Direct Marketing Association of South Africa (DMASA)
The DMASA, a Section 21 company dedicated to the protection and development of the Interactive and Direct Marketing Industry.
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Agricultural Writers of South Africa (AWSA)
Agricultural Writers SA is a voluntary, non-profitmaking professional association promoting the image and standards of agricultural journalism in South Africa. It is representative of agricultural journalists serving the industry through magazines, newspapers, radio and television. Qualified membership is also extended to friends of the agricultural media. It remains, however, primarily a body run by journalists for journalists.is representative of agricultural journalists serving the industry through magazines, newspapers, radio and television. Qualified membership is also extended to friends of the agricultural media. It remains, however, primarily a body run by journalists for journalists. It is representative of agricultural journalists serving the industry through magazines, newspapers, radio and television. Qualified membership is also extended to friends of the agricultural media. It remains, however, primarily a body run by journalists for journalists.
Continue reading →Banking Association of South Africa (BASA)
The Banking Association South Africa (BASA) advances the interests of the industry with its regulators, legislators and stakeholders, to make banking sustainable, profitable and better able contribute to the social and economic development and transformation of the country.
Continue reading →Animal Feed Manufacturers’ Association (AFMA)
The Animal Feed Manufacturers Association (AFMA) of South Africa is the official industry representative body of the formal animal feed manufacturing industry.
Continue reading →National Taxi Alliance (NTA)
The National Taxi Alliance (NTA) is a South African group body of Affiliated independent national, provincial, regional and primary taxi associations. The primary objectives for which the NTA was established for, are to promote and defend the interests of its members and to on an ongoing basis articulate its members hopes and aspirations, economically and socially.
Continue reading →National Consumer Commission (NCC)
The National Consumer Commission (NCC) is the primary regulator of consumer-business interaction in South Africand was created by government under the auspices of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), to ensure economic welfare of consumers. Consumers play a vital role in the growth of the economy and thus contribute to the national fiscus and the development of the country.
Continue reading →Labour research service (LRS)
The Labour Research Service (LRS) is a membership-based labour support organisation established in 1986. We support the core functions of trade unions such as collective bargaining and organising and help to link unions with other role-players and constituencies. Our work influences policies that will enable workers to fully claim their rights. We support global union federations in building trade unions and trade union networks around multinational companies in Africa. We influence approaches to gender equality and gender-based violence in unions and within communities in South Africa and Africa. We work to develop new layers of worker leaders within trade unions and in so doing support the reproduction of these important organs of civil society.
Continue reading →National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)
The role of the NIHSS is to broadly enhance and support the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) in South Africa and beyond, as well as to advise government and civil society on HSS related matters. It will do so through its various programmes, including the Doctoral Schools, Catalytic Projects, African Pathways Programme, and through supporting the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in the implementation of the proposed corrective interventions.
Continue reading →Girl Guides South Africa (GGSA)
For 105 years, the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts has planted, grown and shared Girl Guiding in diverse communities around the world and have provided opportunities for girls and women to be responsible global citizens. Our Guiding History The international Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting Movement, headed by WAGGGS – the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, includes 10 million girls and women in 145 countries. Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting began in the UK in 1910, and spread rapidly around the world throughout 1911 and 1912. Since then, it has continued to reach many more countries. The Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting world is organised into five Regions: AfricArab, Asia Pacific, Europe and Western Hemisphere. Each country’s Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting activities are managed by a national Member Organisation. There are many differences between countries – for example, some are girls-only and some also have boys as members. In South Africa we are called Girl Guides; in the USfor example, they are called Girl Scouts. Visit the Our World section of the WAGGGS website for much more information on each Member Organisation.
Continue reading →South African Nursing Council (SANC)
The SA Nursing Council is the body entrusted to set and maintain standards of nursing education and practice in the Republic of South Africa. It is an autonomous, financially independent, statutory body, initially established by the Nursing Act, 1944 (Act No. 45 of 1944), and currently operating under the Nursing Act, 2005 (Act No. 33 of 2005).
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