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CONTENTS CONTENTS KwaZulu-Natal Business 2020/21 Edition Foreword 10 A unique guide to business and investment in KwaZulu-Natal. Special features Regional overview of KwaZulu-Natal 12 Manufacturers are investing and export volumes are on the rise. KwaZulu-Natal’s ports are shaping up 18 Construction of the Durban Cruise Terminal got underway in 2019. Economic sectors Agriculture 26 Sugar 28 Forestry and paper 29 Mining 32 Engineering 33 Oil and gas 34 Construction and property 35 Tourism 36 Manufacturing 40 Automotive 41 Energy 42 Water 43 Banking and financial services 44 Education and training 45 ABOUT THE COVER: The Port of Durban handles containers, automotive imports and exports, break-bulk and agricultural commodities. Transnet reported that the port handled 2.96-million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) in 2018. The figure of 487 000 vehicles handled by the port in the same year was the highest since 2013. Photo: Transnet KWAZULU-NATAL BUSINESS 2020/21 8
Africa Biomass Company Your caring family trading as world leaders in the wood chipping industry. WP CHIPPER HIRE & SALES trading as Africa Biomass Company (ABC) is a wood chipping company that provides wood recycling services, supplying biomass according to specification. ABC is one of the best go-to wood chipper equipment sales and services agents. Wood chipper services • Agricultural: orchard / vineyard recycling and mulch spreading • Biomass for generation Company of heat or electricity Slogan • Site clearing and preparation Buy your own Bandit wood chipper or hire us to deal with your biomass Bandit the only logical choice for wood chippers in Africa, which are now fitted on SABS-approved trailers. ABC understands wood recycling With a comprehensive understanding of the operational challenges of wood recycling in South Africa, Company ABC has established state-of-the-art Slogan facilities to service, repair and rebuild wood chipper equipment of any brand and size. ABC’s facilities are operated by a remarkable team of very experienced and suitably qualified engineers, technicians and artisans. An equally remarkable team of field-service technicians deliver repairs, maintenance and parts A small selection of Bandit wood chippers (from left to right): Model 75XP Engine; Model 65XP PTO and the Intimidator 12XPC. • River rehabilitation in riparian zones to clients’ sites to optimise uptime and efficiency. Africa Biomass Company is the authorised dealer Become an owner of a Bandit chipper • Workshop, field services, parts and spares For more information on the Bandit, see page 27. for Bandit Industries in Southern Africa. All existing and new customers are welcome • Operator training services: SETA-certified ABC has built up a substantial fleet of Bandit to contact us if they want to become the • Manufacturing workshop wood chippers for use by the company The most as part experienced owner of the top-class range of Bandit of our wood recycling services, but ABC also biomass producer equipment. in Bandit Africa Industries have delivered offers a whole range of Bandit wood chippers successful recycling solutions to basically The X-factor in wood chippers to clients who want to invest in the Bandit range. every corner of the planet. Bandit chippers are designed Dimensional with quality, wood chips are produced by the removal ABC is the authorised dealer for Bandit production wood and chippers longevity in mind. of alien Hand-fed invasive A trees commitment in riparian to zones, support previously chippers are mounted on custom-built, SABSapproved trailers. Owning a Bandit wood Africa Biomass Company is fully equipped in Africa. Bandit combines first-world technology and deemed as impossible. ABC, however, now has experience with third-world functionality. chipper will always This makes put you in the front knowledge seat of and and stocked technology to service and to get repair the any job Bandit reliable wood chipping operations. machine anywhere in South Africa. We own done. These wood chips are then used In many cases, the Bandit wood chipper sets a fully-equipped parts warehouse (650m²), the benchmark for other brands in the wood in agri-industrial manufacturing applications department as as well a greener alternative services to ensure to coal that for parts either are always heat readily or as field chipping industry. We are ready to supply the right Bandit wood chipping solution with advice available and our own, as well as our clients’ electricity production. and aftercare to your doorstep. All existing and Bandit wood chippers are not out of commission new customers are welcome to contact us to longer than they have to be. become the owner of Bandit equipment. Geographical www.abc.co.za footprint ABC is located in Worcester (Western Cape), Kirkwood (Eastern Cape), Nelspruit (Mpumalanga) and Upington (Northern Cape). We operate in all nine provinces in South Africa and also across the borders into Sub-Saharan Africa, including Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya and Nigeria. ■ 9 WESTERN CAPE BUSINESS 2020 www.abc.co.za
