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.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
BLSA CEO’s Weekly Newsletter – Tracker shows reform momentum, but logistics slips backwards
Minister Hlabisa named cadre deployment as the primary cause of municipal failure, with a white paper going to cabinet next month proposing professionalisation, a corruption register and the amalgamation of dysfunctional municipalities. The BLSA Reform Tracker shows central government reforms are progressing, but logistics stepped backwards, with Transnet designing participation terms that favour itself over private operators, undermining the entire reform objective. Electricity reform is back on track after presidential intervention corrected Eskom and the ministry’s proposed unbundling structure that conflicted with policy, revealing the fragility of progress when institutions deviate from agreed policy. The outgoing SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter leaves the agency as proof that institutions can be rebuilt through principled leadership, having transformed it from a State Capture protection racket to an efficient tax collector beating collection targets. BLSA elected a new board with Adrian Gore as chair, including four other new members, replacing four who retired. I look forward to working with the new board to achieve BLSA’s mission. Last week we were pleased to host minister of cooperative governance and traditional affairs Velenkosini Hlabisa to address our Council on progress with local government reform. The minister was refreshingly direct – local government reform is economic reform. […]
24/04/2026
Announcement of the new BLSA Board
BLSA is pleased to announce the appointment of the new Board of Directors, following the successful completion of the previous board’s three-year tenure. We are enormously grateful for the outstanding… continue reading
22/04/2026
MEDIA STATEMENT – BLSA Reform Tracker Q1 2026: Reform progress continues but freight logistics and governance raise concerns
Johannesburg, 23 April 2026 – The third BLSA Reform Tracker Quarterly Review, covering January to March 2026, shows South Africa’s… continue reading
15/04/2026
MEDIA STATEMENT – BLSA welcomes the appointment of Roelf Meyer as US Ambassador
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) welcomes Roelf Meyer on his appointment as the United States ambassador. Mr Meyer’s commitment to… continue reading
BLSA POSITION PAPER – On South Africa’s Sovereign Credit Rating
BLSA has commissioned an empirically grounded research paper on South Africa’s sovereign credit rating. The commissioning of the research paper… continue reading
