The association (ABVA) decided to host a conference to help its members and associates spot the signs of fronting and to develop codes of best practice which would cover aspects of the law that were open to interpretation.
Fronting, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (dti) is regarded as a deliberate circumvention of the act and includes cases in which black people are appointed or introduced to an enterprise on the basis of tokenism.
The quote on fronting and the word DELIBERATE reminds me of an email Keith Levenstein sent to a certain company. I'm not going to publish the whole email - you'd die laughing, so I'll post only the pieces where he shows us all the extent to which he is an expert.
My track record speaks for itself: I pretty much stopped the ArcelorMittal deal.
Really. I thought the deal hinged on a certain ICT being awarded mining rights. As it is a number of people (true practitioners - but not self-proclaimed experts) have evaluated the BEE deal and found something close to 17 points in it.
Fronting can be done through negligence or design.
Hell Keith, are you sure about that negligence or design thing. Is your own fronting some sort of negligent mistake? I think I'm starting to see a few cracks in your expertly facade here.
You (being the person this email was addressed to) are going to have to brush up on your B-BBEE knowledge. I am the recognised expert on BEE, in particular fronting.
You must be right about the expert thing - you know what, if you say it often enough to yourself you might just believe it, but don't hold your breath that anybody else will. Can anyone possibly drop me a hint as to what it is that the PLT is an expert in.
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