BEE: business consulting and PR nightmare?

Staffing your business is always a difficult affair, but even more so when the project management has to be performance based, as it sometimes happens, your employee's colour. As any South African business analyst can testify, the way that the business world was run prior to 1994 was incorrect and should be changed. Therefore, the BBBEE (also known as BEE) policies are designed to rectify the wrongs of the past as well as to prepare the companies for the future.

Your company need not "shove out" experienced business analysts and consultants for the sake of complying with this policy, but only to add to the community or the skills of previously disadvantaged black people. The ripple effect that preferential procurement will have down the supply chain will eventually affect almost all areas of business, from project management and ownership, to those who answer your phones. Additionally, including black staff members will ensure that you become a part of an ever growing and vibrant economy. The recognition of being BEE compliant will also produce increased investment in your company from international investors. So long as intellectual capital is maintained while hiring, no negative effects can occur when adhering to the BEE policy requirements.