B-BBEE Blog
Financial Sector Code – FSCA
The FSCA announced a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Trade, Industry, and...
BEE’s New Chapter
"There is no basis to say we are doing away with BEE." says finance minister Enoch Godongwana A...
Department of Labour 22nd Employment Equity Report
The Department of Labour recently released their annual report covering progress in their...
ENSight | President Ramaphosa appoints new B-BBEE Advisory Council to aid in economic transformation | 14 JUNE 2022
B-BBEE President Ramaphosa appoints new B-BBEE Advisory Council to aid in economic transformation...
Con Court PPPFA Ruling and Minimum Wage Implications
On the 16th of February, after some 4 years of litigation, the South African Constitutional Court...
Legitimate beneficiaries of B-BBEE
A recent ruling by the B-BBEE commissioner has brought into sharp focus the misunderstanding with...
Government to introduce stricter BEE rules for South African businesses in 2022
EMPLOYMENT EQUITY REPORTING WINDOW OPENS 1 September 2021 either manually (deadline for submission...
POPIA has unexpected implications for B-BBEE Schemes
Article shared courtesy of: Webber Wentzel POPIA-has-unexpected-implications-for-B-BBEE-Schemes...
National Treasury is developing new legislation that will “seek to enhance the transformation imperatives of the South African financial services sector”
Job creation can reboot SA's ICT transformation IT-Online Sector regulator Icasa introduced a raft...
SA’s Black Industrialists Programme gets its first report card
SA’s Black Industrialists Programme gets its first report card ‘Many lessons learnt’; will be used...
Trusts welcome DTIC Minister Patel’s support for ownership schemes
https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/economy/trusts-welcome-dtic-minister-patels-support-for-owners...
Employment Equity Amendment Bill described as a “game-changer”
Recently the Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour has called for public...
Are you being sold a dubious B-BBEE share option scheme? Hear what the B-BBEE Commission has to say…
This is the typical scenario presented: A QSE company (under R50m turnover) is non-compliant. They...
BEE pioneers fight for their legitimacy
Legal Sector Code
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B-BBEE Commission: Media Brief
Ruling on Validity of PPPFA Regulations has No Effect on B-BBEE Act The B-BBEE Commission recently...
New BEE rules planned for South African ICT companies
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Covid/BEE: Covid-19 and B-BBEE
"Some of the protests against the application of B-BBEE to COVID-19 Government measures are...
Skills Development and tax savings
Skills development is a priority element in terms of your B-BBEE scorecard. 40% compliance with...
New BEE regulations for South Africa’s ICT sector
New BEE regulations for South Africa’s ICT sector Staff Writer 17 February 2020 The Independent...
Sector Code Alignment Process
In May, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) introduced amendments to the Code of Good...
Again the Gupta’s
The B-BBEE Commission found that Gupta-aligned companies used fraudulent BEE certificates to...
Micro-enterprises to get a boost from changes to procurement rules
Click here for the original article by: Moneyweb Current regulation impeding the implementation of...
B-BBEE amendments to aid higher education access
Click here for the original post by: Engineering News The new Broad-Based Black Economic...
We will not abandon B-BBEE – President Cyril Ramaphosa
This article was sourced from Fin24 Jul 18 2019 20:17, Khulekani Magubane, Fin24 President Cyril...
B-BBEE Commission finds MTN Zakhele-Futhi Scheme inconsistent with the objectives of the B-BBEE Act
This article was sourced from - B-BBEE Commission MEDIA RELEASE DATE: 11 JULY 2019 The...
Time to rethink BEE – Minister Ebrahim Patel
Time to rethink BEE — Ebrahim Patel The new trade & industry minister says to be effective,...
Fronting
BEE fronting becoming more sophisticated, holding back transformation - commission Click here for...
Eskom found guilty of awarding tender to Chinese company with 0% Black ownership
Link to the original article on EWN's website. The Commission released its findings saying it...
Changes to Amended COGP – Gazette 42496
Government Gazette 42496 was published on 31 May 2019 and contains many notices and legislative...
Y.E.S. initiative
YES B-BBEE Benefits Gain up to two levels on your B-BBEE scorecard by investing in one-year work...
Our B-BBEE ABP membership certificates
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Local businesswoman and tourism pioneer, Bunny Bhoola, has been appointed by the Minister of Tourism to the board of the Tourism Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Charter Council
Original article here ... “assist in advancing the course of transformation in the tourism...
CA Sector Charter
The Chartered Accountancy Charter has been gazetted in draft for 60 days public comment. The scope...
Majority of Broad-Based Trusts declared ‘not Black Ownership’
Link to original post: https://bit.ly/2UyT3pP BEE CRACKDOWN Majority of broad-based trusts...
Economic transformation still hampered by B-BBEE fronting: Davies
Original article: https://goo.gl/xZVyqU Durban - More economic transformation would take place in...
YES initiative outlines plans for 2019
HTTPS://WWW.IOL.CO.ZA/BUSINESS-REPORT/ECONOMY/YES-INITIATIVE-OUTLINES-PLANS-FOR-2019-18825603...
BEE Code Status – November 2018
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YES Initiative Practice Note 1
The DTI published Practice Note 1 under Gazette 41975 on 12th October, to give clarity to and to...
B-BBEE Commission releases practical guide to ensure validity of B-BBEE certificates
The B-BBEE Commission has issued a number of letters requiring organisations to withdraw their...
Youth Employment Service Initiative – Gazette 41866
The DTI published the Youth Employment Service (YES) Initiative as Notice 502 in Gazette 41866 on...
Government and other entities are advised to reject B-BBEE Certificates issued by Verification Agencies that are not accredited by SANAS
MEDIA RELEASE DATE: 05 JULY 2018 The B-BBEE Commission advises entities and organs of state to...
MoU between the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Commission and the South African Revenue Service
BROAD-BASED BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ACT 53 OF 2003 Memorandum of Understanding between the...
Draft Gazette 41709 released for comment on 15th June 2018
The Draft Gazette 41709 proposes: A new set of Definitions. A revised Enterprise and Supplier...
Court grants declaratory order on ‘once empowered always empowered’ BEE transactions
A High Court has granted a declaratory order on the “once empowered always empowered” rule for BEE...
Construction Sector Notification
The Construction Sector Charter Council (CSCC) has re-issued documents relating to B-BBEE...
Make sure that you qualify to be rated for Skills Development
The annual skills levy cycle runs from 01 April to 31 March each year and for the 2017/2018 cycle,...
Significant Draft B-BBEE Legislation published for commentary
The DTI has gazetted a significant piece of B-BBEE legislation for 60 day public commentary that...
Meaningful transformation in SA travel sector
A study conducted by Grant Thornton and commissioned by the Association of Southern African Travel...
Memorandum of Understanding between Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Commission and South African National Accreditation System (SANAS)
On 15 December 2017, the DTI published a memorandum of understanding entered into between the...
Petroleum and Liquid Fuels Draft Sector Code
The draft Sector Code has not been published by the DTI yet so it is just an indication of the...
B-BBEE Commission cracks the whip on non-compliance
Auditing and accounting firm SAB&T BEE Services (Pty) Ltd and Shameema Ismail have issued a...
MoU – B-BBEE Commissioner and CIPC
The B-BBEE Commission and the Companies Commission have signed a memorandum of understanding...
Compliance Reporting to B-BBEE Commission effective April 2018
Explanatory Notice 02 of 2017 and Matrix for submitting B-BBEE Compliance reports in terms of...
Amended AgriBEE Sector code gazetted
Minister Davies Gazettes the Amended Agri-Bee Sector Code in Terms of Section 9(1) of the Broad...
Amended Construction Sector Code
The Construction Sector Council has announced that the DTI has signed off the final Gazette that...
Amended Financial Services Sector Code to be gazetted
Bid to transform petrol sector
Black ownership still well below government’s proposed 25% Intervention to transform the petroleum...
Petroleum and Liquid Fuels Sector Code
The DTI issued a Proclamation on 13th September to publicise the intention of the Department of...