South African Business 2020 edition
A unique guide to business and investment in South Africa. Welcome to the eighth edition of the South African Business journal. First published in 2011, the publication has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to 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. A special feature focusses on the huge potential for growth and job creation which the tourism industry holds. The possibilities presented by the age of renewable energy for the mining industry is the topic of another special feature and the CEO of Minerals Council South Africa responds to a set of questions on the state of mining in the country. South African Business is complemented by nine regional publications covering the business and investment environment in each of South Africa’s provinces.
A unique guide to business and investment in South Africa.
Welcome to the eighth edition of the South African Business journal. First published in 2011, the publication has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to 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. A special feature focusses on the huge potential for growth and job creation which the tourism industry holds. The possibilities presented by the age of renewable energy for the mining industry is the topic of another special feature and the CEO of Minerals Council South Africa responds to a set of questions on the state of mining in the country. South African Business is complemented by nine regional publications covering the business and investment environment in each of South Africa’s provinces.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Transport and logistics<br />
A private-public partnership is upgrading facilities at ports.<br />
Africa’s first plastic road is under construction near<br />
Humansdorp in the Eastern Cape. Finding ways of creating<br />
roads that can last longer is an important priority for <strong>South</strong><br />
Africa which has yet to find a way to direct significant amounts<br />
of goods traffic back to the rail system and away from trucks. Scottish<br />
company MacRebur will partner with local firms Scribante Construction<br />
and SP Excel Holdings in building 1km of road to test the technology<br />
which adds waste plastics to asphalt for road construction to strengthen<br />
the bitumen binder. It is estimated that 1.8-million plastic bags could go<br />
into the building of just 1km of road.<br />
With the completion the Gauteng Freeway Project, the <strong>South</strong><br />
<strong>African</strong> National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has been tackling big<br />
projects in every province:<br />
• the R573 east of Johannesburg, traverses three provinces and<br />
is used by 50 000 commuters daily, is to be upgraded<br />
• the R1.14-billion Mount Edgecombe interchange has been<br />
opened in KwaZulu-Natal<br />
• the R71 road out of Polokwane towards Moria in Limpopo carries<br />
more than 17 000 vehicles per day at Easter time. A new<br />
intersection and double carriageways have been constructed<br />
• the N2 between Mtunzini toll plaza and Empangeni has been<br />
made safer by the creation of a dual carriageway<br />
• the Wild Coast toll road project – the bridge over the Mtentu<br />
River will be the highest bridge in the country at 217m and will<br />
cost R1.6-billion<br />
<strong>South</strong> Africa has 21 000km of railway lines and 747 000km of roads,<br />
325 019 heavy-load vehicles and the road freight industry employs 65 000<br />
drivers. The logistics and courier market is worth R10-billion. There are 135<br />
licensed airports in the country, 10 of which have international status.<br />
SECTOR INSIGHT<br />
Plastic bags are being used<br />
in road construction.<br />
Air<br />
Airports Company <strong>South</strong> Africa<br />
(ACSA) owns and operates the<br />
country’s 10 biggest airports. The<br />
company also manages airports in<br />
India and Brazil.<br />
Ekurhuleni wants to leverage<br />
the location of <strong>South</strong><br />
Africa’s biggest airport, OR<br />
Tambo International, into a major<br />
economic asset. OR Tambo<br />
International Airport in Gauteng<br />
(pictured) caters for more than<br />
21-million passengers annually.<br />
The Cape Town International<br />
Airport recorded 10-million<br />
passengers in 2016. King Shaka<br />
International Airport (KSIA) is<br />
north of Durban.<br />
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