Northern Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Our heritage in brief

NOCCI was established on 22 February 2000 when the Chamber of Business and the Kimberley Afrikaanse Sakekamer amalgamated. At the time, these two organisations had served the business community of Kimberley for 120 years.

Membership advantages

A Chamber assesses and evaluates the needs of the local business community, in particular the need for services to small business at a reasonable cost:

• Monitors developments at the local level

• Mobilises business opinion on local issues

• Exerts a positive influence on the environment in which business operates and helps prospective members grow their business

• Promotes and encourages the pursuit of a high standard of business ethics

• Disseminates information that is useful to the business fraternity

• Creates opportunities for improving business skills

• Extends business contacts locally, regionally and nationally, and allows individual businesspeople to share in the provincial and national business decision-making processes

• Upholds the market economy and private enterprise system

• Has committees which are ideal places for members of diverse interests to consolidate and unify their thinking as they work together – committees accurately sense the environment, process information and provide valuable guidance to the member

• Holds functions and special events, allowing members to network and learn about interesting topics

Can you afford not to belong?

The increasingly complex business and social environment requires a comprehensive support structure to ensure the most favourable climate for the continued viable existence of individual businesses in a system of free enterprise. At the same time, the Chamber movement facilitates adjustment by business to those realities that cannot be altered. Involvement in the Chamber movement bears abundant fruit for the well-being of each business. If you are a businessperson with vision, you cannot afford not to join the Chamber movement.

Executive Committee of NOCCI

President: Mr Pieter Botha (Nedbank)

1st Vice-Chairperson:

Vice President: Mr Francois du Toit (Cooling Solutions)

2nd Vice-Chairperson: Mrs Bianca Botha (Defensor)

Treasurer: Mrs Renel-Mari Nel (Neoteric Accountants)

Executive members: Jackie Gagiano (Redspot Marketing Solutions); Harry Hurndall (Roburn Construction); Lian Laing (Ekapa); Peter Michael Salo (Capption); Jan Kruger (GWK); Hamman Kriel (NEASA); Wickus Coetzee (Scorp Security); Louw Van Rheenen (Beefmaster). ■