Black Economic Empowerment has been endlessly debated in South Africa since its inception and is often used as the prime example of the problems with the post-1994 ANC government. The DA has launched a renewed attack on BEE, aiming to have it replaced with their own bill, that steers clear of race. However, the way they've constructed and presented this new bill fails to see the wood from the trees of recent South African history and has met opposition from a number of corners of the political spectrum. Let get in to it.