JCI South Africa
Established in 1932, JCI South Africa became the first national organisation from the African continent to officially affiliate with JCI in 1957. At its prime, the organisation grew to over 2000 members in more than 60 chapters across the country.
In 1973, during the height of the apartheid era, JCI members rose above the institutionalised racial segregation and applied to the then apartheid government to grant the organisation permission to establish multi-racial chapters. The application was granted in 1974.
In 1990, the general assembly at the National Convention adopted a declaration on apartheid that reaffirmed the belief of members that South Africa should be a non-racial society and therefore completely rejected apartheid.
