Seda was established in December 2004 as an agency under the Department of Trade and Industry, the dti. The establishment was done by merging three organisations; Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency, National Manufacturing Advisory Centre (NAMAC) and the Community Public Private Partnership Programme (CPPP). The GODISA Trust and the Technology Programs were integrated into seda in April 2006, becoming Seda Technology Program (Stp). The Free State economy has moved from dependence on primary sectors, such as mining and agriculture, to an economy increasingly oriented towards manufacturing and export. The Mpumalanga chemicals sector is one of the most important in the southern hemisphere. Petrochemicals company Sasol, based in the to