North West Business 2018 edition

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CONTENTS 

CONTENTS 

North West Business 2018 Edition. 

Introduction 

Foreword4 

North West Business is a unique guide to business, 

investment and tourism in the province. 

Special features 

Regional overview of North West Province 8 

New investors will help to diversify the regional 

economy 

Rustenburg revival 12 

Rustenburg aims to build a new legacy. 

The North West is becoming the conference 

destination of choice 14 

Research and training in tourism give the province a 

competitive edge. 

Economic sectors 

Mining28 

Platinum assets are changing hands. 

Agriculture34 

A solar-powered vegetable project is showing a 

new way. 

Energy36 

North West is researching new energy sources. 

Water38 

New boreholes are being dug in rural areas. 

Manufacturing39 

Diversification is under the spotlight. 

Education and training 40 

NWU is a leader in innovative research. 

Banking and financial services 42 

New state banks are to be formed. 

Development finance and SMME support 44 

SMMEs in the North West are on a central supplier 

base. 

Government 

North West Provincial Government 46 

An overview of the North West provincial 

government departments. 

North West Local Government 47 

An overview of the North West local 

municipalities. 

Reference 

Sector contents 26 

Index48 

Maps 

North West locator map. 11 

North West provincial map. 11 

North West municipal map. 11 

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FOREWORD 

North West Business 

A unique guide to business, investment and 

Tourism in the North West. 

The 2018 edition of North West Business is the eighth issue 

of this highly successful publication that, since its launch 

in 2009, has established itself as the premier business and 

investment guide to the North West Province. 

North West Business includes news and analysis of the most important 

economic sectors and interviews with some of the province’s 

active business leaders and investors. 

To complement the extensive local, national and international 

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also be viewed online at www.northwestbusiness.co.za. Updated 

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e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.gan.co.za, in 

addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover 

all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business title. 

Chris Whales 

Publisher, Global Africa Network Media 

Email: chris@gan.co.za 

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Rustenburg Chamber of 

Commerce 

PROFILE 

Striving towards a healthy community and business environment, economic stability and 

growth, and becoming a truly world class city. 

The Rustenburg Chamber of Commerce serves 

as the voice of business in the Rustenburg area, 

strives to create an environment for business to 

thrive and offers talks and networking events for 

members. 

The RCOC is affiliated provincially to the North 

West Business Forum (NWBF) and nationally to the 

South African Chamber of Commerce (SACCI) and 

the SBI (Small Business Institute). Representation 

on both provincial and national bodies enables 

the RCOC to escalate important matters to higher 

levels when necessary and distribute important 

regional, provincial and national trends and 

information to our members. This will require 

a strong focus on positioning the Rustenburg 

Business Community to meet the challenges of 

a changing landscape in and around Rustenburg 

and the North West Province now and in future. 

Vision 

A healthy community and business environment 

through sustainable economic growth. 

Strategy 

• Unite business leaders 

• Empower members and community 

• Lead and support economic growth strategies 

in RLM 

Plan 

• Share vision 

• Grow membership 

• Engage stakeholders 

The Tlhabane Chamber has joined The Rustenburg 

Chamber Of Commerce as part of our new chapter. 

We have created and implemented a new section 

to the Chamber, called the Women in Mining, 

Management and business. Our first yearly conference 

was hosted on 29 September 2017. In this section 

of the chamber we focus on empowering local 

female business owners and employees to go from 

good to great. 

CONTACT INFO 

Address: 223 Beyers Naude Drive, 

Rustenburg, 0299 | Tel: +27 14 592 9520 

Email: info@rcoc.co.za | Website: www.rcoc.co.za 

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SPECIAL FEATURE 

Regional overview of 

North West Province 

New investors will help to diversify the regional economy. 


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The two key economic assets of the North 

West Province – mining and agriculture 

– remain vital to the region’s vitality but 

concentrated efforts are being made to 

attract investments in new sectors to diversify and 

strengthen the provincial economy. 

Tourism has been identified as an important 

driver of future growth and the investment by Sun 

International of more than R1-billion in the Sun City 

complex is helping to create momentum in a sector 

which has a proven track record of creating jobs. The 

City of Rustenburg has started a planning process 

which looks forward to a time when mining’s role in 

the economy will be reduced, and sectors such as 

health and education might become more important. 

Renewable energy is another area where some 

preliminary work has been done. 

The fact that Rustenburg’s plans also include the 

creation of a Mining Supply Park point to the fact that 

mining’s influence is likely to continue to be a huge 

influence on the province for many years to come. 

This is also true of some of the plans to diversify the 



province’s manufacturing base – they often rely on 

the base mineral that comes from mining anyway. 

Platinum prices may not be as strong as they were, 

but platinum group metals (PGM) have enormous 

potential in the energy field, and North West researchers 

and businesses are working on possibilities 

to exploit this. 

The possibility also exists that a totally new sector, 

renewable energy, will help to transform the lives 

of previously excluded communities. This is already 

taking place to a small extent in that the province’s 

first solar plant is partly owned by the community 

in which it operates. There is much more scope for 

this kind of partnership, but there is also scope for 

the development of a manufacturing sector to support 

the renewable energy sector. A start has been 

made to attract solar panel manufacturers to the 

Platinum Special Economic Zone in the Bojanala 

District Municipality. 

The province’s other manufacturing strategy of 

boosting agriprocessing is in better shape now that 

the worst of a prolonged drought is over. The creation 

of district agri-parks is intended to boost primary 

production which in turn will increase the amount 

of raw material that can be processed. Companies 

making car seats within the province’s active automotive 

parts sector (mostly centred around the town 

of Brits) would be a ready market for treated hides 

from the huge provincial cattle herd. 

The Provincial Government of the North West has 

two main economic strategies: 

• the development of Villages, Townships and 

Small Dorpies (VTSD) 

• a focus on three key sectors: agriculture, culture 

and tourism (ACT). 

Other areas of focus are: mineral beneficiation; renewable 

energy; retail and wholesale; ICT and the 

development of economic infrastructure. 

Geography 

The North West province makes up 6.8% of the 

population of South Africa (3.6-million), 8.7% of the 

land mass (105 076km²) and accounts for 5.8% of 

economic output in terms of gross value added. 

The North West is bordered on the west by the 

Republic of Botswana and on the east by Gauteng 

province, the engine of the South African economy. 

The big four sectors of the provincial economy are 

mining, agriculture, manufacturing and tourism. 

The Vaal River runs along the province’s southeastern 

border with the Free State, and the province 

also shares borders with the Northern Cape to the 

south and Limpopo in the north. 

The province’s strategic location goes beyond its 

proximity to Gauteng: the major roads linking trade 

on an east-west axis pass through the province, as 

does the major railway line which runs from Cape 


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Town in the south to Zimbabwe and beyond in 

the north. 

Mining contributes 28% of the region’s gross 

domestic product. The mineral reserves that still lie 

beneath the ground in the province are enormous. 

Platinum group metals predominate but there are 

significant deposits of gold, uranium, diamonds, 

copper, vanadium, fluorspar and nickel. Stone and 

limestone are also found in rich quantities. 

Mining beneficiation takes place at many 

places, with Rustenburg being particularly strong 

in this sector. The economy of the town is closely 

linked to the fortunes of platinum mining, with the 

sector contributing about 70% of the city’s gross 

geographic product. 

The North West is a major producer of maize 

and sunflower seeds and many other agricultural 

products. About 20% of South Africa’s maize comes 

from the province, as does 15% of its wheat. 

The dry western part of the province is home 

to beef cattle, game ranching and hunting. The 

normally well-watered eastern and north-eastern 

regions can carry many kinds of crops, many of which 

find themselves on the tables of the citizens of the 

nearby urban centres of Johannesburg and Pretoria. 

The agricultural sector also generates large-scale 



storage and logistics operations, particularly in 

Klerksdorp, Vryburg and Brits. 

Manufacturing capacity is concentrated in the 

larger towns in the north-east and eastern parts 

of the province. Automotive components firms are 

clustered in Brits, which in turn is very close to the 

automotive manufacturing hub in Rosslyn (Pretoria) 

in Gauteng. Towns like Klerksdorp (agri-processing 

and engineering) and Potchefstroom (food and 

beverages) also have manufacturing capacity. 

All of the big agricultural companies have storage 

and logistics operations and many of them are 

involved in agri-processing. Senwes is one of the biggest 

with extensive silo infrastructure while Suidwes 

has 17 retail outlets and MGK makes full-fat soy at its 

manufacturing plant. 

Lichtenburg-based NWK makes liquid fertiliser 

and animal feed, processes sunflower seeds and runs 

37 silos and three grain mills. Another subsidiary, Opti 

Chicks, has a capacity of 600 000 chicks per week. 

There are several milling facilities in the province. 

The province’s other great assets include big 

tourist attractions such as Sun City, the Pilanesberg 

National Park and associated game reserves and the 

Hartbeespoort Dam. 

Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located 

at Vredefort Dome (where a meteorite hit the earth 

about two-million years ago) and Taung, where the 

discovery by an archaeologist of a skull in 1924 is 

regarded as one of the most significant of all time. 

The province’s three Technical and Vocational 

Education and Training (TVET) colleges and the 

well-respected North West University all have several 

campuses catering to a wide range of educational 

disciplines. The university has a strong reputation as 

a research institution. 


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ZIMBABWE 


NAMIBIA 

BOTSWANA 

Limpopo 

Mpumalanga 

North West 

Gauteng 

NORTH WEST 

SWAZI- 

LAND 

MOZAMBIQUE 

N 

Thabazimbi 

Vaalwater 

Limpopo 

Northern Cape 

Free State 

LESOTHO 

KwaZulu- 

Natal 

BOTSWANA 

R49 

Bela-Bela 

Western Cape 

Vorstershoop 

Hotazel 

R31 

Kuruman 

Eastern Cape 

N14 

Reivilo 

Lykso 

Moloporivier 

Vryburg 

Stella 

N18 

R 49 

Taung 

R34 

R49 

Mmabatho 

Delareyville 

Schweizer- 

Reneke 

N4 

MAHIKENG 

Sannieshof 

Ottosdal 

Wolmaransstad 

Zeerust 

R52 

Groot-Marico 

Lichtenburg 

N14 

Coligny 

Klerksdorp 

Sun City/Lost City 

Swartruggens 

R30 

Koster 

Ventersdorp 

Potchefstroom 

N12 

Orkney 

Rustenburg 

R30 

Magaliesburg 

Westonaria 

Parys 

Brits 

Hartbeespoort 

Mooinooi 

JOHANNESBURG 

R59 

Carletonville 

Vereeniging 

N1 

R82 

PRETORIA 

Gauteng 

Sasolburg 

R57 

Heilbron 

N1 

N3 

Sishen 

Kathu 


Warrenton 

Bloemhof 

N12 

Christiana 

Wesselsbron 

Welkom 

Kroonstad 

Free State 

Motorway 

Main Road 

Railway 

Ventersburg 

Reitz 

Postmasburg 

Ulco 

Bultfontein 

Municipalities in North West Province 

Limpopo 

BOTSWANA 

Ramotshere 

Moiloa 

Moses Kotane 

Bojanala 

Madibeng 

Moretele 

Molopo 

Mafikeng 

Kgetlengrivier 

Rustenburg 

Kagisano 

Ratlou 

Ngaka Modiri Molema 

Ditsobotla 

JB Marks 

Gauteng 

Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati 

Tswaing 

Dr Kenneth Kaunda 

Naledi 

Matlosana 

Mamusa 

Maquassi Hills 


Greater Taung 

Lekwa-Teemane 

Free State 

Metropolitan/District Municipality 

Boundary 

Local Municipality Boundary 

District Municipality 

Local Municipality 

Bojanala 

Naledi 



Rustenburg revival 

Rustenburg aims to build a new legacy. 

The North West’s biggest and busiest city 

is putting long-term plans in place to create 

a diverse and flexible economy. Today, 

Rustenburg derives about 70% of its economic 

activity from mining but strategies are being 

implemented to prepare for the days beyond mining. 

Price volatility, particularly in platinum group 

metals, has helped to concentrate the minds of local 

and regional government on the future of the city 

and the region. 

Rustenburg is a local municipality within the 

Bojanala Platinum District Municipality and the 

headquarters of both bodies are in the city of about 

625 000 residents. 

The Integrated Master Plan (IMP) for Rustenburg 

2040 is the blueprint for the project which aims to 

develop new economic sectors and further stimulate 

existing sectors through the clustering approach. 

Themes for clusters and hubs include medical, 

educational, mining supply and green technology. 

A comprehensive new public transport plan will link 

these hubs and help to break down the old spatial 

divides of the apartheid era. 

Assets 

Rustenburg straddles the N4 “Platinum Highway” 

about 120km west of the cities of Pretoria and 

Johannesburg in the Gauteng Province, the economic 

hub of South Africa. The N4 stretches across South 

Africa from Mozambique in the east, to the Botswana 

border in the west and, as the Trans Kalahari Route, 

ultimately to Namibia. Rustenburg is 240km from 

Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, and less than 

200km from the provincial capital of the North West 

Province, Mafikeng. 

At the foot of the Magaliesberg Mountain Range, 

Rustenburg is only 50km from one of the country’s 

premier tourist resorts, Sun City, which in turn is 


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adjacent to the 550km² Pilanesberg National Park 

and Game Reserve which has a small airport. The park 

lies within the crater of a volcano formed 1.2-billion 

years ago. 

Orbit TVET College has a campus in Rustenburg, 

Unisa has a regional office and the Agricultural 

Research Institute’s Industrial Crops Division is also 

located in the city. The Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace 

hosted five group matches in the 2010 World Cup. 

Platinum mining began in 1929 and has driven the 

city’s growth ever since. 

Rustenburg CBD 

Legacy projects 

Mining and the beneficiation of mining products will 

continue to play a role in the economy of Rustenburg 

for many years to come, but a range of interventions 

will serve as growth catalysts. These range from 

activities which will build on existing sectors and 

services and improve the quality of life of residents, 

and newer initiatives which are aimed at attracting 

new investment. 

In terms of building and developing existing 

infrastructure, the following projects are planned: 

• Bus rapid transit system: Yarona (It is Ours), which 

Waterfall Mall 

Bafokeng Sports Palace. 

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It is projected to provide about 130,00 

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These 

embody the aspirations of Vision 2020 

and more efficient 

to develop resources, abilities and 

talents access of individuals, to various 

opening up a 

new dimension of empowerment and 

self-sufficiency parts of for the Rustenburg city 

community. 

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it will have 

to accommodate more than a million 

inhabitants. 

to meet this challenge and provide 

in improving roads 

high quality of life to all communities 

and and ensure is a world working class city to- 

live 

work and play. Rustenburg will be a 

well wards connected, an clean integrated 

and green city 

with variety of choices of lifestyles, 

transport network. 

affordable homes, ample parks and 

open • Township 

spaces, entertainment venues development: 

aims to provide opportunities The to 

and 

places to conduct business. The master 

plan 

create new iconic features for the city 

areas of Phatsima, 

while conserving its local character and 

identity. Lethabong, 

The city will also be a leader in 

sustainable resource management, by 

adopting T lnew h water, a bwaste a and n energy e , 

management solutions. 

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Ultimately, Monnakato the Integrated will Master receive 

to development 

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Plans seeks to inspire the Rustenburg 

community 

quality of life, creating a bright 

in some or all of the 

and exciting future for city and its 

surrounding following areas. It components: 

in South Africa, mixed-income which can attract and high-density housing; 

aims to make 

Rustenburg one of the most liveable 

cities 

and retain global talent, while ensuring 

urban agricultural hubs; retail and business parks; 

high quality of life for its people. 

industrial hubs; multi-purpose centres; sporting 

facilities. 

• CBD upgrade: Partnerships with developers to 

build high-rise buildings for office space, shops 

and accommodation. This would be adjacent to 

a proposed civic and cultural precinct. 

• Airport upgrade: The city has an airfield but there 

is potential to develop this into a fully-fledged airport 

that can host scheduled flights. The tourism 

industry is the most obvious potential partner. 

New initiatives that could serve as catalysts include: 

• Logistics and industrial park: industries targeted 

include mining supplies, platinum group 

metals (PGM) beneficiation, chemicals and 

pharmaceuticals. 

• Agri-processing hubs: seven such hubs are 

planned for various sites across the city, in traditional 

methods and new methods (hydroponics 

and aquaponics, for example). This initiative is 

linked to green economy ideas such as biogas 

production and to the creation of a new Fresh 

Produce Market, which will give producers and 


Guided by the goals and strategies developed by the Urban Sustainability Framework, two concept options are developed. They 

explore different directions for future physical development of the region, resulting in varying degree of investments, risks and 

returns. 

Concept Option 1: 

Compact City 

The ‘compact city’ concept looks at the opportunity to further 

strengthen the existing urban areas and ensure a compact 

urban growth that optimizes the existing key transit corridor. 

The growth will be organized along the 3 distinctive clusters. 

Concept Option 2: 

City of Cities 

The ‘city of cites’ concept looks at having several thematic 

developments within RLM; and ensures a well distributed 

growth. The poly-centric growth will ensure more integration 

with existing communities and ensure jobs closer to homes. 

On September & November 2014, the vision and the two concept options were deliberated by the Steering Committee which expressed its 

preference to Option 2 as the long-term concept option for future RLM 

• Option 2 allows for decentralised growth and better integration with the various communities 

retailers a good central point from which to sell 

and distribute. 

• Education hub: the creation of a precinct containing 

a university and/or college campus, state and 

private schools with supporting amenities such 

as sports fields, student residences and retail 

facilities. 

• Medical facilities: the growing population of 

the city will create more demand for medical 

services. An opportunity to provide specialised 

medical services has been identified. Additional 

opportunities can be explored in terms of providing 

medical training and catering for medical 

tourists. 

• Special Economic Zone: An SEZ in Rustenburg 

would build on existing industries, form a value 

chain with the industrial and agri-parks and promote 

newer sectors, such as the manufacture of 

solar panels (green technology). 

• Tourism hub: the city’s information visitor centre 

is being modernised and the Rustenburg showground 

has been identified for an upgrade, in 

partnership with a private investor. A convention 

centre and the creation of a platinum themed park 

are other ideas being discussed. 

• Provides for more distributed growth opportunities and access to facilities and jobs closer to home and is more inclusive 

The selected planning concept option sets the macro planning directions and the regional structure of RLM. This concept, 

however, is not cast in stone; a deeper planning analysis will be undertaken in the subsequent “Regional Structure Plan” to refine 

the concept before the Integrated Master Plan is finalised. 



The North West is becoming the 

conference destination of choice 

Research and training in tourism give the province a competitive edge. 

It used to be Sandton and Cape Town. Now it’s Sun 

City and Cape Town. The venues for the prestigious 

Investment Forum, that is. Held twice a year, the 

Investment Forum brings together South Africa’s 

top investment officers and portfolio managers. 

Securing this conference is feather in the cap of Sun 

City, and the North West. 

Even when a conference was held in Cape Town, 

as the Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics 

was in December 2017, the committee organising 

the conference was led by a North Wester, Professor 

Markus Bottcher! 

Another big event for the events industry in the 

North West province was the announcement that 

the SAFTAS, the South African Film and Television 

Awards, would also be held for the first time at Sun 

City in 2017. 

Sun International’s recent investment in its conference 

facilities at Sun City involved upgrades, 

expansion and investment in more environmentally 

friendly technologies. Venues available for hire range 

from a 12-seater Council Room to the Superbowl 

which can accommodate 6 000, and just about 

everything in between. 

No fewer than five types of accommodation support 

the conference and events side of things at Sun 

City. There are two five-star hotels (The Palace of the 

Lost City and the Cascades hotel), the four-star Soho 

hotel and Casino, the Cabanas hotel (three-star) and 

the Sun Vacation Club, a self-catering option. 

The Sun City resort adjacent to the Pilanesberg 

National Park and Game Reserve is the province’s 

biggest and best-known conference venue but 

Tourism North West, the province’s tourism agency, 

lists on its website a range of venues from small 

guesthouses with conference facilities in towns such 

as Rustenburg and Brits to lodges on the banks of 

the Hartbeespoort Dam. 

In the provincial capital, Mahikeng, there are several 

options: among them are the Mmbatho Palms 

Hotel Casino Convention Resort, which is part of 

the Peermont group, which has hotels and casinos 

in six of South Africa’s provinces. The Mmabatho 

Palms offers eight gaming tables and slot machines. 

Gaming is controlled in South Africa and licences are 

restricted to certain operators. 

The Gambling Board falls under the provincial 

Department of Economy and Enterprise 

Development and it has approved 262 Limited Payout 

Machines and six new bingo operations. 

North West’s other casinos are at Sun City and the 

Morula Casino and Hotel at Mabopane (both run by 

Sun International) and Klerksdorp (Rio Hotel Casino 

and Convention Resort), another Peermont property. 


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Mahikeng also hosts the Protea Hotel and the 

Mmbatho Convention Centre (the main auditorium 

of which can seat 3 000 people). The Hotel School 

can accommodate up to 200 people. Most of the 

luxury lodges in the province can accommodate 

conferences, albeit on a smaller scale. 

Tourism training and research 

The North West Parks and Tourism Board is unique in 

South Africa in that it is the only provincial government 

entity that runs a hotel school. The Institute 

of Hotel and Tourism Management (IHTM) has two 

campuses, one in Mahikeng and one at Ga-Runkuwa 

outside Pretoria. 

The courses offered are approved by the Council 

for Higher Education and accredited with the 

relevant sector authority, THETA. 

Another institution that gives the North West 

province additional weight when it comes to the 

tourism sector is the Faculty of Economic and 

Management Sciences at the North West University, 

where Tourism Management is a popular course 

and the professors and researchers are at the top of 

their profession. 

Three courses are on offer for prospective 

students: 

• BComm Tourism Management 

• BCom Tourism and Recreation Science 

• BA Tourism Management (Mahikeng). 

Prof Melville Saayman is often quoted in the national 

media when tourism issues are discussed, the result 

of a number of research papers and documents 

produced by units within the university department. 

The establishment of a specialised research unit 

on tourism came about in the 1980s. Several name 

changes later, and with the support of the National 

Research Foundation (NRF), TREES (Tourism Research 

in Economics, Environs and Society) came into 

existence as a research unit in 2015. 

Apart from published research, which makes decision-making 

for business and government a good 

deal better, the unit supports post-graduate studies 

in the field of tourism. TREES aims to extend its links 

to the international tourism research community. 

Strategies 

Three tourism strategies (Culture and Heritage; 

Events and an over-arching regional strategy) inform 

what the Premier of North West has called the Arts, 



Culture and Tourism (ACT) developmental agenda 

for the province. In keeping with an emphasis on 

developing the economies of small towns and rural 

areas, a Rural and Social Tourism strategy is to be 

charted. 

The Department of Tourism in the North West 

has hosted a public meeting in the Bojanala District 

where discussions were held about the way forward 

for tourism in the province. There is a strong belief 

that the industry can become a major creator of 

jobs and wealth within communities, if the correct 

strategies and products are developed. 

Among other provincial plans is a publication 

FOUR DECADES OF FUN 

South Africa’s oldest casino, under a new and customer-centric 

management, is turning 40! Mmabatho Palms Hotel Casino 

Convention Resort is also North West’s favourite oasis with 

something to cater to all your needs. Situated in the historic 

town of Mafikeng, the capital city of the North West Province, 

the resort is perfect for business, weekend getaways and entertainment. 

The Casino Resort has invested a total of R8-million 

in refurbishments. These will ensure that Mmabatho Palms 

continues to live up to its “Oasis Style Promise”. 

The renovations include a revitalisation of the Leopard Conference 

Room, the Smoking Gaming Floor and the inclusion of the Moo 

Bar which is renowned for its cocktails, light snacks and sports 

screenings. These new additions will only enhance the existing 

150-key Walmount hotel, Motswedi Restaurant, two swimming 

pools, kiddies area and the exquisite Palms Retreat Wellness Spa. 

Celebrate with Mmabatho Palms by visiting them for any of their 

offers that tickle your fancy, be it their fun interactive promotions, 

indoor and outdoor boma events, live entertainment at 

Motswedi Restaurant, the new Moo Bar, conferencing, scrumptious 

buffet specials and much more Oasis-like entertainment 

just for you. See you soon! 

to be produced by the Department of Tourism to 

market the province, particularly to attract potential 

tourists in SADC countries, in other parts of Africa and 

in BRICS countries like China, India, Russia and Brazil. 

Related to the SADC theme is a scheme to develop 

trans-national routes that would include sites such 

as Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Direct flights are 

being contemplated to BRICS countries. 

The Mahika-Mahikeng Cultural Festival is expected 

to grow in significance to the regional 

economy as it expands, having been started in 

2015. 

Arts and culture development centres 

(Mmabana Centres) are found in 

three of the province’s districts. 

Twelve public museums have 

been identified together with 

400 heritage sites as part of a 

census on the province’s cultural 

assets. The long and interesting 

history of the Batswana people 

provides rich scope for commemorations, 

memorials, song 

and dance. 

Cultural villages in the North 

West include: 

• Lesedi Cultural Village 

• Mphebatho Cultural 

Museum (Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela) 

• The Lost City of Mogale 

• Buya Zulu Cultural Kraal 

• Mapoch Ndebele Village 

• Gaabo Motho Cultural 

Village 

• Kortkloof Cultural Village 

(Tswana, Groot Marico) 

Anthropology comes to the fore 

at Taung, site of the first discovered 

fossil of Australopithecus 

africanus. The North West 

Development Corporation has 

an investment plan linked to this 

famous site, involving a museum, 

hotel and spa resort. 

The Treasure Route runs along 

the N12 highway and includes 

wildlife, cultural, scenic, industrial 


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Sun City – 

Conference 

with a Difference 

PROFILE 

Sun City boasts a unique and holistic offering not found anywhere 

else in South Africa. An iconic resort, it has so much to 

offer as a leisure, outdoor sports and conferencing destination. 

Sun City combines excellent accommodation, conferencing 

facilities, restaurants and leisure activities in an idyllic setting. 

It is where water sports and outdoor activities, wildlife, nightlife, golf, 

adventure, spas, vibrant casinos, four hotels, a vacation club and stateof-the-art 

conferencing combine in one exquisite location. 

The resort has prudently crafted its facilities and services to meet today’s 

business and leisure travellers. Taking its conferencing and conventions 

offering to the next level is the focus on providing consolidated 

conference experiences. Companies not only have access to a range of 

well-equipped meeting rooms and conference venues, but they can 

also build in morale building and leisure activities into their bespoke 

conference packages. 

There are various accommodation 

options: the three-star Cabanas 

hotel, four-star Soho hotel, five-star 

Cascades hotel and The Palace – 

the epitome of luxury. If you want 

a no-fuss Sun City holiday with the 

convenience of self-catering facilities, 

then you should consider joining 

Sun Vacation Club or explore 

our Bush Bungalows – an ideal 

setting for nature lovers, boasting 

14 chalets with an eclectic-style 

African experience, synonymous 

with a truly unique Sun City offering. 

From a food and beverage 

perspective, various spaces have 

been transformed to make way 

for more exciting options and 

visitors have over 30 restaurants 

to explore. 



and environmental tourist attractions. The treasure 

relates to the gold mines scattered along the route. 

The Vredefort Dome site (90km across) is 

not only a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its 

significance as the landing site of a meteorite 

many millions of years ago, but it is also one of 

the province’s best adventure tourism sites with 

numerous tour operators and 

accommodation 

facilities. 

Adventure sports is a growing section of 

the tourism sector. Hot-air ballooning over the 

Pilanesberg mountains is a popular pursuit, as is 

quad-biking among the foothills. Canopy tours 

in the Magaliesberg are on offer, with many opportunities 

for water sports of every kind on the 

province’s many water bodies. Hartbeespoort 

Dam is the biggest of these, but there are ample 

opportunities for water lovers at Bloemhof Dam, 

Boskop Dam (north of Potchefstroom) and Vaalkop 

Dam (north of Brits). Each of these dams has great 

birdlife, with up to 250 species living at or visiting 

the dams. 

Nature and game reserves 

The strategy of the North West Parks and Tourism 

Board (NWPTB) includes ramping up investment 

in the province’s 12 smaller parks with a view to 

creating jobs in the second economy. This presents 

an opportunity for private investors to become 

involved. An investment of R43-million has been 

made in the Manyane Game Lodge in Mahikeng 

in partnership with the National Department of 

Tourism. 

Another project is an ambitious plan to create 

a mega-park in the north-western sector of the 

North West, the Heritage Park. The idea is to link 

the existing parks of Madikwe (on the Botswana 

border) and the Pilanesberg National Park (a provincial 

park). Nearly 20 000ha of land is being 

prepared for incorporation, which is intended 

in a later phase to become a transnational park. 

With much of the targeted land being currently 

used for marginal cattle farming, it is expected 

that the transference of this to the potentially 

LIVE IT UP 

Break away to Mmabatho Palms Hotel Casino Convention 

Resort in the historic town of Mafikeng. This beautiful 

retreat has something for everyone, with a four star 150-key 

Walmont hotel, an exciting casino, the Motswedi Terrace 

Restaurant, two swimming pools and loads of fun activities 

for children. 

The exquisite Palms Retreat Wellness Spa offers a variety 

of luxurious beauty treatments in peaceful and relaxing 

surroundings and the 18-hole championship Leopard 


STYLE 

Park Golf Club is easily accessible from the resort. Outdoor 

sporting and entertainment events are a regular feature 

of the full sized soccer field and the convention centre can 

accommodate up to 300 delegates in a variety of rooms as 

well as the outdoor boma. 

Live it up, Oasis Style at Mmabatho Palms. 

To book your stay, call PEERMONT CENTRAL RESERVATIONS on 

0860 777 900 (SA only) or +27 (0)11 938 1928 

or book online at www.mmabathopalms.co.za 

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more lucrative game-reserve option will bring 

considerable benefits. 

Pilanesberg National Park is in a giant extinct volcano 

complex, said to be the most perfect example of an 

alkaline ring complex. 

There are several Stone and Iron Age sites in the park. 

Because the park is situated in a transition zone between 

the semi-desert Kalahari and wetter Lowveld 

(or Bushveld) vegetation regions, many types of flora 

and fauna occur. As the fourth-largest park in South 

Africa, Pilansberg covers an area of 55 000 hectares. 

Madikwe Game Reserve is even bigger, covering 

75 000 hectares in the area north of Zeerust. In the 

Marico River Valley and near the Botswana border, 

the reserve is home to the Big Five. Experienced 

tour guides say that Madikwe is an excellent place 

to see white rhinos. 

There are 18 luxury game lodges in Madikwe. 

Royal Madikwe Luxury Safari Residence is a regular 

winner at the World Luxury Hotel Awards. 


SPECIAL SPECIAL FEATURE 

South African economy at a glance 

Insight into the performance of the South African economy is provided through these 

graphical Insight into representations the performance of key of the statistics. South African economy is provided through these 

graphical representations of key statistics. 

ZIMBABWE 

ZIMBABWE 

NAMIBIA 

NAMIBIA 

BOTSWANA 

BOTSWANA 

Limpopo 

Limpopo 

0.9% 0.9% (7.1%) 

(7.1%) 

MOZAMBIQUE 

North North West 

West 

-3.6% (6.5%) 

Gauteng 

Mpumalanga 

2.1% 

2.7% 

(34.3%) 

(7.5%) 

SWAZI- 

LAND 


2.8% (2.1%) 

Free State 

1.8% 

(5%) 

LESOTHO 

KwaZulu- 

Natal 

2.3% 

(16.1%) 

Western Cape 

Cape 

2.0% 2.0% (13.6%) 

Eastern Cape 

1.0% (7.6%) 

SA SA GDP: GDP: Percentage of of growth per per province (2014) and percentage 

contribution to to national GDP GDP (figures in in brackets). 

SOURCE: SOURCE: STATS STATS SA SA WWW.STATSSA.GOV.ZA 

WWW.STATSSA.GOV.ZA 

PROVINCE PROVINCE CAPITAL CAPITAL PREMIER PREMIER POPULATION POPULATION (2015) (2015) AREA GRP BILLION RAND 

Phumulo 

Eastern Eastern Cape Cape Bhisho Bhisho 

6916 916200 168 966km Masualle Masualle 

R289.9 

Elias Elias Sekgobelo Sekgobelo 

Free Free State State Bloemfontein 

Bloemfontein 

2817 817900 129 129 825km "Ace" "Ace" Magashule Magashule 

R189.1 

Gauteng 

Gauteng Johannesburg 

Johannesburg David 

David Makhura 

Makhura 13 

13 200 

200 300 

300 18 

18 178km 

178km 2 R1 

R1 305.6 

305.6 

KwaZulu- 

KwaZulu- 

Pietermaritzburg 

Pietermaritzburg 

Willies 

Willies 

Mchunu 

Mchunu 

10 

10 

919 

919 

100 

100 

94 

94 

361km 

361km Natal 

Natal 

2 R610.1 

R610.1 

Stanley 

Limpopo 

Polokwane 

Stanley 

5 726 800 125 754km Limpopo Polokwane Mathabatha 

726 800 125 754km 

Mathabatha 

R271.5 

R271.5 

Mpumalanga Mbombela David Mabuza 4 283 900 76 495km Mpumalanga Mbombela David Mabuza 283 900 76 495km 2 R284.2 

R284.2 

Supra 

North West 

Mahikeng 

Supra 

3 707 000 104 882km North West Mahikeng Mahumapelo 3 707 000 104 882km 

Mahumapelo 

R249.5 

R249.5 

Northern Cape Northern Cape 

Kimberley Kimberley 

Sylvia Lucas Sylvia Lucas 

1 185 600 1 185 600 

372 889km 372 889km 2 R79.9 

R79.9 

Western Cape Western Cape 

Cape Town Cape Town 

Helen Zille Helen Zille 

6 200 100 6 200 100 

129 462km 129 462km ² R518.1 

R518.1 

Snapshot of South Africa’s provinces 

Snapshot of South Africa’s provinces 

SOURCE: INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATION’S SOUTH AFRICA SURVEY 2016 AS REPORTED ON BUSINESSTECH.CO.ZA 

SOURCE: INSTITUTE OF RACE RELATION’S SOUTH AFRICA SURVEY 2016 AS REPORTED ON BUSINESSTECH.CO.ZA 

NORTH WEST BUSINESS 2017 


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How South Africa’s economy performed in 2015. * 

* PRELIMINARY RESULTS | SOURCE: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, 4TH QUARTER 2015 | WWW.STATSSA.GOV.ZA 

SECTOR LP MP GP NW KZN FS NC EC WC 

Agriculture 2.5 2.8 0.4 2.1 3.8 4.3 6.0 7.5 3.5 

Mining 29.4 24.9 3.3 33.6 1.9 13.3 26.7 0.2 0.3 

Manufacturing 2.5 11.5 13.5 4.4 15.8 8.5 2.1 12.2 11.8 

Electricity 2.8 5.4 2.4 1.4 2.5 3.1 3.0 1.4 2.0 

Construction 2.5 3.3 4.3 2.6 3.0 2.0 1.6 2.1 4.3 

Wholesale 10.8 10.3 14.2 9.3 15.5 12.3 9.9 14.7 17.0 

Transport 5.4 5.8 8.3 6.1 11.9 7.1 7.8 7.9 9.1 

Finances 14.0 10.9 22.8 11.1 16.5 14.2 11.6 18.6 26.6 

Personal 

Services 

Government 

Services 

3.8 4.3 3.6 7.0 5.8 10.2 8.1 9.1 5.1 

16.0 10.5 17.0 12.1 13.3 14.7 12.8 22.0 10.2 

Taxes 10.3 10.3 10.1 10.3 10.0 10.3 10.2 10.2 10.0 

Gross Domestic Product by province, percentage contribution. 

SOURCE: STATS SA WWW.STATSSA.GOV.ZA/?PAGE_ID=735&ID=1 


OLD MUTUAL ENABLING 

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IN NORTH WEST PROVINCE 

Old Mutual South Africa (OMSA) is a significant participant in the South African economy and committed to enabling 

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investment, life assurance, asset management, banking, healthcare and general insurance. 

To ensure that we have our fingers on the pulse of each of our nine provinces, Old Mutual has established leadership 

boards in each province to serve as links between the province and the business. These Provincial Management 

Boards, or PMBs, are your primary point of contact with us. Together we can ensure that Old Mutual makes a 

positive impact on the future of this province and its people. 

MEET ROBERTSON THEMBA 

North West Provincial Management Board, Chairperson 

”Our success will be determined by how close we remain to our key stakeholders 

and our continued commitment to helping them to deliver on their objectives.“ 

As PMB Chairperson, I undertake to: 

• Instill a culture of collaboration across all BUs, and ensure we strengthen relationships in strategic 

government departments, municipalities and in the communities that we serve. 

• Drive our retailisation strategy in all the identified corporate schemes in our province to improve 

retention and penetration through individual product offering. 

• Encourage staff volunteerism by recognising all staff members who participate in staff volunteerism, 

and ensure that the leaders of all BUs participate in Payroll Giving so that they can influence their staff. 

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The MASISIZANE FUND focuses on enterprise 

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WEST (CENTRAL REGION: NORTH WEST, 

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Pick n Pay Spaza Township Economy 

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Masisizane Fund Loan R6.1m 

Old Mutual Foundation Grant R2.0m 

Number of jobs 

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Geographic location 

Township 

Sector 

Franchise 

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KEY SECTORS 

Overviews of the main economic 

sectors of the North West 

Mining 28 

Agricuture 34 

Energy 36 

Water 38 

Manufacturing 39 

Education and training 40 

Banking and financial services 42 

Development finance and 

SMME support 44

OVERVIEW 

Mining 

Platinum assets are changing hands. 

There are nearly 300 active mines in the North West and the 

sector makes a big contribution to provincial GDP. However, 

that percentage is now below 30% and there are concerns 

about the global prices of minerals, especially platinum. 

About 18% of total employment in the province is in mining, with 

many support industries relying on the primary sector. 

Restructuring of operations has been under way for some time 

as mining companies adapt to the “new normal” in respect of prices. 

A number of sales have also taken place as mining houses adjust 

to new conditions. Rustenburg Platinum Mines Limited (including 

three mine shafts, two concentrating plants and on-site chrome recovery 

plant) has been sold by Anglo American. This is part of the 

diversified miner’s strategy to divest itself of many of its assets. The 

buying company, recently rebranded Sibanye-Stillwater, has been on a 

strong acquisitions drive since it was founded. Originally called Sibanye 

Gold, the company was renamed after the purchase of a US palladium 

producer, the largest in the world. 

Impala Platinum, the second biggest platinum company in South 

Africa, is selling its 65% share in Impala Chrome, an extraction business 

which is located in Rustenburg. The Implats mining complex comprises 

13 shafts and concentrating and smelting plants. The base and precious 

metal refineries are in Springs, east of Johannesburg. 

Tolling throughput at Impala Refinery Services (IRS) showed a 35% 

increase in the 12 months to June 2017. IRS smelts and refines the 

concentrate and matte produced by the group’s other operations and 

third parties. The business also recycles auto catalysts. 

The Evraz Group has sold its 78.8% in Brits-based Vametco, a mine 

and plant that produces vanadium. Bushveld Minerals, which is listed 

on the Alternative Investment Market in London, is the buyer. 

Manngwe Mining has developed a new iron-ore mine near Brits. 

The Assen mine, which has a measured resource of about 20-million 

tons, will sell its product to ArcelorMittal South Africa. Anglo American 

Sefa Mining Fund supported Manngwe Mining’s exploration phase. The 

black-owned company wants to purchase iron-ore assets in neighbouring 

Limpopo. 

Assets 

The North West Province is aligned with the Western Limb of the 

Bushveld Igneous Complex, a remarkably rich minerals formation. 

SECTOR INSIGHT 

Impala Refinery Services 

increased tolling 

throughput by 35%. 

Mines in the province produce 

50% of the platinum produced 

in the world, and 65% of South 

Africa’s platinum group metals. 

Chromite is the other major 

mineral mined throughout the 

province, and there are several 

ferrochrome smelters and other 

processing plants. The province’s 

20 mines are on a reef running 

from Brits to Rustenburg. South 

Africa produces about 70% of the 

world’s chrome. 

Gold and uranium are found 

along the border of the province 

with Gauteng and the Free 

State (in Klerksdorp and Orkney). 

Diamonds are mined at Christiana, 

Bloemhof and Lichtenburg. 

Other minerals found in the 

North West include fluorspar, 

vanadium, rhodium, uranium, 

copper, limestone, slate, phosphate, 

manganese, coal and 

nickel. Limestone quarries run by 

G&W Base and Industrial Minerals 

in the Marico District are located 

next to a PPC cement factory. 

One of the last economically 

viable limestone deposits in South 

Africa is mined and processed by 

Sephaku Cement. Sephaku runs a 

6 000-ton-per-day clinker facility 

located near Lichtenburg. 


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OVERVIEW 

AfriSam, PPC and Lafarge are active 

in the Mahikeng/Lichtenburg 

area, but Sephaku is confident that 

its clinker and cement-production 

facilities will be supported by raw 

materials for at least 30 years. 

Granite and slate are found in 

good quantities in the province, 

as is dimension stone. There are 

more than 20 quarry operations 

in the province, with Rustenburg 

being the centre of granite 

mining. 

SEZ and SPI 

The Platinum Valley Special 

Economic Zone (SEZ) is to be 

established at Mogwase in 

the Bojanala District, north of 

Rustenburg and east of Sun City. 

When fully developed, 200ha of 

land will be given over to three 

infrastructure facilities comprising 

Logistics, Light Manufacturing 

and Heavy Manufacturing. Areas 

of investment that are expected 

to grow fastest include fuel cell 

technology (in which platinum is 

a vital component), machinery for 

mining, energy generation and 

renewable energy component 

manufacturing. 

A range of incentives will be 

available to potential investors 

via the National Department of 

Trade and Industry (dti). By way 

of example, the 121 Tax Allowance 

Incentive offers capital investment 

allowances and training support 

up to R900-million for new or existing 

industrial projects. There are 

several other incentives specific to 

investors in an SEZ. 

The Seda Platinum Incubator 

(SPI) is an initiative of the Platinum 

Trust of South Africa and is funded by the Small Enterprise Development 

Agency (Seda) through its Seda Technology Programme (Stp) with 

the support of the North West Provincial Government and private 

companies. 

Located in Rustenburg, the SPI trains people through the making of 

jewellery, chiefly the design and manufacture of platinum group metal 

(PGM) jewellery. Small PGM jewellery-manufacturing enterprises and 

individuals are located at the centre or supported by email correspondence. 

A three-year period of incubation is offered to small businesses. 

ONLINE RESOURCES 

Chamber of Mines of South Africa: www.chamberofmines.org.za 

Geological Society of South Africa: www.gssa.org.za 

Industrial Development Corporation: www.idc.co.za 

Mining Qualifications Authority (MQA): www.mqa.org.za 

National Department of Mineral Resources: www.dmr.gov.za 

North West Development Corporation: www.nwdc.co.za 

South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: 

www.saimm.co.za 


FOCUS FOCUS 

Delivering opportunities 

in local communities 

Initiatives are making a tangible difference. 

Implats believes that the sustainability of its mining activities depends 

on its ability to contribute to the wellbeing and prosperity of its host 

communities. Unemployment in South Africa, particularly amongst 

the youth, is one of the highest in the world and the country is faced 

with the challenge of limited and poor participation of young people 

in the economy. Young people are not acquiring the skills and work 

experience they need to assist in driving the economy forward, while it 

is also difficult for young South Africans to secure business opportunities 

to develop their own businesses without the necessary support 

from companies. 

Implats’ enterprise and supplier development activities focus primarily 

on supporting local and black businesses and are designed to ensure 

compliance with regulatory expectations, contribute to socio-economic 

development in neighbouring communities and build a more robust 

and competitive supply chain for the Group. 

Supporting local and black-owned businesses through preferential 

procurement is an important part of promoting transformation and 

Implats undertakes the following activities to develop entrepreneurial 

skills: 

• Seeking, identifying, supporting and promoting historically disadvantaged 

suppliers through sustainable procurement practices. 

• Leveraging the existing supplier base to unlock local employment 

opportunities, mentorship and investment in the value chain. 

• Nurturing an environment for partnerships and joint ventures 

between the existing supplier base and local entrepreneurs. 

• Striving to improve year-on-year BEE spend performance relative to 

the requirements of the Mining Charter, and reporting in parallel on 

B-BBEE performance as per the department of Trade and Industry’s 

Codes of Good Practice. 

Some key initiatives at Implats include: 

• A Supplier Development Programme that seeks to enhance the 

competitiveness of local small, medium and micro enterprises and 

black-owned businesses. 

• A Business Advisory and Development Service that helps local 

black entrepreneurs to grow and become part of the supply chain. 

• Supporting local and black-owned businesses through preferential 

procurement. 

• Leveraging the existing supplier 

base to unlock local 

employment opportunities, 

mentorship and investment. 

• Nurturing an environment 

for partnerships and joint 

ventures between the existing 

supplier base and local 

entrepreneurs. 

• Enhancing procurement 

opportunities, specifically 

in neighbouring communities, 

is important in creating 

sustainable communities. 

Our preferential procurement 

practices and enterprise and supplier 

development activities make 

a tangible difference to the lives 

and families of emerging black 

entrepreneurs, and stimulate economic 

development in our host 

communities. To this end we spent 

R2.6-billion on procurement from 

local businesses (all >25% BEE), 

within the Bojanala district for 

Impala Rustenburg operations and 

the Greater Sekhukhune district at 

Marula (2016: R2.5-billion or 31%). 

Further, our investment in 

the accommodation and living 

conditions of employees is one 

pillar of Implats’ contribution to 

the wellbeing of its host communities. 

Our social investment 

strategy complements this by providing 

schools, clinics and other 

amenities. 

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ENRICHING LIVES 

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performance performance is built is built and and Implats Implats are committed are committed 

to developing to developing and and empowering empowering these these people. people. 

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spent at spent local at BEE local BEE 

compliant compliant suppliers suppliers 

in 2017 in 2017 

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leaders leaders in the in the 

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improving improving living living 

conditions conditions 

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and black-owned 

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and advisory and advisory 

programmes programmes 

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with with local local 

entrepreneurs entrepreneurs 

EMPOWERING LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE & SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 

CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES 

EMPOWERING LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE & SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 

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EMPOWERMENT THROUGH DEVELOPING TALENT AND LEADERSHIP 

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development in in 

2017 2017 

Adopted Adopted and and 

developing developing 10 schools 10 schools 

into schools into schools of excellence of excellence 

through through academic academic and and 

sport sport initiatives initiatives 

EMPOWERMENT THROUGH DEVELOPING TALENT AND LEADERSHIP 

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INTERVIEW 

Modi Mining 

Diverse mining service provider and 

supplier aims for the top. 

The Managing Director of Modi Mining, Tshegofatso Samuel 

Molefi, outlines the company’s origins and current scope of 

operations. 

Sam Molefi 

BIOGRAPHY 

Sam Molefi is a mine engineer 

and entrepreneur with 22 years 

mining experience. He started 

with Gold Fields Academy and 

qualified as a mine engineer 

from Wits Technikon. Holding 

a mine manager’s certificate of 

competency, he has managed 

local and international projects, 

including an explosives 

manufacturing plant in Mali 

Republic. Sam provided 

technical support to Randgold 

Resources’ mines and done 

long-term planning with Anglo 

American Platinum. Other 

mines includes PTM Maseve, 

Crocodile River Mine and 

International Ferro Chrome. 

Who founded Modi Mining? 

Modi Mining is a 100% black South African-owned company founded 

and owned by mining engineer and entrepreneur Mr Samuel Molefi 

and female entrepreneur Ms Christina Motlapele Molefi. The company 

was established with the sole objective of rendering differentiated 

contract mining services and to be a supplier of choice to the mining 

industry. Modi Mining started operations in 2011. 

Where do you operate? 

We are operational in three provinces. In the North West we service 

the corporate mining houses in the platinum sector (RBPlats, Impala 

Platinum and Lonmin). In Mpumalanga Province we are currently 

servicing South32 in the coal sector. We also manufacture and supply 

products for mines such as Sibanye Gold, Gold 1 and Harmony Gold, 

which are based in Gauteng Province. 

What are the company’s goals? 

Our vision is to pursue being the most preferred service provider and 

supplier in the mining industry. 

Our Mission: Through commitment, continuous improvement, feedback 

from our clients, skills development, health and safety compliance, 

and just-in-time delivery, we will achieve our vision. 

Please give an example of current projects. 

Current projects include: 

• Conventional mining 

• White area mining – stoping 

• Sweeping and vamping 

• Crushing and screening (coal and chrome ore) 

• Manufacture and supply of LDPE pipes, blasting barricades and load 

spreaders (head boards) 

• Open cast mining – top soil, overburden stripping and coal mining. 

We mine in strips of 100m x 50m face. We first strip the top soil as a free 

dig with excavators and hauling within a distance of 1-3km using ADTs 

to expose the second layer of overburden. Post blasting of overburden 


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barricades. A detailed breakdown 

of our services is as follows: 

Underground mining 

services 

• Conventional mining 

method: stoping; 

developing; 

vamping and sweepings 

• Equipping and reclamation 

• Mechanised mining method: 

capital development (TMM); 

board and pillar 

• Hybrid mining method 

we load and haul it, exposing the coal seam that we 

mine and stockpile for the client. The same will be 

repeated where there is midburden. 

What services do you provide? 

We are multifaceted company within the mining 

industry focusing on contract mining services 

(surface and underground), civil and bulk earth 

works, crushing and screening, load and haul, mine 

rehabilitation, manufacture and supply of blasting 

Open cast mining services 

• Top soil and overburden 

stripping 

• Coal seam mining 

• Rehabilitation, dump/stockpile management 

Manufacturer and supplier of: 

• LDPE blasting barricades and pipes 

Civil services: 

• Civil and bulk earth works 

• Screening and crushing 

• Load and haul 


OVERVIEW 

Agriculture 

A solar-powered vegetable project is showing a new way. 

The SUNfarming Food and Energy project at Ikakeng next to 

Potchefstroom cultivates vegetables in coco fibre housed in 

sun-powered tunnels. The innovative project is a partnership 

between the Engineering Faculty of North West University 

and a German photovoltaic developer and operator, SUNfarming. The 

project is supported financially by the German government. 

The Provincial Government of North West wants to expand an existing 

programme to promote farming across all districts in the province. 

The Kgora Agricultural Institute in Ramatlabama, some 25km north of 

Mahikeng, trains small-scale farmers in raising animals and crop farming 

and works with young people to interest them in the opportunities that 

the sector has to offer. The idea is to establish centres such as Kgora 

all over the province. 

A weakness identified in the land claims process has been the 

absence of support for new farmers. But for the beneficiaries of a 

successful 4 500ha land claim on the De Paarl farm near Lichtenburg, 

things have been different. They have received tractors and equipment 

worth R6-million from the National Department of Rural Development 

and Land Reform. Support has also been given by Omnia Fertilisers. In 

the early stages of the project, a group of commercial farmers leased 

the land from the De Paarl Communal Property Association (CPA) and 

Beneficiaries and workers of the NWU’s SUNfarming project busy 

nurturing their vegetables. 


A successful land claim farm 

is doing well at Lichtenburg. 

passed on agricultural skills to the 

beneficiaries. 

The farm has maize, sunflowers, 

potatoes and a herd of cattle. 

The farm has created 20 permanent 

job opportunities while 40 

locals are employed seasonally. 

Kokoana Farming Enterprise, the 

beneficiary-managed company 

which runs the farm, is in the process 

of devising a five-year plan for 

the future of the farm. 

Four district agri-parks are at 

the centre of a drive to establish 

sustainable agri-processing, to 

promote food security and to 

bring local black businesses into 

the mainstream economy. The 

provincial government set aside 

R75-million for the project in the 

2017/18 budget. 

Each of the agri-parks will have 

a specific focus: 

• Springbokpan: grain (Ngaka 

Modiri Molema District 

Municipality). 

• Vryburg: livestock, red meat 

(Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati 

District Municipality) 

• Moretele/Makapanstadt: 

red meat and horticulture 

(Bojanala District Municipality) 

• Maquassi Hills: pork and poultry 

(Dr Kenneth Kaunda District 

Municipality) 


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OVERVIEW 

Various agri-processing plants are 

under consideration for the city of 

Mahikeng: a feedlot and a meat 

processing plant, including an 

abattoir and packaging facilities. 

In Taung the plan is to establish 

animal feed manufacturing plant. 

NWK also deals in grain, runs several retail outlets and has a half-share 

(with Senwes) in CertiSure Brokers. The company deals in short-term 

insurance, crop insurance, financial planning, medical funds and funeral 

policies. The company has 37 silos with a capacity of 2.5-million tons. 

There are several milling operations in North West Province. Masilo 

Mills is located in Hanneman (where Papa Super Maize is ground) and 

Tau Roller Mills is in Wolmeransstad. 

Companies 

One of South Africa’s biggest agricultural 

companies is Senwes. 

The company specialises in the 

storage and handling of grains 

and oilseeds. Its extensive silo 

infrastructure extends across the 

interior. Its headquarters are in 

Klerksdorp. 

Suidwes is based south of 

Klerksdorp in Leeudoringstad. 

More than 90% of the shares in 

the company are held by farmers. 

Grain handling is the main 

business and there are divisions 

for retail (17 outlets and one 

animal-feed depot), mechanisation, 

finance and research 

and agricultural economics 

(Terratek). 

Brits is the location of the 

headquarters of the MGK Group, 

formerly Magaliesberg Graan 

Kooperasie. The company runs 

five divisions and a plant that 

makes full fat soy, a component 

in animal feed. 

NWK is another company 

with manufacturing capacity. 

The Lichtenburg-based enterprise 

makes liquid fertiliser (up 

to 10 tons per month), animal 

feed (Opti Feeds), processes 

sunflower seeds (Epko), and runs 

three grain mills. Another subsidiary, 

Opti Chicks, has a capacity of 

600 000 chicks per week. 

Variety 

North West’s distinct climatic regions are home to three very different 

types of agriculture. The dry western region is home to large 

beef-cattle herds, and this is where the growing game-ranching and 

hunting industry has its base. The eastern and north-eastern parts of 

the province receive relatively good rainfall and are suitable for the 

cultivation of crops. 

The North West has approximately 1.6-million beef cattle, representing 

12% of South Africa’s herd. Major breeds include Simmental, 

Brahman, Bonsmara and Simbra, a cross between the Brahman and 

Simmental breeds. Kalahari Red and Boerbok goats are found in large 

numbers in the dry west. The number of goats for the province is 

estimated at 701 587, which is 12% of South Africa’s total. There are 

estimated to be 318 843 pigs, which is 20% of South Africa’s total drove. 

Nearly two-million hectares is planted with summer cereals, with 

about 50 000 hectares given over to winter cereals. The North West 

produces about 20% of South Africa’s maize and about 15% of its wheat. 

The central and southern sections of the province are dominated by 

maize and wheat farming. When it comes to sunflower seed, North 

West is responsible for 33% of South Africa’s stock, and 23% of the 

nation’s groundnuts. The North West supplies 5.4% of South Africa’s 

potatoes, but parts of the Kalahari are ideally suited to the cultivation 

of seed potatoes. 


Agricultural Research Council: www.arc.agric.za 

Grain SA: www.grainsa.co.za 

National Department of Agriculture and Forestry: 

www.daff.gov.za 

North West Department of Agriculture, Conservation, 

Environment and Rural Development: 

www.nwpg.gov.za/agriculture 

Potatoes SA: www.potatoes.co.za 

SA Grain Information Service: www.sagis.org.za 


OVERVIEW 

Energy 

North West is researching new energy sources. 

The mines and smelters around Rustenburg and the industrial 

plants in Brits use a lot of energy. They are served by Transnet 

Pipelines, which has recently made a big investment in the 

New Multi-Product Pipeline. The NMPP is built to pump threemillion 

litres of product per hour over a distance of 715km, from Durban 

to the industrial hub of the country. It is the single biggest project in 

Transnet’s capital expenditure investment portfolioand is one of the 

biggest of its kind in the world. 

Most of South Africa’s energy requirements are met by Eskom’s 

coal-fired power stations but the drive to start producing renewable 

energy is growing, and researchers and companies in the North West are 

investigating several options, from solar energy to hydrogen fuel-cells. 

North West Province has large reserves of platinum and there are 

exciting possibilities in potential energy applications for the mineral. 

In May 2012, Anglo Platinum, one of the province’s biggest companies, 

launched its first underground mining locomotive to be powered by a 

fuel cell. Platinum coating greatly enhances the hydrogen absorption 

capacity of fuel cells. 

Bioethanol, biodiesel and methane gas from waste and renewable 

resources are among the types of biofuels being investigated. Sunflower 

seeds and sweet sorghum are suitable for converting into biofuel and 

bioethanol. The South African Energy Resource Institute (Saneri) chair 

in biofuel research is held by a professor on the Potchefstroom campus. 


National Department of Energy: www.energy.gov.za 

South African Energy Resource Institute: www.saneri.org.za 

Southern African Bioenergy Association: www.saba.za.org 

South African Renewable Energy Council: www.sarec.org.za 

Southern African Alternative Energy Association: 

www.saaea.org 


Transnet Pipelines has 

invested in a massive 

new pipeline. 

Silversands Energy is a North West 

company that produces ethanol 

fuel for an ethanol-powered bus 

made by Scania South Africa for 

the City of Johannesburg. 

The North West normally has 

about 300 days of sunshine per 

year, so solar power has great potential, 

and there is a programme 

aimed at converting bush that is 

encroaching onto arable land into 

biomass in the form of biocoal 

(TOR) or briquettes. 

The Engineering Department 

of North West University regularly 

competes in an international 

solar car challenge. In 2017 

the Bridgestone World Solar 

Challenge started in Darwin 

and finished 3 000km away in 

Adelaide. 

South Africa’s nuclear-research 

centre is located at Pelindaba near 

Hartbeespoort Dam, and is run by 

the South African Nuclear Energy 

Corporation. 

The Nuclear Engineering 

Department at North-West 

University (NWU) is the only 

one of its kind in the country, 

and the National Department of 

Science and Technology granted 

a chair in Nuclear Engineering 

to NWU. 


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OVERVIEW 

Water 

New boreholes are being dug in rural areas. 

A 

partnership between the National Departments of Water and 

Sanitation and Public Works and the Provincial Government 

of the North West has delivered training in solar geyser installation 

and plumbing to 140 young people in Madibeng. 

Maintenance of water works is one of the most serious challenges 

facing municipalities in South Africa, with 71% of wastewater treatment 

plants being non-compliant. Infrastructure in some cases has not been 

serviced for some time, and leaks and skills shortages are problems. 

A Water and Sanitation campaign has been launched in the province 

to tackle this. The programme will provide training and monitoring. 

In response to the long-term drought, water tankers organised by 

the National Department of Water and Sanitation and the provincial 

government dug several boreholes to supplement supply. 

South Africa is a water-scarce country and water management is 

critical to economic planning. The western part of North West Province 

is particularly dry. In the eastern part of the province, national government 

has sent water tanks to some parts, and has upgraded the 

treatment plants upstream from the Hartbeespoort Dam. 

The residents of Jericho village near Brits were delighted when new 

water infrastructure was delivered in 2016 by a partnership involving 

the provincial and national governments and the responsible water 

authority, Magalies Water. The Jericho Rural Water Supply project included 

new boreholes and pipes, and connecting the village to the 

main reservoir that serves the area. 

Three of South Africa’s six major catchment areas are located in the 

province: the Limpopo, the Orange and the Vaal. Within these catchment 

areas, only the Vaal River has a strong-enough flow to allow for 

significant amounts of water to be taken from it directly to support 

irrigation or industry. There are four water-management areas in the 

province, three of which are linked to the Vaal River. Water is imported 

into the provincial system through transfers between water basins. 

The province has 83 sewage-treatment plants, and the national Blue 

Drop award system has found most of them need a lot of improvement. 


Blue Drop Awards: www.ewisa.co.za 

National Department of Water and Sanitation: www.dwa.gov.za 

South African Association of Water Utilities: www.saawu.org.za 

Water Research Commission: www.wrc.org.za 


Young people are learning 

plumbing skills. 

Tlokwe is one of only three municipalities 

in the country that acts 

as a water-service authority and 

as a service provider. It has won 

awards for its levels of service. The 

biggest service providers active in 

the North West are: 

• Rand Water 

• Magalies Water 

• Sedibeng Water (including 

Botshelo Water, which 

has been incorporated into 

Sedibeng Water) 

• Midvaal Water Company 

supplies water to Matlosana 

(Klerksdorp). 

The city of Rustenburg has created 

the Rustenburg Water Services 

Trust (RWST), a special-purposes 

vehicle that runs the town’s relatively 

new water system. 


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Manufacturing 

The North West’s strong resource base could 

underpin a much bigger manufacturing sector. 

OVERVIEW 

Brits, Rustenburg, Tlokwe (Potchefstroom), Matlosana 

(Klerksdorp) and Mahikeng account for more than half of the 

total manufacturing capacity in North West Province. Mining 

beneficiation, automotive components and food and beverages 

play important roles in the sector, but there is scope to massively 

increase the scope for manufacturing in a wide range of other fields. 

The provincial government has pointed out that the share of 

manufacturing to the Growth Value Add (GVA) of the province is only 

5% – a figure that must grow if employment is to grow along with the 

expanding economy. 

A provincial Integrated Manufacturing Strategy has been compiled. 

One of the report’s findings was that because North West is located near 

to the industrial hub of Gauteng, has low input costs, lies on established 

trade routes and has easy access to natural resources, it should make 

the development of the chemical processing sector a good bet. This is 

especially true for phosphate and nitrogen-based fertilisers. 

Another provincial priority is to improve the link between rural and 

urban economies, something which a strong focus on agri-processing 

will achieve. As one of the country’s biggest producers of livestock, 

North West’s automotive industry could profitably source hides for 

car seats locally. It is this sort of value-added tie-up that economic 

planners are looking at, as they aim to get more value out of the 

agricultural sector. 

Wire-harness manufacturer Pasdec Automotive Technologies is 

one of several companies that has a facility in Brits. The sophisticated 

Bosch plant makes starters, alternators, braking systems and electroniccontrol 

units. Dubigeon Body and Coach assembles buses, coaches and 

special vehicles for a wide range of clients, including Iveco, MAN, Fiat, 

Mercedes-Benz and Volvo. The huge Bridgestone factory has received a 

R700-million upgrade. New staff have been employed and the plant has 

become one of only four in the world that is producing “runflat” tyres. 


Automotive Industry Development Centre: www.aidc.co.za 

Centre for Advanced Manufacturing: www.cfam.co.za 

Consumer Goods Council of South Africa: www.cgcsa.co.za: 

National Department of Trade and Industry: www.dti.gov.za 



The Centre for Advanced 

Manufacturing at North 

West University specialises 

in extruder technology. 

Some 800 people are employed 

at the plant. 

Klerksdorp is geared towards 

the mining industry, with a concentration 

of steel manufacturers, 

cable suppliers and engineering 

works. Potchefstroom has food 

and beverages, furniture manufacture 

and an ammunition plant. 

Aquasol is a niche manufacturer of 

water-soluble products. 

Rustenburg has a mixture 

of enterprises, the biggest of 

which are the mining-related 

smelters. Production of nonmetallic 

mineral products is 

concentrated around Lichtenburg 

and Mahikeng (cement), and 

Rustenburg (stone). The Centre 

for Advanced Manufacturing 

(CFAM) is housed at North West 

University. The centre specialises 

in extruder technology, an 

important component in the 

food-manufacturing process. 

CFAM works with Gaborona 

Consulting, the Vaal University of 

Technology, Thripp (a dti technology 

programme) and ChemCity, a 

Sasol initiative. 


OVERVIEW 

Education and training 

NWU is a leader in innovative research. 

Whether it’s astrophysics, tourism, solar energy or extruder 

technology, the North West University and its researchers 

are leaders in their fields. 

They are also busy: a research unit within the 

Faculty of Theology had 103 articles published in accredited journals 

in 2016 and Professor Melville Saayman of the Faculty of Economic 

and Management Sciences won NWU’s award as most productive 

researcher for his often-cited work on tourism. Professor of Astrophysics 

and Space Physics Markus Bottcher was given the prestigious task of 

chairing the organising committee of an international conference. 

Among the many research entities at NWU, there are five chairs 

allocated by the South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI): 

Astrophysics and Space Physics, Coal Research, Biofuels and other 

clean alternative fuels, Nuclear Engineering and Early Detection and 

Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Africa. 

The university’s faculties don’t limit themselves to pure research. 

Some of the Engineering Faculty’s partnerships illustrate this point. 

Partners include Sasol, Eskom, Denel Aviation, Telkom and SAPPI. 

Since 2012 the Engineering Faculty has been competing in solar 

car challenges. The 2017 challenge saw a car called Naledi travel from 

Darwin to Adelaide, powered purely by the sun. The project had 

no fewer than 26 partners and sponsors, including the Technology 

Innovation Agency and Growthpoint Properties. 

North West University (NWU) has more than 65 000 students, with 

about 26 000 studying by correspondence. The university's main 

campus is at Potchefstroom with satellite campuses at Mmabatho 

and Vanderbijlpark. 

The Centre for Text Technology (CTexT) conducts research and collects 

data on regional languages and is aiming to establish a discipline 

called Human Language Technology. The pharmaceutical faculty at 

the Potchefstroom campus of the North West University is regarded 

as a national leader. 

The University of South Africa (Unisa) has three branches in North 

West, at Rustenburg, Potchefstroom and Mmabatho. 

Colleges 

Technical Vocational and Educational Training colleges teach skills 

that are relevant to the work place. In the North West, the mining 

sector needs engineers and artisans. 

Mining companies provide 

some training in these disciplines, 

but TVET colleges bear the chief 

responsibility. 

The National Department of 

Higher Education and Training 

(DHET) declared the period starting 

in 2014 as "The Decade of the 

Artisan" with a goal of producing 

30 000 per year by 2026. The 

current figure is about 13 000. 

North West has three TVET 

colleges with several campuses 

each. Vuselela TVET College has its 

headquarters in Klerksdorp, where 

there is also an accredited trade 

test centre. There are a further four 

campuses: Jouberton Centre for 

Engineering Studies; Matlosana 

Campus; Potchefstroom Centre 

for ICT; Taung Campus. 

Orbit TVET College has three 

sites, Rustenburg, Mankwe and 

Brits, with about 15 000 students 

overall. The Rustenburg campus 

of Orbit College hosts a Microsoft 

IT Academy while the Mankwe 

campus offers automotive training, 

the result of a partnership 

between the Manufacturing, 

Engineering and Related SETA 

(MersSETA), Lelethu Training and 

Ford South Africa. 

In 2016 Orbit TVET College 

took delivery of an electronics 

academy from sponsor Samsung. 

Located on the Mankwe campus, 

and in partnership with the 

MerSETA, the academy has eve- 


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OVERVIEW 

rything a trainee technician might 

want. Samsung Electronics South 

Africa will offer work experience 

to students after they graduate. 

The Taung Agricultural College 

has received a R13.4-million 

donation from Danish catalysis 

company Haldor Topsøe. The 

college had recently been 

re-accredited by the Council 

on Higher Education (CHE) to 

offer the NQF Level 6 Diploma 

in Agriculture specialising in 

Irrigation Technology. 

A graduation ceremony in 

November 2016 saw 169 students 

graduate from the Moruleng 

Community Project, an initiative 

of the Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela 

Development Welfare supported 

by the Mining Qualification 

Authority and the Department 

of Higher Education and Training. 

The four-month programme 

offered carpentry, electrical, 

plumbing, bricklaying and 

entrepreneurship. A further 14 

apprentices completed Level 

4 Jewellery Design and 

Manufacturing and will take up 

further artisan training. 

Schools 

Provincial education authorities 

are trying to overcome huge 

challenges at rural schools. An 

important part of the latter process 

is the expansion of boarding 

schools, to which an amount of 

R500-million has been allocated 

in the medium-term framework. 

The North West Provincial 

Government's broader policy 

aimed at uplifting rural areas will 

see the Department of Education and Sport Development directing 

more resources to schools in the villages, townships and small dorpies 

(VTSD). 

While a hundred primary schools will receive smart-boards to 

improve mathematics instruction, the fact that the annual budget 

also includes items for installing sanitation at schools speaks of the 

magnitude of the challenges. 

There are 1 465 primary and high schools in the state sector in the 

North West. Spending on new infrastructure and on renovations is set 

to continue for many years, offering many opportunities to contractors. 

The opening of the PLG Hartbeespoort Academy in 2016 marked 

the first investment into the province of the Pembury Lifestyle Group. 

A campus generally comprises a pre-primary, primary and high school. 

Pupils at the Hartbeespoort Academy will write IEB exams when they 

reach matric. 

Curro believes it will be running 200 schools in South Africa by 

2020, double its current number. There are four Curro schools (representing 

four brands) in the North West, in Rustenburg, Mahikeng and 

Klerksdorp (two). 


Mining Qualifications Authority: www.mqa.org.za 

North West Department of Education and Sport Development: 

www.nwdesd.gov.za 

National Department of Basic Education: www.education.gov.za 

National Department of Higher Education and Training: 

www.dhet.gov.za 

North West University: www.nwu.ac.za 


OVERVIEW 

Banking and financial services 

New state banks are to be formed. 

If poor people are to be helped by government and municipalities, 

then the budgets of those entities have to be efficiently administered. 

In the presentation of the 2016/17 budget of the Department of 

Finance, Economy and Enterprise, it was reported that the Provincial 

Government of the North West is improving with regard to audits, but 

that local municipalities are getting worse. 

Three provincial departments have been mandated to improve 

the financial performance of municipalities. Steps include monthly 

meetings between Treasury officials and mayors and standard contracts 

for managers. The Chartered Institute for Government Finance, Audit 

and Risk Officers trains and rewards entities such as city councils for 

clean audits. Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati District Municipality won an 

award in 2016 for risk management. 

Whereas the private sector is the biggest factor in the banking 

sector, there are growing moves by the state to become involved. Post 

Bank, a division of the South African Post Office, is far advanced in its 

application for a full banking licence and a further two state banks are 

planned: Ithala (currently an enterprise funder in KwaZulu-Natal) and 

a Human Settlements Development Bank, which will focus on housing 


The North West is 

planning a R10-billion 

investment fund. 

• Municipalities will be 

assisted to achieve clean 

audits. 

for poorer households and statefunded 

housing projects. This may 

have relevance for a province such 

as North West, which has a big 

rural population. 

The North West Provincial 

Government itself is planning 

to create a fund to stimulate investment. 

The planned People’s 


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OVERVIEW 

Economic Growth Agency (PEGA) 

is to be founded by the North 

West Development Corporation 

(NWDC) with the intention of 

attracting more than R10-billion 

for “strategic investments”. This will 

no doubt be in partnership with 

banks and other agencies. The 

North West University has been 

flagged as a strategic partner and 

areas of investment suggested are 

ICT, energy and solar geysers. 

All of the country’s major 

banks and financial institutions 

are represented in the North West. 

Financial services are available 

even in small towns, although the 

bigger cities like Potchefstroom, 

Rustenburg and Klerksdorp have 

a greater concentration and 

diversity. 

Financial services extend 

beyond advising rich people on 

how to invest their assets, or balance 

their portfolio. In a province 

where there has been some real 

financial distress brought about 

by bad times and retrenchments, 

something is being done to 

address this. 

A long strike in 2012 created 

tough conditions for some 

workers in the platinum sector. 

Anglo American Platinum has 

teamed up with Summit Financial 

Partners to help miners manage 

their debt and plan their finances 

better through a scheme called 

Nkululeko. Garnishee orders went 

down among the Nkululeko 

group by 80% between 2011 

and 2016. In 2016, Summit won a 

Constitutional Court judgement 

to the effect that the judiciary 

must keep an eye on emolument 

attachment orders (garnishees) 

to make sure they are fair. It had 

earlier been found by a High Court that some orders were grossly unfair 

and exploitative. Summit has an office in Hartbeespoort. 

The Association for Savings and Investment South Africa is behind 

another initiative called Project Qaphela, a financial literacy programme 

aimed at workers in the mining sector. The curriculum covers budgeting, 

saving, borrowing, understanding documents such as payslips 

and benefit statements and preparations for retirement. Partners in 

the programme include the National Union of Mineworkers, Sanlam 

and Coronation. 

Ubank is owned by a trust that is managed by the Chamber of Mines 

and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). It has several branches 

in the North West. 

With agriculture being such an important part of the North West 

economy, each of the Big Four banks has specialists in the province 

and dedicated units such as Nedbank Agribusiness. Focus areas for this 

unit are agronomy (grain, oil seeds, sugar and cotton), livestock (including 

game farming), horticulture (fruit and vegetables, for example), and 

secondary agriculture which covers agricultural processing and storage. 

Standard Bank has a R500-million black economic empowerment 

agricultural fund designed to connect farmers who have received farms 

in land reform projects to agri-businesses that will buy their produce. 

Another source of funding for farmers is the Land and Agricultural 

Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank), a development-finance 

institution that falls under the national Ministry of Finance. 

The large agricultural companies all have finance divisions. CertiSure 

is a joint venture between NWK and Senwes that offers short-term 

insurance, crop insurance, financial planning, medical funds and funeral 

policies. Senwes Credit is a registered credit provider which offers 

asset financing in collaboration with Wesbank. Temo Agri (a division 

of Brits-based Magalies Graan Korporasie) and Noordwes Korporasie 

(Lichtenburg) have received the backing of the Industrial Development 

Corporation (IDC) to enable them to roll out agricultural credits to 

emerging farmers. 

The Royal Bafokeng Nation, a community of about 150 000 people 

living on platinum-rich land north-west of Rustenburg, is a shareholder 

in a large banking group and several of South Africa’s insurance companies 

through its investment company, Royal Bafokeng Holdings (RBH). 


Auditor-General of South Africa: www.agsa.co.za 

Association for Savings and Investment South Africa: 

www.asisa.org.za 

Chartered Institute for Government Finance, Audit and Risk 

Officers: www.cigfaro.co.za 

Financial Services Board: www.fsb.co.za 


OVERVIEW 

Development finance 

and SMME support 

SMMEs in the North West are on a central supplier base. 

The Provincial Government of the North West is driving a 

policy to boost the economies of Villages, Townships and 

Small Dorpies (VTSD). The Finance, Economy and Enterprise 

Department (FEED) will roll out industrial laundries in VTSD 

areas, which will be linked to health and correctional services facilities. 

The agricultural supply chain can involve rural communities and 

entrepreneurs in business so a centralised supplier database has been 

established. 

The North West Development Corporation (NWDC) is the economic 

development agency of the province. The NWDC assists SMMEs gain 

access to funding, identify markets and provides infrastructure. 

The NWDC has found an innovative entrepreneur, making handmade 

toy cars which come equipped with solar panels and Bluetooth 

speakers. Thabang Khisane of Ganyesa, which is on the road from 

Vryburg to the Kalahari, has found a way of combining the traditional 

South African “wire car” with the latest in modern technology. 

The North West Innovation Competition 2017 turned up some 

other enterprising ideas among the winners, including a water-wise 

nursery and an animal reflector spray to make animals visible to cars at 

night. The winners received support from the organisers of the event, 

the NWDC, the Office of the Premier, Seda, North West University 

Technology Transfer Office and the National Department of Science 

and Technology. 

The National Department of Small Business Development (DSBD) 

has several programmes to assist SMMEs and co-operatives. including: 

• The Black Business Supplier Development Programme, a cost – 

sharing grant to promote competitiveness 


Development Bank of Southern Africa: www.dbsa.org 

Industrial Development Corporation: www.idc.co.za 

National Department of Trade and Industry: www.dti.gov.za 

National Small Business Chamber: www.nsbc.org.za 



SMMEs and co-operatives 

are preferred for 

government contracts. 

• The Co-operative Incentive 

Scheme, a 100% grant. 

The Small Enterprise Development 

Agency is an agency of the DSBD 

and gives non-financial support 

to entrepreneurs through training, 

marketing and creating business 

plans. The Seda Technology 

Programme (Stp) helps potential 

businesses become trading entities. 

The Industrial Development 

Corporation is a strategic lender 

and plays a strong role in supporting 

small and emerging 

enterprises in the North West 

province. 

Shanduka Black Umbrellas has 

an incubator in Mooi Nooi, near 

Marikana. Among the success stories 

from that area is Montamaisa 

Bosigo Transport, which does staff 

transport and courier services. 

The Afrikaansehandelsinstituut 

(AHI) has rebranded as the Small 

Business Institute. Representing 

over a hundred chambers, the 

SBI is a member of Business Unity 

South Africa. 


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Promoting business, trade and investment in SA’s nine provinces 

www.gan.co.za 

www.southafricanbusiness.co.za 

www.easterncapebusiness.co.za 

www.freestatebusiness.co.za 

www.gautengbusinessguide.co.za 

www.kwazulunatalbusiness.co.za 

www.limpopobusiness.co.za 

www.mpumalangabusiness.co.za 

www.northerncapebusiness.co.za 

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Email sales@gan.co.za 

Web www.gan.co.za

LISTING 

North West Provincial Government 

A guide to North West Province’s government departments. Visit: www.nwpg.gov.za 

Office of the Premier 

Premier: Supra Obakeng Mahumapelo 

3rd Floor, Garona Building, Dr James Moroka Drive, Mmabatho 2735 

Tel: +27 18 388 2448 | Fax: +27 18 388 2008 

Website: www.nwpg.gov.za 

Department of Community Safety and 

Transport Management 

MEC: Dr Mpho Motlhabane 

Safety House 31-34, Molopo Road, Mahikeng 2735 

Tel: +27 18 381 9187 

Website: www.nwpg.gov.za/public-safety/new 

Department of Culture, Arts and 

Traditional Affairs 

MEC: Ontlametse Mochware 

2nd Floor, Gabomotho Building, James Maroka Drive, Mmabatho 2735 

Tel: +27 18 388 2809/10 | Fax: +27 18 388 1907 

Website: www.nwpg.gov.za/dcata 

Department of Education and Sport 

Development 

Sello Lehari 

2nd Floor, Garona Building, Dr James Moroka Drive, Mmabatho 2735 

Tel: +27 18 388 2562/2564 | Fax: +27 18 388 384 5016 

Website: www.nwdesd.gov.za 

Department of Finance, Economy and 

Enterprise Development 

MEC: Wendy Nelson 

2nd Floor, Garona Building,Dr James Moroka Drive, 

Mmabatho 2735 

Tel: +27 18 388 1363 | Fax: +27 18 388 1704 

Website: www.treasury.nwpg.gov.za 

Department of Health 

MEC: Dr Magome Masike 

National Health Office Park, Cnr 1st Street and Sekome Road, Building, 

Mahikeng 2745 

Tel: +27 18 391 400/1 | Fax: 086 692 9553 

Website: www.nwhealth.gov.za/dohnw 

Department of Local Government and 

Human Settlements 

MEC: Fenny Gaolaolwe 

3366 Bessemer Street, Telkom Building, Industrial Site, Mahikeng 2735 

Tel: +27 18 387 4065 

Fax: 086 586 9597 

Website: www.nwpg.gov.za/home.html 

Department of Public Works and Roads 

MEC: Madoda Sambatha 

Ngaka Modiri Molema Road, Old Parliament Complex, 

Provincial Head Office, Mmabatho 2735 

Tel: +27 18 388 1454 

Fax: +27 18 388 1819 

Website: www.nwpg.gov.za/Public%20Works 

Department of Rural, Environment and 

Agricultural Development 

MEC: Manketsi Tlhape 

Ground Floor, Agricentre Building, Cnr Dr James Moroka Drive and 

Stadium Road, Mmabatho 2735 

Tel: +27 18 389 5056 

Fax: +27 18 384 2679 

Website: www.nwpg.gov.za/agriculture 

Department of Social Development 

MEC: Hoffman Galeng 

Provident House Building, University Drive, 

Mmabatho 2735 

Tel: +27 18 388 2476 

Website: www.nwpg.gov.za/dsdwcpd 

Department of Tourism 

MEC: Desbo Mohono 

1st Floor, NWDC Building, Cnr Provident Street and University Drive, 

Mmabatho 2735 

Tel: +27 18 387 7995 

Website: www.nwpg.gov.za/Tourism 


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North West Local Government 

An overview of the North West municipalities 

LISTING 

BOJANALA PLATINUM DISTRICT 

MUNICIPALITY 

Tel: +27 14 590 4500 | Fax: +27 14 592 6085 

Website: www.bojanala.gov.za 

Kgetleng Rivier Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 14 543 2004 | Fax: +27 14 543 2480 

Website: www.kgetlengrivier.gov.za 

Madibeng Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 12 318 9203 | Fax: +27 12 318 9203 

Website: www.madibeng.gov.za 

Moretele Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 12 716 1000 | Fax: +27 12 716 9999 

Website: www.moretele.org.za 

Moses Kotane Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 14 555 1300 | Fax: +27 14 555 6368 

Website: www.moseskotane.gov.za 

Rustenburg Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 14 590 3111 | Fax: +27 14 590 3006 

Website: www.rustenburg.gov.za 

DR RUTH SEGOMOTSI MOMPATI DISTRICT 

MUNICIPALITY 

Tel: +27 53 928 4700 | Fax: +27 53 927 2401 

Website: www.rsmompatidm.gov.za 

Greater Taung Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 53 994 9400 | Fax: +27 53 994 3917 

Website: www.gtlm.gov.za 

Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 53 998 4455 | Fax: +27 53 933 0035 

Website: www.kmlm.gov.za 

Lekwa-Teemane Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 53 441 2206 | Fax: +27 53 441 3735 

Website: www.lekwateemane.co.za 

Mamusa Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 53 963 1331 | Fax: +27 53 963 2474 

Website: www.mamusa.gov.za 

Naledi Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 53 928 2200 | Fax: +27 53 927 3482 

Website www.naledilocal.co.za 

NGAKA MODIRI MOLEMA DISTRICT 

MUNICIPALITY 

Tel: +27 18 381 9400 

Website: www.nmmdm.gov.za 

Ditsobotla Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 18 633 3800 | Fax: +27 18 632 5247 

Website: www.ditsobotla.co.za 

Mahikeng Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 18 389 0111 | Fax: +27 18 384 4830 

Website: www.mahikeng.gov.za 

Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 18 642 1081 | Fax: +27 18 642 3586 

Website: www.ramotshere.gov.za 

Ratlou Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 18 330 7000 | Fax: +27 18 330 7019 

Website: www.ratlou.gov.za 

Tswaing Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 53 948 0900 | Fax: +27 53 948 1500 

Website: www.tswaing.gov.za 

DR KENNETH KAUNDA DISTRICT 

MUNICIPALITY 

Tel: +27 18 473 8016 

Fax: +27 18 473 2938 

Website: www.kaundadistrict.gov.za 

City of Matlosana Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 18 487 8000 | Fax: +27 18 464 2318 

Website: www.matlosana.gov.za 

JB Marks Local Municipality 

Tel: +27 18 299 5111 

Website: www.jbmarks.co.za 

Maquassi Local Municioality 

Tel: +27 18 596 1067 | Fax: +27 18 596 1555 


INDEX 

INDEX 

Black Management Forum.........................................................................................................IBC 

Impala Platinum........................................................................................................................30-31 

Mmbatho Palms Hotel Casino Convention Resort.....................................................................19 

Modi Mining..............................................................................................................................32-33 

Nedbank................................................................................................................................3; OBC 

Old Mutual................................................................................................................................22-25 

Rustenburg Chamber of Business................................................................................................5 

Sun International................................................................................................................IFC-1; 17 

Transnet Pipelines.........................................................................................................................37 


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Nela Mojanaga 

INTERVIEW 

Black Management 

Forum – North West: 

Developing leadership 

and advancing 

transformation 

Nela Mojanaga, Provincial Chairperson, shares 

the visionand goals of the BMF, North West. 

Please could you outline the main objectives of the 

Black Management Forum. 

• To develop managerial leadership 

• To advance socio-economic transformation 

• To be a thought leader on the above issues. 

BIOGRAPHY 

Nela Mojanaga qualified as 

a social worker at Fort Hare 

University and followed this up 

with post-graduate diplomas 

in community development, 

health management and 

facility management from 

various universities locally and 

internationally, including the 

National Institute of Public 

Health in Japan and the 

University of Cape Town. She 

worked as a social worker for 

a period of 12 years and is 

currently the Chief Director for 

the Department of Health in the 

Dr Kenneth Kaunda District. 

Are there particular areas that the BMF is focussing on 

right now? 

The organisation is focusing on recruiting members. The BMF 

North West is also part of the District Moral Regeneration 

Committee. 

What are some of the most recent achievements of the 

BMF in the North West? 

The organisation has successfully supported Bloyta Properties in 

developing youth in Ventersdorp and Matlosana. They are part 

of the Interactive Dialogue and have a permanent slot on the 

Robben Island Youth Development Programme. 

The BMF has also facilitated the Department of Health in the 

Dr Kenneth Kaunda District to develop and launch a Charter on 

Combating Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. 

How would you characterise the relationship between the 

BMF and civil society, labour unions and government? 

The relationship between the organisation, local governments, the 

Department of Health and the local Business Chamber is good. The 

organisation partners with all of these organisations from time to 

time in their activities. 


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