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Black ownership within 3 weeks, no interference only compliance

This is a repost.  There has been a problem with Feedblitz that has miraculously been solved. The upshot is BEE ownership in three weeks Fully compliant with the codes (see below) No shareholder interference No Capital Gains Tax If it needs to go through a verification (this will take longer than three weeks) you will […]

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What is a participant then – and who do we work for?

A participant is defined as a natural person holding rights of ownership in a Measured Entity (got to love that term). Simply put it’s a living breathing black person.  That’s simple enough. Where this word appears it must refer to a natural person. For example Black New Entrants” means Black participants who hold rights of

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The difference between Broad-based Ownership Schemes (BBOS)/Employee Share Ownership Programmes (ESOP) and Trusts

Most people involved in the BEE world, including law firms are of the opinion that a Trust deed needs to fulfil all the requirements contained in Annexure B – D of the ownership code.  These are the annexures that cover BBOS, ESOPs and Trusts.  There are a number of problems with this approach All amendments

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What constitutes ownership for ICASA licences – option work

This is interesting.  There are draft regulations that state that individual licensees need to be a level 4 and have 30% ownership. I was contacted by Sakeliga who have told me that they are preparing litigation against these regulations.  This works for me.  We've seen the issue with Starlink in South Africa.  ICASA (read the

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Thanks to Howard and his team at Syncrony Digital. Ownershield is a unique ownership advisory company.  It sticks to these rules Sustainability. Ownership is an emotional topic, but if a company is going to go down that route then the solution must be able to weather BEE norms and interpretations Tax efficiency. As compelling as

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