Mafube Investment & Jobs Summit

From connection
to commitment.

Name: Mafube Investment & Jobs Summit
Start: 2026-10-26T07:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-26T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Frankfort Town Hall

A working forum for business, investment and jobs across Mafube.

Town activations

20–23 October 2026

Tweeling · Frankfort · Cornelia · Villiers.

Tweeling Hall, Frankfort and Villiers start at 09:00 SAST. Cornelia’s start time is to be confirmed.

Main event

Monday, 26 October 2026

Frankfort · 07:00–17:00 SAST, subject to change.

The road to the summit: 20–23 October activations · 26 October main summitFrankfort Town Hall, 64 JJ Hadebe Street, Frankfort

Main event / 26 October 2026 / Frankfort

Until summit day in Frankfort

--Days--Hours--Minutes--Seconds

Four towns / One summit

The road to the summit.

Join the Mafube activations from 20 to 23 October, ahead of the main summit in Frankfort on 26 October. Tweeling Hall, Frankfort and Villiers start at 09:00 SAST. Cornelia’s start time is to be confirmed.

Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Tweeling Hall
09:00 SAST
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
Frankfort
09:00 SAST
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Cornelia
Time TBC
Friday, 23 October 2026
Villiers
09:00 SAST
Main summit
Monday, 26 October 2026
Frankfort
07:00–17:00 SAST · Programme subject to change.

Main summit programme ↗

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Mafube / the evidence behind the conversation

Understand the place. Prepare the work.

Explore Mafube’s people, services, economy and candidate pathways in the Fezile Dabi district context. Figures retain their reporting years and source notes.

Explore the evidence

01 / About the summit

A place to do the work that follows.

Mafube brings businesses, project owners, funders and public institutions into the same room. The aim is to make opportunities clearer, resolve obstacles to investment and agree on practical next steps.

Municipal competence is part of the economic infrastructure: dependable services, maintenance, billing, land administration and approvals affect the cost and risk of investing. The programme works on these basics alongside business retention, expansion, project development and finance across Mafube's four towns.

See the working method

Illustrative group discussing a local investment proposal around a table

02 / The working method

Four tracks.
One process.

Practical preparation across Mafube helps businesses and project teams clarify their needs, strengthen their cases and meet relevant partners.

Retain

Address the constraints facing operating businesses and the jobs they sustain.

Expand

Give credible growth plans the partners and practical preparation they need.

Develop

Move proposals forward by clarifying land, services, permissions and delivery steps.

Fund

Connect prepared opportunities with relevant financing and support mandates.

03 / Focus areas

Where opportunity takes shape.

Six sectors guide the conversations. Project details will be shared as opportunities are prepared and verified.

Illustrative maize field in a rural landscape

01 / Focus area

Agriculture

Primary production and the value chains that support local growers.

Illustrative grain processing equipment in a milling facility

02 / Focus area

Agro-processing

Processing, storage and market access for agricultural products.

Illustrative riverside accommodation and landscape

03 / Focus area

Tourism

Places, experiences and local enterprises that can draw visitors.

Illustrative brick and paving production workshop

04 / Focus area

Manufacturing

Local production, including building materials such as bricks and pavers.

05 / Focus area

Construction

Water, sanitation, roads, property and renewable energy infrastructure.

Illustrative sand and gravel aggregate operations

06 / Focus area

Mining & aggregates

Sand and gravel opportunities, subject to the relevant approvals.

Sector imagery illustrates areas of focus and does not depict confirmed summit projects.

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04 / After the summit

Commitments need owners.

The summit is intended to produce clearer proposals, relevant introductions and follow-up actions with named responsibilities and dates. Progress can then be measured against work delivered, not promises made on stage.

Council, budget, procurement, land, regulatory and funding decisions still follow their established processes. Commitments at the summit cannot replace them.

01Prepared projects and business expansion plans

02Matching between opportunities and relevant partners

03Actions with owners, dependencies and review dates