The South African Manufacturing Working Group exists to advance the interest of the South African manufacturing sector within the bigger mandate of enhancing trade and investment among the five BRICS countries.
Manufacturing Working Group seeks not only to facilitate trade in manufacturing among the five countries but also to encourage co-operation on projects where there is potential for collaboration or complementarity.
Trade and investments
The project showcase creates opportunities for manufacturing project owners to pitch to possible funders for funding, market access and other business support
NB Brics Business Council and the Manufacturing Working Group do not provide funding
Projects must comply with the following
NB Please provide as much information as possible to enable the evaluation team to give your project the consideration it deserves
Current projects/issues tabled at WG meetings:
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity Problem: The global issue of unemployment, poverty and inequality. Solution: The creation of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) which will host roughly 100 companies, comprising multi-nationals, large
Bioplastic Technology Problem: The world faces a global plastics pollution crisis, especially given that most petroleum-based plastics do not degrade. It is, therefore, harmful to many living organisms. Approximately eight
Problem: Plastic waste is a global challenge as millions of tons of post-consumer used plastics are constantly accumulating on a daily basis. Less than a third is currently being recovered
Smart Cities
Electromobility
Light Passenger Aircraft Manufacturing
SEZ with focus on Medical Technologies
Project Thuthukisa
Edge Manufacturing – Manufacturing of home appliances & electronics
Resorbable Wound Dressing
WaferMat Technology
VagiTab
Thandela Macadamia Farming (Pty) Ltd
Pelchem Business Development Investment
Organic and off-grid waste water treatment
Agro-processing and nutraceuticals production for export
South African heavy vehicles OEM
Hydrogen mobility infrastructure
Titanium metal production and fabrication industry
New generation automotive drivetrain component manufacturing industry
Elegant Afro Chemicals (EAC)
Grasland Ondernemings Lime Production Facility
Name | Designation | Company |
Ms. Anthea Buckland | Consumer Goods Council South Africa | |
Ms. Ilse Karg | Chief Director: Future Industrial Production Technologies (4IR) | Department of Trade, Industry & Competition |
Ms. Khensane Hlongwane | Project Manager | The Manufacturing Circle |
Ms. Patricia Nkosi | Director | Siander Holdings |
Ms. Sherrie Donaldson | Chief Executive Officer | African Innovators |
Ms. Shiphra Chisha | President | SADC Women In Business (SADC-WIB) |
Ms. Vuyo Sikwebu | Chief Executive Officer | Clariter |
Dr. Abofele Khoele | Vice President: Public Affairs and Trade Development | Cipla South Africa |
Mr. Andrew Bam | Senior Manager PAD and Learning | Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA) |
Mr. Beeuwen Gerryts | Chief Director: Technology Localisation, Beneficiation & Advanced Manufacturing | Department of Science and Technology |
Mr. Bob Williamson | President | ISTMA |
Mr. Gwarega Mangozhe | Consumer Goods Council South Africa | |
Mr. Hilton Lazarus | SBU Head: Basic & Speciality Chemicals | Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) |
Mr. Ivan Radebe | Managing Director | Pelchem |
Mr. Johan van Tonder | Managing Director | Agustin Equity Management (Pty) Ltd |
Mr. Lesetja Mogoba | Senior Marketer | Denel Aeronautics |
Mr. Martin Sanne | Executive Director Materials Science and Manufacturing | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) |
Mr. Michael Mabasa | Chief Executive Officer | National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) |
Mr. Nico Landman | HOD | Nicabi |
Mr. Patrick Dunn | Director | South African Steel Components Manufacturer Pty Ltd |
Mr. Paul Miller | Chief Executive Officer | Cipla South Africa |
Mr. Sisa Njikelana | Managing Director | Mesereti International |
Mr. Thabo Shogole | Director | SAMDA |
Mr. Thabo Tselane | Chief Technology Officer | South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) |
Mr. Thembile Qunta | Director: Head of Manufacturing | Cipla South Africa |
Mr. Tony Booysen | General Secretary | NAMEC |
Professor. Yahya Choonara | Chair and Head: Pharmacy and Pharmacology | University of the Witwatersrand |
Mr. Zama Zituta | Senior Manager | NECSA |
National Government Level | · Presidency · DTIC · Department of Public Enterprises |
Provincial Government Level | · Premier of the provinces |
National Government Agency | · New Development Bank · PPGI · Company Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) · National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) · Equity Equivalent Investment Programme (EEIP) |
State-Owned Enterprises | · Eskom · Transnet |
Regional | · African Union and SADC · African continental and SADC Business Associations · African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) · Pan African Parliament |
Labour | · Organised Labour – All trade union federations |
Industry | · Further engage through a platform of industry organisations e.g. SA Minerals Council, SEIFSA, Manufacturing Circle, CAIA, SASA, NAAMSA, AFSA, SAISI, Industry-based export councils, etc. · Naspers with ICT and media industries platform/industry organisations · Aspen with pharmaceutical industry organisation/s |
Research | · Research community especially universities and TIPS |
Media | · Alternative and directed media e.g. National Community Radio Forum and Engineering News |
Other | · National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) · NEPAD · BRICS Commercial Law Legal System alignment |