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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’s Weekly Newsletter – SA’s finances are on the mend – now for growth
The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement will confirm one of reform’s biggest successes: government debt peaked last year and is now falling, after more than a decade of fiscal decline. Treasury’s discipline rebuilt credibility with markets and rating agencies, with S&P and Fitch both upgrading South Africa. It held the spending ceiling, sent windfalls to debt reduction and capped the wage bill. The proposed fiscal rule will give that discipline a legal anchor, lowering borrowing costs for government and business alike. Growth is the missing ingredient, and the best fiscal lever is infrastructure spending that has consistently fallen short. Business stands ready to help get projects built. The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement this week will be an opportunity to reflect on another major success in the reform effort: the mending of government finances. At the end of the Zuma administration, South Africa was on a downward path to bankruptcy with spiralling debt, falling tax revenues and state-owned enterprises in permanent need of multi-billion-rand bailouts. But this week, finance minister Enoch Godongwana will be telling the story of a fundamentally different fiscal position: revenue collection that is beating forecasts, falling levels of debt and a government that is spending within its […]
21/10/2026
MEDIA STATEMENT – Fruits of fiscal discipline becoming apparent
The most striking aspect of the 2026 MTBPS is that government managed to stick to its guns, ensuring that South Africa’s government debt has peaked and is now falling, despite… continue reading
11/09/2026
BLSA welcomes its newest Board Member
BLSA is very pleased to welcome its newest Board Member, Hendrik du Toit, Founder and CEO of Ninety-One. Hendrik joins… continue reading
30/08/2026
Joint Media Statement by Business Leadership South Africa and Eskom
Johannesburg, 31 August 2026 – Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) and Eskom recently held a direct and constructive engagement, initiated… continue reading
23/07/2026
MEDIA STATEMENT – Completion index falls for first time as problems emerge with energy sector reforms
Johannesburg, 23 July 2026 – The fourth BLSA Reform Tracker Quarterly Review, covering April to June 2026, shows South Africa’s… continue reading
