Gauteng Business 2023-24

SPECIAL FEATURE
of the GGT2030 economic development strategy.
The plan aims to facilitate foreign and domestic
investors to expand economic infrastructure
development throughout the greater Gauteng
community nodal zones located in the five
economic corridors of the province.
subsidies for employees earning below a certain
level, training grants from the dtic and discounts
from national electricity utility Eskom. The SEZ is also
a customs-controlled area. The SEZs are located in a
municipality and for the SEZ programme to succeed,
municipalities must be part of the planning, design
and implementation of these spatial development
catalysts. The local government sector is, therefore,
an important stakeholder in the drive to build
sustainable and successful SEZs.
The NDP is a broad-strokes plan that seeks
to coordinate development in a range of
sectors and promotes ambitious infrastructural
projects. South Africa’s most recent IPAP has a
manufacturing focus, and this is also the area on
which SEZ are concentrating.
Gauteng has enthusiastically embraced the
idea of SEZs as drivers of growth.
Growing Gauteng Together 2030, or GGT2030,
is the blueprint for the recovery of provincial
economy. The programme supporting SEZs falls
squarely within that broader framework and is
being implemented by the Gauteng Growth and
Development Agency (GGDA).
At the core of the GGT2030 is ensuring
that economic interventions are implemented
to modernise and industrialise high-growth
sectors in Gauteng. The SEZ programme is part
OPERATIONAL SEZs
Tshwane SEZ
Tshwane Automotive SEZ (TASEZ) was initiated
by the Ford Motor Company to help expand its
automotive footprint in South Africa through
the attraction of its global suppliers into the
country. This ambition was further enhanced by
the Gauteng government’s plan of developing a
new Automotive City in Tshwane, and aligns with
the SA Automotive Masterplan 2035, which sets
targets to increase localisation.
TASEZ is the outcome of partnerships between
the dtic, the Gauteng Provincial Government, the
City of Tshwane and the Ford Motor Company
of Southern Africa. The Automotive Industry
Development Centre (AIDC), a subsidiary company
of the GGDA, has been tasked to deliver TASEZ on
behalf of the Gauteng Provincial Government.
As of December 2022, 10 automotive component
manufacturing companies that have been set up
at TASEZ were in full production. More than 4 618
temporary construction jobs had been created while
Phase One will add 2 088 permanent skilled jobs.
OR Tambo SEZ
The OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) IDZ
officially opened in March 2019. It aims to develop
Busmark is an established manufacturer in
the West Rand.
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