Frances Baard District Municipality Investment Prospectus

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FRANCES BAARD DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY INVESTMENT PROSPECTUS CONTENTS 1 FOREWORD Councillor Unondumiso Buda, Executive Mayor of the Frances Baard District Municipality, says that investors are welcome 2 THE NORTHERN CAPE AT A GLANCE 3 THE NORTHERN CAPE IN NUMBERS 4 INTRODUCTION Frances Baard District Municipality is an attractive destination for investment in multiple sectors 5 DISTRICT STATISTICS Economic, gross domestic product and labour market 6 WELCOME Key projects and strategies will stimulate economic growth, writes Municipal Manager, Mamikie Bogatsu 7 MAIN SECTORS AND INFRASTRUCTURE Frances Baard District Municipality supports a diverse economy, ranging from primary to tertiary sectors 8 NATURAL RESOURCES AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES The area has well-irrigated soils, limestone deposits and a rich heritage 9 LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND TOWNS The story of diamonds is embedded in the district’s towns 10 WELCOME TO SOUTH AFRICA’S FABLED DIAMOND FIELDS 12 TOURISM: Battlefields Route 13 TOURISM: Go! Ghaap Route 14 BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT Breeding high-quality businesses 15 INVESTMENT PROJECTS Excellent investment opportunities occur throughout the district 16 BIG HOLE PRECINCT 18 MAYIBUYE PRECINCT 19 HOUSING PROJECTS 20 VAALHARTS REVITALISATION PROJECT IBC NATIONAL INCENTIVE SCHEMES IMAGE CREDITS: Cover: Solar farm, Droogfontein Solar Power; Big Hole, Mittah Seperepere International Convention Centre, flamingos, Northern Cape Tourism Authority (NCTA). Back cover: Graeme Williams/Brand SA. Other: Barkly West bridge, Kimberley Elephant/WikiCommons; builders at work, Graeme Williams/Brand SA; Canteen Kopje memorial, Janek Szymanowski/WikiCommons; diamond mining, Ekapa Mining; Flamingo Casino, Sun International; Magersfontein memorial, David Slingsby/WikiCommons; meat processing, Beefmaster; onions, Wildeklawer; Pecan nuts, GWK; stallion, Mauritzfontein; Sol Plaatje University stairs and courtyard, Savage + Dodd Architects; Vaalharts Irrigation Scheme, Aurecon; Vaal River bridge, Col Andre Kritzinger, WikiCommons; Vaalharts weir, African Safaris; all other images, NCTA. Layout & design: Salmah Brown Produced by Global Africa Network
1 FOREWORD IMPROVING THE LIVES OF COMMUNITIES Councillor Unondumiso Buda, Executive Mayor of the Frances Baard District Municipality, says that investors are welcome in a district that is guided by a community-focussed Integrated Development Plan. Frances Baard District is nestled in the north-eastern corner of the Northern Cape Province and comprises four local municipalities, Dikgatlong, Magareng, Phokwane and Sol Plaatje. The Frances Baard District Municipality is a Category C municipality. It shares its northern borders with the North West Province and its eastern border with the Free State Province. The municipality is the smallest district in the Northern Cape, making up only 3% of its geographical area. The mandate of the district municipality stipulates that we must be committed to working with citizens and groups within the community to find sustainable ways of meeting their social, economic and material needs and improving the quality of their lives. As the executive mayor of the district municipality, I therefore have an obligation to help build the economy of the district. Regardless of the economic challenges faced in the district such as unemployment, a high repo rate, low economic growth and the Covid-19 pandemic, Frances Baard District Municipality continues to provide services to the community with the available limited resources at our disposal. Executive Mayor, Councillor Unondumiso Buda Investments such as the Droogfontein Solar Power plant are bringing benefits to local businesses. We strive to promote sound financial management and good governance to perform and sustain our developmental role. In order to do this, Council follows a practice of sound, conservative budgeting, aimed at enhancing financial resources through controlling costs to the minimum necessary expenditure. Council also utilises all possible sources of external financing to supplement its own infrastructure investment strategies, including the use of state grants. Council’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP) remains one of our key priorities and as such we have adopted the Five-Year IDP for the district municipality, which represents the wishes of the communities in the district. It is therefore the main tool that we use to guide our operations. The IDP and budget of the district municipality have always been externally focussed. I speak on behalf of Council when I say that it has reaffirmed our commitment to ensure that we play our role in ensuring that we support the provision of basic services to our people in the district. We remain ever-cognisant of our vision to improve the lives of our communities and to make the Frances Baard District the place of choice to live and work. I wish to emphasise that the Frances Baard District Municipality is open for business. We are proud of what we have achieved in the district and our constant challenge is to continue to find new ways to maximise the potential of this growing community. I thank you. Ke a Leboga. Baie dankie
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