How to manage the BEE scorecard and have meaningful impact on the disability landscape?

South Africa celebrates National Disability Rights Awareness Month (DRAM) every year from November 3.

Under BEE legislation, South African companies have a target for people with disabilities to make up at least 2% of their workforce. The BEE Skills Development pillar also rewards companies for investing in the training and upskilling of people with disabilities.

Yet, despite these targets and incentives on the BEE scorecard, positive change in workplace inclusion remains slow. A July survey published in Sunday Times revealed a 12% increase in the "flight-risk" score for disabled employees, reaching 25% in March 2024.

Unfortunately, without specialised work-readiness support, the dropout rate for people with disabilities in learnership programs is even higher.

Unhappy with the current impact of BEE investments, Transcend conducted over 18 months of research to address not only the challenges faced by people with disabilities but also to correct the systemic gaps that prevent real progress.

Introducing Realise

Realise is a groundbreaking, SETA- and QCTO-accredited skills program designed to support employees with disabilities and unemployed individuals with disabilities enrolled in learnerships. It’s a transformative approach that enhances success for both learners and companies, paving the way toward sustainable and meaningful employment.

The three month online accredited programme has the following benefits:

• Access to over 4 000 screened persons living with a disability on our database
• Optimise your BEE targets for skills development spend on PWD
• Build a talent pipeline 
• Contribute to nation-building through empowerment of PWD
• Better retention of PWD candidates 

Contact us if you would like to:

• Learn more about the REALISE programme for PWD
• Equip your employees living with a disability to succeed in the workplace
• Understand how to integrate these solutions into your BEE strategy
• Book Disability Awareness training for your employees