Fronting is a war against transformation
Our transformation progress so far can be credited to regulations. Without enforceable regulations we would be nowhere, and for this reason, I can’t help but be suspicious each time there’s a BEE appointment. My suspicion is further fuelled by how loose some of these BEE regulations are. Regulations are necessary when you lack ownership. If black people owned large businesses we wouldn’t require many BEE regulations. Because of lack of ownership our transformation focus is more on job opportunities. The job opportunities focus at white-owned companies should be a temporary solution to be phased out with black industrialisation, but in our country temporary solutions usually last a lifetime. Here’s my suspicion with BEE appointees. If you are appointing someone you wouldn’t without regulations, it means you need to carefully select a candidate that won’t practically fulfill the intended mandate of the regulation. It should be someone controllable who will still toe the compa