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Manufacturing Circle (MC)

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Established in 2008 as a corporate association of manufacturers, the Manufacturing Circle engages with key stakeholders to promote the benefits of manufacturing growth for the broader economy, influence policy, and highlight opportunities and key priorities for manufacturing growth. In pursuit of these objectives, the Manufacturing Circle meets periodically with government ministers, heads of key state-owned entities, provincial and local government leaders; and other business sector leaders.

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Medical Device & Diagnostic Innovation Cluster (MeDDIC)

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The Medical Device and Diagnostic Innovation Cluster (MeDDIC) is a national initiative created to exploit a high concentration of skills, expertise, infrastructure and companies across South Africa within the medical devices field. The initiative, supported by the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) and the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), is aimed at stimulating and intensifying technology innovation within the sector as well as encouraging an integrated ecosystem in support of increasing the competitiveness of the industry. It is hosted by the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) under the Global Health Innovation Accelerator (GHIA) program.

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Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa (MDFSA)

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The Muscular Dystrophy Foundation of South Africa assists affected persons and their families by:

  • Providing access to international information regarding specific dystrophies.
  • Hosting informative workshops about muscular dystrophy.
  • Providing referrals to health facilities and professional counsellors.
  • Assisting with specialised disability equipment, if funding is available.
  • Providing access to social service professionals for emotional support.
  • Facilitating support groups.
  • Create public awareness on muscular dystrophy issues and disability.
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Maize Trust (MT)

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The Maize Trust was founded in August 1998 to promote the South African maize industry. The Trust serves the industry through financial support for institutions and organisations with programmes aimed at market and production related research. The secondary objectives of the Trust are to fund the assimilation and dissemination of market information and to broaden market access for the benefit of the maize industry.

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Metal & Electrical Workers Union of South Africa (MEWUSA)

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The Launching of MEWUSA was the first implementation of the principle of one union one industry in the National Council of Trade Unions since it was fromed in 1986. The union was launched against a background of co-ordinated state attacks against trade unions and democratic movement, as well as tough annual wage negotiations with metal employers who were also planning to deregulate some businesses in the metal industry. Against this repressive background thousands of workers flocked to NASREC on the 27 of May 1988 to launch the Metal and Electrical Workers Union of South Africa(MEWUSA). Unions which participated in the merger were the Black Electrical and Electronics Workers Union(BEEWU), the Electrical and Allied Workers Trade Union(EAWTUSA and the Engineering and Allied Workers Union(EAWUSA). Metal and Electrical Workers Union of South Africa is a Non-Racial, Non-Sexist, Democratic socialist union of the workers ,established and organised by the workers to fight against the frustrations of the workers with employers and to unite them with other workers in common struggle for their thoroughly democratic and social aspirations as the most revolutionary class in our modern capitalist society, the proletariat.bca

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Medical Advisors’ Group (MAG)

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The Medical Advisors Group (MAG) is an association of medical advisors and other professionals in the South African healthcare funding industry – medical schemes, administrators and managed healthcare. MAG provides a supporting framework for medical advisors and the promotion of sustainable, equitable funding in the context of evidence-based cost-effective healthcare.

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Marine and Antarctic Research for Innovation and Sustainability (MARIS)

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MARIS (Marine and Antarctic Research for Innovation and Sustainability) is the new interdisciplinary center for Marine and Antarctic Science projects, involving multiple departments within the University of Cape Town: Biological Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Oceanography.

The centre is an aggregator of competence and expertise that considers academic and technological knowledge in relation to societal benefits, with the overarching aim of enhancing the production of knowledge and human capacity in marine and Antarctic research.

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