Sparrow FET Enterprises can help you with your B-BBEE needs, as a fully accredited, social enterprise training provider specialising in Apprenticeships, Learnership, Skills Programmes and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) initiatives. It focuses on the B-BBEE Codes of good practice.
We are 98% black-owned, 30% female-owned and have been awarded a Level 2 B-BBEE rating. This enables you to account for 125% of your procurement spend with Sparrow FET Enterprises. We are also a QSE, which positions us as an ED and ESD Beneficiary.
B-BBEE at Sparrow FET College
Sparrow FET Enterprises (Pty) Ltd, is owned by Sparrow Schools Educational Trust. In partnering with us, there are several benefits in terms of B-BBEE that could benefit your company.
There are various B-BBEE scorecards applicable to different sectors. The applicable scorecard will depend on the SETA with which the company is registered, or where the main revenue stream is coming from. A company will either fall under Generic or QSE if it cannot be allocated to any other SETA.
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If you would like to employ our learners call us on 011 673 4410
Overview of B-BBEE
What is B-BBEE?
B-BBEE stands for Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment and is a government policy aimed at socio-economic transformation. ‘Broad-based’ means that the strategy is holistic and so it includes black people, together with historically disadvantaged people, women, youth, and disabled and rural communities. The strategy facilitates economic growth because it ensures that every member of South African society is active in its economy.
Black economic empowerment is often confused with affirmative action which legislates equal representation in all workplace environments, whereas BEE emphasises black ownership and management representation. Despite this, both do fall under the Employment Equity Act and address inequality, which itself is the greatest threat to a healthy economy.
Why do we have B-BBEE?
Many South Africans still believe that B-BBEE is only a moral strategy aimed to address historical wrongs — before the first democratic elections in 1994, the apartheid government made laws that denied African, Indian and Coloured South Africans access to and participation in the country’s economy. However, as former president of the USA, Bill Clinton, acknowledges:
“advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us (Speech to the Democratic National Convention, Sept 5 2012).”
B-BBEE initiates tangible transformation, rather than a surface-level redistribution of wealth — in other words, through skills and enterprise development, it targets the root of inequality. This means that with a higher number of skilled entrepreneurs, there are more businesses running more effectively.
As enterprises increase in number, so too do employment opportunities. This process indicates a positive snowball effect that stimulates economic growth.
What are the benefits of B-BBEE?
B-BBEE has become an accurate indicator of, and contributor to economic development. According to the Department of Trade and Industry, “our country requires an economy that can meet the needs of all our economic citizens – our people and their enterprises – in a sustainable manner”.
Sustainability extends beyond economics — there is a casual relationship between social and political unrest and economic instability. Accordingly, businesses no longer see B-BBEE as a bureaucratic necessity, but are well aware of its role in the social and political stability of a nation.
B-BBEE Structure
B-BBEE is structured in a way that facilitates the entrepreneurial and infrastructural development of local communities. This means that communities are empowered, and that there is a growth in human resources. As explained by an SA info reporter, B-BBEE:
“increases the extent to which communities, workers, co-operatives and other collective enterprises own and manage existing and new enterprises, and increase their access to economic activities, infrastructure and skills (South African Info, 19 April 2013).”
In addition to these broader social benefits of black economic empowerment, the B-BBEE status of your business is critical in securing public and private sector tenders, business licensing requirements as well as your company’s reputation.
