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The Disability Employment Concerns Trust (Reg No I TRUST 3700/97) was established in 1996 by seven major South African national Non-Governmental Organisations (“NGO’s”) representing the disabled. In 2003 the Trust was renamed the Disability Empowerment Concerns Trust in order to better reflect its primary mission, and the DEC Investment Holding Company (Pty) Ltd (Reg. No. 1997/010461/07) was established to hold and manage the investments of the Trust.
DEC is an empowerment investment trust established to engage in business ventures in the context of Black Economic Empowerment (“BEE”). DEC is at once a financial sustainability strategy for the under-lying beneficiary NGOs, and an innovative programme to promote the economic empowerment of people with disabilities.
DEC’s activities are made possible by the favourable policy environment created by the Integrated National Disability Strategy (“INDS”) White Paper and the Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Strategy. Black disabled people are one of the ‘designated groups’ especially targeted by the BBEEE strategy. The INDS calles for the integration of people with disabilities into all aspects of society, including the economy.