Hon Chairperson, the ANC applauds the Department of Science and Technology and Sasol ChemCity on the launch of a plant oils extract facility in the Nkowankowa District of Tzaneen in Limpopo on Friday, 21 October this year. This is a valuable contribution towards creating sustainable livelihoods in the area.
The Nkowankowa Demonstration Centre will run a R13,9 million development project over the next three years, extracting various fruit and plant oils with a view to establishing their viability in the cosmetics sector. The project has so far seen the selection of at least 33 potential entrepreneurs and the direct employment of 13 people. The most important benefit brought by the facility is the incubation of small businesses that use new health, beauty and nutrition products from the facility. I thank you. [Applause.]