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• The Way to BEE 2007 - Cliffe Dekker's 2007 guide to Black Economic Empowerment in South Africa {}    NEW !!!

• The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act 53 of 2003{:}

  • Request for Public Commentary [Indirect Ownership] - the Department of Trade and Industry is urgently requesting comments and proposals regarding Indirect Ownership.{:}

• Codes of Good Practice

  • Part 1 Code 000 Statements 000-004 (General Regulatory Context) and Code 100 Statement 100 (Ownership) {}
  • Part 2 Code 100 Statement 102 (Asset Disposals) and 103 (Multinationals), Code 200 (Management Control), Code 300 (Employment Equity), Code 400 (Skills Development) and Code 500 (Procurement) {}
  • Part 3 Code 600 (Enterprise Development) , 700 (Socio-economic Development) and 800 (Qualifying Small Enterprises) {}
  • Earlier draft codes for comparative purposes

• Draft Code of Good Practice on Public Private Partnerships - issued for public comment in March 2004 {:}

• The Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act 5 of 2000 - the South African Government procurement framework {:}

• Preferential Procurement Regulations 2001 - issued under the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act 5 of 2000{:}

• Draft Preferential Procurement Regulations 2004 - to be issued under the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act 5 of 2000 replacing to the 2001 Regulations {:}

• Definition of Organs of State and Public Entities - extracts from the Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1998 and the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 108 of 1996 {}

• The Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 - dealing with the Mining Charter {:}

• Precious Metals and Diamonds General Amendment Bill which deals with beneficiation activities in the mining sector and clarifies the empowerment requirements in respect of beneficiation activities first contemplated in the Mining Charter {}

• The Petroleum Products Amendment Act 58 of 2003 - dealing with the Petroleum Charter {:}

• Revenue Laws Amendment Bill (B24 of 2004) - dealing with the tax treatment of certain forms of broad based employee share schemes {:}

• Skills Development Act 97 of 1998 - relevant to the determination of the Human Resource Management criteria of the BEE Scorecard {:}

• The Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 - relevant to the determination of the Human Resource Management criteria of the BEE Scorecard {:}

• Report of the BEE Commission - the seminal BEE strategy document {}

• The Strategy Document - DTI's current BEE strategy {:}