Gauteng, Erongo to strengthen collaborationMakhura eyes the Erongo Region South Africa''s industrial heartland is to help Namibia''s Erongo Region with industrial development. South Africa''s Gauteng Province and Namibia''s Erongo Region will sign a cooperation agreement next year. Gauteng Premier David Makhura announced this during the presidential gala dinner of the Invest in Namibia international conference in Windhoek on Tuesday.
“Governor Cleophas Mutjavikua and myself are keen to work together to take industrialisation efforts to regional and city level, following on the footsteps of our two countries'' bi-national agreements,” he said.
Makhura said South Africa was ready to contribute resources and capabilities towards the important goal of industrialisation in Namibia.
He said Namibia, through its Growth at Home Strategy, seeks to facilitate the development of a competitive and diversified industrial base that optimally utilises local resources through comprehensive value addition in the areas of mining and agriculture.
This, he said, goes together with the creation of an enabling environment for increased investment and sustained growth in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
Makhura said the two-day investment conference provided an opportunity for South African business people to exchange ideas and encourage trade and investment between the two countries.
“As Gauteng, we are delighted to be part of this investment conference in order to deepen mutually beneficial economic relations between South Africa and Namibia, as well as Windhoek and Gauteng.”
The Gauteng premier has been in Namibia since Monday and visited uranium mines, water reclamation plants, informal settlements and informal business and industrial parks in the Khomas and Erongo regions.
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