The consultation round on the draft BEE generic codes was wrapped up in May this year. The DTI would not commit to a firm timeline as to when the final codes would be released, but did say that the project enjoyed very high priority. The indication then was that the final codes would be published within 2-3 months, but could take longer.

OK. So let's double the timeline. This is taking longer than expected.

My concern is that the longer they take, the more tinkering is going on in the background - moving us ever further away from the agreements reached during the consultation stage. In the meantime preferential procurement remains focused on narrow based BEE - measuring ownership only.

So, where are the final BEE codes?
What is taking so long?
Why the delay?