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Trade and Industry minister, Rob Davies says a development agency will be established as a result of the Co-operatives Amendment Bill.
He says the agency will be a body for both financial and non-financial support "tailor-made for co-operatives", which will include administration of incentives, provision of training and improvement of working conditions in the co-operatives sector.
Davies was addressing the International Co-operatives Day celebrations in Kimberley.
He said the bill also provided for the setting up of a tribunal and an advisory council.
