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eThekwini business delegation to visit Bulawayo
28 Oct 2014 at 17:17hrs | Views
The mayor of eThekwini Municipality in Durban, South Africa has proposed to lead a business delegation to Bulawayo next year to scout for business opportunities in the city grappling with de-industrialisation.
Speaking at reception to welcome the Durban delegation hosted by the Bulawayo City Council, eThekwini Mayor Councillor James Nxumalo said they intend to bolster their relations with Bulawayo and it will be prudent for them to bring their business people for the tour.
"Next year we want to bring our people here so that they can explore available opportunities and share experience with Bulawayo," said Nxumalo.
He said the Durban council also hopes to bring young people from the two cities together in terms of cultural activities and sports.
"We could also bring ordinary people form Durban to see the challenges faced by Bulawayo. I have extended specific invitation to women councillors to come and share experiences and best governance practices," said Nxumalo.
He said Bulawayo is a beautiful city and through their partnership they can assist where they can.
"The only thing we can do is to stimulate the economy so that investors can come and by so doing you will be in apposition to create jobs and address social problems," said Nxumalo.
He added that: "We are convinced that we can learn and support each other because our challenges are the same. We have challenges of unemployment, poverty, inequalities and backlog on infrastructures.
Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo said: "Bulawayo and eThekwini have developed several initiatives in their cooperative programme. We are happy that the relations are going stronger each year."
Due to the good relations between the two cities, in the past years the city council and eThekwini Municipality have strengthened their relations through deployment of engineers from eThekwini to assist in the rehabilitation of water and sewer infrastructure in Bulawayo.
The Bulawayo and eThekwini mayors signed a statement of intent in 2002 where they pledged to assist each other through technical exchange programmes.
Speaking at reception to welcome the Durban delegation hosted by the Bulawayo City Council, eThekwini Mayor Councillor James Nxumalo said they intend to bolster their relations with Bulawayo and it will be prudent for them to bring their business people for the tour.
"Next year we want to bring our people here so that they can explore available opportunities and share experience with Bulawayo," said Nxumalo.
He said the Durban council also hopes to bring young people from the two cities together in terms of cultural activities and sports.
"We could also bring ordinary people form Durban to see the challenges faced by Bulawayo. I have extended specific invitation to women councillors to come and share experiences and best governance practices," said Nxumalo.
He said Bulawayo is a beautiful city and through their partnership they can assist where they can.
"The only thing we can do is to stimulate the economy so that investors can come and by so doing you will be in apposition to create jobs and address social problems," said Nxumalo.
He added that: "We are convinced that we can learn and support each other because our challenges are the same. We have challenges of unemployment, poverty, inequalities and backlog on infrastructures.
Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo said: "Bulawayo and eThekwini have developed several initiatives in their cooperative programme. We are happy that the relations are going stronger each year."
Due to the good relations between the two cities, in the past years the city council and eThekwini Municipality have strengthened their relations through deployment of engineers from eThekwini to assist in the rehabilitation of water and sewer infrastructure in Bulawayo.
The Bulawayo and eThekwini mayors signed a statement of intent in 2002 where they pledged to assist each other through technical exchange programmes.
Source - Radio Dialogue
