partner with state-owned companies. The Minister on Tuesday addressed the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), where she outlined progress made on the Nine-Point Plan. The plan was announced by President Jacob Zuma earlier this year. It seeks to ignite growth and create jobs by chiefly focusing on resolving the energy challenge. The plan also encourages private sector investment, advancing beneficiation in the country’s mineral wealth and ensuring a more effective implementation of the Industrial Policy Action Plan. “The Nine-Point Plan clearly states that government will be intensifying its efforts to drive industrialisation and roll out infrastructure development programmes in order to create decent and sustainable jobs, reduce poverty, stimulate export-orientated industries and improve the competitiveness of South Africa,” said Minister Brown.
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