American Chamber of Commerce

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Welcome to the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa (AmCham)

AmCham is affiliated to the US Chamber of Commerce, the world's largest business federation which represents nearly 3 million businesses of every size and which is based in Washington DC.

AmCham was founded in 1977 as a non-profit association and operates without financial assistance from government. We promote and advance the interests and views of US business in South Africa.

Through AmCham, business people of the United States and South Africa are able to come together and promote their mutual interests.

South African News

Losing the mag race: Jacquie Myburgh: I suppose it's for purely personal reasons that I cannot let the closing of Femina magazine pass without comment.
Steinmuller racism row: An engineering firm that manufactures and supplies boilers to Sasol and Eskom is being accused of racism by its workers.
RMB Holdings earnings up 22%: Diversified financial services holding group RMB Holdings achieved a 22% improvement in normalised earnings, from R1.353-billion to R1.654-billion, for the second half of last year.
Raymond Ackerman calls it a day: Raymond Ackerman, the founder and chairman of Pick n Pay, handed over the keys to his kingdom to his older son, Gareth, yesterday, his 79th birthday.
Focus on rates disparity: The Reserve Bank will shortly release the results of a study into the gap between the central bank's main interest rate and prime-rate borrowing costs but is not formally investigating collusion between commercial banks, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said yesterday.