# Finance minister Enoch Godongwana says people who are fighting against broad-based black economic empowerment, which is designed to redress the economic inequalities of the apartheid era, show remnants of racism. Trade union Solidarity has challenged the B-BBEE procurement framework at the Constitutional Court. Godongwana rejects the suggestion that transformation and economic growth are mutually exclusive, arguing that structural transformation is also necessary. He adds that empowerment cannot be limited to financial transactions; it must also be considered a way of granting people equal opportunities.
Minister Godongwana says some criticisms of BEE carry racist undertones