Gauteng Business 2016 edition

PROFILE
• Clear and consistent economic policies in line
with national policies
• Good infrastructure and facilities
• World-class road, rail and air networks
• An investor-friendly environment
• A large pool of young, highly skilled labourers,
whose skill sets match the needs of modern
manufacturing, finance, and engineering industries;
as well as a large pool of unskilled labour for
the manufacturing, trade and transport sectors
• Low land and commercial building costs
• Supply of electricity that is among the cheapest
in the world.
However, by far the most attractive feature is the
elimination of time-consuming ‘red tape’ as a result
of the work done by the GIC, where special economic
zones integrated with large infrastructure
projects will see seamless interplay between public
and private sectors.
Investment opportunities
Gauteng boasts a number of attractive business
ventures for investors:
Automotive Supplier Park
The intention is to establish a consolidation
centre within the Automotive
Supplier Park (ASP) in Rosslyn
that would cater for the logistics
needs of Original Equipment
Manufactures (OEMs) and component
suppliers to the automotive
industry.
Solar Geyser
The City of Tshwane (CoT) aims to decommission
all conventional electric geysers and replace them
with solar water heaters. This will require various
technological interventions and skills. Both the low
pressure and high pressure solar water heaters will
be installed. Ultimately only high pressure solar systems
will be installed due to the inherent benefits
and the low pressure systems will be fazed out. The
City will require project managers, plumbers and
fairly trained labour to achieve the milestones, as
such local economic development will benefit the
communities of the City.
Tshwane ICC
Construction of a convention centre that meets international
norms. This is a phased development,
with future developments including international
hotel(s) and further mixed use developments.
West Capital
The concept includes the proposed development of
inter alia: a student village, sport incubatory centre,
retail components, commercial components, innercity
housing and health facilities.
Centurion Symbio City
The conversion of some 10 hectares of land, sur-
Tshwane Automotive City
The creation of a zone where the
automotive chain of suppliers are
located.
Power Station
The City of Tshwane (CoT) owns
and operates two power stations,
Pretoria West and Rooiwal, with a
designed capacity of 180 MW and
300 MW respectively.
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