Speeches from the Minister of the Economic Development Department | 2013
Speech for debate on first reading of the Infrastructure Development Bill, 13 November 2013. Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Economic Development.
Today’s opening evokes memories of a walk in Atlantis in 2010 with my colleague,Dr. Rob Davies, the Minister of Trade and Industry,when Tedelex announced the closure of their factory, and the town stared at a bleak future of more joblessness. We committed to work together to reverse that trend, to help Atlantis to become a centre, a hub of manufacturing...
Address By The Minister Of Economic Development, Mr Ebrahim Patel, In The National Council Of Provinces, 16 May 2013.
I have the honour to present the 4th budget of the Economic Development Department, known as EDD.
Given our responsibility to integrate efforts on economic development across government, the Department’s success lies in its collaboration with other Ministries and spheres of government.
I wish to start my remarks with a reflection on a few framing issues for this Conference.
Manufacturing matters.
Our economy needs a larger manufacturing sector, measured by its contribution to the GDP and its employment absorption.
Economic Development Department employees have pledged their commitment to the fight against corruption. Corruption in both the private and public sector has a detrimental effect on government's effort to deliver effective services to the people. In signing the declaration, employees declare: 'I know, I act, I stop corruption - Fighting corruption is everyone's business.'
PICC seeks specialists to fulfil infrastructure development targets
Profiles of people impacted by our industrial investment and infrastructure build programme 2016
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The Economic Development Department wishes to advise members of the public, particularly those in business, to be alert to a scam utilizing the logo of the Economic Development Department. The fraudsters involved send unsuspecting business operators a Request for Quotations for the provision of Solar Panels.
As the Economic Development Department, we wish to state that we do not have such a project, and therefore beware that the Request for Quotation is not from the Economic Development Department.
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