Transformation Agenda During COVID-19: Do the Means Justify the Ends?

• Jurisdiction: South Africa
• Date: 01 December 2022
• Pages: 1-13
• Author: Muriel Mushariwa
• Published date: 01 December 2022
• DOI: 10.25159/2522-6800/11322

Commentary

Southern African Public Law

https://doi.org/10.25159/2522-6800/11322

https://unisapressjournals.co.za/index.php/SAPL

ISSN 2522-6800 (Online)

Volume 37 | Number 2 | 2022 | #11322 | 13 pages

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Transformation Agenda During COVID-19: Do the

Means Justify the Ends?

Muriel Mushariwa

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9099-6064

University of the Witwatersrand

Muriel.mushariwa@wits.ac.za

Abstract

The impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on the public health system of

South Africa and the economy is evident. In an attempt to tackle economic

hardship, the government created various economic relief packages. One of the

industries hardest hit by the pandemic was the tourism sector. The Minister of

Tourism then created a fund to assist within the tourism sector but added a

separate requirement to access the fund based on the B-BBEE status of the

company. This note seeks to answer the question of whether a transformation

agenda during a national crisis is appropriate for achieving the desired end. This

is especially critical at a time when the entire tourism industry was impacted in

some way by COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdown.

Keywords: Coronavirus; transformation; B-BBEE; tourism fund; black economic

empowerment