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Court rules race-based tourism fund criteria unlawful

22nd September 2021

By: Bloomberg

  

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South Africa’s appeals court ruled the Department of Tourism’s focus on only black businesses for payouts to help the industry overcome the coronavirus pandemic is unlawful.

The Bloemfontein-based court said the Minister of Tourism committed an error and is not legally obliged to allocate funds based on black economic empowerment requirements.

Labor union Solidarity and civil-rights group AfriForum, which often speak out against the government’s race-based redistribution policies and land reform plans aimed at reducing the dominance of white ownership, earlier successfully applied for a freeze on the Tourism Equity Fund because it only focused on black businesses.

The R1.2-billion, which was set up by the government to assist the industry, was particularly hard hit during the Covid-19 pandemic as border closures and travel restrictions prevent the usual flow of holidaymakers from Europe and elsewhere.

Edited by Bloomberg

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