Eastern Cape Business 2017 edition
The 2017 edition of Eastern Cape Business is the 10th issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2006, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Eastern Cape Province. The Eastern Cape enjoys an abundance of natural and human resources, as well as established industrial infrastructure that drives the economy of the province. This includes three ports and two industrial development zones which are home to a wide range of manufacturers and exporters. The 2017 edition includes an in-depth look at the province’s two Industrial Development Zones, a focus on skills development and investment climate information from the Nelson Mandela Business Chamber and the Border-Kei Chamber of Business.
The 2017 edition of Eastern Cape Business is the 10th issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2006, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Eastern Cape Province. The Eastern Cape enjoys an abundance of natural and human resources, as well as established industrial infrastructure that drives the economy of the province. This includes three ports and two industrial development zones which are home to a wide range of manufacturers and exporters.
The 2017 edition includes an in-depth look at the province’s two Industrial Development Zones, a focus on skills development and investment climate information from the Nelson Mandela Business Chamber and the Border-Kei Chamber of Business.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Agri-processing<br />
Manufacturers are harvesting the <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>’s excellent produce.<br />
SECTOR INSIGHT<br />
Famous Brands has made a<br />
second big investment in the<br />
Coega IDZ.<br />
• Cerebos salt company<br />
earned a top international<br />
food safety certification.<br />
Wool, mohair, citrus and pineapples, dairy products and<br />
salt—these are just a few of the abundant products<br />
of the fields of the <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> that manufacturers<br />
are turning into jerseys, scarves, jams, juices, cheeses,<br />
yoghurts and cakes of salt.<br />
The <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> has more livestock than any other South African<br />
province, produces close to a quarter of South Africa’s milk dairy<br />
farming and is the second-largest producer of citrus fruits.<br />
Famous Brands has 2 600 restaurants throughout South Africa,<br />
including the brand that made its debut in Port Elizabeth, Vovo Telo.<br />
Famous Brands has increased its manufacturing footprint in the Coega<br />
Industrial Development Zone (CIDZ). Zone Three of the Coega IDZ is<br />
devoted to agriprocessing.<br />
Thousands of tons of tomato paste is imported into South Africa<br />
every year so this acquisition will free up a lot of capital for Famous<br />
Brands. It also presents a great opportunity for <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> farmers<br />
to become suppliers to the plant. The <strong>Eastern</strong> Province Herald<br />
reports that the paste factory will be modelled on the successful<br />
Famous Brands Fine Cheese Company (formerly Coega Cheese)<br />
which has increased milk production from 16.5-million litres per<br />
year to 38-million litres.<br />
In addition, the Herald said that<br />
McCain Food SA has decided to<br />
source 60 000 tons of potatoes<br />
from the <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, opening<br />
up another market for producers.<br />
Other tenants of the Coega<br />
IDZ include logistics companies<br />
like PE Cold Storage, River Edge<br />
Trading (which trades in sugar<br />
and syrup across Southern Africa)<br />
and Cerebos. Cerebos’s 30 000-<br />
ton per annum plant at Coega<br />
was awarded a top food safety<br />
standard certification on its 70th<br />
birthday in 2015, the FSSC 22000.<br />
The East London IDZ has two<br />
aquaculture tenants and the large<br />
Sundale Dairy, as well as a regional<br />
depot of the Mediterranean<br />
Shipping Company.<br />
The <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Rural<br />
Development Agency (ECRDA) is<br />
active in helping small-scale farmers<br />
get access to markets and to<br />
become part of the agriprocessing<br />
chain. The implementation<br />
of Rural Enterprise Development<br />
(RED) hubs is a key plank of this<br />
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