Mpumalanga DG to lead technical delegation to Mozambique
The Mpumalanga Provincial Administration Director-General, Thulani Mdakane, will this weekend lead a technical delegation to Mozambique to finalise and renew areas of cooperation between Mpumalanga and Maputo provinces.
MBOMBELA – The Mpumalanga Provincial Administration Director-General, Thulani Mdakane, will this weekend lead a technical delegation to Mozambique to finalise and renew areas of cooperation between Mpumalanga and Maputo provinces.
This is a follow-up meeting after the Mozambican technical delegation, led by the Permanent Secretary,Claudina Maria de Sao Jose Mazalo, visited and consulted the Mpumalanga provincial government in March this year, where a need to update the Memorandum of Understanding [MoU] for cooperation was discussed.
The meeting this weekend will discuss general considerations on the review of the cooperation between the two province and conclude discussion of a high level programme for joint implementation by the two provinces.
Among others, key areas of cooperation deal with agriculture, transport logistics, environmental conservation, development of tourism and culture, development of trade and industry, education, science and technology, youth and sports, health and local government security.
During the visit in Mozambique this weekend, the Mpumalanga technical delegation will further visit the Maputo harbor which is corridor for Mpumalanga exports as well as visit projects that are dealing with vegetable and chicken production in Moamba District Municipality amongst others.
Mpumalanga province is currently establishing the International Fresh Produce Market and it is expected that investment opportunities will be created for Mpumalanga and Mozambican farmers and businesses.
The establishment of the Nkomazi Special Economic Zone will also be key in terms of investment opportunities in manufacturing and agro-processing.
The technical delegation will comprise of some of the heads of departments, some representatives from Mbombela Local Municipality and Ehlanzeni District Municipality, MEGA and MTPA.
Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza and Maputo Governor Diomba will sign the MoU into effect after the technical delegations have been finalized the negotiations between the two provinces.
