Abbreviation | SABSA |
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Formation | 2004 |
Type | Business Schools Association |
Legal status | Non Profit Organisation |
Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Location | |
Region served | South Africa |
Membership | 22 |
Official language | English |
Chair | Prof Morris Mthombeni |
Prof Morris Mthombeni, Prof Fulu Netswera, Prof Catherine Duggan, General Manager: Anne Wilson | |
Website | www.sabsa.co.za |
The South African Business Schools Association (SABSA) is an association of South African business schools offering accredited MBA programmes. Institutions are accredited in South Africa by the Council on Higher Education (CHE), whilst institutions also pursue international accreditation from AMBA, EQUIS, and AACSB.
Business School | Institution | City | Accreditation | Year founded |
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The Da Vinci Institute of Technology Business School | Da Vinci Institute | Johannesburg | CHE | |
DUT-Faculty of Management Sciences | Durban University of Technology | Durban | CHE | |
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) | University of Pretoria | Johannesburg | CHE, AMBA [1] | 2000† |
Graduate School of Business | University of KwaZulu-Natal | Durban | CHE [2] | |
Graduate School of Business and Government Leadership | North-West University | Mafikeng | CHE [3] | |
Henley Business School Africa | Henley Business School | Johannesburg | CHE, AMBA, EQUIS, AACSB [4] | 1992 |
IIEMSA | IIEMSA | Johannesburg | CHE | 2001 |
Management College of South Africa- MANCOSA | MANCOSA | Johannesburg | CHE [5] | |
Milpark Business School | Stadio University | Johannesburg | CHE [6] | |
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Business School | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University | Port Elizabeth | CHE [7] | 2005 |
Potchefstroom Business School | North-West University | Potchefstroom | CHE [8] | |
Regenesys Business School | Regenesys | Johannesburg | CHE [9] | |
Regent Business School | Regent | Johannesburg | CHE [10] | |
Rhodes Business School | Rhodes University | Grahamstown | CHE, AMBA [11] | 2000 |
Richfield Graduate Institute Business School | Richfield | Umhlanga | CHE | |
UNISA Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) | University of South Africa | Midrand | CHE [12] | 1965 |
Tshwane School for Business & Society | Tshwane University of Technology | Pretoria | CHE [13] | 1999 |
Turfloop Graduate School of Leadership - TGSL | University of Limpopo | Polokwane | CHE [14] | 1997 |
UCT Graduate School of Business (GSB) | University of Cape Town | Cape Town | CHE, EQUIS [15] | |
Stellenbosch Business School | Stellenbosch University | Cape Town | CHE, AMBA, EQUIS [16] | 1964 |
University of the Free State Business School | University of the Free State | Bloemfontein | CHE [17] | |
Wits Business School (WBS) | University of the Witwatersrand | Johannesburg | CHE, AMBA [18] | 1968 |
† Note as of January 2008 GIBS replaced the Graduate School of Management, which was founded in 1949 [19] and was the first MBA programme to be launched outside of North America. [20]
SABSA partners with the Association of African Business Schools (AABS), and SADCnet (funded by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, the Gordon Institute of Business Science and the University of Botswana). SADCnet offers workshops for business school leaders in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). [21]
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