17/06/2020

In open letter to SOE Council, BLSA appeals for ‘radical transparency’

Congratulations on your appointment to this crucial advisory body. Your role is a critical one: many of our SOEs are… continue reading

17/06/2020

Policy and Legislation updates amid UIF COVID-19

On 17 June 2020, Business for South Africa (“B4SA”) hosted a briefing on the UIF COVID-19 TERS Benefit. The COVID-19… continue reading

15/06/2020

Cigarette ban feeds criminality: BACSA

As the tobacco manufacturers and government fight it out in court over the ban of cigarette sales during lockdown level… continue reading

05/06/2020

BACSA – Illicit trade to continue

By Tebele Luthuli The efforts of SARS, law enforcement agencies and other groups that have been battling illicit trade in… continue reading

05/06/2020

Illicit trade in cigarettes and alcohol has thrived during lockdown

By Tebele Luthuli

Last week saw mounting excitement ahead of the ban on alcohol sales being lifted on Monday, the start of Level… continue reading

03/06/2020

Gordhan Briefing 29 May

Government reiterates its efforts to improve SOEs and invites the private sector to participate in infrastructure rollout drive to spur… continue reading

02/06/2020

BLSA CEO reacts to level 3 Lockdown

Today (01 June) sees South Africa gradually opening up the economy in its response to COVID-19 pandemic which has forced… continue reading

25/05/2020

Moving to lockdown level 3 is definitely the right move

President Ramaphosa announced that most businesses in the country will resume operations when level three of the coronavirus lockdown gets… continue reading

18/05/2020

BLSA, JSE to donate hygiene hampers to disadvantaged communities

Business Leadership SA and JSE have launched an initiative to provide hygiene hampers to disadvantaged communities in Gauteng as the… continue reading

13/05/2020

Level four lockdown is fluid, not time-based

Level four is something of a testing ground to assess Covid-19 readiness for moving to levels three and two, to… continue reading

13/05/2020

Lockdown: BLSA supports #NoExcuse initiative to tackle gender-based violence

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has thrown its support behind the #NoExcuse initiative which aims to tackle gender-based violence (GBV)… continue reading

13/05/2020

Lockdown: BLSA supports #NoExcuse initiative to tackle genderbased violence

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) has thrown its support behind the #NoExcuse initiative which aims to tackle gender-based violence (GBV)… continue reading

12/05/2020

Seeking an IMF loan will take us from dogma to pragmatism

For far too many years, management of the SA economy has been bedevilled by ideological debates that belong in the… continue reading

11/05/2020

A government in disarray’ on Covid

Busisiwe Mavuso, the CEO of Business Leadership SA, says the government is in “disarray” and does not seem to grasp… continue reading

07/05/2020

Lockdown: Unpacking jobs bloodbath

By SAFM Market update

South Africa is facing a coronavirus-driven jobs bloodbath, with the Business for SA (B4SA) formation forecasting that up to four… continue reading