Gauteng Business 2022/23
The 2022/23 edition of Gauteng Business is the 13th 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, a special feature on the growth and significance of the green economy is included in this edition. Every sector from agriculture to transport and logistics is referenced, with several Gauteng companies taking the lead in the field of creating a more sustainable future for themselves and for their clients. The fact that mining companies and others are starting to build facilities to generate power is significant for the country as a whole. Gold Fields’ 40MW solar project at its South Deep mine is one of the first of its kind and it is certainly a precursor of what we can expect to see a lot more of in the future. The unexpected fall from power in the province’s three big metropolitan municipalities in 2021 of the political party that is in charge at provincial and national level, the African National Congress, is noted in the Regional Overview. Whether this presages a change beyond the borders of Gauteng in elections to come remains to be seen, but the huge budgets which now fall under the control of coalition governments in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni will certainly serve to sharpen the focus of ANC election planners for national elections in 2024.
The 2022/23 edition of Gauteng Business is the 13th 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, a special feature on the growth and significance of the green economy is included in this edition. Every sector from agriculture to transport and logistics is referenced, with several Gauteng companies taking the lead in the field of creating a more sustainable future for themselves and for their clients. The fact that mining companies and others are starting to build facilities to generate power is significant for the country as a whole. Gold Fields’ 40MW solar project at its South Deep mine is one of the first of its kind and it is certainly a precursor of what we can expect to see a lot more of in the future.
The unexpected fall from power in the province’s three big metropolitan municipalities in 2021 of the political party that is in charge at provincial and national level, the African National Congress, is noted in the Regional Overview. Whether this presages a change beyond the borders of Gauteng in elections to come remains to be seen, but the huge budgets which now fall under the control of coalition governments in Johannesburg, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni will certainly serve to sharpen the focus of ANC election planners for national elections in 2024.
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OVERVIEW<br />
• a logistics park (transportation, processing, manufacture,<br />
warehousing and distribution)<br />
• a business park with a retail element<br />
• a residential component<br />
• an agro-industrial section.<br />
The Provincial Government of <strong>Gauteng</strong> is stressing the<br />
importance of digital competence (“smart mobility”) in the<br />
transport sector as ever-more complex transactions take place<br />
across international borders. This will only grow as the effect of the<br />
African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA), signed in 2019, comes<br />
into effect, allowing for greater and freer trade across the continent.<br />
The health of the transport and logistics networks of the province<br />
is key to any economic growth plans. The provincial government<br />
has identified logistics hubs, the road network, intermodal facilities,<br />
rolling stock, and buses and taxis as key components of the drive to<br />
transform, modernise and reindustrialise the regional economy.<br />
Road infrastructure projects are intended to bring in other major<br />
investments and connect new economic nodes such as the Tambo<br />
Springs Logistics Gateway, the planned new megacities (Vaal River<br />
City and Lanseria) and the new Special Economic Zones with<br />
current economic nodes and existing townships. In the short term,<br />
18 major roads will be rehabilitated, upgraded and constructed,<br />
especially in Sedibeng and the West Rand.<br />
The OR Tambo International Airport Special Economic<br />
Zone (ORTIA SEZ) has diversified beyond the existing Jewellery<br />
Manufacturing Precinct in the shape of a R400-million agroprocessing<br />
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 />
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 Roads Agency: www.sanral.co.za<br />
Credit: DHL Global Forwarding<br />
It is a convenient landing point<br />
for travellers bound for regional<br />
centres like Rustenburg in the<br />
North West.<br />
Four airlines continued to<br />
offer flights during the Covid-19<br />
lockdown: FlySafair, Airlink,<br />
Cemair and Mango. Three<br />
airlines went into business<br />
rescue: SAA, SA Express and<br />
Comair (which is a British<br />
Airways franchisee and runs the<br />
low-cost kulula brand).<br />
<strong>Gauteng</strong> has several smaller<br />
airports that host mostly<br />
commercial aircraft:<br />
• Rand Airport in Germiston<br />
• Grand Central Airport in<br />
Midrand<br />
• Wonderboom Airport in<br />
Pretoria North<br />
• Waterkloof Air Force base,<br />
south of Pretoria.<br />
The Commercial Aviation<br />
Manufacturing Association<br />
South Africa (CAMASA) reports<br />
that 50 companies are active in<br />
the sector, employing more than<br />
3 000 people in highly skilled<br />
jobs. Almost all the activity is<br />
around Johannesburg and Cape<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 />
29 GAUTENG BUSINESS <strong>2022</strong>
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