You already pay for skills development. Put it to work.
Every month your business pays the Skills Development Levy, carries a Section 12H learnership allowance it rarely claims in full, and answers to a B-BBEE scorecard. TruIntel routes that same committed spend into live 1:1 mentorship for your staff and learners, from hand-vetted South African practitioners. See what the incentives give back.
Three pots of money you are already committed to.
Most of it leaves as levy and compliance cost, and very little comes back as skill. Here is what each one is worth, and how a registered learnership pulls it back.
1% of payroll, every month
You can reclaim 20% of the levy as a mandatory grant by submitting a Workplace Skills Plan and Annual Training Report. That reclaim rises to 40% in the 2026/27 window.
R80 000 to R120 000 per learner
A registered learnership carries a tax deduction of R80 000 for an NQF 1 to 6 learner (R40 000 when it starts, R40 000 on completion), or R120 000 where the learner has a disability. At 27% tax that is R21 600 to R32 400 back per learner.
A priority element on your scorecard
Skills Development is a priority element. The target is 6% of payroll on skills for black employees. Registered learnerships earn points here and help you clear the 40% sub-minimum that, if missed, drops your whole B-BBEE level by one.
Into skills your people keep
TruIntel turns that committed spend into live 1:1 mentorship your staff actually use, hour for hour, from vetted practitioners, with a certificate of completion for your training file.
What do the incentives give back?
Enter four numbers. Everything updates live. These are estimates for planning, not tax advice.
Your numbers
Estimated annual position
Assumptions. SDL at 1% of payroll. Mandatory grant reclaim at 20% of the levy, rising to 40% in 2026/27. Section 12H allowance of R80 000 per NQF 1 to 6 learner (R120 000 with a disability) or R40 000 per NQF 7 to 10 learner (R60 000 with a disability), deducted against a 27% company tax rate. B-BBEE skills target of 6% of payroll. Section 12H is legislated to sunset on 1 April 2027 unless extended. This is an estimate for planning only, not tax, accounting or B-BBEE advice.
The mentorship layer, delivered for you.
The incentives are set by law. What we bring is the part your people actually feel: real mentoring, from real practitioners, kept in South Africa.
Vetted SA practitioners
Hand-vetted South African mentors who do the work for a living, matched to your people and their goals. Identity documents reviewed by our team before any session.
Live 1:1, by the session
Real mentoring, not a course library and not an AI tutor. Booked around your team's week, an hour at a time.
POPIA-native, no offshore contract
Your people's data stays in South Africa, under POPIA. Mentorship is priced in US Dollars, with rand shown at an indicative rate. No offshore contract to explain to your board.
Certificates as evidence
Every completed programme produces a certificate of completion for your training records and your B-BBEE file.
● Straight talk on what is built today
The employer portal (learner logbooks, live dashboards and claim-ready reporting) is delivered as a managed service by our team today, not yet as a self-serve product you log into. And TruIntel is not itself a SETA or QCTO accredited provider. Section 12H and SDL grant claims require a learnership registered with a SETA, so claim eligibility has to be confirmed for your specific programme. We deliver the mentorship and help you structure the programme. Your tax practitioner and B-BBEE verification agency confirm the claim.
Scope a programme for your team.
Tell us your headcount, the skills you need and your B-BBEE goals. We will come back with a mentorship programme and an honest view of what you can claim.
TW Technology Solutions (Pty) Ltd
74 Rockdale Avenue, Westville
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa