B-BBEE Self-Assessment

1. Do you know whether you are an EME, a QSE or a Generic enterprise this financial year, and have you written it down?

(Amended Codes of Good Practice (2013))

2. If you are an EME, do you have a current sworn affidavit confirming your turnover does not exceed R10 million and stating the percentage of black ownership?

An EME is not measured on a scorecard. By default it is a Level 4 contributor; at least 51% black owned makes it Level 2; 100% black owned makes it Level 1. The affidavit is renewed every year. (Amended Codes, EME rules)

3. If you are a QSE or Generic enterprise, do you hold a B-BBEE certificate from an accredited verification agency that is still within its 12 months?

(Amended Codes, verification)

4. Do you know your current B-BBEE level and how much your customers recognise your spend with you for (for example, 135% for Level 1 and 125% for Level 2)?

(Amended Codes, procurement recognition)

5. Do you check the B-BBEE status of your own suppliers, since a better supplier level improves your procurement score?

(Amended Codes, Preferential Procurement)

1. Do you know what percentage of your company is owned by black people, and by black women, and can you prove it from your share register?

(Amended Codes, Ownership)

2. If you are a QSE or Generic enterprise, do you know that Ownership is a priority element and that missing its minimum score drops your level by one?

A QSE must reach the minimum (40%) on two of the three priority elements, Ownership plus either Skills Development or Enterprise and Supplier Development. A Generic enterprise must reach it on all three. (Amended Codes, priority elements)

3. Where black people hold shares through a trust, a scheme or funded by debt, do you have the agreements and records to show the voting rights and economic interest?

(Amended Codes, Ownership)

1. Do you know what share of your board and executives are black people, and black women?

(Amended Codes, Management Control)

2. Do you track black employees at the senior, middle and junior management levels and set targets for improving them?

(Amended Codes, Management Control)

3. Do you also meet your Employment Equity Act duties (see the EEA assessment), since the same workforce data is used?

(Employment Equity Act)

1. Do you spend on training black employees, and on learnerships, internships and bursaries, and keep proof of the spend?

(Amended Codes, Skills Development)

2. Do you have a workplace skills plan and submit an annual training report to your SETA?

(Skills Development Act)

3. Do you record training spend by race, gender and disability for each person?

(Amended Codes, Skills Development)

1. Do you buy from suppliers who are black-owned, black women-owned or small businesses, and track the spend?

(Amended Codes, Enterprise and Supplier Development)

2. Do you contribute to supplier development or enterprise development, such as loans, grants, mentoring or favourable payment terms, with an agreement for each beneficiary?

(Amended Codes, Enterprise and Supplier Development)

3. Do you pay your small and black-owned suppliers within the terms agreed (ideally within 30 days)?

(Amended Codes, Supplier Development)

4. Do you make socio-economic contributions that benefit black people, such as community or education projects, and keep proof of the spend?

(Amended Codes, Socio-Economic Development)

1. Do you make sure your B-BBEE claims, affidavits and certificates are accurate, and that nobody is used as a front for ownership or management that is not real?

Fronting is a criminal offence under the B-BBEE Act, and false affidavits or claims carry penalties. (B-BBEE Act, fronting provisions)

2. If you are a public entity, an organ of state or listed on the JSE, do you submit your compliance report to the B-BBEE Commission?

(B-BBEE Act s13G)