Last week we started our comment on the BEE Amendment Act with the 1st of 3 newsletters to highlight some of the most important changes - read previous article  here. Act 53 contained no express punitive measures for transgression of any of its provisions. The Amended...

The Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Amendment Act, 2013 (the 'Amendment Act') was gazetted earlier this year on 27 January 2014 (Gazette 37271). This followed a year long public commentary process where interested parties were also encouraged to make...

The Revised Codes were launched on Friday.  The most important facts to be aware of for the moment are the following:   1.            Effective Date It will only come into effect in 1 year from the date of its gazetting  i.e. 11 October 2014 (Updated to to the 30...

BEE Amendment Act signed into power by the President and gazetted on 27 January 2014   Click Here for the English PDF Version And Here for the Xhosa PDF Version

We are proud to announce that AQRate has in Joint Venture with Foresight Strategies been awarded the tender for the management of the alignment process of the Forestry Sector Code with the Revised Codes of Good  Practice.  As part of the tender AQRate is tasked with...