Overview
- The Democratic Alliance unveiled a billboard on Johannesburg’s N1 declaring that BEE enriched ANC elites and urging voters to back the DA.
- An ANC National Executive Committee member dismissed the billboard as cheap politics, reflecting the party’s public rejection of efforts to scrap BEE.
- President Cyril Ramaphosa reiterated that BEE remains in force and said any proposed changes must be formally tabled and debated in Parliament.
- The DA’s Economic Inclusion for All Bill, launched last week, proposes replacing race-based procurement preferences with poverty-based criteria and winding down the BEE Commission, with a 30‑day public comment period before seeking negotiations in Parliament.
- The DA claims some ANC NEC members are open to reform, a contention not confirmed by the ANC, while Cosatu rejected scrapping BEE as naive and reaffirmed support for transformation measures.