Gauteng Business 2018-19 edition
A unique guide to business and investment in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. The 2018/19 edition of Gauteng Business is the 10th issue of this highly successful publication that has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng Province. In addition to the regular articles providing insight into each of the key economic sectors of the province, there are special features on the concept of the Urban Development Zone which underpins the successful urban growth strategy that is being pursued in the province, and on the importance of airports in regional economic thinking. To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition, the full content can also be viewed online at www.globalafricanetwork.com under e-books. Updated information on Gauteng is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business title.
A unique guide to business and investment in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. The 2018/19 edition of Gauteng Business is the 10th issue of this highly successful publication that has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng Province.
In addition to the regular articles providing insight into each of the key economic sectors of the province, there are special features on the concept of the Urban Development Zone which underpins the successful urban growth strategy that is being pursued in the province, and on the importance of airports in regional economic thinking.
To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition, the full content can also be viewed online at www.globalafricanetwork.com under e-books. Updated information on Gauteng is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business title.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Another IDC initiative has allocated R23-billion over three years<br />
to support the Black Industrialist Programme to help existing<br />
entrepreneurs grow their businesses.<br />
The Provincial Government of <strong>Gauteng</strong> has tabled plans to<br />
bolster manufacturing capacity in the province’s western areas.<br />
The priorities are mining and mineral beneficiation, capital equipment<br />
and machinery, agriculture and agri-processing, tourism,<br />
retail and economic development in townships.<br />
Some of the projects include:<br />
• a bicycle manufacturing or assembling factory in<br />
Mohlakeng.<br />
• continuing to buy busses for the province’s BRT system<br />
from the Busmark plant in Randfontein which manufactures<br />
and assembles buses. In 2016 a dual fuel bus was<br />
launched, with the bodies of the busses designed and<br />
built in Randfontein.<br />
• establishment of agri-parks: Westonaria hydroponic agri-park;<br />
Merafong Flora agri-park (tomatoes, cucumbers<br />
and green peppers); investment in Isigayo Milling Plant<br />
in Randfontein.<br />
• revitalisation of industrial parks at Khutsong, Mohlakeng<br />
and Chamdor.<br />
in the case of the public sector.<br />
The public sector dispenses<br />
comparatively cheap pharmaceutical<br />
products to its users in<br />
public hospitals and healthcare<br />
centres within South Africa,<br />
whereas pharmaceutical products<br />
produced by the private<br />
sector in South Africa serve a<br />
niche market.<br />
Among the other big international<br />
brands active in <strong>Gauteng</strong><br />
are Merck, which has a 55 000m²<br />
plant at Modderfontein, and<br />
Pfizer SA, which runs a laboratory<br />
in Sandton among its facilities<br />
in South Africa.<br />
Pharmaceuticals<br />
South Africa’s pharmaceutical sector is worth approximately<br />
R20-billion annually. Although there are more than 200 pharmaceutical<br />
firms in the country, large companies tend to dominate<br />
the field, with Aspen (34%) and Adcock Ingram (25%) the two<br />
key players, followed by Sanofi, Pharmaplan and Cipla Medpro.<br />
The private sector accounts for 80% of pharmaceutical industry<br />
sales by value and 20% by volume, while this ratio is reversed<br />
ONLINE RESOURCES<br />
Aluminium Federation of South Africa: www.afsa.org.za<br />
Centre for Advanced Manufacturing: www.cfam.co.za<br />
Chemical and Allied Industries’ Association: www.caia.co.za<br />
<strong>Gauteng</strong> Department of Economic Development:<br />
www.ecodev.gpg.gov.za<br />
Manufacturing Circle: www.manufacturingcircle.co.za<br />
National Department of Trade and Industry:<br />
www.thedti.gov.za<br />
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