# The DA says broad-based black economic empowerment has failed the majority of South Africans while enriching a small ANC-connected elite. The party criticised deputy president Paul Mashatile for defending BEE as it blocks investment, worsens inequality, and denies opportunities to hardworking entrepreneurs. The DA’s Baxolile Nodada says the party is pushing a new system that helps poor and hardworking people, focusing on poverty, jobs, education, and health, not race or political connections.
DA rejects Paul Mashatile’s defence of BEE