Black entrepreneurs allegedly sidelined from Racism conference

Time constraints have forced the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Durban, venue of next month's World Conference on Racism, to ignore tender procedures for key contracts leading to the exclusion of emerging black entrepreneurs. However, black entrepreneurs have called the procedure racist, saying that the organisers have sidelined them in favour of established, mainly white-owned companies. They have now called for government intervention to ensure that they are given a fair share.