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 />
Along the beachfront at Summerstand can be found the Protea<br />
Marine, a 173-room Radisson Blu and the Beach Hotel. The last-named<br />
hotel is run by the Port Elizabeth Hotel Group which also has in its<br />
portfolio Hacklewood Hill Country House, The Sands @ St Francis and<br />
Pumba Private Game Reserve.<br />
Curious in Buffalo City<br />
The dodo, a flightless bird from Mauritius, famously became extinct<br />
and was last spotted in the 1660s. Museums around Europe had various<br />
parts of the animal as specimens but no-one realised that they were<br />
holding anything valuable, until just about all of them were either<br />
lost or thrown away. But the East London Museum has something<br />
truly unique – a dodo egg! Another creature that was thought extinct<br />
until one was found again in 1938, the fascinating coelacanth, is one<br />
of the museum’s most popular displays. The discovery of “Old Four<br />
Legs” as the creature came to be known, caused a stir at the time.<br />
The museum’s shipwreck and palaeontological sections are also very<br />
good. The nearby East London Aquarium is South Africa’s oldest,<br />
having opened in December 1931.<br />
Wildlife<br />
The <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Parks and Tourism Agency is in charge of 34 provincial<br />
nature reserves within the <strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>. The Addo Elephant<br />
National Park (Addo) is arguably the province’s greatest attraction,<br />
and is under the control of South African National Parks. Addo extends<br />
over 180 000 hectares on land (with thousands more square<br />
ONLINE RESOURCES<br />
Buffalo City Tourism: www.bctourism.co.za<br />
Calabash Trust: www.calabashtrust.co.za<br />
<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Gambling and Betting Board: www.ecgbb.co.za<br />
<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Parks and Tourism Agency:<br />
www.visiteasterncape.co.za<br />
Feather Market Convention Centre: wwwfeathermarket.co.za<br />
Karoo tourism research: www.ufs.ac.za./cds<br />
Kirkwood Wildlife Festival: www.wildsfees.co.za<br />
Mandela Bay Development Agency: www.mbda.co.za<br />
National Arts Festival: www.nafest.co.za<br />
Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism: www.nmbt.co.za<br />
South African Tourism: www.southafrica.net<br />
Tourism Enterprise Partnership: www.tep.co.za<br />
South African National Parks: www.sanparks.org<br />
meterage in the marine reserve)<br />
and attracts more visitors than<br />
East Africa’s Serengeti National<br />
Park. Addo uniquely offers visitors<br />
the opportunity to view the Big<br />
Seven, as it has more than 650<br />
elephants, along with the rest of<br />
the Big Five. The park includes a<br />
marine section where great white<br />
sharks and whales can be sighted.<br />
The Camdeboo, Mountain<br />
Zebra and Garden Route national<br />
parks offer very different experiences<br />
for the visitor, covering as<br />
they do terrain ranging from karoo<br />
veld and mountain plateau to<br />
coastal forests. In addition to the<br />
provincial and national parks, the<br />
<strong>Eastern</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> has a large number<br />
of high-end, luxury game<br />
reserves and lodges. These include<br />
the Kwantu Private Game<br />
Reserve between Port Elizabeth<br />
and Grahamstown. In 2016, the<br />
reserve won Best Luxury Wildlife<br />
Resort presented at the World<br />
Luxury Hotel Awards.<br />
Some luxury game lodges are<br />
located within national parks,<br />
such as the Gorah Elephant<br />
Camp, which is run by Hunter<br />
Hotels and forms part of the<br />
Addo Park. Luxury brands sometimes<br />
create a chain for their customers<br />
so visitors might stay at<br />
the boutique Summerstand hotel<br />
in Port Elizabeth, No5 By Mantis,<br />
on their way to another Mantis<br />
property, the Oceana Beach and<br />
Wildlife Reserve.<br />
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