The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms Elizabeth Thabethe will be departing for Zambia where she will be leading businesspeople that will be participating at the 56th Copperbelt Mining, Agricultural and Commercial Show (CACSS). The commercial show will take place in Kitwe from 29 May to 2 June 2013.
The CACSS is a mining and agricultural expo taking place annually where national and multinational companies are provided with a platform and market to showcase machinery, equipment, technologies, services and supplies for the mining and agricultural sectors. This year’s show will be held under the theme ’Mining and agriculture for continued development and prosperity’.
Deputy Minister Thabethe’s programme will commence on 27 May 2013, where she will have meetings with the Minister of the Copperbelt province, Honourable Mr Mweya Musenga, the Kitwe Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Zambia Association of Manufacturers. She is also scheduled to officially open the South African National Pavilion Stand at the CACSS on 30 May 2013.
The companies that will be exhibiting at the expo have been assisted by the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) through its Export Marketing and Investment Assistance Scheme (EMIA). The EMIA scheme develops export markets for South African products and services and recruits new foreign direct investment into South Africa.
“Our responsibility as government is not only to grow South Africa’s economy internally but externally as well. The CACSS provides us with a platform to market South Africa as an attractive investment destination and will provide our companies with an opportunity to test their products and services against the best in the world,” said Thabethe.
She added that the South African companies will also be able to network with prospective clients and partners. Thabethe stated that she was confident that by the time the expo concludes the South African business people would have gathered enough market intelligence to enable them to explore and trade in both the Zambian and international markets successfully.
“This will bring us closer to realising South Africa’s aim of stimulating South-South trade and cooperation amongst African countries,” she concluded.
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