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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SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
get colder in the far west and northern reaches of<br />
the province.<br />
The mountainous area in the west – the<br />
Drakensberg – comprises solid walls of basalt and<br />
is the source of the region’s many strongly running<br />
rivers. Regular and heavy winter snowfalls support<br />
tourist enterprises. The Lubombo Mountains in the<br />
north are granite formations that run in parallel.<br />
Regions<br />
Convention Centre Complex, which hosts the<br />
annual Tourism Indaba.<br />
The province's climate lends itself to every kind of<br />
outdoor pursuit and its excellent beaches are always<br />
popular. Big sports events are regularly hosted in<br />
<strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong>, which has become something of<br />
a home to mass-participation events such as the<br />
Comrades Marathon and the Dusi Canoe race. The<br />
province has excellent game and nature reserves.<br />
Isimangaliso Wetland Park is a World Heritage Site<br />
and helps to fund 80 small businesses associated<br />
with its business as a tourist site.<br />
The building of the King Shaka International<br />
Airport to the north of Durban allows tourists to get<br />
to superb beaches and game farms very quickly,<br />
and the airport has its own industrial development<br />
zone, the Dube TradePort. New international direct<br />
flights have been announced; 4.5-million passengers<br />
passed through the airport in 2014/15, almost<br />
300 000 of whom were foreign visitors or tourists (ACSA).<br />
Geography<br />
The mixed topography of the province allows for varied<br />
agriculture, animal husbandry and horticulture.<br />
The lowland area along the Indian Ocean coastline<br />
is made up of subtropical thickets and Afromontane<br />
Forest. High humidity is experienced, especially in<br />
the far north, and this is a summer rainfall area. The<br />
centrally located Midlands is on a grassland plateau<br />
among rolling hills. Temperatures generally<br />
<strong>KwaZulu</strong>-<strong>Natal</strong> has 11 district municipalities, the<br />
most of any province in South Africa and, in economic<br />
terms, the province offers diverse opportunities.<br />
Southern region<br />
This area is the province’s most populous. The city of<br />
Durban has experienced booms in sectors such as<br />
automotive, ICT, film and call centres. Major investments<br />
are taking place at the Port of Durban and<br />
there is a possibility that the old airport south of the<br />
city could become another port, if the money can be<br />
Standerton<br />
N5<br />
LESOTHO<br />
Vrede<br />
Free State<br />
Harrismith<br />
Bergville<br />
Winterton<br />
DRAKENSBERG<br />
Underberg<br />
Kokstad<br />
N2<br />
N<strong>17</strong><br />
Bethal<br />
Volksrust<br />
Eastern Cape<br />
Ermelo<br />
Newcastle<br />
Glencoe<br />
N11<br />
Mooi River<br />
Ladysmith<br />
Colenso<br />
R74<br />
Estcourt<br />
Paulpietersburg<br />
Utrecht<br />
Dundee<br />
PIETERMARITZBURG<br />
iXopo<br />
Harding<br />
N<strong>17</strong><br />
KWAZULU-NATAL PROVINCE<br />
N3<br />
R74<br />
Mpumalanga<br />
N3<br />
N11<br />
R56<br />
Howick<br />
Piet Retief<br />
R34<br />
R33<br />
uMzinto<br />
Greytown<br />
R33<br />
N3<br />
Pinetown<br />
N2<br />
Vryheid<br />
Kranskop<br />
Hibberdene<br />
uMtentweni<br />
Port Shepstone<br />
Margate<br />
Southbroom<br />
Port Edward<br />
R33<br />
R68<br />
N2<br />
R34<br />
uLundi<br />
Melmoth<br />
Stanger<br />
N2<br />
Tongaat<br />
aManzimtoti<br />
uMkomaas<br />
SWAZILAND<br />
R69<br />
Ballito<br />
uMhlanga<br />
DURBAN<br />
Pongola<br />
Nongoma<br />
R65<br />
eMpangeni<br />
Darnall<br />
R66<br />
Hlabisa<br />
Mtubatuba<br />
Gingindlovu<br />
INDIAN OCEAN<br />
Mkuze<br />
N2<br />
Hluhluwe<br />
Richards Bay<br />
Motorway<br />
Main Road<br />
Railway<br />
MOZAMBIQUE<br />
St Lucia<br />
N<br />
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