UDkt. Pieter Groenewald, umholi weFreedom Front Plus, ugxeke iBlack Economic Empowerment (BEE) “njengohlelo lokuceba ngokushesha” oluncike ekuxhumaneni ngokwebala nepolitiki ngesikhathi kwethulwa umqulu wenhlangano e-Heartfelt Arena ePitoli. UGroenewald uthi iBEE ibukisa ngokungabi nabulungiswa kobandlululo, ihlomulisa kuphela izikhulu ezikhethiwe zabamnyama ezinobudlelwane bezombusazwe, nokudala lokho akubiza ngokuthi “ubandlululo olusha.” Uveze ukuthi ukuqaliswa kwe-BEE kwe-ANC wukucwasa izakhamizi nje kanye nabakhokhi bentela, wakufanisa nobugebengu obubhekiswe esintwini.
UGroenewald unxuse ukuthi kuyekwe kweBEE kuleli, egcizelela ukubaluleka kokuqhakambiswa kolwazi kunobuhlanga ukuze kugwenywe umthwalo wezezimali emabhizinisini.
I-Freedom Front Plus, manje eyiqembu lesihlanu ngobukhulu elinamalungu ePhalamende ali-10, ithole umfutho okhethweni lwakamuva lohulumeni basekhaya ngokwenyukelwa yisibalo samavoti.
Ngaphandle kwe-FF Plus, namanye amaqembu epolitiki asemkhankasweni wokhetho. Umholi we-UDM uBantu Holomisa wethule i-manifesto yeqembu lakhe eMidrand, kwathi i-EFF yethula umqulu wayo waseGauteng eSoweto. Iqembu likaMnuz Jacob Zuma loMkhonto Wesizwe lakhankasa eMgungundlovu kwathi i-ANC yona ibe nombuthano wabelaphi bendabuko eMpumalanga. I-IFP, izokwethula i-manifesto yayo eThekwini ngoMashi 10, ihlose ukukhombisa ukuthi iyabathanda abavoti abasemazingeni aphansi kanye naphakathi nendawo ikakhulukazi esifundazweni iKwaZulu Natali.