Business and labour expressed satisfaction on Tuesday with an undertaking by government that they would be consulted before the final conclusion of new codes on Black Economic Empowerment.

"We received an assurance that we will have a chance to influence the process moving forward," Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said.

He was speaking at the conclusion of a Presidential Working Group meeting involving representatives of government, business and labour.

Business Unity SA president Patrice Motsepe also welcomed government's undertaking.

The focus, he said, should be for as many people as possible to be part of the process.

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