BBC, Busa end participation partnership in Nedlac after impasse

The Black Business Council (BBC) and Business Unity South Africa (Busa) have walked away from a long-standing partnership after a BBC delegation was kicked out of a National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) Infrastructure Committee meeting two weeks ago by a Busa delegation. The 23-year-old partnership within Nedlac soured last week, with Busa president Jabu Mabuza stating that the organisation would end the arrangement with BBC after a lapse in the 2012 to 2015 memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the parties and the failure to agree to the terms of a new framework for participation.