THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR
3rd ANNUAL FURNITURE SECTOR FORUM
ON 3rd NOVEMBER 2021
Thank you to all attendees that gave up their time to join us for our 3rd Annual Furniture Sector Forum that took place on 3rd November 2021. We hope that you found value there in.
To those that registered but could not make it, no worries, we appreciate your interest in our event, we understand that life happens and hope you are able to attend the next one!
As promised, we had a jam-packed event and below you will find links to the presentations of the day done by, our Chairman, Penwell Lunga, Proudly South African Executive, Jeannine van Straaten, FP&M SETA General Manager, P.K. Naicker, Ncumisa Mcata-Mhlauli, Chief Director: Agro-Processing and Resource Based Industries at the DTIC, Trade Invest Africa, Sara Dien and South African Revenue Services, Charles Witbooi.
A special thank you to our programme director of the event, Jacki Mpondo-Hendricks (CEO of South African United Business Confederation), who kept us engaged and connected presenters and panelists, Jacki you were AMAZING!
We kicked off the day with an inspiring presentation by Mr Penwell Lunga that brought hope and encouragement to the furniture Industry.
Watch Part 1 of the Forum here.
We then hosted an impressive panel of industry members who shared their stories of
"being change" as we rebuild our industry faced with notable challenges, that included, Pascal Hlongwane from Pascal Cabinetry, Craig Schneeberger from Coricraft, Ntebeng Mathibela from Amet Furnishings, Andy de Klerk from Cabinet Works and Jonathan van Rooyen from the National Union of Furniture and Allied Workers of South Africa.
Watch Part 2 of the Forum here.
The next part of the Forum included presentations by Proudly South African and the FP&M SETA.
Watch Part 3 of the Forum here.
We concluded the Forum with the presentations by the DTIC, Trade Invest South Africa as well as SARS.
