Limpopo Business 2017-18 edition
A unique guide to business and investment in Limpopo. Limpopo Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful publication that has, since its launch in 2007, established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo Province. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo. This book contains detailed insights into the plans of the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) and the recently launched bus rapid transport system for the provincial capital, Leeto la Polokwane, together with a comprehensive register of all provincial government and municipal contact details. Investment news related to mining, telecommunications and tourism is carried in overviews of all the main economic sectors. To complement the extensive distribution of the print edition of the magazine, the publication is also available online at www.limpopobusiness.co.za.
A unique guide to business and investment in Limpopo.
Limpopo Business 2017/18 is the ninth edition of this highly successful publication that has, since its launch in 2007, established itself as the premier business and investment guide to the Limpopo Province. This edition of Limpopo Business is officially endorsed by the Office of the Premier of Limpopo.
This book contains detailed insights into the plans of the Limpopo Economic Development Agency (LEDA) and the recently launched bus rapid transport system for the provincial capital, Leeto la Polokwane, together with a comprehensive register of all provincial government and municipal contact details. Investment news related to mining, telecommunications and tourism is carried in overviews of all the main economic sectors.
To complement the extensive distribution of the print edition of the magazine, the publication is also available online at www.limpopobusiness.co.za.
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OVERVIEW<br />
Transport and logistics<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong>’s location makes it ideal for logistics operations.<br />
SECTOR INSIGHT<br />
Polokwane is investing in a<br />
bus rapid transport system.<br />
• The N1 and N11 highways<br />
link South Africa to its<br />
neighbours.<br />
The N1 highway, “The Road to the North” is an extremely busy road<br />
and growing mining operations are putting pressure on secondary<br />
routes in the province. In this context, Transnet Freight Rail’s<br />
stated aim of getting larger quantities of freight moved from road<br />
back to rail is good news for everyone.<br />
A similar theme is behind the bus rapid transport system being<br />
introduced in the provincial capital, Polokwane, except here the goal<br />
is to get commuters into public busses. The scheme is called Leeto la<br />
Polokwane. Within the province more broadly, 22.6% of households<br />
in <strong>Limpopo</strong> use bus transport and 45.8% use taxis (2013 Household<br />
Travel Survey).<br />
Increasing rail volumes out of the coal-rich Waterberg area is something<br />
that has been on the cards for some time but this project may<br />
have to wait until commodity prices recover. Transnet Freight Rail (TFR)<br />
is conducting a feasibility study. An extension of 464km would cost<br />
about R37-billion, so TFR may look for private partners. If more coal<br />
mines are developed, then capacity could be ramped up in stages.<br />
All of this would be delivered to Richards Bay via the line through<br />
Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal. Eskom’s huge new power station in<br />
western <strong>Limpopo</strong> (Medupi) will need lots of coal but is experiencing<br />
long delays in construction.<br />
Logistics is a vital feature of the <strong>Limpopo</strong> economy for two reasons<br />
– the province has huge volumes of raw produce to be transported to<br />
markets elsewhere, and the province<br />
is strategically positioned. In<br />
addition to the N1 highway, the<br />
N11 is a primary road corridor<br />
and there are nine provincial<br />
road corridors.<br />
Freight volumes on the N11<br />
(to Botswana and Mpumalanga)<br />
have increased markedly since<br />
2006, whereas the R33 has carried<br />
less traffic.<br />
South Africa’s major logistics<br />
companies have facilities in<br />
Polokwane, and some have warehouses<br />
and forwarding facilities in<br />
other parts of the province. RTT<br />
has offices in Makhado. <strong>Limpopo</strong>’s<br />
biggest exports (minerals and fruit<br />
and vegetables) require dramatically<br />
different levels of handling.<br />
Minerals are poured in great volumes<br />
into the freight trucks of TFR<br />
and taken onward to Richards Bay<br />
Coal Terminal, whereas some of<br />
the province’s fruits like avocadoes<br />
have to be handled with<br />
extreme care. They must be delivered<br />
to ports as quickly as possible<br />
as they are delicate and the<br />
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