I'm always intrigued at this whole thing in South Africa what with quotas and BEE and the like.
However I think we are pushing it now.
We are being stupid, and while I don't just accuse people of being racist, I think this borders on it.
I see on a packet of Blue Ribbon bread that it says "Premier Foods- Largest 100% black owned company in SA"
So therefore a white person will never be allowed to be a part owner of this company. Not that it really bothers me, but what would happen if I had to start up an empire, and then advertise on it "54 Empire- Largest white owned company in SA"
Do you not think there would be cries of racism?
Every company these days seems to be having to have a certain amount of black employees and white and so on.
So why can Premier Foods get away with being 100% black, and why must they declare this on their packaging? Is it really necessary to put this out there, on the packaging?
Intriguing
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I think BEE is verging on reverse apartheid and is just another thing that makes South Africa's status as a 'democracy' a farce.
Floor Crossing and BEE are two clearly undemocratic elements fully supported and initiated by our own government.
We do not vote for individual parliamentarians (or manto wouldn't have a job) so what gives them the right to leave their party and take that party's seat (which we did actually vote for) across with them? Cheeky bastards.
And BEE... don't get me wrong, apartheid and Boneheads sucked balls, and I have nothing against affirmative action. But why should a company I worked hard to start and run and finance myself HAVE to be part owned by a person of colour? What if that person is the big O... Oprah Winfrey? She fills the criteria... but which part of her is previously disadvantaged???
True...true...
What about the big L...Luke Watson. He is black.
http://www.2oceansvibe.com/luke-diary.htm
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