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What is BEE Certification?
BEE in a nutshell - Categories of enterprises
| category | annual turnover | scorecard compliance |
| exempt micro enterprise | < R5 million | Automatic BEE compliance irrespective of ownership |
| Automatic Level 4 status - 100% BEE recognition (Table 2) | ||
| Qualifying small enterprise (QSE) | R5 million - R35 million | Score on 4 out of 7 elements using QSE Codes (Table 1) |
| generic enterprise | >R35 million | Score on all 7 elements using Generic Codes (Table 1) |
table 1
| BEE Scorecard | QSE (Turnover R5 - R35 million) | Generic (Turnover > R35 million) | Requirements to achieve |
| Element | Points | Points | Targets |
| Ownership | 58 | 20 | 25% of company black owned |
| Management | 25 | 10 | 50.1% management are black |
| Employment Equity | 25 | 15 | 40% - 70% of staff are black |
| Skills Development | 25 | 15 | 2% - 3% of payroll used to train black staff |
| Preferential Procurement | 25 | 20 | 40% - 50% of purchases from BEE companies |
| Enter[rise Development | 25 | 15 | 2% - 3% of NPAT spent on black enterprises |
| Socio-Economic Development | 25 | 5 | 1% of NPAT spent on black social programmes |
table 2
The points scored out of 100 by QSE and Generic businesses are converted into a BEE status level set out below
| BEE Status | BEE Points | |
| Level One | > 100 Points | 135 % |
| Level Two | > 85 but < 100 | 125% |
| Level Three | > 75 but < 85 | 110% |
| Level Four | > 65 but < 75 | 100% |
| Level Five | > 55 but < 65 | 80% |
| Level Six | > 45 but < 55 | 60% |
| Level Seven | > 40 but < 45 | 50% |
| Level Eight | > 30 but < 40 | 10% |
| Non Compliant | < 30 | 0% |
