Anita Arendsen - EDACOM

"Dear Mpumulo.

Thank you so much for taking the time to carefully explain the requirements regarding BEE to me. Such excellent service is truly appreciated."

Laurel Andrews - Digital Pros
"Hi

This is just a note to express my extreme satisfaction with your Professional Services from all the stake holders in your corporation you really remind me of my 14 years in USA where ive learned to keep service levels high on the angenda.
You are a true client base organization who knows that customer satisfaction comes first.
Ive already recommended you guys to my other business partners and can assure you they will be in touch soon.

Thanx

Laurel Andrews"

Colleen Berkowitz - Corporate Sugar
"Dear Patience,
Thank you so much for organising and preparing the EME BEE Status documentation for us.
I would like to commend you on your attention to detail, customer service and expediency.
With thanks & regards,

Colleen Berkowitz"

and

"Hi Patience,
There is no need to even thank me - you did a sterling job and I am so grateful for that.
Please go ahead and publish what I had to say on your website, the fact remains is that every word I said is true!
Have a lovely day!

Coll"

Denis Bam - Extreme Care

"Hi there Patience.

I hope that you have a wonderful day further.

Thank you and your company for all you fast service and competence.

Hope you guys have a awesome year in business.

Denis
Extreme Care Traders" and

"Awesome stuff.

Thank you.

A company like yours deserves to be known!!

Will recommend you where ever I go.

Thanks once again.
Denis"

Gary van Eyk - Sun Ace

"Keith has done an outstanding job getting our BBBEE plan up and running and recently he has implemented a live system which tracks our progress on a regular basis. Perhaps for me the single most benefit Keith brought to the Sun Ace table was a calm approach about not having to sell off equity .....as the only solution to BBBEE..... but rather a more rational approach w.r.t. embracing the other elements which are achievable with a structured approach."

Ann Clarke - options in training (pty) ltd

"Dear Keith

Many thanks for your e-mail. I did delete yesterdays because I understood that there was no official rating agency as yet and that a letter from our auditor was sufficient proof – but it is very pleasant to have this verification – and I’m sure for others to dispel this mis-impression and bully-boy tactic.

Regards
Ann Clarke"

Criston Sloan - Barcape

"Hi Gavin

Thanks so much for the valuable information and for having taken action against the perpetrator. It seems that deceit and corruption have virtually become the norm in our country nowadays, so it is heartening to see companies such as yourselves still dedicated to fighting against it.
Have a great week!

Kind Regards,
Criston Sloan"

AND

"Hi Gavin

Not at all, please go ahead. Hopefully you can inspire other companies to combat exploitative techniques too, so that we're one step closer to having South African companies practise sound ethics in their business rather than follow the example of our government....

Kind Regards,
Criston Sloan"

Ulpiano Libreros - Telesat, Bogota - Colombia

Thank you very much indeed for your very kind reply.

With the following two expressions coming from the BEE success and actors, I can confirm you my thoughts about the BEE or Local Economic Empowerment (LEE) as I call in Colombia to this wonderful plan in my conferences:

"there has to be considerable focus on development of skills and education, and one senses that the focus of LEE has been far too much on ownership and control, and too little on skills development and education, which, in my view, is the true economic empowerment"

(Economist Azar Jammine, 2004)

The systematic dispossession and disempowerment of “local” people that has defined “Colombia” for so long requires an equally systematic response from government in order to achieve redress…

(BEE Strategy, 2004)

In Latin America, and in Colombia, off course, the politics still think that with acts of charity is possible to assist the marginal poor people around the country and to reach a regional harmonic econmic development. In Colombia we have over 60% of the population under the line of poverty. This is a very rich country in natural resources, as Southafrica is, and the solution, the only way to sort out the problem, is by a kind of broad based economic empowerment for all the affected communities, just as you have done with the BBBEE in Southafrica.

I went in your country by the 80s dealing with charcoal and forest products and knew by myself the apartheid effects. Today I have contact and information about Southafrica throught the people involved in mining, particularly with coal and I believe know the new situation after the BBBEE implementation. Congratulations for that.

In the other hand It is wonderful to have people and organizatiosn as you are, making all the effort to Teach and Train another people in your country and abroad to deal with this exceptionally important plan. Your country as well as our countries need your help to Learn Doing all you know about the BBBEE or Broad based local economic empowerment, as I say, because in our region we have not identified a concept as you have the Black concept there. Here the reality is more sad. We have a lot of people of all kind and origin whose life has treated them badly. In fact, I think that the real problem could be worse that the apartheid itself.

Thanks a lot fo ryour kind attention. Congratulations for your mission and work and please, Do not hesitate to make a good use of my comments for any thing as you like, because for me is a great honour to have your attention about this sensible problem here.

You have a lot to things to Teach and to Do in these countries as well as around the world of the poverty anywhere and I shall be very pleased to cooperate with you in depth if you consider my cooperation useful.

Finally, It would be you so kind to let me have some powerpoint presentations and information in depth about the organization?. Thanks alot in advance for this.

Warmest regards

Ulpiano Libreros
Dipl. Engineer
Tel. 57 1 866 08 15
Cel. 57 315 263 56 59
Bogota - Colombia"

AND

Liz Regenass - Synergy Group Pty Ltd
"Good morning,
I just feel that I need to thank you for the excellent newsletters. It’s honest, informative and straight forward and I recommend it to anyone that I come in contact with regarding BEE issues.
Keep up the good work!
Liz Regenass"

Carmen Purdy - Chroma Television Productions
"Thank you for your prompt reply and assistance - we will certainly recommend you to any other companies like us that require assistance.

Kind regards
Carmen Purdy"

Petra Pelkman -
"Hi Keith,

Excellent seminar! Gives a fantastic overview of a complex subject matter. The speakers were very well prepared and the comments insightful.
Thank you!

Petra Pelkman"

Megan Boonzaier - Procurement Specialist
"Compliments … to you on your website. The most informative and useful site concerning BBBEE and PPPFA I’ve used to date.

Best wishes,
Megan Boonzaier"

Chantelle Stoffels -
"Hi Keith

I would just like to thank you and the team for always sending me timeous updates regarding BBBEE. I always find your information useful and relevant, particularly the email sent below as I deal specifically with Procurement for our company.

Thanks again.

Chantelle"

Stephen Symons - Stephen Symons Design -
"Many Thanks for all the EME forms Gavin.

I was most impressed by your efficient and helpful service.

kind regards
stephen"

Markus Grunder - BankServ -
"Thank you for your very quick response. I do appreciate it."

Harry Voerman - Universal Music -
"Hi Keith
Thank you for the informative session we had this morning.
My team has a clearer understanding of the principles that drive BBBEE and that was mainly due to the quality of your presentation.

We will certainly be using your "other" services going forward.
Thanks once again.
BR
Harry"

Brian Tanner - National Contract Cleaners Association -
"Many Thanks
Dear Keith

On behalf of the NCCA may I thank you for your extremely professional and enlightening presentation covering the subject of BBBEE yesterday. _{(27 February 2007)}

I will have a chat with you on the phone with regard to the way forward for our members.

Thanks again.

Kind regards,
Brian Tanner"

Robert Bernwieser - Park Travel -
"Dear Gavin,
Well done! You are super efficient. Thank you so much.
Thanks again.

Kind regards,
Robert "

John - "I had a fortune of work to do that had been piling up for weeks and I was about to give the workshop a miss. I was so happy that I went because I learnt more than I could ever have imagined. This was an excellent workshop."

Nicolene - "The seminar was one of the best I have ever attended."

Nicolene was a delegate at our first Potch workshop and enjoyed it so much that she organised a second workshop for all her friends and business colleagues.

Sara - "Your newsletters are so informative please don't stop sending them"

Rob - "I have to congratulate you on your forum, I especially like the fact that you answer questions by directly referencing the codes. When it comes to people, even professionals, commenting on BEE and the codes, I see way too much guess work and misinterpretation."

Herman - "I have attended so many talks and seminars with regard to BEE and the Scorecard. I would have saved time, money and effort if I had attended your workshop first."

Susan - "Your EconoBEE Scorecard made complying so easy. It listed everything I needed. When I got stuck the help was phenominal. My boss wanted to stay away from BEE for as long as possible but with this software he walked around boasting about his good BEE score."

Mike - "I have attended many BEE talks but yours is the first one that actually made sense."

Brian - "The reports in EconoBEE Scorecard are so descriptive that I wish every one gave me a scorecard that looked like yours."

Margi - "Thank you so much for your information. I have contacted dti and all other representative bodies and no one has given me such useful information so quickly."

Gavin - "I accidentally unsubscribed. Please continue to send me your newsletters."