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 />
goers. Several neighbouring<br />
countries are well represented in<br />
the crowds and 13 co-operatives<br />
operating under the Mukumbi<br />
Industries brand normally brew<br />
about 12 000 litres of marula<br />
beverages for the thirsty crowds.<br />
Other marula products are also<br />
sold such as nuts, body lotions,<br />
jam, cooking oil and soap.<br />
The South African Golf Tourism<br />
Association says that up to 10%<br />
of visitors to the country are attracted<br />
by its golf courses, and<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong>’s offering has been extended<br />
and improved in recent<br />
years. At the high-end of the luxury<br />
offering are the Zebula Golf<br />
Estate and Spa (west of Bela-Bela)<br />
and the Legend Golf and Safari<br />
Resort which has the single most<br />
dramatic golf hole in the world: a<br />
par-three where golfers tee off the<br />
top of a mountain and take aim at<br />
an Africa-shaped green way down<br />
at the bottom of the hill.<br />
Adventurous visitors can<br />
choose from off-road biking,<br />
hunting, elephant rides and tough<br />
4x4 trails. A vast array of different<br />
cultures extend from the Rain<br />
Queen and her people in the central<br />
districts, to the myth-inspired<br />
art of the Venda in the north, to<br />
the bright geometric house designs<br />
of the Ndabele people in<br />
the Sekhukhune District.<br />
Although most of the province’s<br />
resorts and lodges are in<br />
private hands, the province has<br />
three national parks, and the<br />
provincial government runs<br />
54 nature reserves of different<br />
types. The combined land area<br />
of <strong>Limpopo</strong>’s national, provincial<br />
and private game and nature reserves<br />
is 3.6-million hectares.<br />
According to the <strong>Limpopo</strong> Premier’s office, the tourism sector<br />
employs about 22 414 people.<br />
The <strong>Limpopo</strong> Tourism Agency is pursuing a multi-national<br />
tourism strategy, with the <strong>Limpopo</strong>-Zambezi brand initiative one<br />
example of new approaches to marketing the province.<br />
Hotels and casinos<br />
A new 160-room Park Inn by Radisson Polokwane has opened in the<br />
provincial capital. Located near the golf course and the Peter Mokaba<br />
Stadium, the hotel also has conference and event facilities.<br />
Tsogo Sun runs the Garden Court Polokwane, which has <strong>18</strong>0 rooms<br />
ranging from executive suites to family rooms.<br />
The Protea Hotel group has three hotels in the province. In the<br />
capital city of Polokwane, the Protea Hotel Landmark has 80 rooms<br />
and six conference venues. Just outside the city is the Protea Hotel<br />
Ranch Resort where guests can walk with lions. The hotel is on a 1 000-<br />
hectare nature conservancy and specialises in catering for weddings.<br />
In Mokopane near the Waterberg mountains, the Protea Hotel The Park<br />
has 125 rooms and can cater for up to 400 conference delegates. The<br />
three-star hotel recently added 25 self-catering units.<br />
The Fusion Boutique Hotel in the provincial capital offers five-star<br />
quality in 30 en-suite rooms and two exclusive suites. Sun International<br />
runs the Meropa Casino and Entertainment World near Polokwane. In<br />
the province’s northern regions at Thohoyandou, there is the Khoroni<br />
Hotel, Casino and Convention Resort. This is a Peermont venture and<br />
there is a three-star Peermont Metcourt Hotel in the complex. The<br />
<strong>Limpopo</strong> Gambling Board regulates the industry and grants licences.<br />
The Mopani District was recently granted two new bingo licences.<br />
The most recent casino licence was awarded to Peermont Global<br />
Resorts for the official launch and operation of the Thaba Moshate<br />
Casino, Hotel and Conference Centre in the Greater Tubatse Local<br />
Municipality. During construction 751 people were employed and<br />
a further <strong>18</strong>0 permanent jobs are expected when the casino is<br />
fully operational.<br />
There are now 237 limited pay-out gambling machines in the<br />
province, and licences of one sort or another generated R50-million<br />
for the provincial government in 2015.<br />
Nature<br />
The National Department of Tourism is facilitating the upgrade of a<br />
lodge in the Vhembe District. Wisani Lodge is about 20 minutes drive<br />
from the Punda Maria gate of the Kruger National Park and is in an area<br />
particularly rich in birdlife. This community-owned project needs a<br />
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