Skills transfer critical for KZN's industrial growth

The KwaZulu-Natal Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Economic Development and Tourism urged industrial developers to meaningfully transfer skills to local people when major projects are implemented. This will enable the country to have adequate skills, said Chairperson of the Committee Mafika Mndebele, when they visited several multibillion-rand plants in the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) recently. The committee visited Nyanza Light Metal and Wilmar and other plants being constructed. The committee commended the RBIDZ for creating a conducive environment for businesses to thrive. Mndebele said this has seen investments worth billions of rand being pumped into the economy of the province. Nyanza Light Metal is a multibillion plant that will produce 80 000-ton titanium dioxide pigment per annum when completed in the next three years. The committee also visited Wilmar,…