Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003)

Industry Charters

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Charter

ICT Sector Code for Black Economic Empowerment

Code Series 000: Framework for Measuring Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment

Statement 000: General Principles and the Scorecard

3. Application of the ICT Sector CODE

Purchase

3.1	The following entities are measurable under the ICT Sector CODE:

3.1.1

This Sector CODE applies to all persons, organisations and entities operating in the ICT Sector in South Africa;

3.1.2

All public entities listed in or schedule 2 (Parts A and C) of the Public Finance Management Act that' fall within the ICT sector;

3.1.3

any public entity listed in schedule 3 (Parts B and D) which are trading entities which undertake any business with any organ of state, public entity or any other Enterprise that fall within the ICT sector; and

3.2	The basis for measuring the B-BBEE compliance of an entity in terms of paragraph 3.1 is-

3.2.1

Paragraph 4, in the case of an Exempted Micro-Enterprise (EME);

3.2.2

The QSE statements in Code 800, in the case of a Qualifying Small Enterprise (QSE);

3.2.3

The Scorecard, in the case of other enterprises.