One of the greatest legacies Nelson Mandela gifted to Durban - and even KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa - was when he cut the ribbon in the late afternoon of Friday 8 August 1997 to officially open the Durban International Convention Centre.

Since that momentous event 21 years ago, the Durban ICC has become a veritable engine room for economic empowerment and job creation, not to mention a world-class crucible for peace efforts, development, scientific discourses and mind-blowing entertainment.

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With the outlook for the conference and event industry looking positive for 2013, Sandton Convention Centre’s year began with a variety of conferences, exhibitions and launches, setting the trend for a bumper year for southern Africa’s leading conference and event venue.

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On behalf of their annual CSI initiative for Nelson Mandela Day, the Johannesburg Expo Centre (JEC) made a donation of 700 blankets to two schools on 18 July 2016.

“If you can make a difference to one person, you can change a community,” says Craig Newman, Chief Executive Officer of the JEC. Newman recently celebrated his 10 year anniversary as

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Sandton Convention Centre’s reputation as a leading venue for international business was strengthened further earlier this year with four major events that saw 7 000 room nights booked by the organisers in Sandton during April and May.

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