INDEX INDEX Absa............................................................................................................................................................................................................97, 106-109 Accelerate Cape Town....................................................................................................................................................................................... 52 Airports Company South Africa (ACSA): Cape Town International Airport.......................................................30, 41-43 Air Products.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 87 Black Management Forum (BMF)............................................................................................................................................................. 112 Brown & Associates............................................................................................................................................................................................125 Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry.................................................................................................................................4, 46, 54 Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT).......................................................................................................................... 118 Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC)...................................................................................................................48 Cape Winelands District Municipality...............................................................................................................................................2, 126 Cape Winemakers Guild................................................................................................................................................................................... 82 College of Cape Town................................................................................................................................................................................. 9, 116 Maritz Electrical............................................................................................................................................................................................44, 102 Nedbank..............................................................................................................................................................................................................58-63 Old Mutual..........................................................................................................................................................................................................64-67 Pele Green Energy................................................................................................................................................................................................ 92 Petroleum Agency South Africa..................................................................................................................................................................88 Radisson Blu Hotel................................................................................................................................................................................................ 39 SBS Tanks.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................7 Selfmed...........................................................................................................................................................................................................25, OBC South African Table Grape Industry (SATI)............................................................................................................................................80 Vodacom................................................................................................................................................................................................... 68-73, IBC Wesgro..................................................................................................................................................................................................................26-29 West Coast Business Development Forum........................................................................................................................................ 113 West Coast District Municipality................................................................................................................................................................IFC Western Cape Business Opportunities Forum (WECBOF).......................................................................................................... 56 Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism................................................................................12 Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works................................................................................................21-24 Western Province Cricket Association (WPCA).............................................................................................................................32-35 WESTERN CAPE BUSINESS 2018 128
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