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13 September 2007

Premier Beatrice Marshoff is leading a government delegation to the State Territory of New Delhi in India, the States of Saxony and Saxony Anhult in Germany and Belgium from 7 to 20 September 2007. These visits will ensure the signing of partnerships and memoranda of understanding with business chambers, training institutions and states of New Delhi and Saxony on the areas of engineering, information technology, agro-processing and manufacturing.

The Free State province will participate as a guest of honour at the Accenta trade fair in the City of Ghent in Belgium. This exhibition will feature leading Free State companies, artists, cultural enterprises as well as state agencies such as the Free State Investment Promotion Agency and Free State Tourism.

Throughout all these visits, the Premier will have an opportunity to speak to top business organisations on trade to further maximise partnerships for business and investment opportunities in the province. It is also exciting to note that our Premier is expected to be a guest speaker at the heritage celebration which will be hosted by the South African Embassy in Belgium.

MEC Mafereka from the Department of Local Government and Housing has been appointed as Acting Premier until Premier Marshoff comes back from her official trip.

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Issued by: Free State Provincial Government
13 September 2007
Source: Free State Provincial Government (http://www.fs.gov.za)