`Tap into SA’s Africa resources´

Exporters should tap into the many resources available to South African companies wanting to expand their footprints in Africa. According to Commander Tsietsi Mokhele, CEO of the South African Maritime Safety Authority, who addressed exporters and logistics experts at a JF Hillebrand breakfast in Stellenbosch, not enough attention is being given to the South African presence that has already been established in many African countries. “The South African government is extremely well represented in Africa at the expense of you, the taxpayers,” he said. “At the same time our government representatives have been tasked not with political actions in these countries, but to grow the South African business profile.” He said exporters not sure how to access difficult African markets would be well advised to visit the local South African foreign office.