The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) – in partnership with the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco), the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) and the Southern African Essential Oils Producers Association (Saeopa) – will host the third South African Conference on Essential and Vegetable Oils at the South African National Botanical Gardens, in Pretoria, on July 25 and 26. Under the theme ‘Local to Global: East West, Home is Best,’ the conference will bring together 200 oil producers and stakeholders from across South Africa and Southern Africa.
