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dule ment, Nkosiphen op el ev D ic om r Econ wth and Gauteng MEC fo the Gauteng Gro ed ch un la ly een Blue IQ nt Kolisile, rece — a merger betw ) A D D (G y nc ge Agency. Development A ic Development om on Ec ng te au G and the
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launch, ddressing guests at the GDDA the h Kolisile said throug ent nm ver Go l cia vin the Pro tackle intended to create jobs, y. ert pov te via alle inequality and yment is top of “Creation of decent emplo dule Kolisile. hen sip Nko our agenda,” said t the province is “The current reality is tha which leads ple peo home to millions of The pool es. rat nt me loy mp une to high streets the on ple of unemployed peo rest until it ce vin pro the e giv not would loyment rates is addressed. High unemp llenge as it has cha t can nifi sig a e also pos ility. With tab ins se the potential to cau province the , DA GD the of nch the lau llenges of cha le trip hopes to reduce the inequality by and nt me loy mp une y, povert opportunities in expanding the economic the province,” he said. the GDDA, as a Kolisile also added that upy its space occ uld sho ity, public ent hassle and ss and provide a seamle must be “It . ple peo the to e free servic and ng ute Ga in easy to do business roved. imp be to d nee es tim d turnaroun ng ute Ga the of The establishment is a one-stop Investment Centre, which to achieve us ist service shop, will ass d. sai e isil that,” Kol cial European Union (EU) Spe de Geer, van d lan Roe e, Representativ GDDA ed nch lau welcomed the newly to ted mit com s wa EU the and said as ica Afr th Sou ting investing in and promo Africa th Sou in ies pan com abroad. “EU ieve it is are here to stay as they bel country. this in est inv to worthwhile panies are com EU of Seventy-five percent ate in clim t ren cur the h wit ed very satisfi d. sai er Ge ,” id, the country which is sol e Ngwenya, GDDA acting CEO, Siphiw d on a solid me said the merger was for powerful and ry live de foundation of significant a de initiatives that have ma based on is DA “GD ng. ute change in Ga and ncy are nsp values of integrity, tra nal sio fes pro and nal rso as well as pe lgoa is ncy development. The age is the gatewao driven and as Gauteng not an is into Africa, mediocrity d. sai option,” he
MEC for Gauteng Economic Development Nkosiphendule Kolisile.
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