South Africa is committed to ensure that regional Integration and intra-Africa trade materialise and are not things that people only pay lip service to. This was said by the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Ms Elizabeth Thabethe during her site visit to the Maluku Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) yesterday.
The site visit was part of the International Trade Initiative that Deputy Minister Thabethe is leading to the DRC from 16-21 September 2013.Thabethe told investors and the Congolese delegation that part of the reason for the visit was to get South African investors to come and explore the opportunities that the SEZ will be offering, with the possibility of working in partnership with the local business people.
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