The Bidvest scandal has reignited debates over racial discrimination in South Africa, with the company’s 2026 bursary policy cruelly excluding White minority children, leaving families devastated. This HR initiative, mirroring the controversial Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) framework, has drawn fierce condemnation from Solidarity, which is pursuing legal action to defend these wronged children. The outrage echoes a troubling history, as highlighted in our previous article, ICYMI: South Africa’s Systemic Persecution of White Orphans which exposed a 2012 bill threatening to deny tax deductions for charities aiding White beneficiaries, a move supported by Business Unity SA. Decades of such racist policies have condemned vulnerable White children to despair, and Bidvest’s latest action risks further entrenching this injustice.
Bidvest Faces Outrage Over Racially Exclusive Bursary Policy Targeting White Children
