ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula. Picture: Gallo Images ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says most wealthy people in South Africa are white, with the exception of mining magnate Patrice Motsepe. He said the country’s transformative laws, such as broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE), remain necessary to address inequality between black and white people in South Africa.
He was speaking in Polokwane on Wednesday at an event commemorating the life of ANC stalwart Peter Mokaba. Mbalula said the ANC notes the US’s discomfort with South Africa’s transformation laws, while stressing that they remain necessary to balance the scales. “How do we get rid of black economic empowerment when transformation has not arrived?
The struggle is not yet over.” Mbalula says inequality between black and white people in South Africa can still be seen through the lived experiences of most people in the country. “Have you ever seen a white homeless person? The homeless are black.
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Have you ever seen an unemployed white person? Or have you ever seen a white person staying in a shack?” he said. Mbalula maintained that there is no white genocide in South Africa and dismissed claims that minority groups in the country are being ill-treated.
BEE has become a big debate in the country, and the ANC, with some recognising its weaknesses and how it has benefited the politically connected elite. The DA hasproposed an alternative to BEE, which it calls the Economic Inclusion for All Bill, and it is seeking ANC support for its adoption.
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