The purpose of the two-day summit is to engage stakeholders on the promotion of wood culture in the built environment as well as the use of renewal resources in resolving the structural challenge that South Africa is facing.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, October 3, 2017/APO/ --

The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Bulelani Magwanishe will address the Forestry Industrialisation Summit that will be hosted by the South African Forestry Company in partnership with the Departments of Trade and Industry, Public Enterprise, and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries:

Date: 4 October 2017
Time: 09:00
Venue: Transnet Esselenpark Conference Centre, Kempton Park, Gauteng.

The forestry sector has the potential to create jobs and presents great opportunities for growth through beneficiation and value-addition

The purpose of the two-day summit is to engage stakeholders on the promotion of wood culture in the built environment as well as the use of renewal resources in resolving the structural challenge that South Africa is facing.

According to Deputy Minister Magwanishe, the forestry sector has the potential to create jobs and presents great opportunities for growth through beneficiation and value-addition.

RSVPs should be forwarded to Mamosa Dikeledi via telephone on 076 023 4170 or e-mail: MDikeledi@thedti.gov.za.

Distributed by APO on behalf of The Department of Trade and Industry, South Africa.