The AgriBEE Charter Council was established in 2008 by the Minister of Agriculture and Land Reform.  Dr John Purchase and Ms Lindie Botha (secundus) of the ABC were appointed to the AgriBEE Charter Council.  The functions of the AgriBEE Charter Council are primarily threefold:

• To consider taking the Transformation Charter to a Sector Code;
• To oversee implementation of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment in the sector; and
• To assist in identifying implementation problems and providing solutions in this regard.