The Western Cape MEC of Finance,
Economic Development and Tourism Alan Winde said the 2014’s Mining Indaba which
is taking place in Cape Town
Over 8 000 delegates are
attending the conference which started today.
MEC Winde also said the conference
illustrates the importance of the conferencing industry for the economy.
Winde said if you look at the
success of this conference from 2006 to 2013, in the last 7 years has
contributed about R485 million to our local economy and it has created 4 000
direct and in direct jobs.
“So what this is really is Cape Town
playing host to some of the bigger businesses, Africa has got fastest growing
economies in the world, and seven out of the top team comes from Africa. So this
is a very important showcase for business across the world” Winde added.
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