Edited sentence: 30% of the SA economy, this can be a significant driver.BEE is effectively a 'racially inequitable' framework, which actually goes against the SA constitution, so it has been carefully put together to legally apply to SA Government entities only.HOWEVER Government will use Procurement rules to procure preferentially from Black Empowered companies and since SA government is circa.Suppliers to government in turn are rated on their 'Black Empowerment' in part by how much they buy from Black Empowered suppliers i.procurement is the major driver of BEE into the private sector economy