On 10 February the Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) extended an “Invitation to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Public Participation Workshops”. These workshops will be hosted country-wide from 09:00 to 13:30. The following dates, have been scheduled, but email us for more details: (i) 14 February KwaZulu-Natal; (ii) 15 February Mpumalanga (Nelspruit); (iii) 20 February Eastern Cape (East London); (iv) 21 February Western Cape (Cape Town); (v) 23 February Free State (Bloemfontein); (vi) 24 February Northern Cape (Kimberley); (vii) 28 February North West (Mafikeng); (viii) 01 March Limpopo; and (ix) 08 March Gauteng (Pretoria).