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POSITION PAPER
THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF INCLUSION

BY GARY JOSEPH
SASDC (SOUTH AFRICAN SUPPLIER DIVERSITY COUNCIL)

Transformation in South Africa is at one of its most consequential inflection points in two decades. Four policy documents sit on the table at the same time: the draft B-BBEE Code amendments, the proposed Transformation Fund, the Public Procurement Act, and the newly introduced Economic Inclusion for All Bill. Together, they will reshape how state and corporate buyers procure, how compliance is measured, and how billions of rand of public and private capital reach majority black-owned and small business hands over the next five years.

At SASDC, we believe our members deserve a clear-eyed view of what's unfolding and a confident sense of where supplier diversity fits in. That is the purpose of this paper. Our position is straightforward: Whatever the political weather, the operational reality of moving money to diverse suppliers stays the same. South Africa still needs credible certification, capable suppliers, neutral verification and effective matchmaking between buyers and producers. SASDC has spent years building exactly that infrastructure. The policy shift sharpens our purpose; it does not change it.

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On 13 February 2026, the South African Supplier Diversity Council, in its capacity as Secretariat of the Enterprise and Supplier Development Community of Practice, hosted a high level Enterprise and Supplier Development Policy Stakeholder Consultation in partnership with the Department of Small Business Development at the SASDC offices in Johannesburg.

The consultation forms part of the Department’s process to develop a comprehensive Enterprise and Supplier Development Policy. At its core, the policy seeks to strengthen the balance between compliance and genuine transformative impact, enhance sustainability rather than dependency, support inclusive participation of small enterprises, and address operational barriers that continue to limit MSME growth and competitiveness.

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