A proud history of Commerce in Pretoria is in fact the history of Pretoria itself and to a large extent that of the Province and of South Africa.

On 24 August 1891 a number of businessmen of the Capital of the Transvaal Republic met and decided to form the Pretoria Chamber of Business – 24 years after Pretoria became the seat of Government of the old Transvaal. Shortly after the establishment of the Chamber the Anglo Boer War broke out. Throughout those difficult times and thereafter the Chamber continued its functions.