Limpopo Business 2016-17 edition
The 2016/17 edition of Limpopo Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo province. Limpopo is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
The 2016/17 edition of Limpopo Business is the eighth issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2007, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo province.
Limpopo is unique in terms of its abundant natural and human resources, and is also one of the key drivers behind the South African economy.
This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
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The <strong>Limpopo</strong> Development Plan<br />
The Provincial Government of <strong>Limpopo</strong>’s Development Plan aims to carry through<br />
the spirit of South Africa’s development plans on a provincial basis.<br />
In these difficult economic times, hope is what<br />
people cling to, and the South African government’s<br />
National Development Plan (NDP) has provided<br />
a source of great possibility and hope for<br />
South African businesses as well as its citizens. Each<br />
of South Africa’s provinces have since adopted and<br />
planned their own strategies, taking the NDP as their<br />
guide and tailoring it for their own specific needs.<br />
The <strong>Limpopo</strong> Development Plan (LDP) has been<br />
designed to address the economic poverty and infrastructural<br />
issues that are currently being faced in<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong>. The province has endeavoured to ensure<br />
that the plan is a reflection of their shared vision and<br />
strategic imperatives towards poverty reduction,<br />
and the elimination of social inequality in addition<br />
to the creation of sustainable jobs in the province.<br />
The LDP cuts across three areas that need extensive<br />
improvement, notably socio-economic, infrastructural<br />
and institutional development. These<br />
areas are essential to <strong>Limpopo</strong>, being a mainly<br />
rural province.<br />
The economic strategy required entails concentrating<br />
on the mining, agricultural and tourism<br />
sectors. The industrialisation of <strong>Limpopo</strong> is going<br />
to be concentrated around (but not limited to)<br />
Polokwane, Lephalale, Tubatse, Tzaneen and the<br />
Makhado-Musina corridor, which have been identified<br />
as the areas of priority in terms of integrated<br />
human settlements and economic development<br />
The entire strategy outline is, therefore, designed<br />
on the floorplan of the 14 development<br />
outcomes contained in the National Medium-Term<br />
Strategic Framework for 2015-2019. Development<br />
is defined as broad-based improvements in the<br />
standard and quality of life for the people living<br />
throughout the province, to which all institutions<br />
(including government, business, labour and citizens)<br />
contribute. Increasing the annual improvements<br />
in job-creation production, income, access<br />
to good public services and environmental management<br />
are the instruments or means to reach<br />
the goals of this development plan.<br />
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