Parliament passes Industrial Development Policy motion

Tuesday, August 05, 2014

Parliament has passed the Industrial Development Policy motion that the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dorcas Makgato-Malesu had sought to be adopted.

The policy measures include industrial establishment rules, role of the state in industrialisation, incentives such as free or subsidised land, taxation regime, establishment grants, reserved sectors policy, as well as import substitution support programmes.

Earlier debates on the motion had seen Member of Parliament (MP) for Selebi-Phikwe, Gilson Saleshando take a swipe at Makgato-Malesu for what he called her failures in the last five years.

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Parliament passes Industrial Development Policy motion

Parliament has passed the Industrial Development Policy motion that the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dorcas Makgato-Malesu had sought to be adopted.