Use of the ABP logo

Dear Members,

It is with grave concern that we have noted the misuse of our ABP logo by some non-members.

The use of the ABP logo by non-members is strictly prohibited and we have reached out to these entities and implored them to desist from use of same with immediate effect. This amounts to misrepresentation and is viewed seriously by ABP.

We welcome all application for renewal of membership, should any entity or individual wish to continue affiliation with ABP.

I appeal to you, our valued Members, to please report any such instance of misuse of our ABP logo so we can address it accordingly. The use and display of our logo demonstrates a commitment to values of Integrity, Honesty and Professionalism upheld by its Members and should be protected, as we continue to maintain a high standard of Professionalism in the B-BBEE industry.

Yours in Professionalism,

Nishi Singh

ABP Director

Professionalization, Training and Discipline Portfolio

If our current ABP (or former ABVA) logo appears on a certificate and the company DOES NOT reflect on the list below, they are NOT current members of ABP. Former ABVA / ABP members to refrain from using the ABVA / ABP logo or implying continued association. In addition, we ask that current ABP Members, who may be aware of same, please come forward and inform us. This is to assist us in ensuring the integrity of the Association and its current Members.

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5	6	7	8 ABP 2025 Webinar, Financial Services Sector Code: Empowerment Financing and Access to Finance Thursday, 08 May 2025 @ 09h00 ABP 2025 Webinar, Financial Services Sector Code: Empowerment Financing and Access to Finance Thursday, 08 May 2025 @ 09h00 May 8, 2025 @ 7:00 am - 9:00 am We are excited to invite you to our upcoming 2025 Webinars, designed to provide valuable insights. Unpackingthe calculations and verification evidence required for Empowerment Financingand Access to Finance. https://events.teams.microsoft.com/vent/6f4d7f82-16a5-4384-a2aa-b4e786906fb3@d0611cb4-53f-48ee-a07-cb77c8fdde7d To secure your spot, please register using the links provided. • Current Members: R350.00 (VAT inclusive) • Non-Members: R900.00 (VAT inclusive) We look forward to your participation! Further details to each 2025 Webinar will follow soon. Kindly ONLY register on the MS Teams links provided on e-mail, once registered, a MS Teams join link will be sent to you directly, thank you. Best regards, Andrea Swart ABP Director – Training Portfolio skillsdevelopment@abp.org.za Session may end earlier or later than the scheduled time 09h00 - 11h00 YES, I AGREE NOT TO SHARE ANY ABP RECORDING/S, ABPPRESENTATION/S, ABP MATERIAL etc PROVIDED, WITH ANY MEMBER, COLLEAGUE etc WHOWAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE IN TODAY'S SESSION OR TO ANY THIRD PARTY WHO IS NOT ACURRENT MEMBER OF ABP, IN GOOD STANDING. Kindly note that ONLY the presentation is shared with Members. who paid and was in attendance on the day of the Webinar. Please ONLY provide any REAL question/s beforehand, that we may address during the Webinar, kindly share / suggest Webinar topics which you wish to discuss further. Please DO NOT share join links with non-members and in boardrooms with other staff (non-members), who are NOT current ABP Members, to join ABP Webinars as you, under your current ABP membership, they will be invoiced the non-member fee. Please DO NOT share YOUR assigned join links with non-members, third parties and in boardrooms with other staff (non-members), who are NOT current ABP Members, to join ABP Webinars as you, under your current ABP membership, they WILL BE invoiced the non-member fee, R900.00non-members. Once an Organisation registers as a Member and they have an appointed Nominated Representative. That Nominated Representative can attend Webinars at the Member cost. All other people from the Organisation will, as standard, be deemed as non-members. Non-ABP member fee, R900.00 VAT incl per person. We can however offer the following discount: (3 – 5 attendees: R650.00 each) and (6– 10 attendees: R500.00 each). See more details •	9	10	11
12	13	14 ABP Members SAQA data loads upload successful (AOBP 1002) and Edu.Dex updated successfully, Wednesday, 14 May 2025 ABP Members SAQA data loads upload successful (AOBP 1002) and Edu.Dex updated successfully, Wednesday, 14 May 2025 May 14, 2025 @ 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Microsoft Teams Meeting From: "ABP Admin" Sent: 14 May 2025 14:26 To: dataloads@saqa.org.za Cc: "Oupa Mpondo" , FMakhafola@saqa.org.za, "ABP Chairperson" Subject: ABP Members SAQA data loads upload successful (AOBP 1002) and Edu.Dex updated successfully, Wednesday, 14 May 2025 Dear Data Loads Team, Professional Body Mnemonic: AOBP Professional Body ID: 1002 Trust that you are well and keeping safe. Please note that Association of B-BBEE Professionals (ABP) NPC has submitted our Member’s information successfully through the Edu.Dex updated application today, Wednesday, 14 May 2025, The data submission contains the following number of records [1] : Person Information (File 35) # 20250514 Person Designation (File 36) # 20250514 Please confirm that the NLRD has received the submission in good order once it has been received and validated that this is the case. Kindly acknowledge receipt hereof and provide feedback. Kind Regards, Maresce de Saldanha ABP Administrator 2025/05/14 14:16:06: Connecting to 196.35.154.89 port 22 We claim version: SSH-2.0-PuTTY_Release_0.70 Server version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.3 We believe remote version has SSH-2 channel request bug Using SSH protocol version 2 Doing Diffie-Hellman group exchange Doing Diffie-Hellman key exchange with hash SHA-256 Server also has ssh-dss host key, but we don't know it Host key fingerprint is: ssh-rsa 2048 76:e4:f8:85:aa:a6:35:cc:70:8a:cc:40:72:64:1f:e7 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR client->server encryption Initialised HMAC-SHA-256 client->server MAC algorithm Initialised AES-256 SDCTR server->client encryption Initialised HMAC-SHA-256 server->client MAC algorithm Using username "saqaloads". Using SSPI from SECUR32.DLL Attempting GSSAPI authentication GSSAPI authentication request refused Sent password Access granted Opening session as main channel Opened main channel Started a shell/command aobp250514.001 \| 4 kB \| 4.0 kB/s \| ETA: 00:00:07 \| 12% aobp250514.001 \| 32 kB \| 32.1 kB/s \| ETA: 00:00:00 \| 100% Using SFTP Connected to cleo.octoplus.co.za Sending file aobp250514.001, size=32900 Sent EOF message Server sent command exit status 0 Disconnected: All channels closed ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams Need help? Join the meeting now Meeting ID: 311 110 028 580 2 Passcode: 83mi7F3o ________________________________ For organisers: Meeting options ________________________________________________________________________________ See more details ABP Members SAQA data loads upload successful (AOBP 1002) and Edu.Dex updated successfully, Wednesday, 14 May 2025 ABP Members SAQA data loads upload successful (AOBP 1002) and Edu.Dex updated successfully, Wednesday, 14 May 2025 May 14, 2025 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Dear Data Loads Team, Professional Body Mnemonic: AOBP Professional Body ID: 1002 Trust that you are well and keeping safe. Please note that Association of B-BBEE Professionals (ABP) NPC has submitted our Member's information successfully through the Edu.Dex updated application today, Wednesday, 14 May 2025, The data submission contains the following number of records [1] : Person Information (File 35) # 20250514 Person Designation (File 36) # 20250514 Please confirm that the NLRD has received the submission in good order once it has been received and validated that this is the case. Kindly acknowledge receipt hereof and provide feedback. Kind Regards, Maresce de Saldanha ABP Administrator 2025/05/14 14:16:06: Connecting to 196.35.154.89 port 22 We claim version: SSH-2.0-PuTTY_Release_0.70 Server version: SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.3 We believe remote version has SSH-2 channel request bug Using SSH protocol version 2 Doing Diffie-Hellman group exchange Doing Diffie-Hellman key exchange with hash SHA-256 Server also has ssh-dss host key, but we don't know it Host key fingerprint is: ssh-rsa 2048 76:e4:f8:85:aa:a6:35:cc:70:8a:cc:40:72:64:1f:e7 Initialised AES-256 SDCTR client->server encryption Initialised HMAC-SHA-256 client->server MAC algorithm Initialised AES-256 SDCTR server->client encryption Initialised HMAC-SHA-256 server->client MAC algorithm Using username "saqaloads". Using SSPI from SECUR32.DLL Attempting GSSAPI authentication GSSAPI authentication request refused Sent password Access granted Opening session as main channel Opened main channel Started a shell/command aobp250514.001 \| 4 kB \| 4.0 kB/s \| ETA: 00:00:07 \| 12% aobp250514.001 \| 32 kB \| 32.1 kB/s \| ETA: 00:00:00 \| 100% Using SFTP Connected to cleo.octoplus.co.za Sending file aobp250514.001, size=32900 Sent EOF message Server sent command exit status 0 Disconnected: All channels closed Cullinan Office Park, Block B, 1st Floor, Cullinan Close, Morningside, Sandton, 2057 Office (010) 109-3176 SAQA-recognized Professional Body number PB0000100 Professional Body ID number 1002 ABP WhatsApp Image result for linkedin image A close up of a logo Description automatically generated A picture containing drawing Description automatically generated Visit Us On Facebook ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Association of B-BBEE Professionals (ABP) NPC Reg. 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If you are not the intended recipient and have received this e-mail in error, kindly notify the sender and delete it immediately as it contains information relating to the official business of ABP, which is confidential, legally privileged and proprietary to ABP. If you are not the intended recipient you cannot use, distribute or copy the message and/or attachments at any time. No responsibility will be accepted for any failure or loss arising from the use of this e-mail as a form of communication. ABP does not own and/or endorse any other content. Disclaimer - The views expressed here are not necessarily those of ABP, the Board or its Members. The views and opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the sender unless clearly stated as being those of ABP. ABP does not deliver a 'verify the validity of the certificate' service and cannot express an opinion on whether or not the certificate is valid as this could expose ABP to liability. ABP takes no responsibility of how the information is used / disseminated outside of the membership which may not be properly contexualized. Only ABP Members in good standing may make use of the ABP logo and mark and vote at elective AGMs. As this is an electronic communication it is unsigned. The sender accepts no responsibility whatever for any viruses or other damaging or corrupting material which may accompany, be contained in and/or transmitted with this e-mail and/or any of its attachments. The opening of this e-mail or its attachments is done entirely at your own risk. This disclaimer is deemed to form part of this message under Section 11 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, No. 25 of 2002. Please note that this e-mail is subject to the provisions of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act (Act 4 of 2013). ABP is not responsible for any loss, damage, costs incurred for the information as provided by StatsSA (EAP Targets and Industry Norms) and is merely sharing information with its Members as received by StatsSA. Under no circumstances shall ABP or its Directors be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special or exemplary damages arising from the use of the Practice Notes or the inability to access the Practice Notes. Without limiting the aforementioned the aggregate liability will not exceed the Members fees per annum. Please note that NO Webinar recordings will be shared, only the Webinar presentations will be shared. ABP Survey Please add info@abp.org.za to your whitelist From: Florina Makhafola Sent: Thursday, 03 April 2025 11:05 To: Florina Makhafola Cc: dataloads Subject: SAQA Data loads Cycle 1: April - 30 June (Last Day For Submissions: 31 May) Dear Sir / Madam, SAQA Data loads Cycle 1: April - 30 June (Last Day For Submissions: 31 May) Kindly refer to the below message from the SAQA Dataloads team. This is a reminder that, according to the minimum standard for data loads for Professional Bodies, the next compulsory load cycle will commence on 03 April 2025. The final date for submissions from Professional Bodies for this load cycle is 31 May 2025 NO extension will be granted. We urge you not to wait until the 31 May 2025 to submit, as you may encounter errors at the last minute! Please prepare your submission well ahead of the start of the load cycle. Submissions received outside of the official load cycle dates for compliance purposes will be accepted but will not count towards the Compliance League Table. To comply with the minimum standard, you have to submit between 03 April 2025 and 31 May 2025. As always, you are welcome to send additional submissions (in addition to the compulsory one) throughout the year. A reminder that the latest version of the load specifications (loadspecs), as well as various other supporting documentation such as look-up tables, can be found on https://nlrdpbinfo.octoplus.co.za/. A reminder that the Data Loads team must to be informed of your submission by e-mail. The following information will help in submitting your data to the NLRD: The information regarding data loads for Professional Bodies can be found on: https://nlrdpbinfo.octoplus.co.za/ This includes the load specifications, lookup tables, list of recognised Professional Bodies (this list contains the Professional Body IDs and mnemonics), and the application form for the Edu.Dex license. The presentation slides of previous workshops are also available here - click on Data Loads Workshops - Presentations - some of the recent presentations are also attached herewith. If you haven't done so before: To apply for Edu.Dex (the data validati See more details • •	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22 ABP 2025 Webinar, Ethics in relation to B-BBEE Professionals, Thursday, 22 May 2025 @ 09h00 ABP 2025 Webinar, Ethics in relation to B-BBEE Professionals, Thursday, 22 May 2025 @ 09h00 May 22, 2025 @ 7:00 am - 9:00 am We are excited to invite you to our upcoming 2025 Webinars, designed to provide valuable insights. ABP 2025 Webinar, Ethics in relation to B-BBEE Professionals, Thursday, 22 May 2025 @ 09h00 Ethical considerations are crucial in B-BBEE compliance and verification. This webinar will cover the ethical responsibilities of B-BBEE professionals, the risks of fronting practices, and the importance of integrity in maintaining the credibility of transformation efforts. To secure your spot, please register using the links provided. https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0b18ff41-ee90-4a88-8945-89f884o485630@id0611cb4-b53f-48ee-a072-cb77c8fdde7d • Current Members: R350.00 (VAT inclusive) • Non-Members: R900.00 (VAT inclusive) We look forward to your participation! Further details to each 2025 Webinar will follow soon. Kindly ONLY register on the MS Teams links provided on e-mail, once registered, a MS Teams join link will be sent to you directly, thank you. Best regards, Andrea Swart ABP Director – Training Portfolio skillsdevelopment@abp.org.za Session may end earlier or later than the scheduled time 09h00 - 11h00 Please DO NOT share YOUR assigned join links with non-members, third parties and in boardrooms with other staff (non-members), who are NOT current ABP Members, to join ABP Webinars as you, under your current ABP membership, they WILL BE invoiced the non-member fee, R900.00 non-members. Once an Organisation registers as a Member and they have an appointed Nominated Representative. That Nominated Representative can attend Webinars at the Member cost. All other people from the Organisation will, as standard, be deemed as non-members. Non-ABP member fee, R900.00 VAT incl per person. We can however offer the following discount: (3 – 5 attendees: R650.00 each) and (6 – 10 attendees: R500.00 each). Please log in with the registered current Member's registered MAIN device ONLY, NOT from multiple devices as you will experience difficulties if you use the same log multiple times on multiple devices, you will not be able to join the Webinar, MS Teams will automatically deny access. See more details •	23	24	25
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