South African Women’s Chamber

of Commerce of Hong Kong

 The Mountain is coming to Mohammed…..

or the Islanders are dusting their passports and are visiting the ‘dark’ side …….

 The South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce

have not seen too many of the South Africans and friends in Sai Kung and Clearwater Bay area

and would like to call a convention of all parties relating to South Africa for a

glass of wine and a piece of Boerewors on the coals at the Plumbridge Residence!

 Date: Thursday November 3

Time: 19h30 – 22h00

Cost: HKD 150 per head

Address: 64 Sheung Sze Wan

Clearwater Bay

(there is NO parking so please come by taxi, and please continue down the single lane till you get to a large white house – WHITE HAZE)

 Honourable South African Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau – Namotemba Tambo, will be present to greet the people of Sai Kung ‘provence’!

Tembi Tambo is the Chairman and co-founder of the SAWCC of Hong Kong.

The cost of the evening we will cover with a variety of delicious finger food and free flowing wine – please contribute HK150 per head towards this joining of the ‘nations’

RSVP: (Please make your reservation by attached Reply Slip and payment before October 15, 2011)

By cheque: Please make cheques payable to “SAWCC of Hong Kong” and mail to SAWCC, 18th Floor, Wing Hing Commercial Building, 16 Sutherland Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.

Bank transfer: SAWCC account: HSBC 400-616454-838. Please e-mail a copy of the deposit slip to president@sawcchongkong.com before October 15.

The Consulate General of Nigeria Hong Kong and the Royal Commonwealth Society in Hong Kong are pleased to invite you to meet Ambassador (Dr.) Martin Uhomoibhi (Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria) on Wednesday, 19th October 2011 at the Ballroom of Island Shangri La Hotel, Hong Kong.

Cocktail reception will start at 6pm and Dr. Uhomoibhi will begin the lecture on “NIGERIA’S NEW FOREIGN POLICY: OBJECTIVES AND CHALLENGES” at 6.30pm.  Drinks and canapés will continued to be served following the lecture until 9pm.

By the generous support of the various sponsors to The Consulate General of Nigeria Hong Kong for this event, all booking cheques are for support of a chosen local charity selected by The Consulate General of Nigeria Hong Kong.  Guests will book by kindly sending in their cheques for a minimum donation amount per person of HK$300 to confirm their reservations.

More details will be sent out with the booking form at a later date.  Please mark your diary for this special event and email me NOW to reserve your space(s).  Seats are really limited!

We look forward to seeing you on 19^th October.

Best regards
Gigi Lam

Executive Secretary
The Royal Commonwealth Society, Hong Kong Branch

ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY
G.P.O. Box 11749
Hong Kong

An Evening co-hosted by the Women’s Foundation and the SAWCC of Hong Kong

Consul General Nomatemba Tambo has kindly offered to host a reception at her official residence on The Peak and to talk on her life and the role of women in politics and the economy in South Africa.

Consul General Tambo is the daughter of Oliver Tambo, who together with Nelson Mandela, led the African National Congress’s 82-year battle to achieve a new democratic constitution for South Africa.

We hope you can join us for this very special evening.

Date:  15th September

Time: 7pm – 9pm

Address: The Official Residence of the South African Consul General,

House10, No. 74

Mount Kellett Road,

The Peak.

Tickets: HK$800pp.

To reserve a place, please register online at http://www.thewomensfoundationhk.org/main/sacg2011RSVP or email Jessica at: jessica@thewomensfoundationhk.org

SAWCC – South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong supported by the American Chamber and the Swiss Chamber – will be hosting the Intercham Young Professionals Cocktails on 31 August at 19h30 at PURE, Kenwick Centre  in Hollywood Road. Come along for a fun mixer with amazing prizes to be won!

Meet and mingle with hundreds of like-minded professionals from 27 international business organizations in Hong Kong.

This is a very popular event and tickets will sell out quickly. Don’t miss your chance to win fabulous lucky draw prizes!
All proceeds from this event will be donated to the  Po Leung Kuk (The Society for the protection of Women and Children.

No tickets sold at the door. No ticket, no admittance. Please contact Tarynn Hatton Jones for tickets or e-mail tarynn@burntoringe.com or phone +852 60154544.

Payment to be made to:

Bank Account Details:

SOUTH AFRICAN Women’s Chamber of Commerce, HSBC HONGKONG , SAWCC ACCOUNT NO. 400616454838, Fee can be deposited via bank direct deposit, please fax a copy of the deposit slips to Fax: (852) 37523173

The wine tasting at Club Lusitano with Nora from Delheim Stellenbosch South Africa, drew about 40 people.

The presentation was spectacular with amazing images of beautiful South Africa.

My personal preference was the Pinotage Rose!

Delheim is re-launching in HK through SOHO wines, so if you missed out on the tasting  please support Delheim at Soho wines.

Many thanks to the Irish Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong and Delheim Wines for a fabulous event.

Date:  Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Time: 19.30

Venue: Club Lusitano, 16 Ice House Street, Central, Hong Kong

Host: The Irish Chamber of Commerce of Hong Kong and the South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong

Price: HK$250 including a wine tasting and a bottle of your choice of Delheim Wine

The Irish Chamber and the South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce Hong Kong are delighted to welcome Nora Sperling Thiel from Delheim Winery, Stellenbosch, South Africa to Hong Kong.   Nora will talk about sustainable wine growing and their companies holistic approach to community and land, to wine making and to enduring good business practices. Their aim has always been to nurture a strong culture of sustainable development on the farm and within the community.

Overlooking Cape Town with a splendid view of Table Mountain, Delheim lies on the slopes of the Simonsberg mountain in the Stellenbosch district. The original farm, Driesprongh, was founded in 1699.

To register for this event please go to www.irishchamber.hk/events 

A note from the President:

This month as we enter the sizzling Summer in Hong Kong we are proud to announce that the SAWCC of Hong Kong is going from strength to strength!

We would like to extend a warm welcome to Henley University of Reading who joined the SAWCC as a Corporate Member. Henley has a very active Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa. Henley Business School is based in Hong Kong in Asia in the Hopewell Centre.  Tracey Roseborough is an amazing woman with many achievements in her career who is heading up Henley Asia and we welcome her to Hong Kong and look forward to participating in Chamber events with Henley.

For those of you who do not know Henley:

Henley Business School is renowned for it’s global reputation

• One of Europe’s largest full-service business schools.
• The first business school in the UK, and one of the oldest in Europe.
• One of the few global business schools to hold triple accredited status (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS).
• Received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade Category (2006).
• A top international business school, consistently ranked among the very best MBA providers.

Henley Business School in Top 500 B2B Superbrands – 10 September 2009

A new feather in Henley ‘s cap is its recent inclusion in the Top 500 B2B Superbrands 2009/10 list compiled by The Centre for Brand Analysis and published by the UK’s Sunday Telegraph. It is one of only ten other Business Schools featured in this prestigious list and is the only one to make it from all the business schools represented locally.

The Henley MBA

• World’s third largest supplier of MBA education
• Full-time Henley MBA ranked 17th in the world, 2nd in the UK, 5th in Europe (EIU September 2010)
• Full-time Henley MBA ranked 1 in the world on student quality, potential to network and breadth of alumni networks (EIU September 2009)
• Executive MBA ranked 1 in the UK for career progression, (Financial Times October 2009)
• Executive MBA ranked 6 in UK, 15 in Europe, 44 in the world (Financial Times October 2009)

For any inquiries please contact :

Rm 5410, 54/F Hopewell Centre, 183 Queen’s Road East, Wanchai, Hong Kong or Tel No.: (852) 2529 9377, Fax No.: (852) 2861 0591

General Enquiry: hbs@henleymba.com.hk. OR Website: www.henley.asia

Another achievement for the SAWCC of Hong Kong is our acceptance by Intercham to join as a member of Intercham of Hong Kong. The SAWCC will be hosting the Young Professionals Cocktails on August 31st and more details will be available soon!

SAWCC Vision

Our vision is to effectively enrich the lives of South African and Hong Kong youth and women for the betterment of their futures.

SAWCC Mission

To play a part in creating entrepreneurs for the 21^st century by enhancing, promoting and developing the entrepreneurial spirit in the youth and women (and men) of South Africa and Hong Kong.

The South African Women’s Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong is open to women and men who share our vision and mission of building bridges between China and South Africa’s youth and women. We welcome anyone who can assist with our existing projects, or who would like to initiate a new project that matches our vision and mission. For further information, please contact Ms Lizette Smook, SAWCC’s president.

Contact us: e-mail: president@sawcchongkong.com or tel:  +852 27992332  or address: 18th Fl, Wing Hing Commercial Building, 16 Sutherland St, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

REPLY SLIP:  

Date of the event:   9 November 2011 (Wednesday)

Yes, I will attend the YP Cocktail event on 9 November 2011 (Wednesday)

Please reserve ___________ seat/s for me/us               (Entry fee: HK$180  for members and HK270 for non-members)

(We shall make a cheque for HK$ ___________  payable to “SAWCC of Hong Kong”)

OR Mail or fax deposit slip to same address after transferring HK$200 per head to Bank transfer: SAWCC account: HSBC 400-616454-838

http://www.fin24.com/Economy/IMF-US-EU-woes-may-knock-Africa-growth-20110920

Washington – Sub-Saharan Africa is poised to maintain its economic expansion in the near term, but faltering US or European recovery could threaten exports, aid and capital flows, the IMF said on Tuesday.

In its latest World Economic Outlook update, the fund outlined the spillover risks for the region of any further deterioration of the global economic environment, although it had so far escaped any significant effects from the slowdown.

Reflecting these risks, the IMF revised a few notches downwards its real GDP growth forecast for Sub-Saharan Africa for this year, putting it at 5.2% compared to 5.5% predicted in June.

The region’s GDP in 2012 was forecast to expand 5.8%, slightly down from the 5.9% seen in June.

World Bank chief Robert Zoellick said on Monday the ripple effects of the growing debt crisis in advanced economies were already starting to feed through to developing nations.

“A faltering US or European recovery could undermine prospects for exports, remittances, official aid and private capital flows,” the IMF warned for Sub-Saharan Africa.

But if the rise in financial and economic instability in major advanced economies remained contained, the African region was set for continued expansion in the near term, it said.

Political uncertainty and weather shocks had the potential to dampen its growth prospects, however. There were also considerable variations in the outlook across the region.

Average growth for low-income countries, largely shielded from the global crisis due to limited integration into world manufacturing and financial networks, was forecast at 6% this year, on the back of strong domestic demand and accelerating exports.

This would increase to 6.5% next year as Ivory Coast’s economy returns to normal after the political disruption triggered by the 2010 elections, Kenya’s investment levels strengthen, and large oil and mining projects come online in Niger and Sierra Leone, the IMF said.

But the severe drought in the Horn of Africa had caused a humanitarian crisis in some economies and fueled inflation.

Middle-income countries were more vulnerable to a global slowdown and the recovery in South Africa, the region’s largest economy, was being complicated by this and other factors, such as a surge in unemployment, high household debt, low capacity utilization and substantial real exchange rate appreciation.

Nevertheless, South Africa’s growth was expected to pick up to about 3.5% over the next 12 months, driven by private consumption and reinvigorated investment, the fund said.

Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa’s oil exporting economies was projected to rise to 7.2% in 2012 from 6% this year, thanks to continued strength in domestic public investment spending and in spite of lower than originally projected oil prices, according to the IMF regional outlook.

This would include a strong rebound in oil production in Angola following a disruption in 2011.

The IMF recommended that with strong recovery underway, Sub-Saharan Africa should return to long-standing priorities of improving policy and institutional frameworks, building resilience to commodity price swings and developing financial markets

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Malema-makes-Forbes-power-list-20110915

Johannesburg- ANC Youth League president Julius Malema is one of Africa’s 10 most powerful young men, according to a list compiled by business magazine Forbes.

“The ANCYL wields enormous power in South African politics, and played a pivotal role in the election of incumbent president, Jacob Zuma, during the 2009 presidential elections,” the magazine said.

“Malema, its leader, remains one of the country’s most divisive and polarising figures, frequently stirring controversy for his inflammatory rhetoric and racial slurs.”

Three other South African men made the top 10 list – billionaire Mark Shuttleworth, advocate Euvin Naidoo and Standard Bank CEO David Munro.

Shuttleworth founded Ubuntu, a computer operating system distributed as free open source software. He also set up the Shuttleworth Foundation, a trust that funds individuals actively engaged in social change projects.

Naidoo is president of the SA Chamber of Commerce in America and “one of the most renowned advocates for western investments in Africa”, according to Forbes.

Munro, 38, was selected by the World Economic Forum as the 2009 Young Global Leader.

Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila and Madagascar president Andry Rajoelina are also on the list.

Women 

Five South African women made the magazine’s “20 Youngest Power Women in Africa” list – Mvelaphanda Group CEO Yolanda Cuba, media mogul Khanyi Dhlomo, Shanduka Group CEO Phuti Malabie, entrepreneur Lisa Kropman and Ernst & Young senior partner Jonitha Gugu Msibi.

The Mvelaphanda Group is a conglomerate listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. “In 2008, the Wall Street Journal named Phuti as one of 50 women in the world to watch,” Forbes said.

Shanduka is listed as one of South Africa’s largest African, black-owned and managed investment holding companies.

Kropman is the founder of Business Place, a group of business centres that support black entrepreneurs in Southern Africa.

Forbes said Msibi served as a public sector and government leader inAfrica. “She is a key adviser to several government leaders inAfrica, and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011.”