HONEYCOMB | INTERVIEW
obvious business success stories, we are
With the correct skills training, we can affect
very proud to be involved in our community.
transformation through employment into
In 2018, Honeycomb hosted an inaugural
management and ownership of entities.
Golf Day, and Kids Haven benefited from the event. We were able to donate almost a quarter of a million rand to Kids Haven which was such an amazing accolade. In 2019, our Golf Day was in aid of The Almond Tree for abandoned babies, this event proved to also be a wonderful success. Honeycomb has a Trust that assists
Zunaid Vallee WHAT SERVICES DO YOU OFFER? We are a SANAS accredited agency that conducts B-BBEE Verifications. We are accredited under sectors and specialise in the Finance, Property, ICT, MAC, Agriculture, Tourism, and Mining sectors. We also do ownership opinions and conduct interim
previously disadvantaged South African women with their studies. We are currently assisting three women, two of whom are doing their matric, and we will support them up to university level; another is studying towards her MBA. Giving back is Honeycomb’s biggest reward in life.
HOW HAVE THE NEW CODES
IMPACTED ON BUSINESSES ACROSS
verifications with Strategic Planning Reports.
SECTORS? WHAT TRENDS HAVE YOU
WHAT HAVE BEEN YOUR
The revised codes were confusing towards
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS?
In 2017, Honeycomb was awarded the Discovery Limited Group Award which was a
NOTICED?
the end of last year, with everyone doing their ratings prior to the implementation date which is 01 December 2020. The impact on
wonderful achievement that made us proud.
bigger organisations was minimal as they
We have managed to retain Discovery
was a 6-month implementation window.
Limited and pride ourselves on maintaining and building on this ethical relationship. Honeycomb strives to build relationships and an understanding of our clients’ businesses so
retaining existing clients. If we can’t retain clients, it means we did not serve them well, and client retention has become our measure of success. Over and above the
this award and last year it could not have come at a better time. Our company had just undergone a difficult situation which we managed to overcome, but at the time we did not fully understand why it had happened. Shortly thereafter, we were given this award and our valued clients were starting to compliment us on being an ethical and efficient company to work with. This award and the difficulties we went through became our defining moment. Honeycomb operates within legislation and abides by the letter of the law. No opinion or belief will impact our stance in this regard. This has strengthened my team and Honeycomb has become known in the market as a no-nonsense player who takes legislation seriously.
the most as they missed this window –
they are now feeling the effect. The revised
we build our portfolio while simultaneously
This is the second year we have been given
access to in-house transformation, suffered
Over the years, we have been awarded with
Our biggest goal and objective is to ensure
IMPACTED YOUR BUSINESS?
The smaller companies, who do not have
while they were aware of the changes, they
portfolio has grown to become impressive.
HOW HAS THIS RANKING IN TOP500
were already preparing for it, because there
that we can align ourselves with them.
more and more Blue-Chip entities, and our
YOU RANK FIRST IN YOUR SECTOR –
did not fully understand the impact and codes have closed many loopholes and are levelling the playing field.
CONTACT Head Office: Phone: (011) 880 1630
I personally appreciate the implementation of bursaries on the revised codes as this was lacking and not much assistance was given to university students. Skills are the
Fax: 086 520 5064 Email: info@honeycomb-bee co.za Address: 2714th Avenue, Northmead, Benoni, 1501
most important element in B-BBEE.
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