Chairperson, Minister Ntshavheni, Deputy Ministers, Gina, Majola and Xapa, hon Members of the NCOP, it is an honour to open the Debate on Trade and Industry and Economic Development Budget Votes covering the two departments
which will be merged into the new, renamed Department of Trade, Industry and Competition.
The department merger process are intended to be completed by the end of this financial year, bringing together 17 agencies with the capacity to provide targeted support for industrial and transformation funding. We want to use the combined resources to achieve the goals of the Freedom Charter, the governing party manifesto and the National Development Plan,