Our policy initiatives are aimed at allowing entrepreneurs to thrive, and to reduce the risks of doing business in SA. BLSA is actively looking outward to form principled alliances with members of civil society to advance the constitution and ensure the integrity of state institutions. We will continuously engage in policy formulation on a broad range of topics.
Business’s partnership with government – recently announced by the President and leading CEOs – is a primary example of this type of collaborative effort, which is focused on addressing key fundamentals. Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), through its structure Business for South Africa (B4SA), is supporting government to implement key priority interventions in the areas of Energy, Transport and Logistics, and Crime and Corruption, together with government counterparties.
The intention is to bring resources and capacity to bear to address the socioeconomic crises facing our country. The process of securing extensive resources including funding, skills and expertise to support government in addressing these initial priorities has started and are being procured. This is being done through organised business, including BUSA, B4SA, Business Leadership South Africa. The Resource Mobilisation Fund (RMF), which recently raised R100 million to contribute expertise to the government via the National Energy Crisis Committee is an example of the initiatives to support government.
BLSA is committed to minimising the instances of criminality and corruption in the private and public sectors.
Considering the critical role of whistleblowers in combatting corruption, BLSA is proud to be a supporter of The Whistleblower House, an entity dedicate to the protection and support of whistleblowers.
BLSA supports the work of the Presidential SOE Council (PSEC) in collaboration with the Technical Assistance Mentorship Development (TAMDEV) programme of the National Business Initiative (NBI).
The programme contracts suitably qualified retired professionals to provide expertise to government from the private sector.The ultimate objective of supporting the Presidential SOE Council is to advance the SOE reform process with a view to ultimately improving government’s service delivery and South Africa’s fiscal (macroeconomic) position.
BLSA partners with Operation Vulindlela (OV), a joint programme of The Presidency and National Treasury to expedite implementation of pro-growth structural reforms to the benefit of the broader South African political economy.
BLSA assists OV through providing technical expertise on an “arms-length” basis to OV in support of its pro-growth reform agenda.
The Technical Assistance Mentorship Development (TAMDEV) programme, anchored by NBI, is a collaboration between Government and Business.
It aims to deploy appropriate, retired expertise and technical skills, from both the private and public sector to assist in the improvement of service delivery by participating in the execution and support of potential solutions with the aim to strengthen public institutions and address service delivery constraints.