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Has the bell tolled for broad-based ownership and employee trusts?

11 June 2015

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) published a notice on 5 May 2015 where, in a move that raised... concerns across the entire business sector, it was announced that Broad-Based Ownership Schemes (BBOS) and Employee Share Ownership Programs (ESOPs) will only contribute a maximum of three points to the total BEE scores of companies which implement such solutions after the date of the announcement. In light of the flood of criticism that followed this announcement, the DTI published a retraction on 15 May 2015 - and although wholly retracted, it came with a warning.

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