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 />
Development finance<br />
and SMME support<br />
A new strategy for the economies of townships and villages will boost SMMEs.<br />
SECTOR INSIGHT<br />
Shanduka Black Umbrellas<br />
has 20 client businesses in<br />
Lephalale.<br />
• A co-operative is to be<br />
established to do bulk<br />
buying for SMEs and<br />
co-operatives.<br />
A<br />
concerted strategy to strengthen and develop the economies<br />
of the townships and villages of <strong>Limpopo</strong> has<br />
been launched. Spearheaded by the <strong>Limpopo</strong> Economic<br />
Development Agency (LEDA), a unit of the <strong>Limpopo</strong><br />
Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism<br />
(LEDET), the plan has eight focus areas which include making licences<br />
and permits easier to obtain, that government departments buy from<br />
small, medium and micro-enterprises (SMMEs), indigenous products<br />
are supported and protected, and encouraging small businesses to<br />
support one another through the clustering approach.<br />
LEDET has signed memorandums of understanding with the South<br />
African Bureau of Standards (SABS) and with Productivity South Africa.<br />
These agreements aim to help SMMEs within the province become<br />
more competitive.<br />
Gaining access to markets is crucial for SMMEs and the programme<br />
aims to assist in that regard. Ten SMMEs and 10 co-operatives are<br />
currently being assisted in getting access to the mainstream market.<br />
Agricultural entrepreneurs will benefit from the Agri-park scheme.<br />
A series of meetings around the province began in June <strong>2017</strong>,<br />
organised by LEDET. The aim was to hear from owners of small businesses<br />
such as plumbers, panel-beaters, mini-bus taxis, street vendors<br />
and taverns. Among the problems identified are:<br />
• financial products that do not address the needs of entrepreneurs<br />
• dominance of ownership by foreign entrepreneurs<br />
• retail shopping malls crowding<br />
out local traders<br />
• lack of bargaining power of<br />
smaller retailers.<br />
LEDA is to establish a bulkbuying<br />
co-operative. The plan is<br />
to enlist more than 200 members<br />
whose collective buying power<br />
will give them an advantage in<br />
purchasing stock.<br />
An infrastructure project that<br />
will assist SMMEs and co-operatives<br />
is under way near Polokwane<br />
at the Seshego Industrial Park.<br />
The National Department of<br />
Trade and Industry has committed<br />
R21-million to revitalising the<br />
park which will provide trading<br />
and storage space for businesses<br />
of all sizes.<br />
The construction by the provincial<br />
government of market<br />
stalls is aimed at supporting<br />
small-scale farmers and traders.<br />
Market stalls have been erected<br />
at Mopani District and will be<br />
put up in Elias Motsoaledi Local<br />
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