KwaZulu-Natal Business 2017-18 edition
KwaZulu-Natal Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful publication that has, since its launch in 2008, established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The 2017/18 edition includes special features on the Richards Bay area and its increasingly important Industrial Development Zone, the investment appeal of Durban and the growing maritime economy. Up-to-date overviews on the province’s economic sectors provide unique insights. Global Africa Network Media (www.gan.co.za), the publisher of KwaZulu-Natal Business, specialises in business-to-business print and electronic publications, producing a series of region-specific, annual print journals. Every province in South Africa is covered by this unique range of journals and websites, complemented by a national business guidebook, South African Business.
KwaZulu-Natal Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful publication that has, since its launch in 2008, established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the KwaZulu-Natal Province.
The 2017/18 edition includes special features on the Richards Bay area and its increasingly important Industrial Development Zone, the investment appeal of Durban and the growing maritime economy. Up-to-date overviews on the province’s economic sectors provide unique insights.
Global Africa Network Media (www.gan.co.za), the publisher of KwaZulu-Natal Business, specialises in business-to-business print and electronic publications, producing a series of region-specific, annual print journals. Every province in South Africa is covered by this unique range of journals and websites, complemented by a national business guidebook, South African Business.
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<strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong> is ideally<br />
situated to grow its<br />
maritime economy<br />
Building a Smart Port City at Durban.<br />
National government wants to see the<br />
Oceans Economy contribute R29-billion<br />
to the national gross domestic product by<br />
2019 and a possible R177-billion by 2033.<br />
This is part of the broader National Development<br />
Plan (NDP).<br />
Important sectors that could contribute to economic<br />
growth and increased employment are shipbuilding<br />
(something that <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong> already does),<br />
the creation of a merchant fleet and the development<br />
of South Africa’s small harbours into engines of economic<br />
growth and opportunity. The last-named idea<br />
is the subject of a major project being driven by the<br />
national Department of Public Works. An important<br />
element in securing all of this growth will be the creation<br />
of reliable marine governance and security.<br />
Other important sectors that fall under the Oceans<br />
Economy are the oil and gas sector (including the servicing<br />
of rigs and vessels) and aquaculture. Several<br />
fish-farming projects are planned for <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong><br />
(mostly with kob) and a catfish feasibility study is<br />
under way.<br />
Advantages<br />
With its two important ports, <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong> is ideally<br />
located to take advantage of the focus on the maritime<br />
economy. Between them, Durban and Richards<br />
Bay handle 78% of South Africa’s cargo tonnage.<br />
The Dube TradePort located inland expands the<br />
capacity of the province to import and export goods.<br />
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