A Return to Paradise and its People - Durban

The Value of Durban’s Open Spaces
The value of natural goods and services
provided by Durban’s more than 63 000
hectares of open space is estimated to
be valued at more than R3billion. The
value of goods and services, such as
water and firewood provided by the
natural environment in rural areas,
provides an estimated R8000 per annum
in services to each household. This means
that if the natural resources were
depleted in our rural areas, each
household would have to find R8 000
each year to purchase the goods and
services that were previously provided
free of charge by the natural
environment. As such, there are important
economic reasons, beyond the concerns
of conservation, to ensure the sustainable
provision of the city’s open spaces.
Business Referral and Information
Network (BRAIN)
Basic information for small businesses
www.brain.org.za
Department of Economic
Development and Tourism
Private Bag X001, Bishopsgate,
4009
Tel: +27 31 310 5303
Fax: +27 31 307 6152
E-mail: langab@ecotour1.kzntl.gov.za
www.kzn-deat.gov.za
Durban Africa
PO Box 1044, Durban, 4000
Tel: +27 31 304 4934
Fax: +27 31 304 6196
E-mail: funinsun@iafrica.com
Durban Chamber of Commerce
and Industry
PO Box 1506, Durban, 4000
Tel: +27 31 335 1000
Fax:+27 31 332 1288
E-mail: chamber@durbanchamber.co.za
www.durbanchamber.co.za
Business Contacts
Durban Investment Promotion
Agency (DIPA)
PO Box 1203, Durban 4000
Tel: +27 31 336 2516/40
Fax:+27 31 336 2641
Cell: +27 82 924 6349
E-mail: monique.labat@dipa.co.za
www.dipa.co.za
Economic Development Department,
eThekwini Municipality
PO Box 5856, Durban, 4000
Tel: +27 31 311 3801
Fax: +27 31 306 0195
E-mail: ecodev@durban.gov.za
eThekwini Municipality
Development and Planning Unit
PO Box 680, Durban, 4000
Tel: +27 31 311 2911
Fax: +27 31 311 2684
www.durban.gov.za/eThekwini/Municipality/Planning
KING’S PARK SPORTS DISTRICT The City’s vision of
becoming Africa’s premier sporting and leisure destination
has been taken a step further with the King’s Park Sports
Precinct, with the Moses Mabhida Stadium at its centre.
As part of the Municipality’s Beyond 2010 strategy, it was
deemed practical to build the stadium in an area where
all the Olympic sporting codes co-exist in close proximity
with world class facilities. The construction of the precinct
gives high priority to important developmental benefits
such as housing, infrastructure, transport and hotels. CENTRAL DURBAN
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