How BUSA Works
Voice of Business in South Africa
Mission: To enable business to play a constructive role in ensuring an environment that promotes inclusive economic growth, development, and economic transformation.
How BUSA Works
BUSA structures its work through three policy committees.
All deliberation on policy is considered through the policy committees. This includes new and changing areas of policy and legislation. All three policy committees have a specific focus on transformation and small business. Each of the policy committees has subcommittees:
Energy and Environment Standing Committee
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on Environment
Social Policy Standing Committee
- Subcommittee on education & training
Economic & Trade Policy Standing Committee
- Subcommittee on tax
- Subcommittee on transport, trade & logistics
The BUSA Policy Committees are the engine rooms for BUSA. This is where BUSA:
- Keeps members updated on the latest developments
- Consolidates the input on various policy development processes
- Identifies where further work is required
- Mandates and finalises positions
- Nominates and coordinates the participation of BUSA member representatives on various structures and processes
Categories of Membership
Unisectoral
Representing Sectors of the Economy
Chambers
Representing Chambers of Commerce & Industry
Professionals
Representing Professional Bodies
Corporates
Representatives of Corporates
Board of Trustees
BUSA Policy Committees
Economic & Trade Policy
- Transport & Logistics
- Tax
- Economic & commercial matters
- Infrastructure (focus on water, technology & transport)
- Trade
- Competition policy
- Company Law
Social Policy
- Labour Market
- Education and Training
- Health & Safety at work
- Future of work
- Comprehensive social security
- The National Health Insurance
Energy and Environment Standing Committee
- Energy
- Environment
- Climate Change
- Water
- Waste
- Just Transition
- Gas
- Biodiversity
- Apex body, formed in 2003, leveraging on the role that organised business played in a peaceful transition to democracy
- Represents business with Government and Labour and in NEDLAC
- Work closely with the CEO Initiative, the ERP Process, and the NBI.
- BUSA represents SA on the SADC Private Sector Forum, Business Africa, ILO and globally on the G20, and International Organisation of Employers and with Business Organisation counterparts across the globe and a member of Business at OECD (BIAC). Enabling business co-operation within the rest of Africa, South-South, BRICS and Internationally
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