Entrepreneurship Training

“Unlocking the Financial Bottlenecks for HDI’s in Business” This was the theme for the Entrepreneurship training held by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDaT) on 29 September 2020. Entrepreneurship is a critical resource to economic development of a country. Businesses of all sizes and across all sectors felt the financial strain inflicted by

EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES

The Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDaT) is working together with The Department of Trade, Investment and Competition (the dtic) to provide you access to export opportunities.  The dtic through the Trade Opportunities Centre (TOC) assists South African companies across sectors to identify international business opportunities. Information on international business opportunities is continuously received

DEDaT WELCOMES MEC ABRAHAM VOSLOO

The employees and management of the Northern Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism, are looking forward to a long and fruitful working relationship with the newly appointed MEC Abraham Vosloo. His appointment follows the recent cabinet reshuffle of the Northern Cape Executive Council. DEDaT officials believe that MEC Vosloo will lead the department to

National Budget Speech 2020

Our economy has won before, and it will win again. Before democracy our growth was pedestrian. Indeed, between 1990 and 1992, the economy contracted for three years in a row. In the fifteen years following democracy, economic growth averaged 3.6 per cent a year. The gross debt-to-GDP ratio declined from 46 per cent to 26

Professional Cookery

The Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDaT) in partnership with the National Skills Fund held a graduation ceremony on the 12 February 2020 in Upington, in celebrating the success of the Professional Cookery NQF Level 5 Diploma candidates. The Professional Cookery program was a 3 year program which started in 2017 with intake of

LOVE YOUR SCHOOL CAMPAIGN

On January 24, 2020 all roads led to Moshaweng High School in Loopeng village where the Premier, his executive council with sector department officials, mayors, traditional leaders, parents and learners launched the “Love your school” campaign.  MEC Maruping Lekwene along with other Executive council member accompanied the Premier as they visited different schools to appreciate

TOURISM STAKEHOLDER BREAKFAST DIALOGUE

The Minister for Tourism, Honourable Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane and the MEC for Finance Economic Development and Tourism, Honourable Maruping Lekwene held a Tourism Stakeholder Breakfast Dialogue on 10 January 2020 at the SALGA boardroom in Kimberley. The objective of the dialogue was to engage with the tourism industry to build the Northern Cape as a modern,