The fact that Ramaphosa wants to find opportunities for BEE in vaccine roll-out shows that ANC values cadre enrichment above public’s wellbeing
25 January 2021
The statements that President Cyril Ramaphosa made at a meeting of the Progressive Business Forum (PBF) that Black Economic Empowerment opportunities must be found in the "deployment" of the Covid-19 vaccine are paving the way for corruption and show that the government values cadre enrichment above the lives of the country's people.
It indirectly also provides the answer to why there seems to be no finality regarding the procurement and distribution of the vaccine seeing as a final decision has not yet been reached about how black people can benefit from the programme by means of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE).
There is no emphasis on competence, only on black economic empowerment. A large part of the emergency relief fund of more than R500 billion was looted in this way.
The distribution and proper storage of a vaccine are extremely technical and can only be performed accurately by experts.