Umsebe Development Planners has proudly complied with the BEE targets for small businesses for the past 20 years with 51% black ownership and we are a B-BBEE Level 2 contributor, with a BEE procurement recognition level of 125%.
UMSEBE regards BEE and affirmative action as a process of transformation and has adopted it as its guiding principle in recruiting its employees. Consequently, it has implemented the following strategies to address black empowerment:
Financial assistance and in-service training to Urban and Regional Planning students;
Assisting and supporting disadvantaged and rural communities in need of planniang;
Employment of temporary employees from the disadvantaged communities as fieldworkers, community liaison officers, data capturers, etc; and
Partnering with black owned companies and consultants.