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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FOCUS<br />
Gautrain’s train, bus and parking<br />
services are all fully integrated and<br />
may be used separately or jointly by<br />
transfering from one to another<br />
and the Gautrain service has delivered at an excellence<br />
rate of 99% train availability and 98% train punctuality.<br />
A significant number of people have been employed<br />
on the project since its inception. It is estimated<br />
that, at the end of June 2012, the Gautrain<br />
Concessionaire had already created or sustained<br />
about 34 800 local direct jobs and an estimated total<br />
of 121 800 direct, indirect and induced jobs.<br />
An economic study conducted by KPMG in 2015<br />
has shown that the Gautrain has contributed R20-<br />
billion to <strong>Gauteng</strong>’s GDP and R46-billion to property<br />
development along its route since its development<br />
phase that ran from 2006 to the current day. The<br />
study also found that <strong>Gauteng</strong>ers are making public<br />
transport a mode of choice, with 77% of Gautrain’s<br />
current ridership making the modal shift from private<br />
cars to using the Gautrain.<br />
These Socio-Economic Devel op ment achievements<br />
are proof that the Gautrain is more than just a<br />
train but rather a sustainable project that continues<br />
to contribute to the economy and the people of<br />
<strong>Gauteng</strong> throughout.<br />
The Gautrain is not competing with other modes<br />
of public transport, such as taxis and buses, which all<br />
have an important role to play in the total transport<br />
system. The service comprises of a fleet of modern<br />
low-entrance and low-emission buses with comfortable<br />
seating, providing feeder and distribution services<br />
to and from the Gautrain stations. The municipal<br />
Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) services are also integrated<br />
with the Gautrain at some of the Gautrain stations.<br />
Commuters, therefore, do not have to experience the<br />
same frustrations and delays as motorists experience<br />
in terms of escalating traffic congestion.<br />
The Gautrain Management Agency was recently<br />
given the approval by <strong>Gauteng</strong> MEC for Roads and<br />
Transport, Dr Ismail Vadi, to conduct a feasibility study<br />
for a possible rapid rail extension to the <strong>Gauteng</strong> rail<br />
network as part of the <strong>Gauteng</strong> Province’s Integrated<br />
Transport Master Plan 2025. The results of this study<br />
will be available in mid-<strong>2016</strong>.<br />
The purpose of the feasibility study is to inform the<br />
decision to proceed with the <strong>Gauteng</strong> rail extensions<br />
and the preferred routes that should be developed.<br />
This is based on a number of benefits such as the<br />
transformational impact on the <strong>Gauteng</strong> economy,<br />
the modernisation of public transport, passenger<br />
access and mobility, improved spatial development,<br />
environmental impact, and numerous other benefits,<br />
such as job creation and poverty alleviation.<br />
The Gautrain provides commuters with a world-class travel experience.<br />
51 GAUTENG BUSINESS <strong>2016</strong>