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What changed, what it means for your scorecard, and what to do this week. Checked against official sources.

17 articles

Verification

Verification season: five things to settle now

Your next certificate measures a year that is already under way. The five things to settle before your year-end, while the evidence can still be put right.

By Terrance Thabang Baloyi · · 4 min read
Strategy

Dates to diarise, from now to April 2027

Verification bookings, employment equity reports, university registration and the WSP and ATR deadline, in one list.

By Terrance Thabang Baloyi · · 2 min read
Youth employment

YES eligibility: requirements, targets and rewards

Who can register for the Youth Employment Service, the B-BBEE conditions that apply to generic entities and QSEs, how targets are set and the level enhancements on offer.

By BS Vision · · 4 min read
Youth employment

Is the YES programme worth it for your company?

What the Youth Employment Service involves, what it can do for your B-BBEE level, how large companies can take part without adding headcount, and whether it pays.

By BS Vision · · 3 min read
Skills development

How the skills development scorecard is measured

Three of the four skills development indicators are measured against your payroll and one against your headcount. What each carries, and what that means for your targets.

By BS Vision · · 3 min read
Skills development

Four skills development problems and how to solve them

Cost, lost working time, employee buy-in and record-keeping are the usual obstacles to skills development. Here is what helps with each, and why the effort pays off.

By BS Vision · · 4 min read

Thought leadership

Points of view, not checklists.

Essays from the people who lead our work: how we think about strategy, ownership and impact, and why compliance is an opportunity.

13 essays

AI and data

Why your transformation data belongs on your own systems

Transformation records hold some of the most sensitive data a company keeps. Why we build local-first systems, what POPIA asks of you and when the cloud is fine.

Terrance Thabang BaloyiBy Terrance Thabang Baloyi · · 6 min read
Strategy

Your B-BBEE level is a board decision

A B-BBEE level touches revenue, tenders, cost and fronting risk. Why the board should set it on purpose, and the one-page report to ask for.

Katleho BaloyiBy Katleho Baloyi · · 6 min read
Strategy

Compliance is an opportunity, not a checklist

Why we start every B-BBEE engagement with the business question, not the scorecard, and what changes when you do.

Katleho BaloyiBy Katleho Baloyi · · 4 min read
Ownership

Ownership that holds up, and pays out

An ownership deal is judged twice: once at verification, and again by the people it was meant to benefit. Design for both.

Terrance Thabang BaloyiBy Terrance Thabang Baloyi · · 3 min read
Enterprise and supplier development

Enterprise development should build suppliers, not dependants

Year-end donations buy a year of points and leave nothing behind. How to run ESD as a pipeline from beneficiary to supplier, and what to measure.

Mpho BaloyiBy Mpho Baloyi · · 6 min read
AI and data

The one-page board dashboard for B-BBEE and EE

What a board needs to see on B-BBEE and employment equity, what to leave out, and why every figure must trace back to its source.

Katleho BaloyiBy Katleho Baloyi · · 5 min read
Youth employment

Three hundred a year: why we set ourselves a target

Why BS Vision holds itself to a yearly youth and schools target, and why youth programmes should be designed for absorption, not points.

Katleho BaloyiBy Katleho Baloyi · · 6 min read
Socio-economic development

SED or CSI: what counts towards your B-BBEE scorecard

Corporate social investment is voluntary and broad. Socio-economic development is a scorecard element with defined beneficiaries. How the two differ, and why it matters.

Mpho BaloyiBy Mpho Baloyi · · 3 min read
Ownership

BBOS or ESOP: choosing the right B-BBEE ownership model

A side-by-side look at the Broad-Based Ownership Scheme and the Employee Share Ownership Programme: what each offers, where each struggles, and how to choose.

Terrance Thabang BaloyiBy Terrance Thabang Baloyi · · 7 min read

Video training

Watch here, or on YouTube.

Short explainers from our consultants. Play them on this page, or open any video on YouTube.

6 videosPlanned videos, links to follow

B-BBEE basics

The B-BBEE scorecard in ten minutes

The five elements, where the points come from, and which elements carry sub-minimums.

Coming soonYouTube link to follow
Verification

Building your verification evidence file

What a verification agency asks for, and how to collect it month by month instead of in the final week.

Coming soonYouTube link to follow
Employment equity

Your annual employment equity report, step by step

From the workforce profile to sign-off, submitted before the online reporting window closes.

Coming soonYouTube link to follow
Skills development

WSP and ATR: claiming your mandatory grant

What goes into the Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Report, and how they link to your scorecard.

Coming soonYouTube link to follow
Enterprise and supplier development

Enterprise and supplier development, explained

Preferential procurement, supplier development and enterprise development: how the largest element is scored.

Coming soonYouTube link to follow
Compliance

Section 13G reporting for listed companies and public entities

Who must report their B-BBEE compliance to the B-BBEE Commission, and what to prepare.

Coming soonYouTube link to follow

Resources

Forms, affidavits and gazettes.

The official documents you need for B-BBEE and employment equity: the Codes, EME and QSE sworn affidavits for every sector, the 2025 EE forms and the Youth Employment Service gazettes. Free to download.

35 resources

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