Membership

New Membership
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The Membership Acceptance Criteria

  • CIPC Registration
  • Female Directorship of 50% plus
  • NHBRC affiliation (Optional)
  • CIDB affiliation

Membership application approval is at the sole discretion of SAWIC& BE’s management structures. (Membership fee payments can only be made upon receipt of a membership confirmation email with a membership number from the Membership Department)

SAWIC Membership Profile includes:

  • Contractors
  • Small business owners along the down and up stream construction value chain
  • Associate members
  • Corporate members
  • Honorary members
  • Life membership
  • Students who are studying to qualify in the built environment
  • International members for women outside the borders of South Africa (but cannot vote nor be office bearers)

SAWIC KwaZulu-Natal engages in stakeholder and membership analysis in order to fully identify and interact with all its relevant stakeholders so as to maximize value for its members.​

  • Education and training to improve member skills and capacity
  • Advocacy and lobbying the government
  • Networking
  • Marketing and promotion of the organisation
  • Joint venturing with other private and public organisations through our investment company

Membership targets: 3 to 5 years

  • Currently the bulk (90%) of our membership is composed of CIDB grade1 with CIDB grades 2 – 4 sitting at 5% and the rest sitting between grades 6 to 8.
  • Our plan is to change this skewed picture by aggressively lobbying for our lower grades to secure projects, thus resulting in the following desired picture within 3 to 5 years:
  • CIDB 1 to 2
  • CIDB 3 to 5
  • CIDB 6 to 9
  • Professionals

Membership Fees 2025

  • New membership: R 1350
  • Membership renewal: R 1150 (for existing members)
  • Co-operatives: R 2070
  • Corporates: R 17 250
  • Students: R 280