By Lebone Rodah Mosima
Deputy President Paul Mashatile has urged Chinese and international companies to help position Africa as a production and sourcing base rather than merely a consumer market, as South Africa seeks to deepen trade and investment ties with China.
Mashatile made the appeal on Monday during an address at the Fourth China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, where he presented South Africa’s value proposition to supply-chain companies and investors.
The Deputy President is in China on a working visit from 20 to 26 June. The Presidency said the visit is aimed at strengthening political cooperation, industrial investment, trade facilitation and broader economic collaboration between South Africa and China.
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Mashatile told delegates that global supply chains were being reshaped by geopolitical shifts, technological change, climate pressures
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