Issued by: North West Communication Service
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE VISIT TO CUBA BY THE PREMIER OF THE NORTH WEST PROVINCE, MR POPO MOLEFE: 23/2/96
The Premier of the North West Province, Mr Popo Molefe, arrived in Cuba today (Friday) on an official visit to the island state.
"The trip has been undertaken on the invitation of the Cuban ambassador to South Africa who visited our province last year," said the North West Premier.
Mr Molefe heads a delegation comprising provincial politicians, business people and investors on the trip.
Mr Molefe said talks between his delegation and the Cubans would focus on, among others, assistance in the creation of micro and medium enterprises, encouraging joint ventures and the development of human resources in the fields of medicine, education and capacity-building for rural women.
This, Mr Molefe said, would be followed by a highly diversified trip by business people from the province in the near future.
While in Cuba, Mr Molefe will sign a twinning agreement between the North West and Santiago De Cuba province.
Mr Molefe's trip to Cuba follows a highly successful twinning agreement with the Province of Manitoba in Canada, which was signed early in Mmabatho earlier this year.
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