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banners[number++] = "<h3>Agriculture</h3><p>Agriculture remains one of the most important sectors in South Africa&acute;s overall economy, especially in these times of high food prices and general economic difficulty. While the direct impact on gross domestic product (GDP) may be dwindling, as is the trend internationally, agriculture remains highly labour-intensive and, therefore, a source of economic relief from poverty and underdevelopment for a great number of people across the country, and particularly in the Northern Cape.</p><p>The sheer size and climate of the Northern Cape limits the nature of agricultural production, but the agriculture sector does nevertheless contribute significantly to the lives of the province&acute;s inhabitants.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=1&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Aquaculture &amp; Mariculture</h3><p>Aquaculture contributes 30% of global supplies of fish, crustaceans and molluscs, but in South Africa the sector remains small and relatively unproductive.</p><p>The Northern Cape, however, with its long and rich coastline, unpolluted waters, affordable land, established infrastructure and prominent research and development base, has the potential to change this fact.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=41&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Banking</h3><p>The south african banking sector is a large and reliable machine dominated by the banking Big Four – Standard Bank, Nedbank, Absa/ Barclays and First National Bank (FNB). These four institutions drive a highly competitive banking and finance industry that is as technically sophisticated as any in the world.</p><p>The sector can accommodate the most demanding needs of business and foreign investors, with sector representatives across the banking, taxation and legal spheres equipped to advise local and international parties on all aspects of the local banking environment.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=3&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Business Support Services</h3><p>It makes simple business sense to focus on your own core competencies and to channel most of your resources into those aspects of your business that generate revenue and create jobs. This is the case for outsourcing those non-core processes to companies that, themselves, are specialists in the field.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=5&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Development Finance</h3><p>In the northern Cape, two organisations that are working especially hard to support small-, medium- and microenterprise (SMME) development are the provincial Department of Tourism, Environment and Conservation and the Northern Cape Economic Development Agency (NCEDA).</p><p>In his 2008 budget speech, the provincial MEC for Tourism, Environment and Conservation identified SMME development as one of the most important goals of his department.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=42&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Education</h3><p>The northern cape Department of Education&acute;s MEC made it very clear in his 2008 budget speech what the department&acute;s objectives are for 2009 and beyond.</p><p>Education is a right in South Africa and it is the responsibility of those in power to ensure that every child has access to an education, especially in rural areas, of which there are so many in the Northern Cape.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=10&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Engineering</h3><p>At the beginning of 2008, the South African Federation for Civil Engineering Contractors reported that the South African engineering sector exhibited between 13% and 15% growth over the previous three years. It also estimated that this trend is likely to continue for the next 10 to 15 years.</p><p>Engineering in the Northern Cape is split between infrastructure and housing developments in the province&acute;s core urban areas, and the development of unique operations seemingly in the middle of nowhere.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=11&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Food &amp; Beverages</h3><p>A 2008 statistics south Africa report found that the food and beverages sector contributed 16.4% of total manufacturing production in South Africa, making it the largest of all the manufacturing subsectors.</p><p>It also contributed 17.9% of sales of manufactured products.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=13&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Information &amp; Communication Technology</h3><p>South africa&acute;s information and communications technology (ICT) sector is the largest on the continent and ranks 37th in the world in the 2008 IT industry competitiveness index released by The Economist intelligence unit.</p><p>ICT infrastructure In early 2008, the Finnish government pledged €12-million (R150-million) to the development of ICT infrastructure in South Africa.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=14&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Manufacturing</h3><p>While the manufacturing sector has been hard hit internationally, national government and its local counterparts are enabling manufacturers in the Northern Cape by investing in established and niche subsectors.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=40&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Media</h3><p>Print media South Africa has as many as 20 daily and 13 weekly newspapers, the majority of which are available across the nation. Today, South Africa&acute;s media is without restriction and the Constitution aggressively safeguards freedom of speech in all circles. Reporters Without Borders rates the South African press one of the freest in Africa, and consistently ahead of countries such as Italy, Spain and Australia.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=44&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Mining &amp; Metals</h3><p>South africa is a mineral-rich country, with vast reserves of gold, platinum, manganese ore and diamonds. The Northern Cape is one of South Africa&acute;s most productive mining provinces. </p><p>The mining sector is critical to the strength of South Africa&acute;s economy. In 2008, the mining industry accounted directly for 8.5% of the country&acute;s gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices, a value of R196-billion. At the very end of 2007, mining and quarrying accounted for 35% (R2-trillion) of the value of the JSE.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=19&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Pharmaceuticals &amp; Healthcare</h3><p>The provision of healthcare has been identified as one of the most important aspects of economic growth and stability in South Africa. A healthy, and therefore reliable, workforce is integral to the sustained growth of the economy. This goal, of a healthy and productive society, is being pursued by public and private healthcare professionals alike in the Northern Cape. Public healthcare The National Department of Health lists one provincial tertiary hospital in the Northern Cape, 13 district hospitals, one regional hospital, three tuberculosis hospitals and seven community hospitals. With so much of the province&acute;s population living in rural areas, the delivery of healthcare products and services is as important as it is difficult.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=21&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Property</h3><p>The South African property industry is currently experiencing a good spell, particularly due to a healthy and stable rand exchange rate, low interest rates and an economy that is enjoying growth.The South African government is set to make R2.5-billion worth of state-owned land available to the private sector and about 70% of that will be allocated to businesses that meet black economic empowerment (BEE)  requirements.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=39&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>="
banners[number++] = "<h3>Telecommunications</h3><p>South africa&acute;s telecommunications network is the largest and most developed in Africa, and ranks ahead of countries such as China, Italy and India, according to the World Economic Forum&acute;s Global Technology Report 2007/08.</p><p>A reliable and cost-effective telecommunications sector is vital for economic growth and, through greater investment and new players in the sector, South Africa is well placed to achieve this.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=23&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Tourism &amp;amp; Leisure</h3><p>While the northern Cape cannot compete with some of South Africa&acute;s more popular tourist destinations, the province is continuously raising its tourism market share through intelligent investment and promotion of its tourism sector.</p><p>Between 2004 and 2006, the province increased its national market share from 2.4% to 3.5%, a trend that seems set to continue.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=24&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Transportation</h3><p>As south africa&acute;s largest province, connecting people in the Northern Cape is a challenging business – one that relies on a well planned and maintained road and rail network, and functioning, efficient airports that support both commercial and passenger use.</p><p>Air The Northern Cape is well serviced by two Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) airports, at Kimberley and Upington. The two complement each other in the services they provide, with Kimberley operating chiefly as a passenger airport, while Upington is used primarily for the transport of cargo into, out of and through the province.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=43&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Utilities</h3><p>In 2008, south Africans learned about, and learned to live with, load-shedding. The national electricity utility, Eskom, implemented load-shedding as a means of countering the strain being placed on energy supply in South Africa.</p><p>As South Africa&acute;s most sparsely populated province, the Northern Cape does not make the sort of demand on power that the more urbanised and industrial provinces do, but the province has done more than its share to cut back on energy consumption.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=45&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"
banners[number++] = "<h3>Energy</h3><p>Energy is fast becoming an increasingly important sector, not just in South Africa but globally. The launch of the country&acute;s first commercial wind farm in Darling in the Western Cape in 2008, excited interest and more wind farms are currently under development.</p><p><a href=/pls/cms/ti_secout.secout_prov?p_sid=123&amp;p_site_id=164>Click here for more News &amp; Companies in this Sector</a></p>"


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