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The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries continues to lurch toward yet another (albeit substantially greater) FRAP failure. Despite having ONLY had 15 years advance notice of the need to prepare for the 2020 fishing rights allocation process, we are witnessing an increasingly rapid march toward FRAP failure.  As is the normal ANC refrain on failure, the reason for the current FRAP delay (unlawful as we have pointed out repeatedly on these pages here , for example) is the failures of the previous crop of apparently corrupt and inept cadres. In this case, we are told by Minister Creecy and her coterie of cadres, it was Minister Zokwana and his DDG of Fisheries, Ms Siphokazi Ndudane. And before them of course, failure was attributed to the eternally corrupt Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Desmond Stevens (still employed by DEFF despite his legendary corruption, failure and incompetence) and his lackeys. And so the ANC blame shuffle will continue.  But we digress. FRAP 2020 o...

 We have been advised that persons pretending to be consultants / advisers in the fishing industry are trying to convince applicants to "structure" their businesses to apparently meet departmental requirements for the allocation of fishing rights. The apparent "structure" is supposed to promote "BBBEE" and requires applicants to have the following representation:  92% women 31% youth (under 35 years) 72% black African  1 disabled if possible Names  ID’s  Addresses Directors: 3 women, (2 black) And apparently, it comes on the advice of Feike or myself (Shaheen Moolla). This is false.  Firstly, neither the department nor the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has yet issued any criteria or requirements for the upcoming rights allocation process.  Secondly, to require such racial and gender representation (which has admittedly been previously mooted by this department) would be challenged as it would only promote fronting, the abuse of people...