About BBBEE
BEE, or more accurately Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) is the process by which the government is trying to ensure economic equity amongst race groups.
The act is intended to encourage transformation by including black people in the economy. It covers aspects such as equity ownership (shares in the business), management of the business, skills development, employment equity (staffing), procurement (where you purchase your supplies), enterprise development and corporate social responsibility.
The act itself is very short! It consists of only 5 pages and effectively all it says is that Government must commit itself to BBBEE. It also says that the measurement of BBBEE effectiveness must be set up and defined by the minister of trade and industry.
The minister set up a task group to try to work out a methodology of measuring BEE compliancy. This methodology is known “The Codes of Good Practice”. These codes cover all aspects of BBBEE, from ownership to management, employment equity, skills development, preferential procurement, enterprise development and a residual element (social investment or contributions to charity).
The codes take into account the size of the business and allow for multi-national companies to comply without necessarily having to sell equity. The codes of good practice were gazetted
Client Testimonial
“I would like to thank all the staff at Cenfed/Chamberlink for their professional and friendly service.
We have dealt with numerous BEE verification agencies and have found that Cenfed has a proper procedure that they stick to. We have never experienced the BEE verification process in this manner before and have come to the realisation that Cenfed are doing it correctly.
Thank you for your patience and advice and the wonderful manner in which Yolandi Storm conducted herself with the on site audit.
We would recommend Cenfed to anyone in need of assistance with their BEE verification.”
Monique Beets – Accounting Clerk
TMF Construction & Electrical CC