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Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) is an independent association whose members include the leaders of some of South Africa’s biggest and most well-known businesses.
Through BLSA, South Africa’s business leaders engage key players in South African society, including government, civil society and labour, to exchange ideas in our national interest and to create effective dialogue.
By so doing, we contribute to building strong communities underpinned by job creation through sustained economic growth.
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BLSA CEO Weekly Newsletter – Good governance means implementing settled policy
Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati last week accused BLSA of seeking political interference in Eskom’s transmission restructuring, and suggested our advocacy is driven by hidden motives. BLSA’s position is the opposite of what he describes: it is public, published and grounded in law and the government’s own stated policy that we are asking Eskom to comply with. Separating transmission ownership from Eskom is designed to remove conflicts of interest, not create scope for them. Separation is in the interests of good governance. Business remains committed to Eskom’s success, but that cannot extend to accepting a rewriting of settled policy. It was alarming this week to hear Eskom board chair Mteto Nyati argue, first on social media and then in a radio interview, that BLSA and Business Unity South Africa are guilty of the kind of political interference we have spent years campaigning against. He went further, suggesting that if we are not simply accepting Eskom’s own account of the matter, our advocacy must be “driven by… other interests” rather than the interests of the country. I want to address this directly, because the substance matters and because questioning BLSA’s integrity is not something I will leave unanswered. Nyati is fundamentally […]
30/06/2026
PRESENTATION – Addressing the Crisis in Johannesburg – Data and Analysis
On 25 June BLSA hosted a Council Meeting where Lael Bethlehem, a partner at Genesis Analytics and former Director of Economic Development, City of Johannesburg, unpacked the state of… continue reading
04/06/2026
BLSA AND BUSA JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT – South Africa’s Business Leaders Affirm the Rule of Law and Call for Calm and Co-Created African Solutions Amidst Migration and Immigration Challenges
JOHANNESBURG 5 June 2026 – Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) and Business Leaders South Africa (BLSA) note with concern the… continue reading
03/06/2026
MEDIA STATEMENT – A call to rebuild Johannesburg: Business sets out its commitment to act
Johannesburg, South Africa, 4 June 2026 – Business is deeply committed to South Africa and believes strongly in its long-term… continue reading
29/05/2026
NEW APPOINTMENT – BLSA welcomes its new Deputy Chairperson
BLSA is pleased to announce that the Board has formally appointed Mpumi Madisa, Group CEO of Bidvest, as its Deputy… continue reading
