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SKILLS DEVELOPMENT & CONDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS
Generally, expenses on Bursaries for employees do not constitute Skills Development Expenditure if an organisation can recover any of the...
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May 1, 20241 min read


THE LIQUIDITY OF ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT BENEFICIARIES
The liquidity of an Enterprise Development Beneficiary matters. A long-term Enterprise Development Strategy more often than not...
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May 1, 20241 min read


SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRO-RATED CONTRIBUTIONS
Paragraph 3.2.1 of Statement 500 of the Amended General B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice warrants that a Socio-Economic Development...
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Apr 23, 20241 min read


LARGE ENTERPRISES A B-BBEE BENEFICIARIES
Section 3.7, under Statement 400 of the Amended General B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice , allows an active Enterprise or Supplier...
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Apr 23, 20241 min read


THE SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT SHORTFALL
It is fair to surmise that the points earned on Supplier Development, especially since Enterprise & Supplier Development is a Priority...
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Apr 23, 20241 min read


NO DOUBLE DIPPING
In certain areas of the B-BBEE Scorecard, once a B-BBEE claim has been made under one element, the same spend must not form part of...
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Apr 16, 20241 min read


CONFIRMING JOB CREATION
Clause 2.4.2 of Statement 400 of the Amended General B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice allocates Bonus Points for creating one or more jobs...
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Apr 16, 20241 min read


FRAUDULENT B-BBEE CREDENTIALS
The most significant risk to an organisation meeting its Preferential Procurement targets is fraudulent B-BBEE Certificates and...
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Apr 16, 20241 min read


VALIDITY OF B-BBEE STATUSES
At the time of a B-BBEE Verification, many organisations fail to produce updated B-BBEE Statuses from their suppliers especially those...
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Apr 9, 20241 min read


A SAMPLE OF EVIDENCE
A B-BBEE Verification is based on a sampling of evidence and an element of risk. In other words, the process of analysing less than 100%...
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Apr 9, 20241 min read


WHAT CREDENTIALS ARE NECESSARY TO TENDER ABOVE A FINANCIAL THRESHOLD?
Those driving Preferential Procurement Strategies must bear the following in mind when an EME, QSE with more than 51% ‘Black’ Ownership...
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Apr 9, 20241 min read


EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT AN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LOAN
The most critical element of an Enterprise Development loan is that it is a loan and not a grant disguised as one. An organisation must...
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Apr 4, 20241 min read


CAN A MEASURED ENTITY RECEIVE POINTS FOR AN INITIATIVE WITH NO EVIDENCE?
At the time of B-BBEE Verification, a Measured Entity needs to produce all relevant evidence or documentation to substantiate their...
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Apr 4, 20241 min read


QUARTERLY INDUSTRY NORM STATISTICS PUBLISHED
Statistics South Africa is the source used to determine the Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) for calculating the targets for Enterprise...
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Apr 4, 20241 min read


LEVIABLE AMOUNT – HOW IS IT DETERMINED?
An organisation’s Leviable Amount is defined in the fourth schedule of the Income Tax Act . It is the total amount of remuneration, paid...
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Mar 19, 20241 min read


ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT THIRD-PARTY FACILITATION
ABC Traders decides to use a third-party facilitator to distribute Enterprise Development funds to Beneficiaries. The money to the...
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Mar 19, 20241 min read


REVIEWED PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION COUNCILS
As per Schedule 1 of the Amended Construction B-BBEE Sector Codes of Good Practice, “Professionally Registered Person” Or “ Registered...
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Mar 13, 20241 min read


CSCC TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE – PRACTICE NOTE 0002A
There have been numerous instances whereby B-BBEE Rating Agencies have sought to misinterpret the provisions of the Amended Construction...
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Mar 13, 20241 min read


REPORTING NOTICE 01 OF 2024
The Financial Sector Transformation Council (FSTC) has recently issued a Formal Notice calling for the submission of B-BBEE Reports for...
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Mar 13, 20241 min read


MIND THE GAP
A Needs Analysis is a formal, systematic process to identify and evaluate an organisation's business needs. It is specific to an...
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Mar 6, 20241 min read
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