Below you will find a list of all the South African Chambers that form ASAC
Established in 1804, the Cape Chamber of Commerce, is the oldest member-based organisation in Africa.
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In the rough and ready days, when Johannesburg was hardly more than a mining camp, the Chamber was already playing a pivotal role in the rapidly expanding business community.
Founded in1890, the Chamber quickly became the leading business organization in the region. From inception it concerned itself with promoting and facilitating international trade between the remote outpost at the tip of Africa and the rest of the commercial world. Since then the Chamber has developed a reputation as an impartial third party in the promotion of business for its members and as the region’s foremost link between local and overseas business.
The Chamber takes most seriously its duty to fairly and impartially represent the interests of the business community and to provide a leadership role on matters of concern. As the voice of business, in the years since 1890, the Chamber has lobbied government on issues such as taxes, transport, monopolies, and price controls.
The Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry NPC was established in 1856 and is the oldest and largest metropolitan chamber in Africa. As a business-based and member-focused organisation, we work to protect and promote the interests of the eThekwini business community.
The mandate of the Durban Chamber requires it to lobby and advocate on behalf of its members by addressing and identifying pertinent issues and forwarding them to appropriate forums in which business practitioners, through robust strategic engagements with stakeholders, drill down into issues and provide experience-based insights.
A key and valuable strength of the Durban Chamber is constant engagement in its area and standing forums. These forums provide insight into the common challenges faced by the business communities of specific regions. They also identify key opportunities that can be created by enabling a resilient and conducive business environment.
The Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Commerce was established in Pietermaritzburg in 1885, followed by the first Chamber of Industries, which was formed in 1910. It wasn’t until 1993 that the Chambers of Commerce and Industry combined to form the Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI). Our first truly representative chamber, the Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business (PCB), came into being on 1st August 2002 with the unification of the PCCI, the Midlands Black Business Forum and the Pietermaritzburg Sakekamer. On the 25th July 2019, a decision was taken to broaden the mandate of the Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business (PCB), to include the Midlands area and the organisation was renamed: The Pietermaritzburg & Midlands Chamber of Business (PMCB).
The PMCB is a voluntary association of business enterprises representing businesses of all sizes, across sectors. We are the voice of business in our region, representing business interests and advocating for a more conducive environment. The PMCB is a comprehensively united business organisation enjoying wide credibility and the full confidence of government at all levels.
As an association and as individuals we embrace diversity and value unity, integrity, personal and corporate excellence, mutual respect, and co-operation. We are committed to serving our members and society at large, and we are passionate about economic and enterprise development, skills development, and job creation.
With respect to Organisational Governance, the PMCB is a registered Non-profit Company in terms of the Companies Act no. 71 of 2008, a registered Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) and a registered Non-profit Organisation (027-519-NPO).
With around 700 member businesses and over 155 years of rich heritage, the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber remains one of the most trusted, respected and authoritative voices on matters relating to local business and the economy.
The environment we operate in is changing at a rapid pace and requires ongoing agility to ensure that we robustly respond to issues that impact upon the sustainability of local businesses, the functionality of the operating environment, leverage economic growth opportunities, while simultaneously providing value-adding services to our members.
For this reason, we have adopted a more activist, collaborative and action orientated approach in pursuing our vision of being the leading catalyst for Nelson Mandela Bay to retain and attract business.
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The Border-Kei Chamber of Business is based in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, servicing +/- 600 Entrepreneurs from East London, along the N6 and all the way up to Maletswai in the Joe Gqabi Municipal District in the north, to Butterworth in the East and Port Alfred in the West. The Chamber actively pursues opportunities to attract Investment to the region and looks for ways to ensure that current Investment is retained. The Chamber does this by being a lobby voice for the reduction in the cost of doing business in the region and by active participation in Projects together with the city. The Chamber also exists to stimulate and boost economic activity, through the attraction of Sporting events and Tourism.
From the beginning, the local businessmen formed the association to protect and advance business in Middelburg. From this small beginning of a handful of members, the Chamber mushroomed into a business association respected by its sister chambers throughout the country.
The original aim of being a watchdog for business remains relevant. MCCI hold the local government bodies accountable for the environment in which the various industries operate. MCCI acts as an advisory institution for local people in business.
As the leading Middelburg business organisation, we strive to unite the majority of business. We aim to influence our commercial and industrial environment by encouraging members to active commitment, innovation and professional service to protect and advance business in Middelburg.
The Oudtshoorn Business Chamber is relentlessly promoting and protecting the interests of the local business sector. The Chamber networks and negotiates on behalf of its members.
The Chamber is there to maintain and promote the free and private system on a non-party political basis in the activities of the Oudtshoorn Chamber of Business and Associations created for similar purposes and to undertake projects desired to further these interests in the local community.
The Oudtshoorn Business Chamber functions as an Association not for gain.
The Northern KZN Chamber of Business previously known as the Ladysmith Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been in existence for over 100 years and currently has approx 120 members.
It continues to play a vital role in protecting and promoting a stable business environment for its members and all businesses in and around the Uthukela District in KwaZulu Natal. The Chamber is run by Chamber Manager – Jennifer Wallace and her right hand – Laura Reeve.
The iLembe Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Tourism is a non-profit business association that represents credible, ethical and progressive businesses in the iLembe District of KZN.
The significance of a credible, grassroots association furthering the interests of business, as a social partner in South Africa, has rarely been more real and important.
The iLembe Chamber’s focus on accelerated regional economic growth, the viability of small and medium enterprises and promoting investment in key economic sectors, amongst others, is critical to economic growth and job creation.
As the advocate for business minded members of the wider iLembe community, the Chamber present and represent the interests of business to local, district, provincial as well as the national government, making iLembe a better place to live, work, do business and invest in.
Northern Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry, striving to be recognised as a leading and dynamic business Chamber and aims to provide relevant services and assistance to its members, enabling economic growth and investment in this area.
Our aim is to act as a trusted extension of our clients’ businesses, producing results that directly and positively impact on their objectives as well as those articulated by our government to the betterment of our communities.
The vision of nocci is to develop into an organised business structure for the whole northern cape by successfully adding value through members, decision makers and investors.