About CMASA

Club Management Association of Southern Africa is the recognised mouthpiece, listening post, guide and mentor for social, sporting, recreation, country and resort Clubs across South Africa.

The Club Management Association of Southern Africa is an association arising out of the merger of Associated Clubs of Southern Africa and Golf Clubs & Associations of Southern Africa in July 2005.

Associated Clubs of Southern Africa has its roots dating back to 1927 when there was a perceived need for licensed clubs in the Transvaal to form a body able to speak to the Government of the day on matters of common interest. Intermittently since 1927, the Association became dormant and was revitalised with the last revitalisation proving the need for such an association’s existence. Golf Clubs & Associations of Southern Africa started in October 1997, representing golf clubs and related industries. The reason for the merger was the members’ needs to be represented by one body and therefore to speak with a “louder voice”. In an industry that was fragmented by two representative associations with common membership, work was duplicated and the membership were unsure who their representative body was. All these issues are now behind the CMASA as they move into a new era of representation of the club industry in South Africa.

Club Management Association of Southern Africa is the recognised mouthpiece, listening post, guide and mentor for social, sporting, recreation, country and resort Clubs across South Africa.

To serve our members in every possible way and enable them to improve their own professional standards in the management, financial control, productivity, service and efficiency of their clubs through ongoing education and best practice.

To provide a superior service to our membership

• Promoting standards of good practice in the club sector
• Certification – To enhance the professional status of club management through CMASA certification of Management staff
• Education – to offer educational programmes and materials to meet educational needs across the club spectrum
• Ethics – to encourage high ethical standards in dealing with fellow club managers, clubs and others
• Alignment with Government on affairs that affect the club sector
• Promote good governance in the club sector
• Grow recognition of Club Management as a profession
• Act as a source of information for clubs concerning club sector affairs
• Formation of Strategic Alliances