Pretoria Gem and Mineral Club (PGMC)
The aim of the Pretoria Gem and Mineral Club (PGMC) is to encourage and promote a general interest and knowledge of semi precious stones, rocks, minerals, lapidary and associated subjects.
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Pietermaritzburg Gem and Mineral Club (PGMC)
There were a number of people interested in rocks and minerals in the 1980’s, who attended the Natal Mineral and Gem Society meetings in Durban. They included, Ashley Diack with friend, Philip Hawkins, who was interested in lapidary as well as Abe and Les Liebenberg who were longstanding members of the Natal Mineral and Gem Society at that time.
?Due to the distance involved in travelling to Durban, it was decided that it would make sense to have a club in PBM.
Continue reading →Professional Valuers Association (PVA)
The Professional Valuers Association was founded in 2003, as an association for registered professional property valuers in South Africa. The PVA is a recognised voluntary professional body, established in terms of the SA Council for the Property Valuers Profession (SACPVP) under the umbrella of the Built Environment Act of South Africa.
Continue reading →Property Sector Charter Council (PSCC)
The Property Sector Charter Council Constitutes a framework and establishes the principles upon which B-BBEE will be implemented in the sector. It is a transformation charter as contemplated in the Broad-Based BEE Act (No 53 of 2003) and the dti Codes of Good Practice on B-BBEE and lays the basis for the development of a code of good practice for the property sector, as envisioned in Section 9(1) of the B-BBEE Act. The Property Sector Charter Council
establishes targets and qualitative undertakings in respect of each element of B-BBEE and outlines processes for implementing the commitments contained in the charter, as well as mechanisms to monitor and report on progress.
Plumbing Industry Registration Board (PIRB)
The PIRB is a trusted professional body as recognised by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA). The PIRB are here to serve and effectively administer a live and updated plumbing registration system in South Africa.
Continue reading →Ports Regulator of South Africa (PRSA)
The Regulators key function is economic regulation of the ports system in South Africa, in line with the strategic development context of the state. In accordance with this mandate, the Regulator performs certain functions and activities in the industry that relate mainly to regulation of pricing and other aspects of economic regulation, promotion of equity of access to ports facilities and services, monitoring the industrys compliance with the regulatory framework and also hearing any complaints and appeals lodged with it.
Continue reading →Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB)
The Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB) is an independent service provider of quality certification and cold chain management services for producers and exporters of perishable food products. As a national public entity, the PPECB is constituted and mandated in terms of the Perishable Products Export Control Act (PPEC Act), No 9, of 1983 to perform cold chain services. The PPECB also delivers inspection and food safety services assigned by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) under the APS Act, No.119 of 1990. The presence of the PPECB in the export industry is furthermore enhanced by its recognition as an approved third country under the European Commission Regulation 543 of 2011. This agreement recognises the South African inspection systems as equivalent to that of the EU inspection bodies and therefore ensures less frequent checks at the port of import into the EU.
Continue reading →Protein Research Foundation (PRF)
Since its inception the Protein Research Foundation (PRF) has been a future focused organisation.. Certain objectives of the Protein Research Foundation (PRF) and its predecessors, including funding of research to achieve specific objectives, date back to 1973. Before 1990, certain other objectives had to be achieved using specific funds, but those were terminated in 1989 to make way for a pure research function and related matters. Those were determined formally in 1990, with the establishment of a research trust now known as the Protein Research Foundation (PRF).
Continue reading →The Paediatric Cardiac Society of South Africa (PCSSA)
PCSSA is a special interest group of the SA Heart Association. The Paediatric Cardiac Society of South Africa is a voluntary professional association of paediatric cardiologists and cardiac surgeons with an interest in children with heart disease.
Continue reading →Pretoria Arms and Ammunition Association (PAAA)
Also known as the Pretoria Wapen en Ammunisie Vereniging, the primary objectives of the PAAA are:
To promote the collecting, study, restoration, preservation and legitimate use of all arms and ammunition and related items;
to exchange information and knowledge amongst members and amongst associations and organisations with similar objectives;
to promote the safe handling and possession of arms and to establish sound arms etiquette;
to establish and maintain a sound knowledge of all relevant laws relating to firearms and ammunition; and
to encourage and assist members to apply for registration as collectors of firearms and ammunition;