KwaZulu-Natal Business 2016-17 edition
The 2016-17 edition of KwaZulu-Natal Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2008, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa. The province is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy. To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition of the magazine (15 000 copies), the full content can also be viewed online at www.kwazulunatalbusiness.co.za. Updated information on KwaZulu-Natal is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our other business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces, complemented by our flagship publication, South African Business.
The 2016-17 edition of KwaZulu-Natal Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2008, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa.
The province is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy.
To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition of the magazine (15 000 copies), the full content can also be viewed online at www.kwazulunatalbusiness.co.za.
Updated information on KwaZulu-Natal is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our other business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces, complemented by our flagship publication, South African Business.
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PROFILE<br />
Msunduzi Municipality:<br />
City of Pietermaritzburg<br />
The Msunduzi Municipality incorporates Pietermaritzburg,<br />
the capital city of <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong>.<br />
Geography and location<br />
Pietermaritzburg is the capital city of the province<br />
of <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong>, and situated strategically on the<br />
N3 highway, 80km inland from Durban – the biggest<br />
port in Africa. The N3 corridor is the busiest development<br />
corridor in South Africa, linking Durban<br />
through Pietermaritzburg to Johannesburg and the<br />
rest of Africa. The Municipality is also the economic<br />
hub for the central part of the Province.<br />
Main industries/business sectors<br />
As well as being the seat of the Provincial Parliament,<br />
home to all government departments and the<br />
Provincial High Court, Msunduzi also has a diverse<br />
economy with a robust manufacturing sector including<br />
aluminium products, automotive components,<br />
leatherware and shoes, furniture, timber, as<br />
well as one of the largest fresh produce markets in<br />
the country and a thriving agricultural sector. It is<br />
the main commercial hub for the <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong><br />
Midlands.<br />
Main resources/<br />
attractions<br />
Enjoying a warm, subtropical climate.<br />
Pietermaritzburg is a green and attractive<br />
city with numerous parks, pleasant residential<br />
suburbs and is within easy reach of both<br />
beaches and the Drakensberg mountains.<br />
It is renowned for its excellent public and<br />
private schools and has campuses for two<br />
universities (the University of <strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong><br />
and the Durban University of Technology),<br />
ensuring the availability of a highly skilled workforce.<br />
It has excellent road and rail networks, and<br />
a recently expanded airport with five flights daily<br />
to Johannesburg. Having numerous restaurants,<br />
museums, shopping centres and social amenities,<br />
it also hosts major events such as the Comrades<br />
Marathon, Dusi Canoe Marathon, Edendale and<br />
Mandela Marathons, the Midmar Mile swim, the<br />
Royal Agricultural Show, and it is also known as the<br />
Bike City of Africa hosting international BMX and<br />
mountain-biking championships.<br />
Key development objectives<br />
and strategies<br />
The Municipality aims to promote investment that<br />
will take advantage of its strategic location on the<br />
N3 development corridor and close to the proposed<br />
freight dry port halfway between Durban<br />
and Pietermaritzburg in Cato Ridge. Its key sector<br />
plans are around aluminium beneficiation, the ex-<br />
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