RANDBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY STRONGLY SUPPORTS THE VIEWS OF SACCI ON THIS ISSUE Thursday 15 June 2017 SACCI MEDIA STATEMENT ON THE MINIBUS TAXI PROTEST Minibus taxi drivers today staged a protest on all major Gauteng routes from the early hours of the morning. This created unprecedented chaos and disruption to the daily…
SACCI PRESS RELEASE – BUSINESS CONFIDENCE INDEX Wednesday 7th June 2017 Tentative Business Climate SACCI today released the May 2017 SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) at its Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Heightened political tensions, additional economic policy uncertainty and lower credit ratings by rating agencies that converged towards the end of March 2017, continued to…
PRESS RELEASE Elusive Business Climate SACCI today released the April 2017 SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) at its Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. Randburg Chamber thus wishes to share this with their members. The April 2017 SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) contains sub-indices that instantly reacted to events at the end of March into April pertaining…
SACCI PRESS RELEASE Wednesday, 5 April 2017 Business Confidence under Pressure SACCI today released the March 2017 SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) at its Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) pulled back by 1.7 index points to 93.8 in March 2017 from 95.5 in February 2017. This is the first month…
SACCI Media Release Tuesday 21 February 2017 SACCI EXPECTATIONS OF THE BUDGET 2017 The Minister of Finance, the Honourable Mr Pravin Gordhan, will be delivering the Budget Speech on the 22nd of February 2017. The 2017 Budget Speech is being delivered at a time South Africa is experiencing subdued economic growth, with the outlook for…
Advances in Business Confidence SACCI today released the SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) for January 2017 at its Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The SACCI BCI registered 97.7 index points in January 2017 compared to 93.8 in December 2016 and 92.6 in January 2016. This is not only in severe contrast to the severe year-on-year decline…
SACCI Media Release Tuesday 11 October 2016 NPA Press Release The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) notes with concern the developments surrounding the Minister of Finance and other former SARS top officials regarding charges of fraud as announced by the head of the NPA at his media briefing earlier today. As a…
Media Release Friday 07 October 2016 The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) has noted the intention of COSATU to call all government employees to a national strike. Reports indicate that COSATU will be marching to Parliament on Friday 7 October 2016 at 13:00. SACCI further notes that COSATU will be handing over…
Building and Sustaining Strong Institutions for South Africa’s Global Competitiveness The convention takes place from 19th – 20th October 2016 at Emperors Palace Keynote speaker for the conference: Governor Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank Click here for more information
SACCI PRESS RELEASE EMBARGO: 11:30 on Monday, 8 August 2016 Mending Business Confidence SACCI today released the SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) for July 2016 at the Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) recorded 96.0 in July 2016 compared to 95.1 in June 2016 – a monthly improvement of 0.9 index…
Wednesday 01 August 2016 PETROLEUM SECTOR STRIKE IN SOUTH AFRICA The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) notes with great concern the ongoing strike by the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing and Wood Allied Workers Union (CEPPWAWU). SACCI further notes that the strike is due to a wage negotiation dispute over the quantum of…
Business Fielding Brittle Conditions SACCI PRESS RELEASE EMBARGO: 11:30 on Tuesday, 7 June 2016 SACCI today released the SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) for May 2016 at the Offices in Rosebank, Johannesburg. The SACCI Business Confidence Index (BCI) suffered a setback as the gradual recovery to April 2016 from a historic low level of 79.6…