Posts Tagged True Empowerment
ABVA gets a new Board
Posted by Gavin in Uncategorized on July 5th, 2010
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The following individuals have been elected to serve on the ABVA Board for the 2010/2012 term of office.
1. Brigitte Brun, AQRate KZN (Pty) Ltd
2. Chris van Wyk, AQRate (Pty) Ltd
3. Dumisani Mpafa, Black Economic Empowerment Verification Agency t/a BEEVER Agency cc
4. Kate Moloto, Moloto BEE Verifications cc
5. Loyiso Majija, EmpowerLogic (Pty) Ltd
6. Tony Balshaw, Grant Thornton East London
7. Wade van Rooyen, IQuad Verification Services (Pty) Ltd
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With a new board comes new responsibility, let us hope that these new board members put the interests of True Empowerment and transformation first and not lobby for more business by offering interpretations that benefits verification at the cost of transformation.
I Feel Good After Enterprise Development
Posted by Gavin in Enterprise Development, Marketing, Scorecard points, True Empowerment on August 12th, 2009
Msizi of Mabuya Glass Merchants has now made a few sales after our newsletter talked about his business and the glass white boards.
It is really a great feeling to walk into the office and look over at the fax machine and see orders.
In addition to helping Msizi our business will earn points. A real win win.
Finding the competitive edge
Posted by MPUMULO MAPHOSA in BBBEE Knowledge, Marketing on June 18th, 2009
Given the priority of staying as competitive as possible, companies need to exploit all existing opportunity channels. This requires a knowledge and understanding of possible environmental impacts on your business.
In the South African business environment, BEE compliance plays a significant role particularly to those companies dealing at a business-to-business level. Your clients will require you to produce evidence of your BEE compliance status, without which they will opt to do business with your rival.
How do you address this problem? One of the largest sources of competitiveness is a customer-needs driven approach. Identifying and satisfying your clients’ needs provides the necessary competitive edge. Therefore, getting the proper BEE documents is not a choice for those companies with such clients who require such evidence. In such a scenario, a company’s competitiveness is based to an extent on its BEE score.
Therefore, how competitive is your business without evidence of its BEE status, in a market where such evidence is held with high regard?
BEE and the Youth
Recently I watched a TV programme that asked the youth to give their views and feelings towards BEE. According to the youth it depends on whether you are black or white. The feelings ranged from BEE being considered unfair to youths since they were not part of the apartheid and to its promotion of discrimination through rewarding others based on race or gender and not merit. There are various arguments for and against BEE, however the important fact is that the economic imbalances in the country need to be addressed.
I believe proper implementation of BEE will positively play an important role in molding the youth who are the future of the nation. It is often said ability is of little account without opportunity. Giving the poor black children the opportunity to go to better schools through socio-economic development or helping young black entrepreneurs through enterprise development certainly breaks the cycle of poverty.
Skills development, which is at the core of BEE, also gives the black young people the opportunity that they would otherwise not have due to poverty or discrimination. Skills development improves the employability of the youth and if companies have well-targeted skills development initiatives and learnerships they will be able to close the skills gap in the long run.
Enterprise Development Opportunities Everywhere
Posted by Gavin in Enterprise Development, True Empowerment on March 6th, 2009
This last weekend I went through to the Bruma Flea market. It has been a very long time since I was at a flea market and found it quite fascinating. Hundreds of tiny businesses selling just about everything. The true entrepreneurial spirit is still very much alive in these flea markets.
While browsing I noticed a very nice looking painted picture. The lady selling the art work asked me what I was looking at, which I replied positively, she then asked what I did and where I worked and then eventually I told her that I worked in the BEE Compliance field.
Immediately her eyes opened – her little business selling various artistic things needs help. She even went as far as taking my contact details so she could contact me later.
This opportunity is available everywhere. South Africa has so many businesses, many of which are tiny “subsistence” businesses who have potential to grow but not the skills. Many others are small with lots of potential and given a chance will thrive.
Enterprise Development is everywhere. It is incredibly easy to find the right beneficiary who fits in with your business. Enterprise Developments goal is quite simple, get successful well trained businesses/business people to assist small black businesses succeed.
Finally it is simple, find a business that you can help and help them!
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