Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa

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Johannesburg, Japan

The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (SEIFSA) is a national employer Federation representing the metal and engineering industry. For 70 years, SEIFSA has provided active support for employer Associations and lobbied for policies that have improved the business environment in which its members operate.

SEIFSA’s management team represents employers associations, as the recognised voice of the metal and engineering industry, on a number of organisations that are critical to the success of the industry as a whole including:

• Business Unity South Africa (Busa)
• Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)
• Electricity Intensive Users Forum
• Eskom Task Group on Electricity
• Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Seta (merSETA)
• Metal and Engineering Industries Bargaining Council (MEIBC)
• Metal Industries Benefit Funds Administrators (Mibfa)
• National Economic, Development and Labour Council (Nedlac)
• Technical Sectoral Liaison Committee on Trade Agreements of Nedlac
• South African Institute of Iron and Steel Downstream Development Committee
• Nedlac’s Fund for Research into Industrial Development, Growth and Equity Committee
• Institute of Safety Management
• SEIFSA, through its membership of these bodies, has over the years positively influenced legislation and policy affecting labour relations, skills development as well as economic and trade matters.