Northern Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kimberley


Company profile
The Northern Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kimberley is a professional service organisation that acts on behalf of its members as a facilitating, coordinating and representative body. It is autonomous and has relationships with relevant national bodies, the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut and the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Description

History

The Northern Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NOCCI) Kimberley was established on 22 February 2000 with the amalgamation of the Chamber of Business and the Kimberley Afrikaanse Sakekamer. These two organisations had served the business community of Kimberley for the previous 130 years.

 

Mission

The purpose of NOCCI Kimberley is to establish a strong and coherent structure, constituted by businesses in the Northern Cape, in order to:

 • Serve the interests of the business community.

• Promote the well-being of the whole community by enhancing the role and capacity of businesses.

• Position Kimberley and the Northern Cape as a business destination.

 

Vision

The vision of NOCCI Kimberley is to develop into an excellent organised business structure for the whole Northern Cape region, by successfully adding value through rendering these services to the folowing groups:

Members

• Represent members

• Facilitate interaction

• Capacity-building

• Support with problem solving

• Includes at least 80% of businesses NOCCI Kimberley aims to represent at least 80% of businesses across all sectors in the area.

Decision-makers

• Assist in decision-making

• Communicate needs and solutions

• Support in planning

• Assist in determining economic focus

• Networking with decision-makers Investors • Informing investors about opportunities

Community

• Contribute to well-being through enhancing economic development

 

Benefits

Being part of NOCCI Kimberley offers members the opportunity to interact with other businesses, share their experiences, identify needs and problems, and get support in handling them.

NOCCI Kimberley also strengthens the voice of business for better representation when it comes to economic-development policy-making at a government level. Member services offered by NOCCI Kimberley include:

• Communicating with decision-makers in the interest of business.

• Creating training opportunities.

• Facilitating the input of specialist knowledge and services to address business needs.

• Providing general information (for instance, on new laws).

• Providing information relating to business opportunities and services.

• Communicating with possible investors.

• Facilitating connections with existing businesses. Membership fees to NOCCI Kimberley are affordable and easy payment arrangements can be made.

 

Services

Services offered include:

• NOCCI News

• Information from national bodies, such as the Afrikaanse Handelsinstituut and the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry

• Networking opportunities

• Well-equipped office structure

• Representation on various bodies

• Access to the Tender Board

• Expertise on executive committees in every field

• Capacity-building opportunities

• Tourism information available at NOCCI office

 

Current initiatives

• Networking with the agricultural and mining sectors, provincial legislature, municipalities and the media.

• Networking with national companies in Kimberley.

• Embarking on business capacity-building.

• Organising a golf day.

• Organising bimonthly lunch, liaison and links functions.

• Initiating various projects and events such as:

- Provincial chambers being established in the province

- The Service Excellence Project

- The Central Mining/General Expo

- The NOCCI/CBD Fair

 

Representation

NOCCI Kimberley is represented on the following boards:

• Local Economic Development Committee

• Kimberley Investment Network Authority

• Municipal Liaison Committee

• Agricultural Union

• Provincial Legislature

• Northern Cape Tourism Board

• Municipal Audit Committee

• Tender Board

• Fuel Forum

• CBD Forum

• South African Police Service and Commercial Crime Prevention Forum

• Involvement in all overseas delegations

• Input in provincial and local budget

• South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SACCI) Board of Directors

• SACCI Council

• Vice President on the SACCI Chamber Forum

• Frances Baard District Council

• South African Business Coalition on HIV/Aids

• Frances Baard Audit Committee

• Moral Regeneration

• Audit Committee (Sol Plaatje Municipality)

• Labour issues


Contact: Sharon Steyn, Chief Executive Officer; Elize Scholtz, Pro/Logistics & Members Manager

Physical Address The Biznizz Centre, Shop 10, Long Street, Kimberley 8301

Postal Address PO Box 350, Kimberley 8300

Tel: +27 53 831 1081

Fax: +27 53 831 1082

Email: sharon@nocci.co.za; elizescholtz@nocci.co.za; beverley@nocci.co.za

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