Minister Tau says B-BBEE needs to be strengthened and revised, but will not be abandoned [SOUND]

# Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau, says broad-based black economic empowerment will continue to be the lever government uses to free South Africans. This as Business Leadership South Africa has warned that the department’s proposed amendments to the B-BBEE regulations risk undermining years of industrial development. Tau says B-BBEE must be strengthened and revised, but ultimately, it will not be abandoned. He adds that economic emancipation is the measure of the country’s freedom: