BUSA: Nedlac Companies Amendment Bill Process
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BUSA: Nedlac Companies Amendment Bill Process

Special BUSA Economic Policy Standing Committee Meeting: Nedlac Companies Amendment Bill Process The purpose of the presentation (below) is to present high-level takeaways from research done as requested by Minister Patel during the engagement session held on Friday, 26 November 2020 as well as to obtain a clear mandate from BUSA members on specific issues….

Call to Action: Local Procurement Approach Beyond COVID-19
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Call to Action: Local Procurement Approach Beyond COVID-19

In October 2018, President Cyril Ramaphosa convened the country’s second Jobs Summit to address the need to generate a substantial number of new jobs in our country over the coming years. A key deliverable from the Jobs Summit is a Framework Agreement between Government, organised business and organised labour that outlines concrete and measurable steps…

TERS Benefit Extended For Certain Categories of Employees
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TERS Benefit Extended For Certain Categories of Employees

13 August 2020 TERS BENEFIT EXTENDED FOR CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES RCCI welcomes the extension of the TERS benefit for certain employees until 15 August 2020. The Direction allowing the extension was signed on 12 August 2020 and is expected to be gazette very soon. Applications for July to 15 August 2020 are due to…

Business For South Africa: Member Update
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Business For South Africa: Member Update

STATEMENT FROM BUSINESS UNITY SOUTH AFRICA (BUSA): CALLS FOR SWIFT ACTION AGAINST CORRUPTION AND THEFT Crime and corruption harm vulnerable citizens the most                      BUSA CEO, Cas Coovadia, commented: “Corruption kills. It kills nurses, doctors, commuters and citizens relying on fake PPE or without any protection because of corruption and theft. Corruption diverts funds from…

BUSA Media Statement on ANC Economic Recovery Strategy
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BUSA Media Statement on ANC Economic Recovery Strategy

Please find below the BUSA statement on the ANC Economic Recovery Strategy, as well as the Economic Strategy presentation. If you have any queries in this regard, please submit them to Nozizwe Ndhlovu ([email protected] ). BUSA Media Statement ANC Economic Reconstruction Strategy Presentation

Business Supports President’s Call For Decisiveness and Solidarity
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Business Supports President’s Call For Decisiveness and Solidarity

24 March 2020 MEDIA RELEASE BUSINESS SUPPORTS PRESIDENT’S CALL FOR DECISIVENESS AND SOLIDARITY Johannesburg, 24 March 2020: All South African business organisations have called on their respective members to respond comprehensively and with the same decisiveness and sense of solidarity displayed by President Ramaphosa in his address to the nation on 23 March 2020. The…

Draft BUSA position for the Nedlac Companies Amendment Bill Task Team: Call for Comment
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Draft BUSA position for the Nedlac Companies Amendment Bill Task Team: Call for Comment

Nedlac has established a task team within the Trade & Industry Chamber to engage on the draft Companies Amendment Bill. BUSA has assembled a task team to represent BUSA in the task team’s engagements. Attached is a draft BUSA position to inform the deliberations of the task team following mandating from the economic policy standing…

BUSA presentation on the upcoming 2019 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement
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BUSA presentation on the upcoming 2019 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement

For your information, please find attached a presentation delivered by BUSA to the Nedlac Public Finance & Monetary Policy Chamber (PFMPC) meeting yesterday, which outlines BUSA’s position on the key public finance risks and outlines proposed themes for engagement between social partners at Nedlac. Engagements on fiscal policy are ongoing in the context of the…