Gauteng Business 2020/21 edition
The 2020/21 edition of Gauteng Business is the 12th 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 infrastructure investment programmes and plans for the establishment of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as a means to boost economic growth. Another feature on construction and property underlines the importance of spatial planning in the region’s future. Ambitious plans for the City of Johannesburg are outlined, both in the journal's editorial pages and by the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA).
The 2020/21 edition of Gauteng Business is the 12th 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 infrastructure investment programmes and plans for the establishment of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) as a means to boost economic growth. Another feature on construction and property underlines the importance of spatial planning in the region’s future. Ambitious plans for the City of Johannesburg are outlined, both in the journal's editorial pages and by the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA).
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OVERVIEW<br />
The corridors and focus areas are:<br />
• Thami Mnyele: transport, BRT, M&T Development and Plumbago<br />
Industrial Park.<br />
• OR Tambo Aerotropolis: creative sector, technology, research and<br />
development and logistics.<br />
• Thelle Mogoerane: logistics, Carnival Junction, OR Tambo inland<br />
port, Prasa rolling stock manufacturing facility run by Gibela Rail<br />
Consortium.<br />
The OR Tambo International Airport Special Economic Zone (ORTIA<br />
SEZ) has diversified beyond the existing Jewellery Manufacturing<br />
Precinct in the shape of a R400-million agro-processing plant.<br />
The concept of an aerotropolis is for the airport to become a<br />
hub of economic activity in the same way that cities anchor various<br />
economic sectors that grow up around the centre.<br />
Airports<br />
OR Tambo International Airport caters for more than 20-million<br />
passengers every year.<br />
Lanseria Airport has grown in importance with kulula, FlySafair<br />
and Mango using the airport located to the north of Johannesburg.<br />
It is a convenient landing point for travellers bound for regional<br />
centres like Rustenburg in the North West.<br />
Four airlines continued to offer flights during the Covid-19<br />
lockdown: FlySafair, Airlink, Cemair and Mango. Three airlines went<br />
into business rescue: SAA, SA Express and Comair (which is a British<br />
Airways franchisee and runs the low-cost kulula brand).<br />
<strong>Gauteng</strong> has several smaller airports that host mostly<br />
commercial aircraft:<br />
• Rand Airport in Germiston.<br />
• Grand Central Airport in Midrand.<br />
• Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria North.<br />
• Waterkloof Air Force base, south of Pretoria.<br />
The Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Association South<br />
Africa (CAMASA) reports that 50 companies are active in the<br />
sector, employing more than 3 000 people in highly skilled<br />
jobs. Almost all the activity is around Johannesburg and Cape<br />
ONLINE RESOURCES<br />
Airports Company South Africa: www.acsa.co.za<br />
Road Freight Association of South Africa: www.rfa.co.za<br />
South African Association of Freight Forwarders: saaff.org.za<br />
South African National Road Agency: www.sanral.co.za<br />
Tambo Springs Logistics Gateway: www.tambosprings.co.za<br />
Town and the sector (which<br />
encompasses aero-structures<br />
and systems, manufacturing,<br />
design and engineering) is<br />
responsible for R3-billion in<br />
exports every year.<br />
Rail<br />
The Gautrain, a high-speed<br />
train linking the centre of<br />
Johannesburg, Sandton, ORTIA<br />
and Pretoria, has been successful<br />
in terms of its original brief.<br />
But the Gautrain is expensive<br />
and not designed to cater for<br />
mass public transportation.<br />
A feasibility study has been<br />
completed on the expansion<br />
of the Gautrain and its full<br />
integration into the public<br />
transport system. New areas<br />
that will be covered according<br />
to the plan include Mamelodi<br />
in Tshwane, Boksburg in<br />
Ekurhuleni, Randburg-Lanseria<br />
in Johannesburg, Mogale City<br />
and Syferfontein in the West<br />
Rand and Roodepoort/Jabulani.<br />
The Gautrain has reactivated<br />
property development in<br />
many areas around its stations<br />
and made sites near stations<br />
attractive to developers and<br />
investors.<br />
Transnet Rail Engineering<br />
(TRE) has a major presence in<br />
<strong>Gauteng</strong> and the metropolitan<br />
lines that ferry commuters<br />
are run by the Passenger<br />
Rail Agency (PRASA). The<br />
Wits Metrorail system serves<br />
Johannesburg and its surrounds.<br />
Park Station, in the north of the<br />
central business district, is the<br />
largest station in Africa and acts<br />
as the metropolitan hub. ■<br />
35 GAUTENG BUSINESS <strong>2020</strong>/<strong>21</strong>
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