Pretoria Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCOCI)
A healthy economy depends upon building an ethical core of mid-sized businesses.
Our purpose – initiating and supporting initiatives to drive such progress
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Proactive Employers’ Association of South Africa (PEASA)
The Proactive Employers’ Association of South Africa is a non-profit Employers Organisation registered with the Department of Employment and Labour, with a focus on being the ‘The Voice of the Employer’ in an everyday labour law environment.
Continue reading →Pan African Society for Agricultural Engineering (PASAE)
The Mission of AfroAgEng is to promote and advance the profession of Agricultural Engineering in Africa. The Society seeks to become a key knowledge partner and visible policy advocate on the role of engineering and technology in the transformation and industrialization of agriculture in Africa towards Agenda 2063 and beyond – the Africa We Want.
Continue reading →Pretoria Attorneys Association (PAA)
The Pretoria Attorneys Association Also known as the “Pretoriase Prokureursvereniging”, is a voluntary association representing the interests of Attorneys practising in the Pretoria area. The Association assists its members in liaising with public bodies such as the Deeds Office, the Master’s Office, the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and the Courts. The Association also keeps its members abreast of any changes in the functioning of these bodies by sending information and circulars affecting members’ practices to them on a regular basis.
Continue reading →Professional Editors’ Guild (PEG)
Launched in Johannesburg in 1993, PEG is a national body with three branches, Gauteng, Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, each run by a committee of volunteers. PEG represents practitioners who operate in the South African publishing industry, corporate communications and media. PEG is a founding member of LAMP (an umbrella Alliance of Language and Media Professionals), whose mission is to promote the interests of all those professionals who serve this key sector of the South African economy. LAMP also represents our sector on book- and reading-development bodies. PEG was registered as a non-profit company (NPC) in February 2015.
Continue reading →Powerline and Substation Association of South Africa (POLASA)
The core purpose of the association is to provide all the stakeholders in the power line industry with a common platform to address matters of common interest and concern. Core activities include continuous improvement of the industry in terms of quality, productivity, investment, job creation, skills development and retention, technological development, safety and social responsibility which could include assisting members to achieve their transformation aspirations.
Continue reading →Professional Board for Psychology (PBP)
We are constituted in terms of the Regulations relating to the Constitution of the Professional Board for Psychology, Regulation No. R1249 dated 28 November 2008. There are five categories of registration in psychology, i.e. Clinical, Counselling, Educational, Industrial and Research Psychology.
Continue reading →Pretoria Writers’ Circle (PWC)
We aim to provide an encouraging and supportive environment where members can learn from each other and improve their writing skills in an enjoyable and social setting. We offer a forum for the exchange of ideas and information, while making time for friendships with fun, humour and social events.
We are a small group of enthusiastic writers and we welcome people who share our passion for creative writing to join us to share your efforts and ideas, improve your technique, or just to enjoy the readings of the other members’ work in a creative atmosphere.
We invite you to be our guest and come along to the next meeting. There, you will learn about the Circle and share in our news and plans. If you enjoy yourself, you could become a member. Aspiring writers and interested parties, at any level of experience and skill, are welcome.
The Pretoria Writers’ Circle typically meets every third Saturday from 09:30 to 13:30.
Pretoria Society of Advocates (PSA)
The Pretoria Society of Advocates, commonly known as the Pretoria Bar, is a voluntary association of advocates affiliated with a number of other Bars in the General Council of the Bar of South Africa (www.sabar.co.za). Such an association of practising advocates is traditionally referred to as a Bar. Apparently this tradition started in the United Kingdom when the newspapers of Fleet Street referred to barristers (the English equivalent of an advocate), then starting to appear in criminal courts in defence of an accused, as “the Gentlemen at the Bar”. This “bar” was a reference to the copper bar or railing in front of the accused in the dock, next to which his or her defender stood, and not a reference to a place serving beverages.
Continue reading →Public & Allied Workers Union of South Africa (PAWUSA)
Serving the interests of workers for more than 45 years – Stronger together
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