{"id":1454,"date":"2022-02-28T11:40:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T11:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visionverification.co.za\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2022-02-28T11:40:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T11:40:23","slug":"understanding-b-bbee-and-the-verification-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/169.239.217.62\/~zprdev1co\/2022\/02\/28\/understanding-b-bbee-and-the-verification-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding B-BBEE And The Verification Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The more information you acquire about B-BBEE and the benefits of being able to display your status, the more empowered you will be to make B-BBEE make business sense for your company!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s address some of the basic and more frequently asked questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Benefits of being verified?<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>A B-BBEE certificate is a recognizable and verifiable overview of the human components of your enterprise. It demonstrates your alignment with South Africa\u2019s overall economic objectives. It can improve goodwill and public relations with your brand, thereby increasing your social capital. This enhances your competitiveness to secure both private and public sector contracts. A B-BBEE certificate can only be obtained through a SANAS accredited B-BBEE rating verification agency.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>I am a black-owner business, why do I need to be rated?<\/strong><br>A SANAS accredited B-BBEE Certificate provides accurate, verifiable and recognisable proof that your business is fully black-owned and is actively transforming the economy through its empowerment efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Fantastic opportunities exist for those organisations that support transformation. A B-BEE certificate demonstrates that your business is carrying out other initiatives that have a direct result not only on your own enterprise, but other enterprises within the South African business sector as a whole, :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>Having women of colour across your management structure<\/li><li>&nbsp;Training programmes to develop the skills of your staff;<\/li><li>&nbsp;Supply chain practices that support black-owned, small to medium enterprise; and<\/li><li>&nbsp;Socially Developmental Initiatives which display social awareness and efforts to promote inclusive growth.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Have you come across a company making use of misleadings brand names to secure business in the marketplace? This practice is one of the reasons that all companies should verify their black ownership through a B-BBEE certificate. This ensures that companies are not exercising Fronting practices (a criminal offence according to the B-BBEE Act) and that initiatives promoting economic inclusivity are above board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Do Exempted Micro-Enterprises need to be rated?<\/strong><br>Most Exempted Micro Enterprises (EME) receive an automatic B-BBEE level without the need for a verification agency by using the DTI\u2019s EME affidavit. The B-BBEE Status received is linked to the level of black ownership in the enterprise and the applicable sector code. The exception to the automatically awarded statuses are EMEs operating within the following sectors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Transport (Road Freight, Maritime, Logistics, F&amp;C etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Construction &nbsp;EMEs in the above two business sectors are required to undergo a verification with a SANAS accredit rating agency and their status to be verified by such agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">An EME may improve its B-BBEE Status through a SANAS verification in terms of the relevant QSE Scorecard to prove their higher compliance. In this case, the company will then receive a B-BBEE Certificate to use instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What does it cost to get rated?<\/strong><br>Our experience has shown that high costs of rating procedures make it harder for customers to maintain their compliance status. We, therefore, use our pricing to empower you by ensuring that you receive high value and high-quality services, no matter your turnover.<br>Our verification quotation is based on the following variables:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>Company turnover<\/li><li>Staff Count<\/li><li>Number of business locations<\/li><li>Sector code scorecard to be used in the verification<\/li><li>Complexity of Ownership Structure (i.e. multi-tier, ESOP, BSOS and third party shareholding)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Please use our Quotation Calculator in order to get a rough estimate of the costs involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How long does the verification process take?<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>We complete 95% of our verifications within 4 weeks \u2013 depending on the completeness of the verification file submitted. We also offer urgent verifications, completed in just 1-2 weeks, for enterprises whose certificates are near expiry or where an urgent tender is due<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How often does my business need to be rated?<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong>The B-BBEE certificate is valid for one year only and is therefore due for renewal on a yearly basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Here\u2019s how we can help you <\/u><\/strong><strong><u><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Vision Verification is prepared to help you take the next step towards economic empowerment with B-BBEE verification. We can assist with;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\" class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-list\"><li>Verify the status of your enterprise<\/li><li>&nbsp;The legal framework of economic empowerment, including the B-BBEE codes of good practice<\/li><li>The scorecards that are relevant to your sector<\/li><li>Preparing your portfolio of evidence<\/li><li>Introducing transformation and change management<\/li><li>B-BBEE Training<\/li><li>Consolidated B-BBEE certificates<\/li><li>B-BBEE advisory services<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The more information you acquire about B-BBEE and the benefits of being able to display your status, the more empowered you will be to make B-BBEE make business sense for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/169.239.217.62\/~zprdev1co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/169.239.217.62\/~zprdev1co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/169.239.217.62\/~zprdev1co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/169.239.217.62\/~zprdev1co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/169.239.217.62\/~zprdev1co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/169.239.217.62\/~zprdev1co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/169.239.217.62\/~zprdev1co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/169.239.217.62\/~zprdev1co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/169.239.217.62\/~zprdev1co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/169.239.217.62\/~zprdev1co\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}