JP van der Merwe

Running. Cycling. Outdoors. Trade & investment promotion for the Western Cape. Politics. Economic Development. Capetonian

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

@nickhedley Thank you for the feedback!

[Anton Eberhard @AntonEberhard]

The private sector is gearing up to rescue South Africa from power cuts with a huge pipeline of generation projects under advanced development. Now the state has to play its part by getting transmission out of a failing Eskom & allowing investment to flow https://t.co/TA2kuU2FWG

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

The Western Cape is strongly connected to the continent

[Wesgro - Cape Town & the Western Cape @Wesgro]

DID YOU KNOW❓| In 2022, Africa was the Western Cape’s top export region. Valued at R5️⃣9️⃣.9️⃣ billion, Africa accounted for over 3️⃣2️⃣% of the Province’s global exports.

This was followed by Europe at R56.4 billion (30.3%) and Asia at R40.7 billion (21.9%).

#TradeTuesday

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

A great, action-orientated City to call home!

[Geordin Hill-Lewis @geordinhl]

Cape Town's BIGGEST power purchase tender - of 500MW - is now open ⚡️💡🔋

I encourage the market to get your bids in and help us end load-shedding in Cape Town.

Only by ending load-shedding will we get our economy growing and get more people into work! Let's do this.

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

An amazing day for Cape Town indeed! Our city leading the 'charge' 😉 @Wesgro

[Geordin Hill-Lewis @geordinhl]

Cape Town shone around the world yesterday for @FIAFormulaE. I’m bursting with pride at how our city hosted this event, and how tens of millions saw our city and country on tv for the first time. They’ll be booking flights soon!

What an incredible day! 🏎️

[Wesgro - Cape Town & the Western Cape @Wesgro]

💬 “The events hosted this past week have highlighted that Western Cape companies are leading the charge with e-mobility adoption.

The province is quickly becoming a breeding ground for e-mobility and renewable solutions,” says Wesgro’s Head of Investment Promotion @jpvdm_01.

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

@KeithBinZA @CanHCZA @CanadaTrade @MichaelCHCSA @NinaMDube @Dirshnie @LillyJHBTrade @Shuresse Was amazing to work with you Keith! Good luck with your next assignment!

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

Looking forward to hosting Canadian companies at Mining Indaba 2022. See below for further info

[Trade Commissioner Service @TCS_SDC]

#Mining | Join us May 9-12 at Africa’s largest mining conference @MiningIndaba. ⛏️

Participate in curated #B2B meetings, networking sessions and more! Register today:
https://t.co/wo8uyiVC2O @CanHCZA

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

Super interesting thread

[Steph Smith @stephsmithio]

In 1994, Jeff Bezos famously spotted a stat that made him leave his high-paying PE job to start Amazon:

💡 The Internet was growing 2300% per year.

What are the generation-defining stats of today?

I'll post a few to kick things off...

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

@NickolausBauer @Psychodelia2 Such sad news. Ivor will really be missed!

[Tumi Sole @tumisole]

It took CNN to put Mzansi on blast! 😭

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

@NZinSouthAfrica @BLACKCAPS Outstanding achievement!! Congratulations🥳🥳

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Kooks @Kookie_Kuhle]

Winning the toss : Winter

@AfricanFRDM

Type in KOOKS at checkout for 10% discount on all items on the site https://t.co/bRCE7XRGii

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

and figure out who is not doing their job and why this line can't be activated! I have a fibre line, I have an ONT and a router and yet together you can't deactivate the old line and activate my fibre account!! Why is it so hard?!!

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

For the preservation of my sanity, please, PLEASE can you lot sort out my fibre connection @vumatel @coolideas_ZA @sadvfibre !! There is blame being shifted between you all but no one coming up with a solution. It can't be that hard! Someone needs to get on the phone...

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

😱😱😱 Not ever getting a cat!

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

@RonakGopaldas @FaheemChaudhry Cool thread!

[JP van der Merwe @jpvdm_01]

@Runningflyhalf Hell no!!! Even if we celebrate on our own at home, we need to make sure we watch that clock tick over to 2021!