Incentives lure call centres to SA

Linda EnsorPolitical Correspondent

CAPE TOWN — The government’s scheme to provide incentives to lure international companies to establish their call centres in SA had already met with a lot of success, according to a trade and industry department official.

The success achieved so far belied the scepticism which greeted the project shortly after its launch last year, trade and industry deputy director-general Tumelo Chipfupa said in an interview.

The fiscus has allocated R680m for the incentives over three years as part of government’s strategy to deal with unemployment and poverty. More…