South African Business 2019 edition
The 2019 edition of South African Business is the seventh edition of this annual guide to business and investment in South Africa. Regular pages cover all the main economic sectors of the South African economy and give a snapshot of each of the country’s provincial economies. Feature articles on topical issues such as Special Economic Zones and African trade provide unique insights, together with comprehensive overviews of critical economic sectors. Other special features focus on the exciting new possibilities in renewable energy, airports as engines of regional growth and the maritime sector as an entirely new prospect for South African entrepreneurs and businesses. South African Business is complemented by nine regional publications covering the business and investment environment in each of South Africa’s provinces. The e-book editions can be viewed at www.globalafricanetwork.com
The 2019 edition of South African Business is the seventh edition of this annual guide to business and investment in South Africa.
Regular pages cover all the main economic sectors of the South African economy and give a snapshot of each of the country’s provincial economies. Feature articles on topical issues such as Special Economic Zones and African trade provide unique insights, together with comprehensive overviews of critical economic sectors. Other special features focus on the exciting new possibilities in renewable energy, airports as engines of regional growth and the maritime sector as an entirely new prospect for South African entrepreneurs and businesses.
South African Business is complemented by nine regional publications covering the business and investment environment in each of South Africa’s provinces. The e-book editions can be viewed at www.globalafricanetwork.com
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SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
Energy and the future<br />
<strong>South</strong> Africa’s exciting renewable energy programme is back on track.<br />
A<br />
new Integrated Resource Plan was released by <strong>South</strong> Africa’s<br />
Energy Minister in August 2018. This was a major event because<br />
the first Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) was printed in<br />
2010 and was supposed to be updated regularly to guide<br />
the nation’s approach to electricity.<br />
Instead, the release of updated IRPs was delayed. In that uncertain<br />
environment, there was a strong push for expensive nuclear options.<br />
The release of IRP 2018 brings certainty to the market again. Nuclear<br />
will not be considered again until at least 2030. The <strong>South</strong> Africa<br />
Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) welcomed what it calls the<br />
“rational” draft Integrated Resource Plan.<br />
When <strong>South</strong> Africa ran out<br />
of power in 2008, a programme<br />
to get private investors to build<br />
renewable energy capacity<br />
was instituted. It was called the<br />
Renewable Energy Independent<br />
Power Producers Procurement<br />
Programme (REIPPPP). Between<br />
November 2011 and July 2016,<br />
<strong>South</strong> Africa received commitments<br />
of investments to the value<br />
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