SACCI PRESS RELEASE – BUSINESS CONFIDENCE INDEX (BCI) – May 2024

Embargo: 11:30 – 11 June 2024 Political pretence affects business climate.  The advent and outcome of the national and provincial elections near the end of May 2024 had a notable effect on business confidence during April and May 2024. The … Read More

SACCI Media Statement on the outcome of the 2024 national and provincial elections

SACCI Media ReleaseMonday03 June 2024 The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) notes the outcome of the 2024 national and provincial elections. We congratulate South Africans who filed in the long queues to make their voices heard and … Read More

Mtho Xulu, president of the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry:* extracts from an interview with Business Times today

The National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) provides “no clearly categorised voice for small businesses. All decisions that impact them are taken by big businesses”. Those who have access to Nedlac are the ones who protect centralised bargaining and … Read More

ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS | THE CRITICAL CHOICE | 5 MAY 2024

JOHANNESBURG – South Africa is at a point in its 30-year democracy where the list of problems needing urgent attention keeps growing. At the top of that list is the rate of unemployment, the highest in the world at 32%. … Read More

SACCI PRESS RELEASE – BUSINESS CONFIDENCE INDEX (BCI) – March 2024

Embargo: 11:30 – 11 April 2024 Persistent Business Confidence  SACCI’s Business Confidence Index (BCI) remained steady at 114.7 in both February and March 2024. This upward trend has been ongoing since November of the previous year, marking the highest level … Read More

February 2024 Trade Conditions Survey

SACCI Media ReleaseFebruary 2024 Trade Conditions SurveyEmbargo: 11:30 – 13 March 2024Cautionary Note on Survey:This is a monthly SACCI survey and does not claim to present overall trade conditions. The survey does not only entertain SACCI members. The results should … Read More

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) response to the increase
in the National Minimum Wage

SACCI Media ReleaseMonday05 March 2024 We note the extraordinarily above inflation increase in the National Minimum wage that thegovernment has approved, without consulting the affected business sectors. Government prefersto only consult big business who may well afford those rates, but … Read More

Human Development Report 2020

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SACCI Response to Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan

SACCI welcomes the Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan as announced by President Ramaphosa. … Read More

SACCI Media Statement on the 2020 SONA

The South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry notes and welcomes the President’s remarks in his 2020 State of the Nation address. … Read More