The Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism (EDAT) is the department of the

Western Cape government The Western Cape province of South Africa is governed in a parliamentary system in which the people elect the Provincial Parliament, and the parliament elects the Premier as head of the executive. The Premier leads a cabinet of provincial minis ...

responsible for

economic policy The economy of governments covers the systems for setting levels of taxation, government budgets, the money supply and interest rates as well as the labour market, national ownership, and many other areas of government interventions into the e ...

economic planning Economic planning is a resource allocation mechanism based on a computational procedure for solving a constrained maximization problem with an iterative process for obtaining its solution. Planning is a mechanism for the allocation of resources b ...

and economic development within the province. It is also liable for promoting and developing the provincial tourism sector. As of May 2019, the political head of the department has been Provincial Minister

David Maynier David John Maynier (born 22 October 1968) is a South African politician who has been the Western Cape Provincial Minister of Education since May 2022 and a Member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament since May 2019. He served as the Weste ...

. He also oversees the Provincial Treasury. The non-political head is

Solly Fourie Solly is a given name, nickname (often of Solomon) and a surname. It may refer to: Given name * Solly Granatstein, American television producer * Solly Krieger (1909–1964), American world champion middleweight boxer * Solly Pernick, American s ...

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Western Cape Department: Economic Development and Tourism
{{Western Cape government departments Government of the Western Cape Subnational economy ministries Western Cape Tourism ministries

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