Namibia: NCCI Shelves Business Mission to South Africa

By Ibilola

With the recent spate of Xenophobic attacks taking place in South Africa, the Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI) has cancelled a business exploratory mission to South Africa which was scheduled for May 2015.

According to a press statement released on Tuesday, the week-long business mission was planned to include South Africa Namibia Business Forum meetings in Johannesburg, East London and Durban, to explore business opportunities for Namibian businesses in South Africa and push for increased investments by South African companies in key sectors of manufacturing, tourism and logistics.However, the Chamber announced that the ongoing xenophobic attacks in that country make the mission impossible."We cannot continue organising a business mission to South Africa while South Africans are telling us that they do not want to do business with foreigners. Those who went to set up legal businesses in South Africa from a number of African countries have been killed in cold blood during the past week and we cannot tolerate that," said NCCI CEO Tarah Shaanika."

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