Proudly South African | ASSOCIATIONS

Proudly South African seeks to strongly influence procurement in public and private sectors, to increase local production, influence consumers to buy local and stimulate job creation. This is in line with government's plans to revive South Africas economy so that millions of jobs can be created and unemployment can be decreased under the New Growth Path Plan.Proudly South African fits hand-in-glove with the broader national developmental agenda and the Local Procurement Accord signed in October 2011.The aim of the Proudly South African Campaign is to educate consumers to buy local goods when doing their shopping and to get businesses to procure locally in so doing they will be injecting money back into the country and the economy. Proudly South African Campaign urges businesses to be members of the campaign and this is done to promote local goods and services and to make it easily identifiable to the consumers.There are various reasons on why you should consider buying local goods and services, ranging from