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Date
: 27/05/2003
Source: Western Cape Provincial Government
Title: Van Schalkwyk: Annual Cape Cabinet Meets Business
Conference
OPENING SPEECH BY THE WESTERN CAPE PREMIER, MARTHINUS VAN
SCHALKWYK, ADDRESSING THE ANNUAL CAPE CABINET MEETS BUSINESS
CONFERENCE, Cape Town, 27 May 2003
IKAPA ELIHLUMAYO - OUR AGENDA FOR GOVERNMENT
Introduction
The Cape has always been an attractive place to do business. With
the oldest economy in South Africa, the history of the Cape has
been the history of trade and commerce. From the pastoral
revolution some 2000 years ago which saw San hunter-gatherers
acquire ownership of cattle, to the disastrous trading between
Vasco da Gama and Khoikhoi of St Helena Bay in late 1497, to the
establishment of the Cape refreshment station by the Dutch in 1652.
From the earliest days of hunting and fishing, to the development
of the market economy, it was clear that ours was a region blessed
with an abundance of natural resources. It was equally clear though
that our greatest asset was, and remains, the power of the Cape to
attract and retain men and women whose love of the region has been
the foundation of its growth and development.
Ons Provinsiale Regering is daarvan bewus dat die beskerming van
hierdie sleutelbate - die voortgesette verbintenis van ons
sakegemeenskap om in die provinsie te bel
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