CAPITAL: The Voice of Business Issue 1, 2015 | Page 9

to become a ‘Capitalist’
BMX World Championships in 2010, the
UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships in 2013, and the UCI Mountain
Bike Marathon World Championships in
2014. All three were firsts for the African
continent.
Aside from offering a very attractive
lifestyle, the city boasts some of the best
schools in the country and with nearperfect weather all year round, it is no
wonder that so many people choose to
live and invest in our city.
The Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business (PCB) is the fourth-largest business
chamber in the country with around 900
members. We are proud of the fact that we
are a place with a close business community and where most business is done on
the basis of established relationships.
The PCB motto “Economic and Enterprise
Development” gives recognition to the fact
that the Chamber’s core focuses are local
economic development, and the growth
and prosperity of business enterprises.
The two are inextricably linked, for without
either the other won’t occur. It is the mission
of the PCB to promote better business,
more and successful entrepreneurship,
local economic development, and the
growth of business enterprises within the

Msunduzi and uMgungundlovu municipal
areas.
We engaged in the development of
Capital magazine to focus on our beautiful
capital city in all its forms, and in so doing,
to promote the greater Pietermaritzburg
and KZN Midlands area by telling the
stories of its businesspeople.
There is an astonishing concentration of
human capital to be found here: cultural
capital, historical capital, intellectual capital, and social capital. Maritzburgers know
very well that this capital is absolutely crucial for personal and business success.
The print issue of Capital will be
supported by a digital version, which will
contain video, photo galleries, clickable
adverts, links to more information, and
other exciting interactive elements not
possible with print.
We are proud to live in and do business
in the political capital of the most beautiful, fertile and richly diverse province of
South Africa. If you’re not currently doing
business in Pietermaritzburg, then we invite you to become a Capitalist in all the
best senses of the word.

Melanie Veness
PCB CEO

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