As per Schedule 1 of the Amended General B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice, a Black Designated Group Supplier is defined as follows:
“means a supplier to the Measured Entity that is at least 51% owned by one or more of the following categories of ownership within its structure:
(a) unemployed black people not attending and not required by law to attend an educational institution and not awaiting admission to an educational institution;
(b) Black people who are youth as defined in the National Youth Commission Act of 1996;
(c) Black people who are persons with disabilities as defined in the Code of Good Practice on employment of people with disabilities issued under the Employment Equity Act;
(d) Black people living in rural and under developed areas;
(e) Black military veterans who qualifies to be called a military veteran in terms of the Military Veterans Act 18 of 2011;”
The above definition/concept is applied under the elements of Ownership and Enterprise & Supplier Development Amended General B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice.
Technical Services are available to assist Members in further understanding the above as well as the application thereof.