Members of the media are invited to attend an empowerment and enterprise development workshop which will be hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) and the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) to empower rural communities:
Date: Thursday, 1 March 2012
Time: 9h00
Venue: Ba-Tlharosi Kgosi Toti Gasegonyana, Kuruman
The workshop is part of the rollout of the dti's activities to the rural and peri-urban communities. The event is a result of the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) signed in Pretoria in November last year. the dti and Contralesa agreed to form a partnership and work together in taking the dti to the rural people to inform them about the department’s products and services, and to assist them to establish and grow business enterprises as part of the rural economic development programme.
Director of Commercial Law and Policy atthe dti, Mr Simphiwe Ncwane, and officials from Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) and National Credit Regulator (NCR) will address the gathering.
RSVPs should be directed to:
Mamosa Dikeledi
Cell: 083 584 6856
Tel: 012 394 1681
E-mail: MDikeledi@thedti.gov.za
Sidwell Medupe (Departmental spokesperson)
Cell: 079 492 1774
Tel: 012 394 1650
E-mail: MSMedupe@thedti.gov.za
