Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003)Sector CodesLegal Sector Code, 202411. Unique features and strategic objectives of the LSC |
| 11.1. | The LSC is premised on the recognition that a B-BBEE measurement framework in the legal sector is necessary to address transformation as a whole, B-BBEE in general, the promotion of black practitioners, as well as the need for a significant increase in the fair and equitable procurement of quality and specialised areas of law from black practitioners by both the private and public sectors. |
| 11.2. | The LSC therefore seeks to ensure that the continuing adverse consequences of past discriminatory practices for black practitioners are addressed by providing for certain measures, including the following: |
| 11.2.1. | seeking to achieve a substantial, meaningful, and accelerated change in the racial and gender composition of ownership, control and management of legal practices in the legal sector; |
| 11.2.2. | promoting employment patterns in the sector that adhere to the principles of non-racialism and non-sexism by addressing the underrepresentation of black practitioners in many LSMEs; |
| 11.2.3. | addressing the prevailing shortage and lack of relevant skills and increasing the skills pipeline with the aim of accelerating the advancement of black legal practitioners, black women legal practitioners and practitioners from designated categories, including legal internships, employment of candidate attorneys and pupils with specific reference to legal and management skills; |
| 11.2.4. | increasing the procurement of legal services from the private and public sectors by LSMEs that are at least 51% black owned and/or 51% black women owned; |
| 11.2.5. | where applicable, enhancing enterprise and supplier development in the value chain of legal services that leads to sustainable empowerment of qualifying supplier and enterprise development beneficiaries in the legal sector; |
| 11.2.6. | contributing to the creation of sustainable LSMEs that are majority or wholly owned by black legal professionals through effective enterprise and supplier development initiatives. |
| 11.2.7. | increasing ongoing qualitative and quantitative methods for monitoring and evaluating progress towards realising the goals of this LSC and B-BBEE in general and thereby contributing to measures that eradicate fronting and other mechanisms for circumventing such goals; and |
| 11.2.8. | ensuring reporting to the Charter Council to monitor progress of LSMEs toward implementing the provisions of B-BBEE as reflected in this LSC. |