BBBEE Compliance and Pre-Audits

BBBEE Compliance and Pre-Audits

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 drive transformation by facilitating inclusion in terms of black participation in the South African economic context.

The BBBEE act 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.

During the BEE verification the verified entity has to submit physical proof of activity, spending and contributions in the Five elements of empowerment…

We offer extensive BBBEE Compliance services, including the following:

Completion of Documentation
Gathering of Evidence according to the relevant elements
Consulting of Evidence and calculating BEE Compliancy

We actively encourage our current and prospective clients to concentrate on the necessary steps and best practice implementation based on the revised BEE Codes of Good Practice. 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 revision of the Code of Good Practice (RCoGP) on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) in 2013, is reflective of some of these actions over approximately the past seven years, providing us with some indication of how The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) views the progress made to date.

Service Process

During the BEE verification the verified entity has to submit physical proof of activity, spending and contributions in the Five elements of empowerment. The elements are:

Ownership
Employment Equity
Skills Development
Preferential Procurement
Enterprise Development
Socio-Economic Development
Management
Business Consulting
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1
Ownership
Proof of shares in HDI hands. A share certificate for example will need to be submitted for this purpose.
2
Employment Equity
Submission of an EE report and the involvement of PDI’s in the organisation on different levels and categories.
3
Skills Development
Proof of training spend on HDI’s such as in-house programs and accredited programs such as ABET (reading and writing) and mentorship programs.
4
Preferential Procurement
Proof of purchases from suppliers that are BEE compliant as a percentage of total procurement spending.
5
Enterprise Development
Aiding SMME’s and emerging entities owned by HDI’s to trade in the mainstream economy. An example is setting up a CC and contracting such an entity to provide products.
6
Socio-Economic Development
Social contributions towards own employees, employees families and communities such as paying employees children’s school fees and contributions towards black sports teams.
7
Management
Proof of HDI’s in top/senior management. Interviews will be held to confirm seniority, job description, salary etc. When sufficient planning is implemented, BEE does not need to be perceived as a threat to one’s business but rather that of an opportunity.

About Us

Sphola International is a specialist consulting company focusing on provision of skills training programmes, project management, strategy development, mentoring, business facilitation and development. The company was founded in 2002 and started full operations in 2004.