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CODES

Shelf Nos.
Dept. of Trade and IndustryBEE codes of good practice
Broad-based black economic empowerment codes of good practice : Section 9(1) : Codes of good practice (2007) G 68 E.INDU.07.BROA
Codes of good practice on Black economic empowerment (2007).  Pt. 1, Pt. 2, Pt. 3
Codes of good practice for broad-based black economic empowerment , B-BBEE G 68 E.INDU.06.CODE
Codes of good practice on B-BBEE : second phase G 68 E.INDU.06.CODE
Codes of good practice for broad-based black economic empowerment : second phase, 20 December 2005 G 68 E.INDU.05.CODE
The codes of good practice on broad-based black economic empowerment G 68 E.INDU.04.CODE
The codes of good practice on broad based black economic empowerm[e]nt. Phase 1 : a guide to interpreting the first phase of the codes G 68 E.INDU.05.CODE
 
   

SECTORAL CHARTERS

 

 

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Sabinet Online. BEE Resources. Sectoral Charters  
Key empowerment charters  

Agricultural sector

AgriBEE

 
AgriBEE : broad-based black economic empowerment framework for agriculture G 68 E.AGRI.04.AGRI
AgriBEE sector charter on black economic empowerment G 68 E.AGRI.08.AGRI
Broad-based black economic empowerment : draft transformation charter for agriculture, AgriBEE G 68 E.AGRI.05.BROA
Wine industry transformation charter  
   

Construction sector

 
Construction sector : Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Charter : version 6 (final) G 68 E.WORK.06.CONS
Construction sector : Black Economic Empowerment Charter : first draft G 68 E.WORK.04.CONS
Construction sector : Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Charter (version 6 : final) G 68 E.WORK.06.CONS
Construction sector charter on black economic empowerment

G 68 E.INDU.07.CONS

   

Energy sector

 
Highlights of the South African Liquid Fuels Summit held at Caesars Gauteng, 2 November 2000.  Empowering historically disadvantaged South Africans in the petroleum and liquid fuels industry.    G 68 E.ENER.00.HIGH
   

Financial sector

 
Financial sector charter G 68 E.TREA.03.FINA
Financial sector charter on Black economic empowerment (2007) G 68 E.INDU.07.FINA
   

Forestry sector

 

Codes of good practice on Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment. Draft forestry sector code, December 2008

 
Companion to the draft forest sector transformation charter : first draft for presentation to stakeholders G 68 E.FORS.07.COMP

Draft forest sector broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) charter

 
Forest sector transformation charter : first draft for presentation to stakeholders G 68 E.FORS.07.FORE
A users guide to the forest sector BBBEE charter and scorecard G 68 E.FORS.07.USER
 

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Health sector

 
Revised draft of the health charter

G 68 E.HEAL.05.REVI

 

Charter : the charter of the public and private health sectors of the Republic of South Africa G 68 E.HEAL.05.CHAR
The way to BEE 2006 : draft charter of the health sector of the Republic of South Africa (October 2005 draft).  G 68 E.INDU.05.WAYT
   

ICT sector

 

Draft black economic empowerment charter for the ICT sector

G 68 E.COMM.05.DRAF

ICT BEE Charter : report of the Commissions on IT, TELECOM, Electronics, Broadcasting, Signal Distribution and Marketing G 68 E.COMM.04.ICTB
   

Maritime transport

 
Maritime transport & services industry BEE strategy G 68 E.TRAN.04.MARI
Maritime transport BEE strategy : as presented by the Maritime Transport Industry Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Steering Committee on this day the 10th December 2003 at Royal Hotel, Durban G 68 E.TRAN.03.MARI
 
The development of the maritime transport industry : black empowerment strategy G 68 E.TRAN.03.DEVE
 

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Mining sector

 
Financial sector charter ; Proposed broad-based socio-economic empowerment charter for the South African mining industry ; Scorecard for the broad based socio-economic empowerment charter for the South African mining industry. G 68 E.MINE.02.FINA
Scorecard for the broad based socio-economic empowerment charter for the South African mining industry G 68 E.MINE.04.SCOR
Broad-Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining Industry

G 68 E.MINE.02.BROA

   

Property

 

Property sector charter on Black economic empowerment

G 68 E.INDU.07.PROP
Property sector transformation charter framework  G 68 E.INDU.04.PROP
Property sector transformation charter : final draft G 68 E.INDU.03.PROP
   

Public private partnerships

 
Code of good practice for black economic empowerment in public private partnerships G 68 E.TREA.04.CODE
Draft proposed : code of good practice for black economic empowerment in public private partnerships G 68 E.TREA.03.DRAF
   

Tourism sector

 
Tourism BEE charter and scorecard G 68 E.ENVI.05.TOUR
Tourism BEE charter & scorecard : a user's guide G 68 E.ENVI.05.TOUR
Tourism BEE charter and scorecard : Steering Committee recommendations G 68 E.TOUR.05.TOUR
Tourism BEE charter and scorecard : Steering Committee recommendations, 8 December 2004 G 68 E.TOUR.04.TOUR

Transport

A black economic empowerment (BEE) charter for the bus industry : address to the SABOA conference on 20 February 2003 G 68 E.TRAN.03.BLAC

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POLICIES

South Africa's economic transformation : a strategy for broad-based Black Economic Empowerment G 68 E.INDU.02.SOUT
South Africa's economic transformation : a strategy for broad-based Black Economic Empowerment

G 68 E.INDU.03.SOUT

Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative : South Africa

G 68 E.PRES.05.ACCE

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ARTICLES

The ANC, black economic empowerment and state-owned enterprises : a recycling of history? IN: State of the nation : South Africa, 2007. G 68 E.HSRC.07.STAT
Chap. 1, Black economic empowerment IN: South Africa. Dept. of Trade and Industry. Parliamentary questions, 2004/2005, p. 2-9 G 68 E.INDU.05.PARL

Rumney, Reg. Where BEE damages. Weekly Maill & Guardian Online, 18 March 2007:

Rumney, Reg. Who owns South Africa : an analysis of state and private ownership patterns IN: State of the nation : South Africa, 2004-2005, p. 401-422

G 68 E.HSRC.05.STAT
Sabinet Online. BEE Resources. Articles on BEE

Southall, Roger. Black empowerment and corporate capital IN: State of the nation : South Africa, 2004-2005, p. 455-478

G 68 E.HSRC.05.STAT
Southall, Roger. Black empowerment and present limits to a more democratic capitalism in South Africa IN: State of the nation : South Africa, 2005-2006, p. 175-201 G 68 E.HSRC.05.STAT
Sisebenza sonke, Vol. 2, no. 3 (2003) : BEE special edition.  G 68 K.SISE (v. 2, no. 3)

OTHER DOCUMENTS

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Agriculture

Broad-based black economic empowerment in agriculture :  AgriBEE reference document

G 68 E.AGRI.04.BROA 

The codes of good practice for broad-based black economic empowerment and AgriBEE transformation charter: AgriBEE Indaba, Gallagher Estate

G 68 E.AGRI.05.CODE

Report : the evaluation of empowerment policies, strategies and performance within the agricultural sector

G 68 E.AGRI.04.EVAL

Report : the evaluation of empowerment policies, strategies and performance within the agricultural sector : Western Cape G 68 E.AGRI.04.EVAL(WEST)
Report : the evaluation of empowerment policies, strategies and performance within the agricultural sector : Limpopo Province

 G 68 E.AGRI.04.EVAL(LIMP) 

Report : the evaluation of empowerment policies, strategies and performance within the agricultural sector : Mpumalanga Province G 68 E.AGRI.04.EVAL(MPUM)
Report : the evaluation of empowerment policies, strategies and performance within the agricultural sector : Gauteng Province

G 68 E.AGRI.04.EVAL(GAUT) 

Report : the evaluation of empowerment policies, strategies and performance within the agricultural sector : KwaZulu-Natal Province

G 68 E.AGRI.04.EVAL(KWAZ) 

Report : the evaluation of empowerment policies, strategies and performance within the agricultural sector : North West Province

G 68 E.AGRI.03.EVAL(NOWE)

Report : the evaluation of empowerment policies, strategies and performance within the agricultural sector : Free State Province

G 68 E.AGRI.04.EVAL(FREE)

Report : the evaluation of empowerment policies, strategies and performance within the agricultural sector : Northern Cape Province

G 68 E.AGRI.03.EVAL(NORT)

Report : the evaluation of empowerment policies, strategies and performance within the agricultural sector : national entities

G 68 E.AGRI.04.EVAL(ENTI)

Black Economic Empowerment Commission

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Black Economic Empowerment Commission presentation prepared for the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry G 68 ESC.INDU.00.BLAC

City of Cape Town

Policy on the management of Council's immovable property. Broad based black economic empowerment principles and guidelines G RCT.PLAN.02.POLI

ICT

ICT BEE Charter : report of the Commissions on IT, TELECOM, Electronics, Broadcasting, Signal Distribution and Marketing G 68 E.COMM.04.ICTB

Industrial Development Corporation

Industrial Development Corporation's (IDC) black economic empowerment (BEE) funding policy G 68 E.INDU.04.INDU
 

National Productivity Institute

Empowerment in the 21st century : restoring the competence of all South Africans G 68 E.LABO.03.EMPO

Public enterprises

Broad-based black economic empowerment guidelines for state owned enterprises' non-core property disposals G 68 E.ENTE.06.BROA
Broad-based black economic empowerment guidelines for state owned enterprises' non-core property disposals (2007)

Dept. of Trade and Industry

The road to understanding broad based black economic empowerment (pamphlet) G 68 E.INDU.04.ROAD
 
National Treasury. 9. BEE Policy Brief , F 2. Black Economic Empowerment and economic performance in South Africa - F 3. Is BEE a South African Catalyst (or could it be)? IN: Growth diagnostic for South Africa [electronic resource] GZCD 68 E.TREA.08.GROW

WESGRO

Black economic empowerment strategies and companies : implications for foreign investors (pamphlet) G PWC E.ECON.01.BLAC
 

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LEGISLATION

For consolidated legislation use print sets (Butterworths or Juta's Statutes) or on-line databases: Sabinet's SA Statutes or LexisNexis Butterworths' National Legislation.

plus legislation relating to specific sectors, on-line:

Sabinet Online. Black Economic Empowerment. Legislation:

 

Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003 G 68 FLA 53/2003
Employment Equity Act        G 68 FL.LABO.06.JUTA
Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act

G 68 FLA 4/2000

Black empowerment statutes G 68 FL.BLAC.05

ON-LINE

AgriBEE

B-BBEE (Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment). DTI website.
Black Economic Empowerment Database of SA : Companies in the IT, Telecommunications & Electronics Industry
Black Management Forum (non-government)
Empowerment (monthly electronic journal)
ICT Empowerment Charter Working Group
Sabinet Online. Black Economic Empowerment
South Africa Info : the Official Gateway. Black Economic Empowerment
South African Owner Drivers Empowerment Federation (SAODEF). Section 21 company, "BEE initiative co-ordinator for emerging entrepreneurs."

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LAR Sept. 2008