{"id":92757,"date":"2025-11-11T18:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T18:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mashatile-affirms-bee-legislation-is-still-essential"},"modified":"2025-11-11T18:58:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T18:58:16","slug":"mashatile-affirms-bee-legislation-is-still-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/mashatile-affirms-bee-legislation-is-still-essential","title":{"rendered":"Mashatile Affirms BEE Legislation Is Still Essential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy President Paul Mashatile says it\u2019s not necessary to ditch existing black economic empowerment legislation; rather a review and possible tweaks could address the shortcomings.<\/p>\n<p>Pressed by the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the National Assembly on Tuesday afternoon about whether he would support the party\u2019s recently-proposed procurement legislation that is not race-based, Mashatile said there was no need for it.<\/p>\n<p>Through various phases of Operation Vulindlela, Mashatile said that government was undertaking the necessary reform to stimulate the economy and create jobs.<\/p>\n<p>While the DA&#8217;s Deputy Chief Whip Baxolile Nodada argued that government\u2019s broad-based black economic empowerment legislation was only benefiting the politically-connected, Mashatile said that the Department of Trade was currently reviewing it to determine where the gaps were to making it more inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To the extent that there may be weaknesses, let\u2019s correct that, let\u2019s make amendments, that\u2019s why there\u2019s this review. There\u2019s no need to ditch the legislation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Challenged by Build One South Africa (BOSA)\u2019 Mmusi Maimane about the differing policy views on the matter within the Government of National Unity, Mashatile said that all parties were being encouraged to support the review of the existing legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully, we will convince them that this is the right thing to do. You don\u2019t have to throw away the legislation. You review it, amend it, make it better, so we can achieve our objectives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mashatile said that government was committed to ensuring legislation benefits the majority of South Africans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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