Free State Business 2020 edition
The 2020 edition of Free State Business is the 10th issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2008, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Free State. The Free State Development Corporation describes its work, including property management and investment support in several articles in this journal. The official launch of the Maluti-A-Phofung Special Economic Zone (MAP-SEZ) was a significant event for the economy of South Africa’s most centrally located province. Business and industrial parks form part of the economic strategy of the province’s planners and details of these facilities are outlined in this journal. In addition, overviews on each of the key economic sectors provide up-to-date information on trends in the manufacturing and tourism sectors, for example. Regular information about the size and nature of each sector is also included. Updated information on the Free State is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business title. The printed journal is distributed internationally on outgoing and incoming trade missions, through trade and investment agencies; to foreign offices in South Africa’s main trading partners around the world; at top national and international events; through the offices of foreign representatives in South Africa; as well as nationally and regionally via chambers of commerce, tourism offices, airport lounges, provincial government departments, municipalities and companies.
The 2020 edition of Free State Business is the 10th issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2008, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Free State.
The Free State Development Corporation describes its work, including property management and investment support in several articles in this journal.
The official launch of the Maluti-A-Phofung Special Economic Zone (MAP-SEZ) was a significant event for the economy of South Africa’s most centrally located province. Business and industrial parks form part of the economic strategy of the province’s planners and details of these facilities are outlined in this journal.
In addition, overviews on each of the key economic sectors provide up-to-date information on trends in the manufacturing and tourism sectors, for example. Regular information about the size and nature of each sector is also included.
Updated information on the Free State is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business title.
The printed journal is distributed internationally on outgoing and incoming trade missions, through trade and investment agencies; to foreign offices in South Africa’s main trading partners around the world; at top national and international events; through the offices of foreign representatives in South Africa; as well as nationally and regionally via chambers of commerce, tourism offices, airport lounges, provincial government departments, municipalities and companies.
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OVERVIEW PROFILE<br />
Economic development<br />
As part of its mandate, the MAP SEZ is intended to create decent work,<br />
transfer of skills and other social economic benefits. In line with this<br />
requirement, the MAP SEZ’s robust investment-promotion pipeline<br />
will allow the entity to create an estimated 22 130 permanent and<br />
temporary job opportunities in the Maluti-A-Phofung region over<br />
the next 5 to 10 years.<br />
Key MAP SEZ investment pipeline<br />
Pork abattoir<br />
A Danish investor with more than 30 years’ experience in the pork<br />
processing business will establish a pork abattoir in the MAP SEZ.<br />
Through the establishment of this abattoir, the investor aims to<br />
create jobs, and transfer skills and expertise to the South African job<br />
market, and to develop the growing market for pork in South Africa.<br />
MAP SEZ priority sectors<br />
There are six priority sectors:<br />
• Automotive<br />
• Agro-processing<br />
• Logistics<br />
• General processing<br />
• ICT<br />
• Pharmaceuticals.<br />
Agri-park<br />
This agri-park project involves the building of a world-class,<br />
integrated food processing park which will include food processing,<br />
warehousing, cold storage and manufacturing facilities. The agriparks<br />
project scheme has been created to promote the upskilling<br />
of local farmers and to expose local farmers to the commercial<br />
market space.<br />
Human hair manufacturer<br />
A Chinese hair company has partnered with South African companies<br />
to establish a human hair manufacturing plant. The final product<br />
will be sold to retail facilities in the local and international market.<br />
Inland agri-hub facility<br />
This investor intends to develop an inland agro-logistics facility and<br />
also to create silos for local farmers. Another leg of this business<br />
includes the shipment of grain in and around the <strong>Free</strong> <strong>State</strong> Province<br />
and the SADC region.<br />
TO DISCUSS THESE OPPORTUNITIES, CONTACT:<br />
Ms M Setai<br />
Manager in the Office of the Chief Executive Officer<br />
Maluti-a-Phofung Special Economic Zone<br />
Tel: +27 51 4000 800 | Cell: +27 73 210 0935 | Email: maphoka@mapsez.co.za<br />
Website: www.mapsez.co.za<br />
21 FREE STATE BUSINESS <strong>2020</strong> 2018
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