Gauteng Business 2023-24
The 2023/24 edition of Gauteng Business is the 14th 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 Special Economic Zones is included in this edition. SEZs are a major plank of industrial policy at national level and Gauteng is enthusiastically rolling out sector-specific zones in every district. The Vaal SEZ, which is preparing the way for ratification by national authorities, is the newest zone intended to boost development. All of the main economic sectors of the provincial economy are reviewed, ranging from agriculture, transport and logistics, energy and manufacturing through to education and training. Like the rest of the world, Gauteng is adapting to and innovating in the field of energy. 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 and Sibanye-Stillwater making land available on the West Rand for solar farms are indicators for the future. To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition, the full content can also be viewed online at www.globalafricanetwork.com under e-books. Updated information on Gauteng is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.southafricanbusiness.co.za, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business title and the new addition to our list of titles, The Journal of African Business, which was launched in 2020.
The 2023/24 edition of Gauteng Business is the 14th 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 Special Economic Zones is included in this edition. SEZs are a major plank of industrial policy at national level and Gauteng is enthusiastically rolling out sector-specific zones in every district. The Vaal SEZ, which is preparing the way for ratification by national authorities, is the newest zone intended to boost development.
All of the main economic sectors of the provincial economy are reviewed, ranging from agriculture, transport and logistics, energy and manufacturing through to education and training. Like the rest of the world, Gauteng is adapting to and innovating in the field of energy. 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 and Sibanye-Stillwater making land available on the West Rand for solar farms are indicators for the future.
To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition, the full content can also be viewed online at www.globalafricanetwork.com under e-books. Updated information on Gauteng is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.southafricanbusiness.co.za, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business title and the new addition to our list of titles, The Journal of African Business, which was launched in 2020.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Transport and logistics<br />
Cellphone masts are solving traffic problems.<br />
SECTOR INSIGHT<br />
OR Tambo International<br />
Airport handles more than<br />
80% of South Africa’s cargo.<br />
New tenants are having custom-built warehousing facilities<br />
constructed for them at Riverfields Precinct, the logistics hub<br />
near OR Tambo International Airport in Ekurhuleni.<br />
Busy intersections in Soweto are getting power from an<br />
unusual source to prevent dangerous traffic overload.<br />
MTN and the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA)<br />
have signed a Service Level Agreement whereby MTN<br />
base stations will provide power to traffic lights at key points<br />
during loadshedding.<br />
“We’re excited about the future of this project and aim to<br />
expand further afield to partner with municipalities across the<br />
country to create corridors of free-flowing traffic in loadshedding,<br />
by using existing base stations to power traffic lights where we can,”<br />
says MTN South Africa’s Chief Executive Officer, Charles Molapisi.<br />
MTN is also creating a “traffic corridor” from the Flora Clinic, along<br />
14th Avenue, towards the N1 highway, leading to outside the MTN<br />
head office, to ensure smooth movement onto and off the N1 highway<br />
at the 14th Avenue intersection. Those traffic lights will be backed up<br />
by power supplied by electricity generated from the MTN campus.<br />
The <strong>Gauteng</strong> Department of Roads and Transport has a pipeline<br />
of 67 projects with a combined value of R23-billion.<br />
Of these projects, 13 – valued at R6.6-billion – are privatesector<br />
initiatives and the various road, construction and design<br />
projects are expected to be implemented over the decade to 2031.<br />
Among the private companies that will be involved in projects are<br />
property companies Attacq Waterfall Investment, Steyn City and<br />
Century Properties and mining<br />
company Cullinan.<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 />
Riverfields Precinct in<br />
Ekurhuleni is a logistics hub<br />
serving OR Tambo International<br />
Airport and the major highways<br />
that link <strong>Gauteng</strong> with other<br />
provinces.<br />
Several established brands<br />
such as DSV, John Deere, DB<br />
Schenker, Sanvick Mining and<br />
DHL are tenants and new<br />
facilities for Shoprite and The<br />
Foschini Group are being<br />
built. A new section, Equites<br />
Park 3, covering 16 hectares,<br />
is currently in the planning<br />
phase. The existing facilities<br />
include Equites Park Riverfields<br />
1 (also 16ha) and Equites Park<br />
Riverfields 2, which hosts two<br />
major retailers on 43ha.<br />
A total of 82% of South<br />
Africa’s air cargo is transported<br />
through OR Tambo International<br />
Airport and <strong>Gauteng</strong> has several<br />
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PHOTO: Riverfields Precinct
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