Gauteng Business 2016 edition
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
The 2016 edition of the Gauteng Business and Investment Guide is the premier business and investment guide for the Gauteng province and the Gauteng Growth and Development Agency (GGDA). In addition to detailed profiles of key provincial organisations, including the GGDA, the Automotive Industry Development Corporation Centre (AIDC), the Gauteng Investment Centre, the Gauteng IDZ, the Gauteng ICT Park SEZ and Constitution Hill, this edition includes well-researched economic and demographic data on the province, as well as insights into the province’s five development corridors and the new industries and development nodes in these corridors; a focus on Gauteng as a global city region; and key growth sectors for the province.
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SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
The <strong>Gauteng</strong> City regions approach is to use land owned by government<br />
and earmark the location of specific sectors and industries in the<br />
five development corridors of our province as follows:<br />
The Central Development Corridor<br />
The Central Development Corridor, will embrace much of Johannesburg<br />
and Soweto, and will be the hub of finance, services, information and<br />
communications technology (ICT) and pharmaceutical industries.<br />
Joburg’s competitive environment with global high-tech compa-<br />
AS MORE PEOPLE MIGRATE FROM RURAL<br />
AREAS INTO CITY NODES IN SEARCH FOR<br />
EMPLOYMENT, MANAGEMENT OF URBAN<br />
DYNAMICS BY PLANNING EXPERTS AND<br />
VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS WILL ENSURE<br />
THAT CITIZENS ARE POSITIONED CLOSER<br />
TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY<br />
nies and pharmaceutical industry<br />
will continue to thrive under the<br />
continued efforts of the City, provincial<br />
government and private<br />
sector. Investment funding from<br />
these sources to the value of R10-<br />
million over the next five years will<br />
see the central business district<br />
and inner city regenerated.<br />
Neglected areas that have<br />
experienced significant deindustrialisation<br />
and decline will be restored.<br />
Revitalising the CBD with<br />
better buildings, cleaner streets<br />
and greener open spaces as a<br />
liveable and sustainable city, will<br />
stimulate an appetite for future investment<br />
by banks, mining houses,<br />
state-owned enterprises and<br />
other major companies. BRICS<br />
regional development bank will<br />
be positioned in the Central corridor<br />
as a model beacon of African<br />
investment.<br />
The City of Joburg is spending<br />
R2-billion on improving public<br />
transport and is expanding the<br />
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