Solidarity criticises deputy president Mashatile for defending BEE [SOUND]

# Solidarity says deputy president Paul Mashatile’s latest defence of black economic empowerment is completely removed from the reality of what BEE is and does. In response to a parliamentary question, Mashatile defended the country’s transformation policies, declaring that the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act is not discriminatory legislation. Solidarity’s Theuns du Buisson says Mashatile is dishonest about the true objectives of transformation legislation: