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NEWS JOE GQABITO ECONOMIC WELCOME THE CITYDEVELOPMENT OF AGENCY (JOGEDA) MATLOSANA
HostsOF successful 8th THE Joe Gqabi CITY PEOPLE ON MOVE SMME and Investment Summit
The City of Matlosana Municipality is situated approximately 164 km South West of Johannesburg, strategically located on the N12 Treasure Route, which is the North West Province’s primary tourism corridor. The scenic N12 starts from Mpumalanga and is the gateway to the Western Cape Province. The route takes you from eMalahleni, to the vibrant Gauteng Province and the Sterkfontein Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, and continues to Potchefstroom, Klerksdorp, Kimberley, Beaufort West, up until George. It is the Transformation of the N12 Treasure Route that has unlocked regional opportunities and resulted in massive activity and mobility along the Matlosana portion of the corridor. It has a multi-dimensional character that has created employment, enhanced commuter movement, enhanced investment opportunities, increased economic activity, etc. WHY VISIT THE CITY OF MATLOSANA? The Joeunforgettable Gqabi Economic Development Create memories Agency (JoGEDA), an entity of the Joe at our quality business and leisure Gqabi District Municipality, hosted its accommodation venues which 8th Joe Gqabi SMME and Investment include conferencing, wedding and Summit on Wednesday, 29 November spa facilities. The City has a wealth of 2023 at the Limakatso Conference attractions for visitors: Centre in Aliwal North. • Adventure The summit broughttourism together • Wildlife tourism stakeholders from business, • Medical government, andtourism higher education • mull over Wellness tourismeconomic to Joe Gqabi’s
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Create unforgettable memories at our quality business and leisure accommodation venues which include conferencing, wedding and spa facilities. MATLOSANA AS A MEDICAL HUB To us health care is of paramount development importance astrajectory. a healthy city is productive and constitutes prosperity. As part of the programme, 16 budding We boast well-developed medical SMME owners from the district facilities, which enhances and were handed NQF level 5 business promotes the certificates competitivefrom advantage development the of Matlosana as a major Medical University of Stellenbosch’s SmallHub in the North West Province. Business Academy (SBA). Services include: general and private medical fascilities, andGqabi dental These werecasualty/trauma presented by Joe services.Municipality Most clinics Executive focus on primary District Mayor health care services. Cllr Nomvuyo Patricia Mposelwa,
The city prides itself on having five private hospitals, two government hospitals, including the largest state hospital in the North West Province and 15 clinics including mobile clinics. It also boasts the only fully contained oncology unit in the North West Province, which offers a comprehensive service at four pathological laboratories and has the latest MRI scanner at the JoGEDA Board radiology unit.Chairperson Gcinumzi Qotywa and JoGEDA CEO Ayanda Gqoboka. PRIME LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT The initiative is a strategic N12 Development Route was collaboration between JoGEDA and identified by the municipality the University of Stellenbosch Business as a flagship project for golden School that sees select small business opportunities in the following sectors: owners ushered into an ecosystem housing, business, industrial, that nurtures SMMEs through heritage, mining, tourism, sport as well as entrepreneurship training, mentoring, recreation. and technical guidance.
