SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONES
State to roll out targeted investment hubs for provinces
Agro-processing, solar manufacturing, tourism and high-tech industries envisaged for provincial special economic zone
The Department of Trade and Industry is expecting to launch a special economic zone focused on agro-processing at Nkomazi in Mpumalanga, while another one on the platinum belt near Rustenberg in the North West is also in the pipeline. Further into the future a special economic zone envisaged for Upington in the Northern Cape will be a solar manufacturing hub. Another is earmarked for Mthatha in the Eastern Cape as an agro-processing and tourism hub; and Gauteng is set to get a zone with a focus on the science and high-tech industries. Tubatse, in Limpopo, will be the site of a special economic zone targeting platinum group metal beneficiation and the supply of mining inputs. Last week, the Cabinet approved the Atlantis special economic zone.
Only the North West and the Northern Cape do not at present have special economic zones, says trade and industry director-general Lionel October. Other zones include Coega in the Eastern Cape, Dube Trade Port and Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Na...
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