Institute of Inventors and Innovators (III)
The III (Institute of Inventors and Innovators) is an association made up of creative thinkers who are passionate about solving everyday problems with novel solutions.
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Master Builders South Africa (MBSA)
This association was previously called the Building Industries Federation of South Africa (Bifsa) and is now called Master Builders South Africa (MBSA).MBSA is the leading national representative body in the building and construction industry in South Africa. It operates as Federation of registered employer Associations representing contractors and employers in the construction industry, and is regulated in terms of Section 107 of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995. The Federation’s nine Master Builders Associations, and three Affiliate Associations represent more than 4000 contractors and employers in the industry.
Continue reading →Print and Digital Media South Africa (PDMSA)
Print and Digital Media South Africa is an umbrella body incorporating print and digital media. The PDMSA is a natural progression from the long-established Print Media South Africa and illustrates our commitment as an interactive organisation to keeping pace with the fast-changing media world of the 21st Century. An evolving and vibrant association, our express purpose is to represent and promote all aspects concerning the industry and our members.
Continue reading →Association for Skills Development in South Africa (ASDSA)
The Association for Skills Development in South Africa (ASDSA) is a Section 21 company that represents skills development practitioners and skills development administrators, which includes facilitators, assessors, moderators and training providers. Members are required to abide by a code of conduct and a constitution.
ASDSA is is a non-statutory, SAQA-recognised professional body.
They have three professional designations:
- Skills Development Technician (SD.Tech);
- Skills Development Practitioner (SD.Pr);
- Skills Development Master (SD.Mas)
Master Builders Association North (MBA North)
The Pretoria Master Builders Association was founded in 1903 and the Johannesburg Master Builders Association was founded in 1894 and was formally constituted in 1904. These organisations merged in January 1996 to form the Gauteng Master Builders Association (GMBA). In 2012, the association underwent a name change and is now known as the Master Builders Association North – incorporating the following 4 regions: Gauteng, North West, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.
Continue reading →National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA)
The National Automobile Dealers’ Association is a professional body representing the interests of owners/operators of new vehicle franchise motor dealerships and qualifying used car only outlets in South Africa.
Continue reading →Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA)
IRMSA has been recognised by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), as the only professional body for Risk Managers in Southern Africa. The Institute is dedicated to the advancement of the Risk Management profession and accreditation, and is the leading source of information and networking opportunities within the Risk Management industry.
Continue reading →African Institute of the Interior Design Professions (IID)
The African Institute of the Interior Design Professions (IID) is the only professional body representing the Design Industry in Africa. The IID is dedicated to establishing, promoting and maintaining expertise, professionalism, sound business practice and high standards throughout the industry.
The IID is is a non-statutory, SAQA-recognised professional body.
They have four professional designations:
- Professional Interior Decorator;
- Professional Interior Designer;
- Professional Senior Interior Designer;
- Professional Interior Architect
Legal Practice Council (LPC)
The Legal Practice Council is mandated to set norms and standards, to provide for the admission and enrolment of legal practitioners and to regulate the professional conduct of legal practitioners to ensure accountability.
Continue reading →Law Society of South Africa (LSSA)
The LSSA speaks nationally on behalf of the attorneys’ profession;
provides leadership and support to the profession through policy development and stakeholder relations;
publishes De Rebus, the SA attorneys journal in print and digital format, which circulates to all attorneys, and judges as well as subscribers in print and digital format, as well as an app;
interrogates and makes input on policy and draft legislation in the public interest;
provides vocational training to over 1 400 candidate attorneys a year; attendance fees are subvented by the Attorneys Fidelity Fund;
has 10 Centres of the School for Legal Practice: Bloemfontein, Polokwane, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Potchefstroom, East London, Pretoria and Johannesburg as well as a distance training centre in cooperation with Unisa
is accredited as the premier provider of other practical legal training courses (PLT) for candidate attorneys in terms of the Attorneys Act, 1979;
is accredited as the premier provider of subsidised Practice Management Training (PMT) for mandatory practice management in terms of the Judicial Matters Second Amendment Act, 2003;
maintains standards by setting examination papers for the Attorneys Admission, Conveyancing and Notarial professional examinations for attorneys; and
maintains a national database on statistics and trends in the attorneys’ profession.