Premier Zille launches Western Cape Design Strategy

Loyiso Langeni

19 September 2013

Western Cape Premier Helen Zille on Wednesday launched the Western Cape Design Strategy. 

It works to identify skills, gaps in high-growth potential economic sectors of the Western Cape economy and to foster public-private partnerships that drive demand-led skills development to meet these needed skills. 

Premier Zille Spokesperson Zak Mbhele said having identified design as one of the four key drivers to harness economic growth in the Western Cape.

“This is a long site sector like the green economy, IT and broadband and the developments of infrastructure so we will be looking at supporting the development of the design sector through facilitating skills development that’s supports the growth of the sector and supports the skills need of the design businesses in the province,” Mbhele added.