It certainly isn't black. These are the requirements for becoming an empowering supplier
The definition is long winded and is best understood in bullet point form
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A B-BBEE compliant entity
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A good citizen
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A South African entity
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Comply with all regulatory requirements of the country
A large enterprise needs to meet at least three of the following requirements, a QSE need only meet one of them
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At least 25% of sales excluding labour cost and depreciation must be procured from local producers or local suppliers in SA. Service industry entities may include labour costs but these are capped to 15%.
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50% of job created must be for black people provided that the number of black employees since the immediate prior verified B-BBEE measurement is maintained.
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At least 25% transformation of raw material/beneficiation which includes local manufacturing, production and/or assembly and/or packaging.
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Skill transfer to black EMEs and QSEs. This involves spending 12 days per annum of productivity in assisting those beneficiaries to increase their operational or financial capacity.
It's taken directly from the revised bollocks codes, typos are intended. Look at the second requirement.
50% of job created must be for black people provided that the number of black employees since the immediate prior verified B-BBEE measurement is maintained.
What this says is that if you suffer any job losses you have to make sure that no black people lose their jobs, if they do then you could lose your empowering supplier status. This is an extreme form of discrimination. One of the myriad examples in these codes. And yet very few people have shown any support for the court action against these codes. It takes small steps to follow Zimbabwe's example, the only difference here is that we can do something about it now.
Vote with your head.
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