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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 1189
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 15 APRIL 2011
Mr S J F Marais (DA) to ask the Minister of Economic Development:
(1) With regard to provisions for policy development for Broad Based
Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) made in Programme 2 of Budget Vote
28, (a) to what extent is his department impacting on the (i) BBBEE
policy, (ii) principles and (iii) procedures that will influence the
various BBBEE charters and score cards and (b) what (i) are his
departmentâs responsibilities and (ii) is his departmentâs mandate in
this regard;
(2) whether he envisages any conflict between his responsibilities and
mandate with those of the Minister of Trade and Industry in this
regard; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
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REPLY
EDD works in close partnership with the dti on Broad Based Black Economic
Empowerment (BBBEE) issues as part of a system of coordinated government.
EDDâs specific mandate is to ensure that BBBEE policy is aligned with the
overall economic development goals of the country. In this regard, work
done to date has focused on the importance of a number of âbroad basedâ
areas of empowerment, including skills and enterprise development, job
creation and promotion of social enterprises.
The results of this work are shared with the dti who has responsibility for
the amendment of the BEE scorecards to incorporate the insights that flow
from work across government.
The Minister of Economic Development and the Minister of Trade and Industry
serve on the BBBEE Advisory Council chaired by the President.
EDDâs work on BEE has been incorporated in the New Growth Path and was
presented to the BBBEE Advisory Council, which supported the framework.