The Deputy Minister of Small Business Development, Ms Elizabeth Thabethe, is leading a high powered business delegation of about 35 business men and women who are ready to do business with Turkey to Istanbul and Ankara from the 27-30 July 2015.

The Outward Trade and Investment mission seeks to encourage local manufactures to explore exports opportunities and create jobs locally whilst attracting investments into the country.

Deputy Minister Thabethe said: As a country, we are encouraged by some of the big investment companies that have already invested in our country such as Arcelik, a leading manufacturer of home appliances in Turkey which acquired South Africa’s Defy Appliances for $324 million in 2011, the largest Turkish investment in South Africa to date. South Africa is an investment destination of choice and there should be no doubt about that”, said Deputy Minister Thabethe.

The programme for the Outward Trade and Investment mission will include business seminars, business-to-business meetings and site visits. The mission also aims to build on the commitments made by the Department of Small Business Development to seek strong partnerships to help expose South African companies to international markets whilst taking an opportunity to deepen bilateral trade and investment relations between these two countries.

 

Issued by Government Communications (GCIS) on behalf of the Department of Small Business Development