Good morning and welcome to the Talking Point, I am your host Asanda Beda, standing in for Bongi Gwala. You are listening to SAfm, and this morning we are leading the nation's conversation on 104-107, all the way from Isithebe Industrial Park, in Kwa-Zulu Natal. We are here at the Mandeni Local Council, where the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will launch the Black Industrialist digital and Microsoft programme. The theme for this event is Digital Transformation. Since inception of the Black Industrialist Program in 2016, to-date the dti has funded 140 Black Industrialists, involved in various sectors of the economy…

GUEST: Mayor of Mandani Municipality-Councillor Thabane Mdlalose