Ombud Council AR 2026

PART C: GOVERNANCE

15. B-BBEE COMPLIANCE PERFORMANCE INFORMATION The Ombud Council’s B-BBEE status in respect of the year under review has been reviewed by a SANAS accredited verification agency and the overall B-BBEE contribution level received was a “level 7”. The Ombud Council will submit the required reports to the B-BBEE Commission in terms of section 13G (1) of the B-BBEE Act.The Council’s B-BBEE compliance status is set out in the table below. Table 15: B-BBEE Compliance Has the Public Entity applied any relevant Code of Good Practice (B-BBEE Certificate Levels 1 – 8) with regards to the following : Criteria Response Yes / No Discussion Determining qualification criteria for the issuing of licences, No.

The Ombud Council’s functions under the FSR Act (2017), include granting recognition to industry ombud schemes. The criteria for recognition are stipulated in section 196(3) of the FSR Act (2017) and the Council has not developed additional criteria. The Ombud Council’s Supply Chain Management Policy includes measures to ensure compliance with preferential preferential procurement prescripts and includes a scoring methodology for specific preferential preferential procurement goals. The Ombud Council does not have any relationships with SOEs.

concessions or other authorisations in respect of economic activity in terms of any law?

Developing and implementing a preferential prOmbud Councilurement policy?

Yes.

Determining qualification criteria for the sale of State-owned enterprises (SOEs)? Developing criteria for entering partnerships with the private sector? Determining criteria for the awarding of incentives, grants and investment schemes in support of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment?

N/A

N/A

The Ombud Council is not party to any Public- Private Partnerships (PPPs).

N/A

The Ombud Council does not make any such awards.

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