Johannesburg – The President of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Stefano Bonaccini, met in Johannesburg President of the South African province of Gauteng, David Makhura, in the first of two days of the institutional mission in the capital of South Africa. “We are convinced that to bind us to the Gauteng Province is a great opportunity- said Bonaccini- first for the fundamental and irreplaceable role that the Gauteng plays in South Africa, where it accounts for 35% of the economy of the whole country, 44% of research and development and where there are half of the patents. Secondly because the challenges facing the Gauteng today are our challenges: the Emilia-Romagna region and the Gauteng Province are among the most advanced and developed areas in their own countries, where services are among the most efficient, the most solid industrial production , t and more convinced erritorial cohesion. ” (9Colonne)