Chapter 11 - Sedibeng District Municipality

• A “Zone of Opportunity” has been identified at the intersection of the R42 and
the N3, for the purposes of mixed retail, commerce and service industries. The
process of Tow nship Establishment (Heeidelberg x25) has commenced, w ith a
planned retail shopping centre of approximately 13 000m2 to take place.
• A small industrial area w edged between the N3 and R103, to the far northwest
of Heidelberg.
• A northern extension to the existing industrial/commercial areas located to the
south of Heidelberg and abutting the R23.
• A Transnet fuel storage depot abutting the R42, right-across JamesonPark.
• A Karan Beef bio-fuel facility along the R549, just south of Ratanda.
• A Coca Cola w ater bottling plant along the N3, south of the Alice Glockner
Nature Reserve.
• Three Land Restitution projects have been identified in the Suikerbosrand
area, namely Tamboekiesfontein, Koppieskraal and Kafferskraal, w hich are
currently being investigated by the DLA.
6.3 Sedibeng Precincts
The Sedibeng Precinct developments form part of a set of national, provincial and
local government flagship projects that w ill develop grow th and development by
transforming the Sedibeng economy and creating new and exciting investment
opportunities for the private sector (see FIGURE 6.1).
The flagship projects are:
• regeneration of the historic area of Sharpeville;
• creation of a Government and Cultural Precincts in the old Vereeniging CBD;
and
• Waterfront Development along the VaalRiver.
SDM DITP, 2008 to 2013 70 31 Aug 2010