DTI not interested in B-BBEE feedback?
It seems as though the South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) isn’t interested in receiving comments or questions regarding broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) electronically, a member of the MyBroadband forums recently pointed out.
The DTI operates a B-BBEE portal on its website which it says “is designed to help you understand all the legal requirements of B-BBEE” and “contains useful tools to assist you work out your B-BBEE status.”
A link entitled “Contact Us” is displayed on the bottom left of the site and clicking on it leads to a page displaying a form stating: “Type your comments or questions below.” The form further requests your title, first name, surname, email address and daytime phone number. See the image attached to this article.
Unfortunately the contact form isn’t enclosed in HTML form tags, which means the browser doesn’t know to send the data in the completed fields back to the server.
Furthermore, the form’s submit button points to essentially nowhere, so the DTI will never receive your question, comment, or contact details.
According to the B-BBEE site it is “powered by” B1SA. B1SA’s own site touts the company as the “leading provider of B-BBEE management services and technology solutions for small and large business, institutions, industry charter councils, and government organisations.”
“Testament to our capability is that B1SA is the service provider that has developed and continues to service The Department of Trade and Industry’s National B-BBEE website and IT Portal,” B1SA claims.
The DTI was asked for comment about the website and its development but didn’t respond to MyBroadband’s questions by the time of publication.
(Thanks to “The R”). Original discussion: Is the DTI fooling you?
DTI not interested in B-BBEE feedback? << Comments and views
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- DTI B-BBEE website contact page
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