not had a response from the minister or her department...
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