Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) is an independent association whose members include the leaders of some of South Africa’s biggest and most well-known businesses.
Through BLSA, South Africa’s business leaders engage key players in South African society, including government, civil society and labour, to exchange ideas in our national interest and to create effective dialogue.
By so doing, we contribute to building strong communities underpinned by job creation through sustained economic growth.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter – Urgent action needed on vehicle industry as reform momentum shows mixed progress
Government must urgently finalise new energy vehicles policy, refine tariffs and deploy anti-dumping measures to protect vehicle manufacturers. Balancing China as a critical trading partner with protecting domestic jobs requires sophisticated policy, supporting Chinese manufacturers who invest in local production like Chery’s Rosslyn acquisition, whilst deploying anti-dumping measures against subsidised imports that undermine the industrial base. The DTIC’s proposed competition threshold increases will reduce the regulatory burden on thousands of transactions and address investor concerns about unpredictable merger approval processes. The BLSA Reform Tracker quarterly review, to be launched on Thursday, will show strong progress on logistics reforms with port and rail concessioning advancing, but troubling backward steps on electricity reform as delays and resistance emerge now that the availability crisis has abated. Operation Vulindlela’s transparency is welcome, but its own scorecard identifies electricity as facing “significant challenges” – sustained reform pressure resolved the crisis, and backsliding risks reversing those gains when genuine market competition and Eskom unbundling remain incomplete. There are life and death decisions that government must make about our vehicle industry, one of the most important parts of our industrial base. It is facing a bleak future as cheap imports flood the market. BMW South Africa […]
05/02/2026
MEDIA STATEMENT – BLSA Reform Tracker Second Quarterly Review: South Africa’s Reform Programme Remains on Track Despite Electricity Setback
Overall reform score climbs nearly 24% since tracking began; momentum slows as reforms near completion but electricity sector reversal raises concerns Johannesburg, 5 February 2026 – The second BLSA Reform… continue reading
07/01/2026
MEDIA STATEMENT – BLSA welcomes the appointment of Adv Mothibi to the NPA
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) welcomes the appointment of Advocate Jan Lekgoa Mothibi as the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) National… continue reading
12/11/2025
Media statement – Fiscal discipline pays off: SA’s debt trajectory offers hope for ratings upgrade
“This is the first time since the 2008 financial crisis that public debt will not grow as a percentage of… continue reading
13/08/2025
MEDIA STATEMENT – BLSA introduces an innovative online tool to follow the progress of government reforms
Johannesburg, 14 August 2025 — Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has unveiled the BLSA Reform Tracker, an innovative online platform… continue reading
