By Thebe Mabanga
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has intensified its call for scrapping of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) through a protest and the unveiling of a billboard in Johannesburg and effectively campaigning for the 2026 Local Government Elections, pulling out its drawcard Helen Zille, Chairperson of the Federal Council and Mayoral candidate for the City of Johannesburg.
Zille called next year’s local government elections “the last chance” for South Africa’s municipalities and metros to be salvaged from poor service delivery.
The DA’s billboard, visible along the N1, reads: “BEE made ANC elite rich and left SA poor. Choose real opportunities for all.”
The Blue party states that after three decades, empowerment has delivered the opposite, with 12 million unemployed and 44 million living in poverty.
“While a few benefit from inflated contracts and state tenders, the majority continue to pay the price for corruption and greed,” the party said, pointing to procurement as source of corruption but also the
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