Interesting thread ... but it seems nobody has actually read the fine print on the BEE legislation.
To qualify for BEE status a person must have been a South African citizen and resident in South Africa "prior to March 1994" ... so whilst hiring foreign black or white nationals might have a business reason ... it aint going to help with improving a company's BEE score. In fact ...to try and include a foreign (black) person to increase ones BEE score is actually against the law ..and punishable by fines etc..
I personally dont agree with most (nearly all) of the BEE legislation ... but it sure is written a bit smarter than most people on this thread give it credit for.