By Thapelo Molefe
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) said it aims to facilitate more than 100,000 employment opportunities in the 2026/27 financial year through industrial programmes, incentives, and investment initiatives.
The plan was outlined when DTIC Minister Parks Tau led the department’s leadership team in tabling its Annual Performance Plan (APP) before Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade, Industry and Competition on Tuesday.
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The department said the APP is aligned with government’s Medium-Term Development Plan (MTDP), which prioritises inclusive growth and job creation, poverty reduction, addressing the high cost of living and building a capable, ethical and developmental state.
“This APP will outline our priorities for the coming financial year, including placing emphasis on our new industrial policy, our investment targets and our trade relations, emphasising implementation and moving from the foundation we built in the previous financial year,”
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