Opening Remarks by Ethekwini Mayor at the SADC Industrialization Week Opening Session

The eThekwini Municipality - His Worship Councillor Cyril Xaba The Government of South Africa, in collaboration with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Business Council and the SADC Secretariat will host the 2026 Annual SADC Industrialisation Week on 27 – 31 July 2026, at the Durban International Convention Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Hosted under the theme, “Resilient, Sustainable and Inclusive Industrialisation through Infrastructure Development, Agricultural and Critical Minerals Transformation in Pursuit of a Just World”, the event is being held as a high-level precursor to the 46th SADC Summit of Heads of State and Government, and is widely regarded as the largest public-private platform for advancing industrial development in the SADC region