Political patronage gives BEE a bad name

I have been agonising a lot about the demise of BEE in our economic discourse. A few disturbing incidents have caught my attention – the noise being made about the collapse of the administrations of Tshwane and Johannesburg, as well as an old example in the Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay metros, are worth noting.

Starting with the City of Gold. The noise about the appointment of Afrirent to manage the city’s massive fleet is highly disturbing, to say the least.

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