The DA wants Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) to be scrapped and a new model which focuses on people's needs rather than their race to be introduced.
The DA's policy document says the party must focus on the inclusion of the majority of South Africans in the economy. It suggests various ways that could eventually lead to a lessened dependency on the state such as adequate education, eradication of poverty, employment and creation of wealth by saving and investing.
"A rising level of dependency means that taxes retrieved from an already stretched taxpayer base will have to stretch to cover more and more people. This is unsustainable. "Our goal is to bring down the level of dependency in society, that the ratio between the economically inactive and the economically active population. The discussion document suggests a huge focus on education as one way of limiting inequality of opportunities in the future by ensuring that each child spent a minimum of 12 years in school, limiting strikes, ensuring girls do not miss school days due to menstruation and eliminating school dropouts.
"School dropouts would not be a problem if those who left school were being diverted into vocational training, but this is not happening. However, the need to divert to vocational college before matric should be so urgent, taking into consideration that there are opportunities for vocational training within the school curriculum," the document reads.
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