THE new visa regulations and the requirement that children should have unabridged birth certificates when travelling is undoing two decades of marketing South Africa as a tourist destination, says the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “We have already seen a drop in tourist numbers and worse is to come,” said Ms Janine Myburgh, President […]
THE decision by the City Council to increase property rates by 10 % instead of the 10.83% in the draft budget is welcome but it is not enough, says the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “This is a small improvement but all the increases are still way in excess of the inflation rate and […]
2015 9th Annual IWEC Awards Conference 15 – 18 November 2015 The International Women Entrepreneurial Challenge was established in Barcelona in 2007, with the goal of connecting small & mid-size women business owners globally – those who are already in the global marketplace & want to expand, or are ripe to get into the market […]
THE drastic reduction in E-toll fees in Gauteng almost certainly means that there will be no tolls roads in Cape Town, says the Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “Precedents have been set and the 50% discount and exemptions for public transport and mini-bus taxis will make toll roads a lot less attractive for the […]
THE Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry has called on the City Council to resign from the SA Local Government Association and to conduct its own wage negotiations with its staff. At present all municipal wage increases are negotiated by SALGA and the City has no choice but to implement them. In a letter to […]