THE ITA HOLDS MEMBERSHIP OF THE FOLLOWING BODIES:
BUSINESS UNITY SOUTH AFRICA (BUSA)
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) was created in October 2003 through the merger of the Black Business Council and Business South Africa. It began operating in January 2004. The merger created the first truly unified organisation for business in South Africa. BUSA represents South African business on macro-economic and high-level issues that affect it at the national and international levels. Our function is to ensure that business plays a constructive role in the country’s economic growth, development and transformation and to create an environment in which businesses of all sizes and in all sectors can thrive, expand and be competitive.
World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA)
The World Information Technology Services Alliance (‘WITSA”) is the leading voice of the global ICT industry. WITSA is a consortium of over 70 national ICT industry associations with members representing more than 90 percent of the world ICT market.
WITSA was founded in 1978 under its original name - World Computing Services Industry Association - by a group of 30 individuals with the objective of understanding how trends and government regulations impact the social economic development of the global ICT industry.
WITSA was incorporated in 1998 in the Commonwealth of Virginia within the United States of America. As the leading recognized voice of the global ICT industry, WITSA is dedicated to:
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Advocating international public policies that advance the industry’s growth and development;
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Facilitating international trade and investment in ICT products and services through our global network of contacts;
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Promoting industry cooperation and strengthening our national associations through the sharing of knowledge, experience, and critical information;
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Publishing global ICT research to shape the industry;
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Hosting WITSA’s signature events - World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) and Global Public Policy Summit (GPPS); and
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Organizing Global ICT Excellence Awards to recognize outstanding ICT users.
Confederation
of Associations in the private Employment
Sector (CAPES)
The Confederation of Associations in the Private Employment Sector
(CAPES) is a section 21
company, an industry association representing the interests of the
Temporary Employment Services (TES) industry. The need to form a
unified body to engage in macro-level activities, to
proactively lobby government and regulators and challenge adverse
legislation around the future of TES, or labour broking as it is
commonly referred to, brought about the need to collaborate with
other associations and stakeholders within the TES industry and
create a unified voice and face for the industry. With this focus,
Capes was formed in 2002 with the four key staffing associations as
its members – the Association of Personnel Services Organisation of
SA (APSO), the Constructional Engineering Association of SA - Labour
Brokers Division (CEA-LBD), the Association of Nursing Agencies of
SA (ANASA) and the Information Technology Association (ITA). Capes
has 10 corporate members who subscribe to the association’s code of
practice and ethics, playing a pivotal role in the professionalizing
of the labour broking industry and the promotion of decent work as
subscribed by the ILO