The DTI received more than 550 submissions from public comments by the December 5 deadline last year. The department has now begun a process of technical analysis of the data received. This entails going through the submissions to consider what the key issues are. Thereafter, the DTI will set up work streams that are going to look at submissions for each element to enable officials to consolidate feedback from the market.
The department's chief director responsible for BBBEE, Nomonde Mesatshwa, says: "In terms of our time frames we are hoping that we will finish this process by the end of March this year."
Unfortunately for Nomomde the camera captured her at the wrong angle and deprived her of her movie star looks that previous pictures have so adequately demonstrated. This minor technical glitch has not dampened her enthusiasm for Rob's folly the draft codes.
"We are hoping that with us putting the priority elements in place, it's going to stimulate the right level of activity in terms of access to opportunities and access to market for black-owned companies. "This can be achieved through corporate companies' supply chain systems. "It will make sure that companies focus on issues of effective ownership, skills development and supplier enterprise development. "We feel these three approaches, which we have canvassed through engagement in the public domain, will be able to turn around how the implementation of BBBEE has been in the past so that we can begin to see a meaningful impact in terms of black enterprises playing an effective role in the economy."
It seems as though she's made up her mind about priority elements and the like. She also maintains that the DTI actually did some research (which is widely disputed) and that by forcing companies to comply the desired results will follow. To quote the Sunday World "Mesatshwa is confident that the revised codes will auger well for business in general and black business in particular". This statement must surely suggest that the next round of codes are substantially different to the last proposed ones because there was nothing in there that augers well for anyone other than a miniscule percentage of ANC cronies. But wait – there's still priority elements, not very code-friendly at all.
I put it to the reader that the 550 submissions have not been looked at and I fear that they won't be. How else are they going to meet their March deadline?
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