The Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Elizabeth Thabethe has challenged South African and Congolese business people to roll up their sleeves and work hard in order to address the trade imbalance between the two countries. Thabethe, headed up a delegation of more than sixty business people on an Investment and Trade Initiative to the Democratic Republic of the Congo last week. The two-way trade between South Africa and the DRC stood at R 7.8 billion in 2011 compared to R6.2 billion in 2010 and R4.8 billion in 2009.
