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162ND

ANNUAL

GALA

DINNER

he Durban Chamber of
Commerce and Industry has
Theld an Annual Gala Dinner
to commemorate and celebrate the
organisation, its membership Xolani Gumede, President of the iLembe Chamber of Commerce,
and the Durban business Industry & Tourism and Yoliswa Gumede
community as a whole every
year since its inception in 1856.
This year the Durban Chamber
partnered with long-time
member and platinum sponsor
of the event, Mediterranean
Shipping Company (MSC)
Cruises, for the 162nd Annual
Gala Dinner which was hosted Imraan Norbhaai, Standard Bank Provincial Head KZN and Mpume Mthembu, marketing director
and Stella Khumalo, CEO of uShaka
on Wednesday, 7 November Ebrahim Patel, CEO Magellan Investments Marine World
2018, aboard the MSC Musica,
which docked in Africa for the
first time.
The Durban Chamber also
brought on board, Vodacom
and Huawei, who were the gold
sponsors for the event. As a major
port City, the Durban Chamber
wants all businesses to recognise
and capitalise on all business
opportunities available and related
to the ocean economy hence the
theme for this year’s event was
“The World is Our Oyster”. n
MEC Sihle Zikalala and Grant Adlam, KZN Top Business Ross Volk, Managing Director MSC Cruises South Africa

Musa Makhunga, President of Durban Chamber of MSC Musica Pool Deck MEC Sihle Zikalala, KZN Department of Economic
Commerce and Industry Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs

Andrzej Kiepiela, Dean of the European Union Member Eleni Kwinana, Executive Head of Department:
States in KwaZulu-Natal and Mac Maharaj Enterprise Business Unit, Vodacom

Nigel Ward, Deputy President of Durban Chamber of Keynote Speaker: Doris Viljoen – Senior Futurist, Palesa Phili, CEO of Durban Chamber of Commerce and Mr Zhao Likun – Vice President Huawei Consumer
Commerce and Industry Institute for Futures Research (IRF), University of Industry Business Group Southern Africa
Stellenbosch Business School

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