DA to seek legal advice on use of BEE as a criteria for funding distressed businesses

The DA says it will consult its lawyers to seek advice on the legality and of the “racialisation” of the government’s coronavirus financial relief measures.

The DA has been calling on government to ditch BEE requirements in its response to the coronavirus crisis. Steenhuisen said the reality is that the skin colour of an employer does not determine the true victims of the coronavirus crisis.

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