IMPORTANT NOTICE!

Please be informed that the ComMark programme came to an end on 31 December 2009. The ComMark office will be operational until 28 February 2010. Should you have any queries or need further assistance after this date, please contact the relevant staff member(s):

  • Administration - Rozale Sewduth (+27 79 413 9644)
  • Agribusiness Sector Specialist - Lucille Gavera (+27 83 290 1260) or Mike De Klerk (+27 82 452 7749)
  • Chief Operations Officer - Juanita Pardesi (+27 82 907 5997)
  • Finance - Nomsa Maseko (+27 84 504 7051)
  • Textiles & Apparel Sector Specialist - Andy Salm (+353 8623 88523)
  • Tourism Sector Specialist - Wouter Schalken (+264 8120 89650) or click here for information on ongoing tourism projects in Southern Africa

ComMark Catalyst Newsletter

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In this issue of ComMark Catalyst:

Second Crop of SA Organic Cotton
New Agribusiness Staff and Office
Lesotho Food Gardens Combat High Prices
Communal Wool Project Expands to KZN
Policy Intervention and Advocacy: Textiles and Clothing
Innovations: Eastern Cape Red Meat Programme

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Sharpening the competitive edge
Can Africa's clothing industry survive Asian competition
Eastern Cape Red Meat Project achieves important milestones
ComMark's Regional Standards Programme

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Hidden treasures
Creating jobs in the region
Obstacles to growth
Bringing emerging farmers into mainstream markets

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AsgiSA takes root
Making land reform work for the poor
Oiling the economy
Selling to supermarkets: locking farmers into the global value chain

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Packaging Vilakazi Street Precinct
Putting ‘Jobai' on the map
Entangled in red tape

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Tourism Satellite Accounting Exercise
Capitalising equity for community participation
Namibian tourism Product Audit
Community-based tourism

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Ethical trading
Training unleashes talent
Cultural assimilation programme
Tackling HIV and Aids
Industrial diversification

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Making markets work for small farmers
Cottoning on to Black Economic Empowerment
BEE made easy
Going organic
Harvesting in the wild - a natural development

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ComMark Turns One
ComMark Sends Team to Springfield
ComMark Strategic Review
Updates from Lesotho

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Lesotho Conference aims to develop burgeoning textile industry
The Entrepreneurial Spirit of the Mountain Kingdom
Growing Wool using Market Development
This is where ComMark is heading...
CloTrade – Supporting Growth in the South African Apparel Sector