Western Cape Business 2020 edition
A unique guide to business, investment and tourism in the Western Cape. The 2020 edition of Western Cape Business is the 13th issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2005, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Western Cape. The Western Cape has several investment and business opportunities. In addition to the regular articles providing insight into each of the key economic sectors of the province, a special feature examines the water sector in the light of the drought which led to many people rethinking their approach to this vital resource. The journal contains news and information from business and investment agencies and bodies such as the Cape Chamber of Commerce, the Western Cape Business Opportunities Forum and Wesgro, the Western Cape’s dedicated tourism, trade and investment agency for the Western Cape and the City of Cape Town. Updated information on the Western Cape is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business title.
A unique guide to business, investment and tourism in the Western Cape.
The 2020 edition of Western Cape Business is the 13th issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2005, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Western Cape.
The Western Cape has several investment and business opportunities. In addition to the regular articles providing insight into each of the key economic sectors of the province, a special feature examines the water sector in the light of the drought which led to many people rethinking their approach to this vital resource. The journal contains news and information from business and investment agencies and bodies such as the Cape Chamber of Commerce, the Western Cape Business Opportunities Forum and Wesgro, the Western Cape’s dedicated tourism, trade and investment agency for the Western Cape and the City of Cape Town.
Updated information on the Western Cape is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as our flagship South African Business title.
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The <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands<br />
District charts the way<br />
to a prosperous future<br />
A new regional Socio-Economic Development<br />
Strategy has been developed.<br />
The <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands District Municipality has recently adopted<br />
its new Socio-Economic Development Strategy. The objective<br />
is to identify key social and economic challenges of the <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Winelands region and find ways to overcome those challenges<br />
while exploring new opportunities for growth.<br />
The strategy outlines how the <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands District Municipality<br />
will invest in its people and how it will create an enabling environment<br />
in which business can develop, grow and thrive by fostering greater<br />
investment that will increase job growth and alleviate poverty.<br />
The involvement of local stakeholders in the process of developing<br />
their own territory is a prerequisite for sustainable growth.<br />
Strategic goals<br />
Five main goals have been identified.<br />
Growing and thriving entrepreneurship and innovation<br />
<strong>Business</strong>es create employment for local residents, provide families<br />
with livelihoods and ignite local economic development. A strong<br />
and diversified business sector can assist to mitigate the area’s<br />
dependence on the agricultural sector. The municipality will:<br />
• Continue to focus on supporting small business development.<br />
• Continue to support sector development in wine tourism.<br />
Wine tourism already contributes in excess of R6-billion to<br />
the GDP annually and with a national wine tourism strategy<br />
and a coordinated plan, the aim is to increase that to R16-billion<br />
by 2025. The CWDM will continue to support industry<br />
associations such as VINPRO and WOSA to grow the wine<br />
tourism industry.<br />
• Grow the creative economy. The <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands is home to<br />
many artists, writers, dancers, designers, musicians, chefs,<br />
and all sorts of talented and interesting people. The <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Winelands will support this ecosystem through its partnership<br />
with the University of Stellenbosch.<br />
• Promote innovation and diversification. Successful businesses<br />
continually strive to improve on their products and services<br />
and search for new markets. The municipality undertakes<br />
to give recognition to those<br />
innovative businesses.<br />
Working towards building<br />
safe, healthy, active and<br />
productive communities<br />
together<br />
The role of the Municipality<br />
is one of support, facilitation<br />
and creating an enabling<br />
environment. Coordinating<br />
efforts and cooperation between<br />
all spheres of government and<br />
the various NPOs and NGOs<br />
can prevent duplication of<br />
programmes and enhance the<br />
impact of programmes. The<br />
Municipality should not attempt<br />
to replace or duplicate the work<br />
done by NPOs and NGOs but<br />
aim to maximise the benefits of<br />
these civil society and private<br />
sector initiatives.<br />
Facilitating investment<br />
attraction, retention and<br />
opportunities<br />
In order to attract foreign<br />
investment, government<br />
should establish support<br />
infrastructure and be committed<br />
to a pro-business (private sector)<br />
attitude. The local workforce<br />
should be well-trained, basic<br />
infrastructure should be in place<br />
and international links should<br />
be fostered. Potential investors<br />
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are also attracted by good<br />
governance and capable market<br />
institutions. The <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands<br />
District investment attraction,<br />
retention and opportunities<br />
plan has within it <strong>Business</strong><br />
Retention and Expansion (BR&E),<br />
Investment Opportunities and<br />
creating competitiveness as key<br />
focus areas.<br />
The CWDM will continue to<br />
implement co-funded tourism<br />
projects with the private sector.<br />
The programme has already seen<br />
a number of successful projects:<br />
• The Franschhoek Hospitality<br />
and Learning Academy<br />
trains about 20 students a<br />
year in hospitality and<br />
students do in-service<br />
training at restaurants.<br />
• Dine with a Local project has<br />
been so successful that one<br />
of the hostesses is booked<br />
out a year in advance.<br />
• The Dans<strong>Cape</strong> ballet<br />
dancing in Zolani has<br />
produced talents that are<br />
currently dancing all over<br />
the world.<br />
• Past projects include the<br />
development of an online<br />
Wine Tourism Industry<br />
Toolkit which is a<br />
comprehensive online<br />
resource for the wine<br />
industry.<br />
• Tourism mobile apps for the<br />
district’s 14 towns have<br />
also been developed.<br />
Environmental protection<br />
that promotes sustainable<br />
development and economic<br />
growth<br />
The key driver is to uplift rural<br />
places, the rural economy and<br />
people. The District will facilitate<br />
Early Child Development centre staff members with their First Aid<br />
certificates. Training was sponsored by the CWDM.<br />
continued support for projects and programmes that improve<br />
competitiveness, encourage diversification of the rural economy and<br />
that improve community resilience, improve the quality of life in rural<br />
areas and that protect and enhance the natural environment.<br />
Culture, diversity and vibrant places<br />
The <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands District Municipality is the Regional Tourism Organisation<br />
(RTO) for the <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands Tourism Region. The CWDM<br />
provides regional leadership and coordination and works with industry<br />
partners, such as the Local Tourism Associations, to grow tourism<br />
through activities such as strategic planning, research, product development,<br />
training and marketing.<br />
It is the people of the <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands, their stories, their books, their<br />
poems, their paintings, their theatre performances, their vision for their<br />
tourism businesses, their story-telling, their music and songs, their culinary<br />
creations, their wine-making talents, their arts and crafts and their business<br />
innovation talents alike, that the District wants to share with visitors.<br />
The tourism industry has an important role to play in attaining the<br />
region’s goals for growth and job creation.<br />
The way forward<br />
The Socio-Economic Development Strategy provides strategies<br />
that will help the District Municipality in collaboration with<br />
its partners and communities to build on our socio-economic<br />
development efforts.<br />
It is only through collaboration and a shared commitment<br />
between all stakeholders, that the <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands Regional Socio-<br />
Economic Development Strategy can be successfully implemented.<br />
The <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands Socio-Economic Development Strategy<br />
builds on previous programmes and identifies new ways in which<br />
the District Municipality can grow the economy and facilitate the<br />
creation of new jobs. The strategy will continue to evolve over<br />
time so that the District Municipality and its partners can seize new<br />
opportunities and respond to emerging challenges.<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
CONTENTS<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>2020</strong> Edition<br />
Introduction<br />
Foreword 13<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Business</strong> is a unique guide to business,<br />
tourism and investment and tourism in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
Special features<br />
Regional overview 14<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>’s exports are expanding while the<br />
region’s reputation as a technology hub continues to grow.<br />
Water solutions are available 34<br />
The De Rust WaterWise Ways project is showing the way.<br />
Economic sectors<br />
Agriculture 46<br />
Blueberries are good for job creation.<br />
Wine and grapes 48<br />
Wine exports to China are up 109%.<br />
Fishing 50<br />
Ownership patterns in the fishing industry are changing.<br />
Mining 51<br />
A huge project to increase volumes at the Port of Saldanha<br />
is planned.<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
Oil and gas 52<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> is turning to gas.<br />
Energy 54<br />
Green business is blooming in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
Manufacturing 58<br />
Boatbuilding exports have soared since 2014.<br />
Maritime 60<br />
The Oceans Economy is creating new opportunities.<br />
Construction and property 61<br />
Student accommodation is on trend.<br />
Tourism and events 68<br />
Arts and culture are front and centre in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
Banking and financial services 70<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town is a fintech hub.<br />
Development finance and SMME support 71<br />
Sauce company finds the right funding recipe.<br />
Education and training 76<br />
Skills training is a national priority.<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Process Outsourcing 84<br />
A war room is removing red tape in BPO.<br />
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AND CENTRES OF SPECIALISATION PROGRAMMES<br />
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Industry Fields - We offer various types of<br />
occupational courses in the following elds:<br />
Art & Design<br />
Beauty Thearpy<br />
Building & Civil Engineering<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Studies<br />
Education and Training<br />
Electrical Engineering<br />
Haircare<br />
Hospitality<br />
Information & Communication Technology<br />
CENTRE OF SPECIALISATION (CoS) is a<br />
national programme aimed at producing:<br />
A skilled and capable workforce to<br />
support inclusive economic growth<br />
Increased availability of intermediatelevel<br />
technical skills<br />
Increased delivery of qualiied artisans in<br />
13 priority trades<br />
Improved capacity of public TVET<br />
colleges to train in skills in demand by<br />
industry<br />
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... with employers in the driver’s seat<br />
Who are involved?<br />
It’s a partnership between the national<br />
Department of Higher Education and<br />
Training and business associations from<br />
the private sector, focusing on 13 priority<br />
trades.<br />
The College of <strong>Cape</strong> Town has been<br />
appointed as Centres of Specialisation<br />
for Plumbing and Automotive Motor<br />
Mechanics.<br />
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- Enhanced employee retention<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
Government<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Provincial Government 85<br />
An overview of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Provincial<br />
Government departments.<br />
Reference<br />
Sector contents 44<br />
Index 88<br />
Maps<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> municipal map 19<br />
ABOUT THE COVER: Credit: subman/iStock by Getty Images. <strong>Cape</strong> Town routinely wins awards such<br />
as “Africa’s Leading Festival & Event Destination” 2018 and 2019 (World Travel Awards, 2018 and 2019).<br />
Surveys often find that tourists love the place, such as the Daily Telegraph’s readers who voted in the<br />
Telegraph Travel Awards for “Greatest City on Earth”. The city has 33 Blue Flag beaches, nine Blue Flag<br />
marinas and two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Robben Island and the <strong>Cape</strong> Floral Kingdom. Beyond the<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Peninsula, the <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands ranks among the must-sees, as does the Garden Route.<br />
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<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
A unique guide to business, investment and tourism in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
FOREWORD<br />
Credits<br />
Publisher: Chris Whales<br />
Publishing director:<br />
Robert Arendse<br />
Editor: John Young<br />
Managing director: Clive During<br />
Online editor: Christoff Scholtz<br />
Art director: Brent Meder<br />
Designer: Richard Smith<br />
Production: Lizel Olivier<br />
Ad sales: Gavin van der Merwe,<br />
Sam Oliver, Jeremy Petersen<br />
Gabriel Venter, Vanessa Wallace,<br />
Shiko Diala and Sandile Koni.<br />
Administration & accounts:<br />
Charlene Steynberg<br />
and Natalie Koopman<br />
Distribution & circulation<br />
manager: Edward MacDonald<br />
Printing: FA Print<br />
DISTRIBUTION<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Business</strong> is distributed internationally on<br />
outgoing and incoming trade missions, through trade and<br />
investment agencies; to foreign offices in South Africa’s<br />
main trading partners around the world; at top national<br />
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regionally via chambers of commerce, tourism offices, airport<br />
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Member of the Audit Bureau<br />
of Circulations<br />
The <strong>2020</strong> <strong>edition</strong> of <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Business</strong> is the 13th issue<br />
of this highly successful publication that, since its launch<br />
in 2005, has established itself as the premier business and<br />
investment guide for the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> has several investment and business<br />
opportunities. In addition to the regular articles providing insight<br />
into each of the key economic sectors of the province, a special<br />
feature examines the water sector in the light of the drought<br />
which led to many people rethinking their approach to this vital<br />
resource. The journal contains news and information from business<br />
and investment agencies and bodies such as the <strong>Cape</strong> Chamber<br />
of Commerce, the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Business</strong> Opportunities Forum<br />
and Wesgro, the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>’s dedicated tourism, trade and<br />
investment agency for the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> and the City of <strong>Cape</strong> Town.<br />
To complement the extensive local, national and international<br />
distribution of the print <strong>edition</strong>, the full content can also be<br />
viewed online at www.westerncapebusiness.co.za. Updated<br />
information on the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> is also available through our<br />
monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at www.<br />
globalafricanetwork.com, in addition to our complementary<br />
business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces as well as<br />
our flagship South African <strong>Business</strong> title. ■<br />
Chris Whales<br />
Publisher, Global Africa Network Media • Email: chris@gan.co.za<br />
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SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
A regional overview<br />
of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
By John Young<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>’s exports are expanding while the region’s reputation<br />
as a technology hub continues to grow.<br />
Investment into the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> is steadily<br />
growing in a wide range of sectors and from an<br />
increasingly diverse set of countries.<br />
These include a Japanese financial services<br />
company, several French outfits concerned with<br />
financial technology and Spanish and Danish<br />
firms in the renewable energy sector. Tech giants<br />
such as Amazon and Microsoft have recently made<br />
major investments.<br />
The City-region surrounding the provincial<br />
capital, <strong>Cape</strong> Town, has established itself as a<br />
technology hub with ICT a priority for city and<br />
provincial governments. In global survey done<br />
in 2017, Savills identified 22 cities that had the<br />
potential to be world leaders in technology and<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town was on that list. More than 80% of<br />
schools in the province now have access to the<br />
Internet and foreign companies are choosing<br />
the <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
The French government has officially<br />
designated the city as one of six global French<br />
Tech Hubs. French Tech Labs is a fintech incubator,<br />
offering mentoring for innovators, connections<br />
to possible investors and a chance to travel to<br />
France. Barclays Bank has invested in a fintech<br />
incubator in <strong>Cape</strong> Town, Rise. There are six other<br />
Rise sites around the world, including New York<br />
and Mumbai.<br />
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SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will set up a data<br />
centre in <strong>Cape</strong> Town in <strong>2020</strong> to serve Sub-Saharan<br />
Africa. Microsoft Azure data centres have been<br />
launched in <strong>Cape</strong> Town and Johannesburg. There<br />
are 2 000 ICT firms in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, and they<br />
have 17 000 employees.<br />
Encouraging investment in <strong>Cape</strong> Town has<br />
been recognised as something that needs a fulltime<br />
office and a strategy. Invest <strong>Cape</strong> Town is an<br />
agency of the city that works to create the best<br />
possible conditions to attract investors. Areas of<br />
focus include broadband access, energy security,<br />
the reduction of red tape and improving air access<br />
to the city.<br />
The province has a dedicated investment<br />
agency, Wesgro, which also serves the City of<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town. The Investment Promotion Unit of<br />
Wesgro has been working with various regions<br />
within the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> to attract investment and<br />
accelerate exports. Seminars have been held in the<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Winelands, the West Coast and the Garden<br />
Route. In the decade to 2015, the Garden Route’s<br />
economy grew at an average rate of 4.8% and total<br />
exports (about R2-billion) expanded by 45% in the<br />
same period.<br />
Key sectors are agri-processing, aviation,<br />
business services, education and training, financial<br />
services, real estate, ICT, light manufacturing, oil<br />
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and gas, timber, tourism, waste beneficiation and<br />
clean energy.<br />
Being perceived as business-friendly is clearly<br />
important to policy planners in the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong>. In his first State of the Province Address,<br />
new Premier Alan Winde said in 2019 that his<br />
administration’s priorities included removing and<br />
streamlining barriers for business, developing a<br />
provincial “Ease of Doing <strong>Business</strong> Index” in the<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, supporting informal and township<br />
economies and providing incentive schemes for<br />
small businesses.<br />
Africa was the destination for the largest share<br />
of <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> exports ($3.3-billion) in 2017,<br />
with SACU and SADC being the second and third<br />
largest subregions for <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> exports after<br />
the European Union ($2.4-billion). The rest of Africa<br />
is also the largest destination for investment by<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> companies, accounting for 54% of<br />
outward FDI investment from 2008 to September<br />
2018. An estimated 46% of international<br />
companies investing in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
indicated that they intended using the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong> as a springboard into Africa (Wesgro).<br />
One of the strongest growth areas for exports<br />
is in the halal market. The inaugural Africa Halal<br />
Week in 2018 had 25 international guests with<br />
700 delegates. Agricultural and agri-processing<br />
products have done well in all markets.<br />
Key export facts<br />
By reporting time at the end of Quarter 3 of the<br />
2018/19 financial year, Wesgro reported:<br />
• A total of 16 global export business<br />
agreements amounting to an estimated<br />
R338-million in export value in Quarter 3.<br />
• R4-billion in trade deals secured for <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town and the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> to date.<br />
• Resulting in 783 jobs over the next five years.<br />
Speaking at a conference in 2019, <strong>Cape</strong> Town<br />
City Mayoral Committee Member for Economic<br />
Opportunities and Asset Management James<br />
Vos said, “Our main aim is to be the go-to city in<br />
Africa for business, investment, film, trade and<br />
tourism.” Vos outlined how the city was investing<br />
in IT infrastructure, with 848km of fibre-optic cable<br />
laid and a further R1.9-billion in the pipeline to be<br />
spent on fibre infrastructure.<br />
The successful Air Access programme has<br />
not only boosted tourist numbers to the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong>. The new United Airlines flight between <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town and New York will lead to an increase in<br />
direct and indirect imports into the province, with<br />
cargo capacity contributing approximately R94-<br />
million in possible additional trade. It could also<br />
contribute R286-million to the Gross Geographic<br />
Product (GGP) and R144-million in direct Gross<br />
Value Add (GVA) to the local economy.<br />
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Economy<br />
Finance, business services and real estate<br />
combined contribute 28% to the Gross<br />
Domestic Product (GDP) of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
The financial services and insurance sectors<br />
are key components of the economy. Many of<br />
South Africa’s biggest companies have their<br />
headquarters in <strong>Cape</strong> Town. Asset management<br />
and venture capital companies have been<br />
growing steadily.<br />
Although agriculture only accounts for 4.3%<br />
of GDP on its own, the sector is responsible for<br />
the fruit and vegetables that contribute to agriprocessing<br />
which accounts for nearly 40% of<br />
the province’s export basket. (Agri-processing<br />
accounts for 8.1% of GDP.) Citrus, wine, apples<br />
and pears, grapes, fruit juice, fruit and nuts and<br />
tobacco all appear in the top 10 of the province’s<br />
exports. Seventy percent of South Africa’s<br />
beverage exports come from the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
Grapes and wine sales to Europe remain very<br />
strong but the Chinese market is becoming<br />
increasingly important.<br />
The province has a diverse manufacturing<br />
sector ranging from textiles, clothing, footwear<br />
and furniture to coke and refined petroleum<br />
products. Excluding agri-processing, other<br />
manufacturing makes up 6.9% of GDP.<br />
Regions<br />
The province is divided into one metropolitan<br />
municipality and five district municipalities:<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town Metropolitan Municipality<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town is a culturally diverse and dynamic<br />
metropolis set among beautiful beaches and<br />
winelands with the spectacular Table Mountain as<br />
a backdrop. The city is the engine of the regional<br />
economy, with most of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>’s<br />
heavy and medium industry located within the<br />
metropolitan area of <strong>Cape</strong> Town.<br />
The largest sector in the city’s economy is<br />
the financial and business services industry.<br />
The opening of a branch of the JSE in the city<br />
is a sign that this sector continues to grow, as is<br />
the decision of more asset managers to move<br />
their headquarters to <strong>Cape</strong> Town. The tourism,<br />
retail, construction and property sectors have<br />
been doing well for many years. The city has a<br />
population of 3.2-million and contributes 76% of<br />
the Regional Gross Domestic Product.<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town is home to the nation’s parliament<br />
and is the site of two World Heritage Sites: the<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Floral Region (including Table Mountain)<br />
and Robben Island. The <strong>Cape</strong> comprises only half<br />
a percent of the landmass of Africa yet the <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Floral Region accounts for nearly 20% of the flora<br />
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The property market in Plettenberg Bay reflects this Garden Route town’s popularity as a destination.<br />
of the continent. Robben Island was the site of<br />
the incarceration of the most prominent political<br />
prisoners during the apartheid era, including<br />
Nelson Mandela.<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town has been welcoming the world<br />
in increasing numbers since Mandela’s release in<br />
1990, and it is now regarded as one of the world’s<br />
great tourist destinations.<br />
The Port of <strong>Cape</strong> Town is ideally situated at the<br />
crossroads of some of the world’s most important<br />
trade routes. The transport, maritime and logistics<br />
sector is consequently very important. Bunkering<br />
and ship repair are other vital port facilities, and the<br />
boat repair and boat building industries continue<br />
to grow. The port plays a major role in exporting<br />
the province’s excellent fruit, wine and other<br />
agricultural products to international markets.<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town has a diverse manufacturing<br />
sector, with petroleum products, food and<br />
beverages and metals and metal products being<br />
major sectors. Growth sectors include the film<br />
industry, ICT and other tech specialities such as<br />
fintech and medical diagnostics.<br />
West Coast District Municipality<br />
Towns: Saldanha Bay, Malmesbury, Clanwilliam,<br />
Vredenburg, Moorreesburg.<br />
The economy of this region ranges from<br />
manufacturing in Saldanha, Atlantis and<br />
Malmesbury to agriculture and forestry centred<br />
on inland towns like Moorreesburg (wheat),<br />
Cedarberg (forestry) and Citrusdal. Cement is<br />
made in Riebeeck West and Piketberg and fishing<br />
takes place all along the coast. Rooibos tea and<br />
shoes are made in Clanwilliam. The remote mission<br />
station of Wupperthal, famous for its veldskoens,<br />
suffered a bad fire in 2018. The Port of Saldanha<br />
Bay is the principal port for the export of iron<br />
ore and with the impending declaration of the<br />
Saldanha Industrial Development Zone, is gearing<br />
up to service the continent’s oil and gas industry<br />
with oil rig maintenance among the services.<br />
Mineral sands are mined north of Saldanha.<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Winelands District Municipality<br />
Towns: Stellenbosch, Paarl, Worcester, Robertson,<br />
Wellington, Franschhoek.<br />
Nearly 70% of South Africa’s wine comes from<br />
this area. Vineyards also attract many tourists but<br />
tourism in the Winelands includes wellness spas,<br />
adventure tourism and game farms. Manufacturing<br />
is concentrated on processing grapes and fruit into<br />
wine, juice, brandy, dried and tinned fruit products.<br />
Dairy manufacturer Parmalat has a large cheesemaking<br />
facility in Bonnievale. Robertson is known<br />
for roses and thoroughbred horses. Stellenbosch<br />
is home to its eponymous university which is<br />
becoming synonymous with tech start-ups and<br />
innovation. Several large companies, such as PSG<br />
Group, have their headquarters in the town.<br />
Overberg District Municipality<br />
Towns: Caledon, Bredasdorp, Hermanus,<br />
Swellendam, <strong>Cape</strong> Agulhas.<br />
The Overberg contains the southernmost<br />
tip of Africa (<strong>Cape</strong> Agulhas), the oldest mission<br />
station in South Africa (Genadendal), a large<br />
casino resort (in Caledon) and some of the<br />
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best whale viewing in the world (Whale<br />
Coast). Swellendam is a superb location for the<br />
cultivation of berries and horse breeding. The<br />
region hosts high-quality fruit farms in the Ceres<br />
Valley and rural villages that are very popular<br />
with tourists such as Barrydale and Greyton.<br />
Agriculture is the principal economic activity of<br />
the region and the services sector is strong.<br />
Garden Route District Municipality<br />
Towns: George, Oudtshoorn, Calitzdorp, Knysna,<br />
Mossel Bay, Plettenberg Bay.<br />
The area has two important tourist names: the<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Garden Route on the coast and the Klein<br />
Karoo between the mountain ranges. Route 62 is a<br />
popular route which ends (or starts) in Oudtshoorn,<br />
home of the Cango Caves. A report by the Bureau<br />
for Economic Research has found that the Garden<br />
Route DM is one of the best-performing regions<br />
because of tourism. The area is famous for fine<br />
golf courses and golf estates. Mossel Bay, where<br />
the slipway in the harbour has received a multimillion-rand<br />
upgrade, hosts a large gas-processing<br />
plant while George is a node of manufacturing,<br />
trade and administration. The Klein Karoo has its<br />
own wine route and port, cheese and brandy are<br />
produced. Fruit, vegetables and ostriches are other<br />
main products.<br />
Central Karoo District Municipality<br />
Towns: Beaufort West, Laingsburg, Prince Albert.<br />
The largest district in the province has the<br />
smallest population, a reflection of the semi-desert<br />
conditions: 71 000 people live on 38 000km².<br />
Sheep farming predominates and there are<br />
plans to introduce agri-parks to towns in the<br />
region. Beaufort West is strategically positioned<br />
on the N1 highway which links <strong>Cape</strong> Town<br />
with the interior of South Africa but has been<br />
experiencing terrible drought conditions in<br />
recent years. The nearby Karoo National Park<br />
has acquired some lions and Prince Albert is a<br />
quaint town in the shadow of the Swartberg<br />
Mountains, close to the dramatic portals that link<br />
the Karoo to the Klein Karoo: Seweweekspoort,<br />
the Swartberg Pass and Meiringspoort. ■<br />
Municipalities in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
WCDMA01<br />
Northern <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Metropolitan/District Municipality<br />
Boundary<br />
Local Municipality Boundary<br />
District Municipality<br />
Local Municipality<br />
Garden Route<br />
Oudtshoorn<br />
Matzikama<br />
WCDMA05<br />
Cederberg<br />
Beaufort West<br />
West Coast<br />
Central Karoo<br />
Bergrivier<br />
WCDMA02<br />
Saldanha<br />
Bay<br />
Swartland<br />
City of<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town<br />
Metropolitan<br />
Municipality<br />
ATLANTIC OCEAN<br />
Witzenberg<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Winelands<br />
Breede Valley<br />
Drakenstein<br />
Langeberg<br />
Stellenbosch<br />
Theewaterskloof<br />
Swellendam<br />
Overberg<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Agulhas<br />
WCDMA03<br />
Overstrand<br />
Laingsburg<br />
Kannaland<br />
Hessequa<br />
Prince Albert<br />
Oudtshoorn<br />
WCDMA04<br />
Garden Route<br />
George Knysna Bitou<br />
Mossel Bay<br />
INDIAN OCEAN<br />
Eastern <strong>Cape</strong><br />
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Red Tape<br />
Reduction<br />
Unit<br />
The Red Tape Reduction Unit makes it easier for businesses<br />
to thrive in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, by growing our economy and<br />
creating more jobs. The amount of red tape and bureaucracy<br />
faced by businesses when dealing with government restricts<br />
economic development and growth. Creating an enabling<br />
The Red Tape Reduction Unit makes it easier<br />
for businesses to thrive in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, by<br />
environment for business is, growing therefore, our economy fundamental and creating more to jobs. creating<br />
The amount of red tape and bureaucracy faced<br />
a competitive economy. by businesses when dealing with government<br />
restricts economic development and growth.<br />
Research shows that red Creating tape an enabling costs environment South for Africans business R79<br />
is, therefore, fundamental to creating a<br />
competitive economy.<br />
billion per year. This is equivalent to 6,5% of GDP, or 16,5% of<br />
Research shows that red tape costs South<br />
the total wage bill in 2003 (Small Africans R79 <strong>Business</strong> billion per Project year. This is (SBP) equivalent 2005).<br />
The amount of red tape and bureaucracy faced<br />
Red tape is defined as:<br />
by Red businesses tape is defined when dealing as: with government<br />
• restricts non-essential economic procedures, development forms, and licences, growth.<br />
• non-essential procedures, Creating and regulations forms, an enabling that licences, environment add to the for cost business of<br />
is, dealing therefore, with government; fundamental or to creating a<br />
• competitive anything obsolete, economy. redundant, wasteful<br />
regulations that add to or the confusing cost of that dealing diminishes with the<br />
Research competitiveness shows that of the red province, tape costs which South<br />
government; or Africans stands in R79 the billion way of per economic year. This growth is equivalent and<br />
to job 6,5% creation of GDP, or wastes or 16,5% taxpayers’ of the total time wage and bill<br />
money.<br />
• anything obsolete, redundant, in 2003 (Small <strong>Business</strong> wasteful Project or (SBP) confusing<br />
2005).<br />
that diminishes the competitiveness Red Red tape tape interferes is defined with: of as: the<br />
• • the non-essential ability of businesses procedures, to forms, compete licences,<br />
province, which stands<br />
in<br />
in<br />
a and global<br />
the regulations way<br />
marketplace<br />
of that economic<br />
add as a to result the cost of of<br />
unnecessary dealing with costs government; and/or delays; or<br />
• • the anything rate of obsolete, establishment redundant, of wasteful new<br />
growth and job creation businesses; or wastes and taxpayers’ time<br />
or confusing that diminishes the<br />
• the competitiveness sustainability and/or of growth the province, of existing which<br />
and money.<br />
enterprises. stands in the way of economic growth and<br />
remove bureaucratic blockages to make it<br />
Red tape interferes with: easier and Red more tape cost-effective interferes with: to do business<br />
• the ability of businesses to compete<br />
• the ability of businesses in to a compete global marketplace in a as global a result of<br />
unnecessary costs and/or delays;<br />
• the rate of establishment of new<br />
marketplace as a result of unnecessary costs<br />
businesses; and<br />
• the sustainability and/or growth of existing<br />
and/or delays;<br />
enterprises.<br />
The Red Tape Reduction Unit was established<br />
• the rate of establishment of new businesses; and<br />
by DEDAT in 2011. Its main objective was to<br />
remove bureaucratic blockages to make it<br />
• the sustainability and/or easier growth and more of cost-effective existing to enterprises.<br />
do business<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>. The Unit follows a twopronged approach in<br />
tackling bottlenecks in the business environment:<br />
• reactive through its response to cases lodged to<br />
the unit; and<br />
• proactive, which seeks to identify legislation and<br />
processes that represent barriers to business or<br />
efficiency in government, and designing<br />
interventions that cut across an entire industry sector<br />
or several processes.<br />
Red Tape<br />
Reduction<br />
Unit<br />
Red Tape<br />
Reduction<br />
Unit<br />
in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>. The Unit follows a twopronged<br />
approach in tackling bottlenecks in the<br />
business environment:<br />
• reactive through its response to cases<br />
lodged to the unit; and<br />
• proactive, which seeks to identify<br />
legislation and processes that represent<br />
barriers to business or efficiency in<br />
government, and designing interventions<br />
that cut across an entire industry sector or<br />
several processes.<br />
The in outcome the <strong>Western</strong> of the <strong>Cape</strong>. interventions The Unit must follows impact a twopronged<br />
the cost approach of doing in tackling business bottlenecks in terms of in the<br />
on<br />
reducing either time, costs or complexity.<br />
to 6,5% The Red of GDP, Tape or Reduction 16,5% of the Unit total makes wage it bill easier business environment:<br />
To date the unit has dealt with almost 8,000<br />
in 2003 for businesses (Small <strong>Business</strong> to thrive Project in the (SBP) <strong>Western</strong> 2005). <strong>Cape</strong>, by • reactive through its response to cases<br />
business and red tape related matters. It<br />
growing our economy and creating more jobs. lodged to the unit; and<br />
maintains • proactive, a resolution which rate in excess seeks of to its 85% identify<br />
target. legislation and processes that represent<br />
barriers to business or efficiency in<br />
The WCG government, made and Regulatory designing interventions<br />
Impact<br />
Assessments that cut (RIAs) across standard entire practice industry for sector new or<br />
policy and several legislation. processes. Cabinet has approved it<br />
as a mandatory requirement for all significant<br />
legislation The outcome and policies. of the interventions We are the must first and impact<br />
only on province the cost to elevate of doing RIA business to this level. in terms of<br />
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8,000<br />
process maintains improvement a resolution (BPI) rate projects, in excess such of its as 85%<br />
the target. Department of Transport and Public Works<br />
(tourism signage and abnormal load permit<br />
applications) The WCG and Agriculture made Regulatory (export related Impact<br />
processes, Assessments permit (RIAs) applications standard and practice auditing). for new<br />
Several policy BPI and project legislation. possibilities Cabinet with has national approved it<br />
departments as a mandatory are being requirement explored as for well. all significant<br />
The legislation potential for and making policies. it easier, We are cheaper the first and and<br />
faster only to province do business to elevate in the RIA province to this is level. huge,<br />
considering The Red the Tape many Reduction approvals, Unit licences has partnered and<br />
job creation or wastes taxpayers’ time and authorisations that businesses need to operate.<br />
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processes. This benefits business<br />
by DEDAT in 2011. Its main objective was to<br />
For<br />
process<br />
more information<br />
improvement<br />
on the<br />
(BPI)<br />
Red Tape<br />
projects,<br />
Reduction<br />
such as<br />
Unit<br />
the<br />
please<br />
Department<br />
visit https://www.westerncape.gov.<br />
of Transport and Public Works<br />
za/red-tape-reduction/<br />
(tourism signage and abnormal load permit<br />
applications) and Agriculture (export related<br />
processes, permit applications and auditing).<br />
Several BPI project possibilities with national<br />
departments are being explored as well.<br />
The potential for making it easier, cheaper and<br />
faster to do business in the province is huge,<br />
considering the many approvals, licences and<br />
authorisations that businesses need to operate.<br />
The outcome of the interventions must impact on the cost<br />
of doing business in terms of reducing either time, costs<br />
or complexity. To date the unit has dealt with almost 8,000<br />
business and red tape related matters. It maintains a resolution<br />
rate in excess of its 85% target.<br />
The WCG made Regulatory Impact Assessments (RIAs)<br />
standard practice for new policy and legislation. Cabinet has<br />
approved it as a mandatory requirement for all significant<br />
legislation and policies. We are the first and only province<br />
to elevate RIA to this level. The Red Tape Reduction Unit has<br />
partnered with sister departments to improve businessfacing<br />
processes. This benefits business process improvement<br />
(BPI) projects, such as the Department of Transport and<br />
Public Works (tourism signage and abnormal load permit<br />
applications) and Agriculture (export related processes, permit<br />
applications and auditing). Several BPI project possibilities with<br />
national departments are being explored as well.<br />
The potential for making it easier, cheaper and faster to<br />
do business in the province is huge, considering the many<br />
approvals, licences and authorisations that businesses need<br />
to operate.<br />
For more information on the Red Tape Reduction<br />
Unit please visit https://www.westerncape.gov.<br />
za/red-tape-reduction/<br />
The Red Tape Reduction Unit was established by DEDAT in<br />
2011. Its main objective was to remove bureaucratic blockages<br />
to make it easier and more cost-effective to do business in the<br />
For more information on the Red Tape Reduction<br />
Unit please visit https://www.westerncape.gov.<br />
za/red-tape-reduction/<br />
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DEDAT expands Global Entrepreneurship Week<br />
to <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Entrepreneurship Month<br />
The future of youth entrepreneurship in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> is<br />
bright indeed. As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which<br />
hosts thousands of events caterering to millions of people, the<br />
Department of Economic Development and Tourism has held a<br />
series of workshops at Youth Cafés, which focused on ideation, fundraising,<br />
and social media optimisation. The aim was to encourage youths in<br />
smaller towns to start their own businesses and to promote entrepreneurship<br />
as a skill.<br />
The week was dedicated to targeting young start-ups in townships<br />
and rural areas. The initiative diverged from the usual practice of having<br />
“suits-and-ties” teaching business advice to a generic audience. Talks were<br />
conducted by experts and business owners who understand “millennial<br />
culture”. The power of the workshops rested on the use of minimal<br />
technical jargon, colourful, easy-to-follow presentations, and concrete,<br />
usable business tips. Participants received tangible help in creating<br />
their business plans, checking idea feasibility, and understanding the<br />
importance of digital skills and having an online presence in the modern<br />
age of business.<br />
Long-term support<br />
A single visit is unlikely to make a lasting impact on the current<br />
youth situation, where work prospects are limited. After engaging<br />
with management at the Youth Cafés, the Department of Economic<br />
Development and Tourism is looking into options for longer-term<br />
support, whereby contact is maintained and visits occur more frequently.<br />
A key goal is to move rural economies into the mainstream economy<br />
through targeted government support and assistance which creates<br />
an enabling environment for<br />
businesses to thrive.<br />
While such interventions<br />
only scratch the surface of the<br />
problem, they do provide an<br />
excellent basis for gauging the<br />
demands and challenges faced<br />
by the locals. Thus, November’s<br />
events involved a range of<br />
activities, from workshops with<br />
young start-ups, to recognising<br />
the cream of the entrepreneurial<br />
crop at the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Entrepreneurship Expo, Summit<br />
and Awards.<br />
Youth and start-ups are very<br />
much interlinked so more startups<br />
need to be equipped with<br />
the skills to build SMEs. These<br />
workshops include themes<br />
such as business ideation, to<br />
maximising “likes” through<br />
developing a social media plan.<br />
We would like you to<br />
join the conversation around<br />
entrepreneurship, tackling red<br />
tape, and supporting the growth<br />
of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> economy.<br />
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Commercial saved by cutting star’s red tape<br />
Nigerian model Jemima is the star in a well-known<br />
soap brand’s commercial. The R2-million commercial<br />
and 75 jobs were on the line when she couldn’t get<br />
a visa for three weeks because the South African<br />
mission in Nigeria was having technical difficulties<br />
with essential equipment. Without a visa, it looked<br />
like South Africa and the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> economy<br />
would lose the shoot to India.<br />
Through the interventions by the Red Tape<br />
Reduction Unit (RTRU), with assistance from Home<br />
Affairs, the unit convinced authorities to allow<br />
Jemima to fly to Ghana, to apply for a visa there,<br />
because the South African High Commission in<br />
Lagos was closed in the run-up to elections (which<br />
were postponed).<br />
The result was that the shoot and the 75 people<br />
who were working, could continue per schedule, by<br />
ensuring that the actress would be able to make it<br />
in time for the location shoot.<br />
Karoo reality show saved, by “cutting” the wait<br />
In 2018, Getaway Productions, a local film company, managed the<br />
production of a UK film “Carnage”, shot on a private farm in the<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Tankwa Karoo. The film was paid for from the UK –<br />
a cost of R74m. It emerged, contrary to expectations, that filming<br />
on private farms was governed by environmental legislation. This<br />
resulted in production delays. These delays were compounded<br />
when the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development<br />
Planning (DEADP) insisted on a permit. This is typically a 109-day<br />
process which put the production in jeopardy.<br />
The RTRU intervened and was able to arrange a meeting with<br />
the DEADP within a week. The legislative conditions were explained<br />
to the production team and a more suitable location on the farm<br />
was found. This new location complied with both the necessary<br />
legislative and production requirements. The location was set up<br />
and shooting was finished within the stipulated time schedules.<br />
The direct benefit was an injection of R74-million into the<br />
provincial economy, with extensive secondary economic benefits<br />
for local businesses providing catering, accommodation, fuel and<br />
other services, such as maintenance and security. This while securing<br />
the reputation of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> as an attractive proposition for<br />
international filming.<br />
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Municipal Economic Support eases building plan<br />
approvals for local businesses<br />
The Municipal Economic Support Unit, in<br />
partnership with the Drakenstein Municipality,<br />
implemented the Collaborator Extension Project<br />
which involved the design and development of<br />
a Building Control Portal that allows clients to<br />
submit building plan applications online. This,<br />
along with technical process enhancements to<br />
current municipal electronic systems, aims to<br />
efficiently support the building control function and<br />
streamline processes and approvals.<br />
A benefit of the project is that local businesses<br />
Managing abattoir waste<br />
Abattoir waste has been<br />
identified through numerous<br />
reports and studies as being<br />
the most problematic foodwaste<br />
type to manage in<br />
the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> due to<br />
its hazardous nature and its<br />
potential impacts on the<br />
environment and human<br />
health. The Guideline on the<br />
Management of Abattoir<br />
Waste in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> was developed as one<br />
of the recommendations stemming from the Status<br />
Quo study of Abattoir Waste conducted in 2015.<br />
The guideline provides various role-players in<br />
the abattoir sector with the necessary advice to<br />
ensure compliance with the legislation while also<br />
realise savings through reduced red tape costs as a<br />
result of reduction in timeframes of approvals, and<br />
the easing of unnecessary complexity in finalising<br />
building plan applications.<br />
More importantly, the portal will allow applicants<br />
to track their applications and establish where<br />
it is in the approval process at any given time.<br />
This portal has reduced the approval time for<br />
plans from 32 days to 15 days.<br />
The Department of Economic Development<br />
and Tourism has also rolled the portal out to<br />
municipalities along the West Coast including<br />
Matzikama, Saldanha Bay, Bergriver and Cedarberg.<br />
Lauren Waring, The Executive Director:<br />
Planning and Development at Drakenstein<br />
Municipality, indicated that the partnership with<br />
the Department of Economic Development and<br />
Tourism was a valuable one, and that the new<br />
system significantly boosted staff morale. “It was<br />
also interesting seeing the rise in the number of<br />
compliments by satisfied applicants that the unit<br />
started receiving,” said Lauren.<br />
providing the various<br />
options available for<br />
management that<br />
ensures the protection<br />
of the environment and<br />
human health.<br />
The guideline<br />
also explores the<br />
possibility of regional<br />
cooperation among<br />
role-players as an<br />
option in resolving some of the challenges<br />
experienced in the sector. The mini-guide is a<br />
collaboration between the Red Tape Reduction<br />
Unit and the Waste Management Directorate of<br />
the Department of Environmental Affairs and<br />
Development Planning.<br />
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The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> economy<br />
in statistics<br />
Tourism statistics (2018)<br />
• <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> share of international tourist arrivals: 1.7-million (16.2% of SA)<br />
• Total foreign direct spend in <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>: R16.3-million (19.8% of SA spend)<br />
• Bed nights: 23.3-million (19.7% of SA bed nights)<br />
• Length of stay: 12.9 nights (most in SA)<br />
Top 10 tourism source markets (2018)<br />
1. United Kingdom<br />
2. Germany<br />
3. United States<br />
4. Namibia<br />
5. France<br />
6. Netherlands<br />
7. China<br />
8. Australia<br />
9. Brazil<br />
10. Italy<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> export markets<br />
Largest markets for <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> exports<br />
Africa: $3.3-billion<br />
EU: $2.4-billion<br />
SACU: $1.8-billion<br />
SADC: $973-million<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> export markets – Africa<br />
Exports to Africa<br />
2015 $3.45-billion<br />
2016 $3.19-billion<br />
2017 $3.36-billion<br />
Imports from Africa<br />
2015 $2.76-billion<br />
2016 $2.49-billion<br />
2017 $2.79-billion<br />
Exports to Africa by value (2017)<br />
Refined petroleum oil: $558-million<br />
Flat rolled iron:<br />
$185-million<br />
Tobacco:<br />
$122-million<br />
Fruit and vegetable juices: $105-million<br />
Apples, pears and quinces: $96-million<br />
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gion<br />
stern <strong>Cape</strong> Trade & Investment into Africa<br />
18<br />
Imports from Africa by value (2017)<br />
1. Introduction to Trade<br />
Crude petroleum: $1.9-billion<br />
Frozen fish:<br />
$69-million<br />
he <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> exported USD9.33bn worth Shirts: of goods and imported $67-million<br />
USD13.9bn worth of goods in 2017. The<br />
rade deficit is mainly due to the large import Malt of petroleum beer: products, that $59-million<br />
when excluded from imports and exports<br />
everse to a trade surplus. The strategic location Men’s of the clothing: <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, being $54-million home to three important South African<br />
orts makes it the second largest province in terms of total trade after Gauteng. The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>’s total share<br />
f South African exports was 10.46% in 2017.<br />
Top African destinations for <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> exports (2017)<br />
he <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> has advantageous access Namibia: to world markets through $864-million<br />
preferential trade agreements between<br />
outh Africa and other major markets such as Botswana: Europe and the United States. $518-million South Africa is also a member of the<br />
outhern Africa Development Community (SADC), Kenya: the Trade Development $225-million and Cooperation Agreement (TDCA)<br />
nd the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Zambia: among other agreements. $210-million The international trade regime has<br />
ertainly seen some reorganisation of late. Lesotho: To the North, Brexit has cast $193-million widespread uncertainty across almost<br />
very aspect of cross-border trade and investment involving the UK. To the West, global supply chains have been<br />
nsettled by the renegotiation of NAFTA (now Top the African USMCA) sources and US tariffs for on <strong>Western</strong> steel and <strong>Cape</strong> aluminium. imports To the East, (2017)<br />
hina’s escalating trade war with America will Angola: have far-reaching economic $1-billion repercussions.<br />
Nigeria:<br />
$678-million<br />
he potential showstopper, however, is happening Namibia: right here on the doorstep $204-million of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, with the signing<br />
f the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Swaziland: Agreement earlier $186-million<br />
in 2018. The AfCFTA aims to establish a<br />
ree trade area spanning the 55 Member States Equatorial of the African Guinea: Union (AU). $88-million It was launched in March 2018 and has<br />
een signed by 49 countries. The AfCFTA includes undertakings by Member States to progressively eliminate<br />
ariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade in goods <strong>Western</strong> and liberalise <strong>Cape</strong> trade share in services; of agricultural cooperate on investment, products intellectual imported by<br />
roperty rights, competition policy, customs the matters, rest and of to Africa establish (2017) a dispute settlement system.<br />
Fruit and vegetable juices: 20.4%<br />
he AfCFTA is aspirational by nature; it is Fresh a framework apples, agreement pears and that quinces: will systematically 6% be implemented by<br />
uilding upon existing Regional Economic Wine: Communities (RECs) and preferential 20.7% trade arrangements. The<br />
greement establishes an agenda by which Other further fermented technical alignment beverages: and trade liberalisation 49% will take place. The<br />
greement enters into force once ratified by Citrus 22 countries. fruit: Although South Africa 26.6% is likely to ratify the AfCFTA by<br />
he end of 2018, most of the details are only set to be negotiated over the coming years. Once in force and ratified<br />
he Agreement will become legally binding for South Africa.<br />
Wesgro is the Official Tourism, Trade & Investment Promotion<br />
uccessful implementation of this agreement holds the potential to change the face of intra-African trade and<br />
acilitate enormous investment into the Continent. The AfCFTA will cover a market of 1.2 billion people, projected<br />
o reach 2.5 billion Agency by 2050, and for a <strong>Cape</strong> combined Town gross domestic and product the <strong>Western</strong> (GDP) of more <strong>Cape</strong>. than USD3.4 trillion. The<br />
conomy of Africa<br />
www.<br />
as a whole<br />
wesgro.co.za<br />
is the second fastest growing region in the world however intra-Africa trade remains<br />
ow (Afdb, 2017). In 2016 intra-Africa trade constituted only 18% of Africa’s total trade with the globe (Tralac, 2018).<br />
he United Nations Economic Commission for Africa therefore estimates that the AfCFTA has the potential to<br />
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oost intra-Africa trade by 52% by eliminating tariffs. They also predict that the figure would double through the<br />
limination of non-tariff barriers.
INTERVIEW<br />
Geoff Jacobs, President<br />
Biography<br />
After a successful career in<br />
teaching, Geoff joined the corporate<br />
sector, eventually retiring<br />
in 2015 as HR Director of<br />
Maersk South Africa. Geoff runs<br />
his own management consultancy<br />
and serves on the boards<br />
of Dinaledi Educational Coaching,<br />
School Turnaround Foundation<br />
and St James Church,<br />
Kenilworth. Geoff has BA and<br />
BEd degrees from UCT, a BA<br />
(Hons) degree from UNISA, an<br />
MA from the University of Wisconsin,<br />
and an MBA from UCT’s<br />
Graduate School of <strong>Business</strong>.<br />
Networking and<br />
learning from best<br />
practice are key for<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> businesses<br />
Geoff Jacobs, the President of the <strong>Cape</strong> Chamber of<br />
Commerce and Industry, supports efforts to reduce<br />
red tape for business.<br />
What is the history of the Chamber?<br />
The <strong>Cape</strong> Chamber of Commerce and Industry traces its history<br />
back through its predecessor the Commercial Exchange of <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town to the founding in 1804 of the Kamer van Commercie by<br />
Governor de Mist, the Batavian Government’s representative.<br />
By 1860 business in the <strong>Cape</strong> had grown to such an extent<br />
that modern business services were in demand. As a result, the<br />
Commercial Exchange was established and merged with a new<br />
body in 1861 called the Chamber of Commerce. In 1891, the <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Chamber of Commerce was incorporated by an Act of Parliament.<br />
In recent years, the <strong>Cape</strong> Chamber has been expanded to become<br />
the <strong>Cape</strong> Chamber of Commerce and Industry.<br />
What is your strategy and how do you express it?<br />
The strategy of the Chamber is a single word: engagement. The<br />
more we create opportunities for our member organisations to<br />
engage one another, the more value is created for members. This<br />
includes more than 200 events per annum, ranging from training<br />
programmes linked to business effectiveness and efficiency, to<br />
engaging local, provincial and national government officials on<br />
strategies to turn the economy around.<br />
The tagline of the Chamber is: Where Opportunity Meets. We<br />
work hard to remain abreast of the key challenges in our region,<br />
and through our portfolio committees to give input into legislative<br />
changes. Through our Chapters, our footprint extends across<br />
the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, addressing local issues. The biggest need for<br />
business is the need for networking and learning from best practice<br />
and the Chamber facilitates this at every event that it hosts.<br />
What are some of the challenges that businesses face in the region?<br />
In a recent survey of its 2 100 member organisations, respondents<br />
gave clear responses. Firstly, over-regulation/bureaucracy: the<br />
plethora of legislative requirements for businesses is an obstacle<br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
challenge the powers that<br />
be on the crisis facing our<br />
business ecosystem.<br />
to doing business. Less red tape and a more business-friendly<br />
environment encourages innovation and enterprise. In the<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, we’ve already seen the benefits of the Premier’s<br />
Red Tape Reduction Unit, which we acknowledge as a step in the<br />
right direction.<br />
A second issue can be grouped under a broad category –<br />
national infrastructure challenges – electricity supply and rail<br />
commuter infrastructure, specifically. The failure of Eskom to<br />
guarantee consistent energy supply carries massive risks for<br />
businesses. The Chamber is in full support of the local and provincial<br />
government’s efforts to effect a shift to renewable energy and<br />
to promote investment in Independent Power Producers (IPPs).<br />
Similarly, the Metrorail crisis has put thousands more vehicles on<br />
the roads during peak commuting hours, creating serious traffic<br />
congestion. This has a direct bottom line impact on business.<br />
Problems are not show-stoppers but challenges to be confronted,<br />
and the Chamber supports local and provincial government<br />
structures working to address these challenges.<br />
A third challenge is that relating to late payment to small<br />
business suppliers. The <strong>Cape</strong> Chamber will continue to lobby for<br />
this issue to be resolved at government level, as this benefits the<br />
entire economic eco-system.<br />
What makes the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> unique is that its provincial<br />
government is alive to these challenges and understands that it<br />
is not government’s role to create jobs, but to create an investorfriendly<br />
and business-friendly environment, so that business can<br />
get on with the job of creating jobs.<br />
Has the Chamber as a business also been affected?<br />
The Chamber has not been immune to the challenges outlined<br />
above. We have introduced a flexible working arrangement to<br />
avoid the congestion. Similarly, the effects of crime and violence<br />
have been experienced by many of our employees. The fact<br />
that we experience the same challenges as our members gives<br />
us the credibility to speak with greater conviction when we<br />
How do you provide value to<br />
your members?<br />
When it comes to a voluntary<br />
membership organisation<br />
such as ours, value is a key<br />
determinant of acquisition and<br />
retention. Although our role as<br />
the voice of business for the<br />
region is the foundation of the<br />
Chamber’s raison d’être, this<br />
is an intangible benefit that<br />
must be supported by valueadds<br />
that have value and are<br />
contemporary. We have an<br />
extensive list of benefits for<br />
our members that is often<br />
updated on our website, as it<br />
is changing constantly to keep<br />
pace with changing needs.<br />
How do you see the future of<br />
Chambers of Commerce?<br />
At the moment there is a<br />
social gap that technology<br />
is unable to fill. However,<br />
history has taught us never to<br />
underestimate its capability.<br />
Although we see digital as a<br />
key component of our future,<br />
the most strategic tool in our<br />
arsenal is the appetite for<br />
innovation that the Chamber<br />
has. The cost of testing<br />
new concepts has dropped<br />
dramatically with the Internet<br />
and I hope we set the bar for<br />
business when it comes to<br />
embracing changing needs.<br />
Sometimes you win and<br />
sometimes you learn. But to<br />
stand still is not an option. ■<br />
www.capechamber.co.za<br />
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WECBOF fosters<br />
entrepreneurship<br />
in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Business</strong> Opportunities Forum (WECBOF) celebrates its 24th year as one of the<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>’s longest-standing business associations. During its lifespan WECBOF has supported many<br />
entrepreneurs in moving from their start-up phase to becoming very successful organisations with many<br />
of these still operating, and contributing meaningfully to the economy.<br />
WECBOF has<br />
had to adapt and<br />
keep pace with<br />
an ever-changing<br />
economic, commercial,<br />
technological,<br />
political<br />
and socio-economic<br />
environment.<br />
The organisation<br />
today<br />
has as its central<br />
Arifa Parkar, CEO<br />
focus the sustainable<br />
growth and<br />
development of a<br />
community of young, successful entrepreneurs<br />
who will be able to lead businesses which will<br />
contribute in a positive way to growing and prospering<br />
our economy and creating much-needed<br />
jobs in our communities. Support to young entrepreneurs,<br />
through its 10x Growth Programme,<br />
comes in the form of:<br />
• Access to financial and other business<br />
support services<br />
• The identification of, and assistance with entry<br />
into, lucrative markets for entrepreneurs’ products<br />
and services.<br />
Contact us today if you wish to sign up as a member.<br />
Our member packages are affordable, and<br />
are tiered from the more established corporate<br />
business to the new start-up.<br />
CONTACT INFO<br />
Physical address:<br />
3 Irene Street, Bellville 7530<br />
Postal address:<br />
PO Box 707, Kasselsvlei 7533<br />
Tel: +27 21 946 2519<br />
Email addresses<br />
General enquiries: office@wecbof.co.za<br />
CEO: arifa@wecbof.co.za<br />
Website: https://wecbof.co.za/<br />
Facebook:<br />
https://www.facebook.com/wecbof/<br />
Twitter: @wecbof<br />
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WECBOF<br />
makes it happen!<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Business</strong><br />
Opportunities Forum (WECBOF)<br />
provides a platform for businesses<br />
to establish and maintain contact with<br />
fellow entrepreneurs; to have access to<br />
opportunities, information and training;<br />
and to have representation on a number<br />
of relevant forums of government and<br />
other associations focussed on growing<br />
and enhancing the commercial sector,<br />
with a specific focus on small, medium,<br />
and micro enterprises (SMMEs).<br />
WECBOF is widely recognised and<br />
respected as a powerful voice for<br />
business in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>; we are a<br />
provincial service organisation with our<br />
focus and attention firmly on the national<br />
and international business pulse.<br />
CALL US TODAY.<br />
+27 21 946 2519<br />
office@wecbof.co.za www.wecbof.co.za<br />
A powerful voice for business.<br />
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www.facebook.com/wecbof/<br />
Where entrepreneurs excel.<br />
@wecbof
DISCOVER BELLVILLE<br />
Bellville has played an instrumental role in the City of <strong>Cape</strong> Town’s<br />
success story ever since it was established in 1860. Today, it is a vibrant,<br />
busy urban centre where people live, work and play every day.<br />
It’s a proven commercial engine that services businesses from multinational<br />
corporates to small- and medium-sized enterprises. It’s a centre<br />
of academic excellence and a medical hub. It’s home to <strong>Cape</strong> Town’s<br />
busiest public transport interchange. It’s culturally and socially diverse.<br />
It has a well-established existing infrastructure, including multiple fast<br />
fibre broadband networks. It’s also the place where some of South<br />
Africa’s leading musicians, artists and creative personalities launched<br />
their careers.<br />
This is Bellville. A place of potential, a place<br />
of opportunity. And it’s ripe for development.<br />
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Over 4000<br />
small- and medium enterprises<br />
400 000 daily commuter trips<br />
through <strong>Cape</strong> Town’s busiest<br />
transport interchange<br />
Multiple existing,<br />
fast fibre broadband networks<br />
6 of the largest<br />
corporate headquarters<br />
9 major<br />
educational institutions<br />
1 GREAT Opportunity<br />
3 major<br />
shopping<br />
centres<br />
100 000 students<br />
More<br />
hospital beds<br />
than any other centre<br />
Arts, crafts<br />
+ music<br />
250+ Medical Practitioners<br />
The Greater Tygerberg Partnership is working to create a new reality for the<br />
city that plays such an important role in <strong>Cape</strong> Town’s broader success.<br />
We invite you to come and discover Bellville. Find out about the development<br />
opportunities. Explore what already exists here and its potential to be so<br />
much more.<br />
Find out more. Get involved. Discover Bellville.<br />
Email info@gtp.org.za. Visit gtp.org.za. Call +27 (0)21 823 6713<br />
Bell Park Building Unit 3A Corner of De Lange Street & Durban Rd<br />
Bellville, 7535, South Africa<br />
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SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
Water solutions are available<br />
The De Rust WaterWise Ways project is showing the way.<br />
A<br />
pilot project in the small rural town of De Rust has shown<br />
that a constructed wetland system and wastewater reuse<br />
can improve the health of a catchment system and convert<br />
wastewater into a useful resource.<br />
The WaterWise Ways Project of the Gouritz Cluster Biosphere<br />
Reserve (GCBR) has several components, but the De Rust Wetlands<br />
project (pictured) is the most ambitious. The project has proved that<br />
a constructed wetland can “scrub” municipal sewage water, reduce<br />
polluted run-off in a catchment area and convert wastewater into<br />
a useful resource. The wetland and its adjoining tree nursery are<br />
maintained through the project, with the Oudtshoorn Municipality<br />
assisting with water testing.<br />
The GCBR is a voluntary citizens’ initiative dedicated to conservation<br />
and socio-economic development. The Gouritz Cluster Biosphere<br />
Reserve is officially designated by UNESCO and is South Africa’s largest<br />
biosphere reserve. Other parts of the WaterWise Ways project include a<br />
“Township war on leaks” and a system of community monitors working<br />
in the nearby town of Dysselsdorp.<br />
The small river that feeds the De Rust wetland runs off the<br />
Swartberg Mountains and feeds into the Olifants River.<br />
The Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency (BGCMA)<br />
is one of nine regional bodies which protects, develops, conserves,<br />
manages and controls water resources across South Africa. It is<br />
responsible for the catchment<br />
area of the Gouritz River and its<br />
major tributaries (the Gamka,<br />
Groot and Olifants) as well as<br />
the catchments of the smaller<br />
coastal rivers, the Breede River,<br />
which discharges into the Indian<br />
Ocean, and the catchments of<br />
the smaller coastal rivers such as<br />
the Palmiet and Bot rivers. The<br />
Breede River’s main tributary is<br />
the Riviersonderend River.<br />
The BGCMA oversees the<br />
certification of water usage<br />
through Water Use Validation and<br />
Verification certificates. The body<br />
has recently had to play a role in<br />
drought mitigation measures,<br />
particularly in the dry interior.<br />
In 2030 South African<br />
demand for water will be<br />
17% greater than supply.<br />
That is the verdict of the 2030<br />
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SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
Water Resources Group. The<br />
Water Resources Group, an<br />
international consortium of<br />
private companies, agencies<br />
and development banks, has<br />
established a South African<br />
chapter, the Strategic Water<br />
Partners Network.<br />
The Berg River-Voëlvlei<br />
Augmentation Scheme, finally<br />
approved at national level in<br />
November 2019, will pump<br />
water out of the Berg River in<br />
winter, having first allowed for<br />
enough water to cover the<br />
ecological water requirements of<br />
the river and the estuary.<br />
A Water Stewardship<br />
programme has been<br />
introduced in the Breede River<br />
catchment area. WWF-South<br />
Africa, Woolworths and Marks &<br />
Spencer are collaborating on a<br />
scheme encouraging stone fruit<br />
farmers to put in place systems<br />
that reduce risk to water supply<br />
and quality.<br />
WWF-SA’s also has a Water<br />
Balance Programme which<br />
works to increase the amount<br />
of clean water coming into<br />
the environment. Woolworths’<br />
contribution to this plan involves<br />
getting rid of alien vegetation<br />
on the farm where it sources its<br />
wines (Paul Cluver Wines) and in<br />
the Leeu River catchment area.<br />
The introduction by the<br />
National Department of<br />
Water and Sanitation (DWS)<br />
and the Water Institute of<br />
South Africa (WISA) of the Blue<br />
and Green Drop Awards has<br />
been successful. The nation’s<br />
municipalities receive scores<br />
reflecting how well they are<br />
doing in terms of providing<br />
clean water.<br />
In order to win a Drop Award (Blue for water quality, Green for<br />
waste treatment), water systems have to score 95% or higher. The<br />
DWS has allocated R4.3-billion to helping municipalities deliver<br />
water. The Interim Water Supply Programme concentrates on 23<br />
district municipalities.<br />
Although the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>’s municipalities are among the<br />
country’s best in terms of providing and maintaining infrastructure,<br />
Overstrand Local Municipality has outsourced the management of its<br />
water and wastewater infrastructure. In 2019 the municipality, which<br />
is headquarted in the coastal town of Hermanus, signed a 15-year<br />
contract with Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa to<br />
look after its six wastewater treatment plants and nine water facilities.<br />
Other infrastructure includes 44 reservoirs, 123km of pipelines and 55<br />
water and wastewater pump stations.<br />
Climate adaptation<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Provincial Government has introduced a Smart Agri<br />
plan to coordinate efforts to tackle the effects of climate change on<br />
agriculture. Developed by two provincial departments (Agriculture and<br />
Environmental Affairs and Development Planning), the African Climate<br />
and Development Initiative of the University of <strong>Cape</strong> Town and several<br />
private sector participants, SmartAgri has six priorities:<br />
• Conservation agriculture: minimal soil disturbance, crop diversity<br />
and permanent soil cover. Wheat yields have increased because of<br />
the programme.<br />
• Restoring degraded landscapes.<br />
• Improved catchment area management, including removing<br />
alien plants.<br />
• Energy efficiency.<br />
• Giving priority to climate-resistant crops and livestock.<br />
• Sharing knowledge.<br />
The wall of the Clanwilliam Dam is to be raised, doubling the<br />
capacity of the dam and bringing an additional 5 000ha of land under<br />
irrigation. After a lengthy delay, the project is now expected to be<br />
completed in 2023. The 13-metre addition will cost R2.5-billion and<br />
could support high-value crops for export such as citrus and table<br />
grapes. The land could also form part of the land reform programme.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Provincial Government has given the national<br />
government notice with respect to another wall-raising project that<br />
has stalled. If the feeder canal of the Brandvlei Dam were to be raised<br />
by just 30cm, it would significantly increase the dam’s storage capacity<br />
and improve the prospects of farmers in the area.<br />
When the long-term drought was at its worst, tourists to <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town were encouraged to “Save like a Local”. Together with a range of<br />
technical and legislative measures, the campaign to get <strong>Cape</strong>tonians<br />
and their guests to use less water worked remarkably well.<br />
Where the residents and businesses of the city were using<br />
35 WESTERN CAPE BUSINESS <strong>2020</strong>
SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
Community members at work on the WaterWise Ways project. Image: Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve.<br />
1.2-billion litres-per-day in 2015, by the middle of 2018 the figure<br />
was 516-million litres. While the taps were not literally turned off<br />
(the dreaded “Day Zero” was averted), pressure in the pipes was<br />
drastically reduced. The International Water Association’s Water Loss<br />
Conference in <strong>Cape</strong> Town in May 2018 reported that two of the<br />
world’s largest advanced pressure control systems are operating in<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town.<br />
Restrictions on water use were introduced (car washing was<br />
outlawed completely, for example) and shopping centres introduced<br />
waterless sanitation. <strong>Cape</strong> Town’s hinterland thankfully experienced<br />
good winter rains but the town of Beaufort West in the Karoo continues<br />
to face a real crisis.<br />
In 2017 <strong>Cape</strong> Town hosted Water Desalination Symposium Africa,<br />
further evidence that relying on rain to ensure reliable supply in the<br />
future is not being contemplated.<br />
Old Mutual’s large campus in <strong>Cape</strong> Town is off the water grid. Since<br />
2018, a waste-water filtration plant has been harvesting 650 cubic<br />
litres of drinkable water for staff members on the Pinelands site. It is<br />
estimated that the City of <strong>Cape</strong> Town will be able to save up to 15 000kl<br />
of water in the course of a month by not having to provide water for<br />
the 9 000 people who populate the campus.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Department of Economic Development and<br />
Tourism (DEDAT) announced that investment into the Green Economy<br />
reached R1.2-billion in 2017/18. DEDAT also works on long-term water<br />
resilience with various stakeholders through an “Economic Water<br />
Security Workstream”.<br />
Other steps to secure future water supply include the<br />
expenditure of R5.9-billion<br />
over five years by the City of<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town on desalination<br />
projects, aquifer extraction<br />
and water reuse. The National<br />
Department of Water and<br />
Sanitation is supposed to be<br />
responsible for bulk water<br />
supply, but the local authority<br />
has had to step in.<br />
To find the money to deal<br />
with the drought and the longerterm<br />
effects of climate change,<br />
the City of <strong>Cape</strong> Town issued a<br />
green bond for the first time in<br />
2017. It was over-subscribed and<br />
allowed the city to get started<br />
on implementing its Climate<br />
Change Strategy.<br />
Some of the long-term<br />
projects falling under the<br />
strategy include new electric<br />
buses, energy efficiency<br />
measures in city buildings,<br />
improved sewerage plants and<br />
the rehabilitation and protection<br />
of coastal structures. ■<br />
WESTERN CAPE BUSINESS <strong>2020</strong><br />
36
Breede-Gouritz Catchment<br />
Management Agency<br />
Rethinking water usage and stormwater management.<br />
South Africa has always been a water-scarce country, but<br />
recent events have focused the minds of all citizens to the<br />
pressing need to preserve water resources and to use water<br />
more intelligently.<br />
One response at national level was to create nine Catchment<br />
Management Agencies. The Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management<br />
Agency (BGCMA) is the southernmost of the catchment agencies<br />
and falls mostly in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>. BGCMA offices are located in<br />
Worcester and George which enable the agency to assist local<br />
authorities, other water authorities and local communities.<br />
Change is needed<br />
Among the steps that South Africa needs to take are changing<br />
the pattern of water usage, conserving water where groundwater<br />
recharges are feasible and focusing on capturing and storing<br />
stormwater in urban areas. This is according to the BGCMA’s Acting<br />
Water Use Manager and Geohydrologist, John Sibanyoni. John also<br />
suggests that municipal budgets “have at least a hydrogeologist and<br />
an engineer for water supply”.<br />
John, who has an MSc Geohydrology from the University of the<br />
Free State and is a Certified Professional Natural Scientist with the<br />
South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP),<br />
Contact Details<br />
Address: 101 York Street, Dormehis Drift, George 6530<br />
Enquiries: John Sibanyoni<br />
Tel: +27 23 346 8000 • Fax: +27 23 347 2012<br />
Email: jsibanyoni@bgcma.co.za<br />
Website: www.breedegouritzcma.co.za<br />
believes that the country and its<br />
citizens really need to focus or<br />
engage in interventions such as<br />
those outlined above.<br />
The drought afflicting the<br />
Karoo region is the result of a<br />
combination of factors, not limited<br />
to climate change and the lack of<br />
specialist skills in municipalities.<br />
The reliance on surface water as<br />
the sole supply of water is a key<br />
reason for the current situation,<br />
according to John.<br />
Dams in the Breede water<br />
management area have done<br />
relatively better than the Gouritz<br />
area, under which the Karoo falls.<br />
Catchment agencies are not<br />
responsible for the disbursement<br />
of funds but the BGCMA has been<br />
involved in various drought relief<br />
initiatives. BGCMA is participating<br />
in technical planning for new<br />
wellfields for water supply in<br />
local municipalities such as<br />
Beaufort West.<br />
Other activities that the<br />
BGCMA provides as assistance to<br />
local authorities include:<br />
• Water scarcity and usage<br />
awareness campaigns<br />
• Fast-track the finalisation of<br />
licence applications<br />
• Media tour participation.<br />
Another important function of<br />
the BGCMA is to issue licences<br />
for water use, ranging from<br />
existing use permits to high-level<br />
commercial usage licences. ■<br />
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Nedbank <strong>Business</strong> Banking, <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Taking into consideration the everevolving<br />
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industry, Nedbank Provincial General<br />
Manager of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, Dr Fayzel<br />
Omar, is confident his PhD in <strong>Business</strong><br />
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sector to support all sectors of the<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> economy.<br />
‘<br />
Working with communities<br />
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’<br />
‘At Nedbank <strong>Business</strong> Banking we believe<br />
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As your bank, we understand business<br />
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to create a framework that yields<br />
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'Working with communities is entrenched in<br />
our values through community<br />
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says Omar.<br />
And the innovation journey continues,<br />
ensuring greater value for clients. The<br />
NedbankMoneyappallowsclientsto<br />
manageaccounts,makepaymentsand<br />
changetheircreditordebitcardsettings<br />
’<br />
fromtheirsmartphone. The Money app also<br />
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anyone on their smartphone’s contact list,<br />
regardless of whether the recipient is a<br />
Nedbank client.<br />
Nedbank’s payments app,Karri,simplifies<br />
schoolpaymentstohelpteachers,parents<br />
andchildren.TheKarriappmakespayments<br />
to schools for events such as civvies days,<br />
school trips and other fundraising activities<br />
easy and secure, using a built-for-purpose<br />
mobile payment application.<br />
Nedbank’sinteractiveATM–afirstforAfrica<br />
–givesclientsaccesstolivetellerservices<br />
overvideo,atanytime,rightfromthe<br />
machine. ‘This ATM also responds to the<br />
growing trend and need for business and<br />
individual clients to make large deposits<br />
and withdrawals at unconventional<br />
business hours.’<br />
All of which are ways in which Nedbank<br />
continues to simplify and make banking for<br />
businesses and communities work for<br />
their good.<br />
Should you be interested in taking your<br />
business to its next level and improving<br />
staff engagement, and if you want more<br />
information about Nedbank’sspecialised<br />
serviceoffering, please call the <strong>Business</strong><br />
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Gerrit Henning, Nedbank Regional Manager of Retail and<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Banking: Northern Suburbs, explains how Nedbank<br />
works with communities to deliver banking solutions.<br />
Nedbank continues to build on its<br />
client-centred strategy aimed at<br />
delivering distinctive experiences<br />
and channels of choice for businesses in<br />
the region.<br />
This has seen the bank simplify and<br />
enhance its product offering in line with its<br />
value banking philosophy based on<br />
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Innovationandtechnologicaladvancements,<br />
aswellastraininganddevelopmentofstaff,<br />
havebeenkeypillarsinachievingthebank’s<br />
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Henning has five years’ experience in the<br />
auditing and accounting profession and<br />
eight years’ experience with international<br />
companies. He has fulfilled various<br />
leadership roles in Nedbank, with 14 years<br />
as regional head of <strong>Business</strong> Banking.<br />
Henning is supported by an area office<br />
with 12 skilled business managers ready to<br />
take your business to the next level.<br />
‘We encourage youtoseemoneydifferently<br />
withthebigger-pictureapproachthat<br />
‘<br />
… see money differently with the<br />
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<strong>Business</strong>Bankingoffers,’saysHenning.What<br />
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Banking and means that your business and<br />
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solutions to you and your staff, because we<br />
already know and understand your needs,’<br />
says Henning.<br />
With this in mind, Nedbank has seamless<br />
offerings for you, your employees and your<br />
household. Nedbank provides several<br />
communities, including individual and<br />
business clients, with access to products<br />
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To take your business to the next level<br />
please call the <strong>Business</strong>Banking team on<br />
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Randall Bailey, Nedbank Regional Manager of Retail and <strong>Business</strong><br />
Banking: Weskus and Swartland, explains how new brand values<br />
built on the bank’s expertise can benefit Nedbank clients.<br />
Bailey’s team operates from regional<br />
offices in Breda Street in Paarl, as<br />
well as from representative offices in<br />
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He says the team is ready to assist clients<br />
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With more than 20 years' banking<br />
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He also manages 14 retail branches across<br />
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financial solutions. ‘It forms part of our<br />
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Bailey.<br />
Nedbank’sgoaltohaveallserviceofferings<br />
and business and consumer products<br />
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makes it easier to deliver on its new brand<br />
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To take your business to the next level or to<br />
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Karen Seboa, Nedbank Regional Manager of Retail and<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Banking: <strong>Cape</strong> Central, shares how partnerships<br />
can benefit Nedbank clients.<br />
Seboa’s team operates from its<br />
regional office at The Clock Tower in<br />
the V&A Waterfront and is ready to<br />
assist clients with professional advice,<br />
industry-specific solutions – including for<br />
the medical profession – and a<br />
comprehensive range of financial products<br />
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Seboa has been with Nedbank for more<br />
than 20 years and has worked in a number<br />
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Relationship Banking. She prides herself on<br />
building relationships and understanding<br />
the needs of clients, saying that<br />
partnership- and relationship-based<br />
banking are key drivers of how Nedbank<br />
conducts business to ensure clients benefit<br />
from its money expertise.<br />
‘It forms part of our purpose at Nedbank<br />
to use our financial expertise to do good<br />
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society,’ says Seboa.<br />
‘We look forward to continuing our<br />
relationships with our valued existing<br />
clients, and to offering our value<br />
‘<br />
At the core of our offering<br />
in <strong>Business</strong> Banking is a<br />
relationship-based model,<br />
with a business manager<br />
dedicated to your business<br />
as your key entry point to<br />
the bank.<br />
’<br />
proposition to new clients as well. At the<br />
core of our offering in <strong>Business</strong> Banking is a<br />
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To take your business to the next level or to<br />
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Naziem Esack, Regional Manager of Retail and <strong>Business</strong><br />
Banking: Winelands, explains how new brand values built on<br />
the bank’s expertise can benefit Nedbank clients.<br />
Esack’s team operates from its offices<br />
in Stellenbosch and is ready to assist<br />
clients with professional advice,<br />
industry-specific solutions and a<br />
comprehensive range of financial products<br />
and services. In addition, his team is<br />
supportedbyskilledagriculturalspecialists,<br />
who provide specialised advisory services.<br />
Esack, as a skilled banker, has been with<br />
Nedbank for eight years and has worked in<br />
a number of roles in his 38-year career in<br />
the banking industry. He was the area<br />
manager of Nedbank <strong>Business</strong> Banking in<br />
Helderberg and Stellenbosch before he<br />
started in his current role.<br />
He heads a team of retail and business<br />
banking experts with the aim of providing<br />
clients with unique business and financial<br />
solutions.<br />
‘At Nedbank Retail and <strong>Business</strong> Banking<br />
we believe you need a financial partner<br />
who has a deeper understanding of your<br />
business – someone who offers innovative,<br />
relevant solutions and who gives you a<br />
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As money experts, we are committed to<br />
doing good, so you can concentrate on<br />
‘<br />
As money experts, we are<br />
committed to doing good,<br />
so you can concentrate on<br />
what’s most important to<br />
you – running your<br />
business.<br />
’<br />
what’s most important to you – running<br />
your business,’ says Esack.<br />
‘Weencourageyoutoseemoneydifferently<br />
with the bigger-picture approach offered<br />
by Nedbank <strong>Business</strong> Banking, and to take<br />
advantage of our one-stop banking<br />
service at Winelands region,’ says Esack.<br />
To take your business to the next level or<br />
to obtain more information about<br />
Nedbank’sspecialisedserviceoffering<br />
call +27(0)218086700, send an email to<br />
NaziemE@nedbank.co.za or visit<br />
www.nedbank.co.za.<br />
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services and registered credit provider (NCRCP16).<br />
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44
KEY SECTORS<br />
Overviews of the main economic<br />
sectors of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Agriculture 46<br />
Wine and grapes 48<br />
Fishing 50<br />
Mining 51<br />
Oil and gas 52<br />
Energy 54<br />
Manufacturing 58<br />
Maritime 60<br />
Construction and property 61<br />
Tourism and events 68<br />
Banking and financial services 70<br />
Development finance and SMME support 71<br />
Education and training 76<br />
<strong>Business</strong> process outsourcing 84<br />
45 WESTERN CAPE BUSINESS <strong>2020</strong>
OVERVIEW<br />
Agriculture<br />
Blueberries are good for job creation.<br />
While the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> has a lower unemployment rate<br />
than most regions, the problem is still acute. Blueberries<br />
may provide part of the answer.<br />
In discussions about what crops to promote, Wandile<br />
Sihlobo of Agbiz believes that South Africa should focus on horticulture,<br />
partly because it is labour-intensive. He gives an example of blueberries,<br />
which need 2.64 workers for every hectare planted. There are signs that<br />
his advice is being followed: gross value rose from R15.8-million in 2008<br />
to R1.25-billion in 2018 with the total area planted expanding four times.<br />
Berries of all sorts thrive between George and Swellendam and<br />
sales of chippers in this area have grown because blueberries have to<br />
be vigorously pruned. This process produces lots of green waste which<br />
many farmers are choosing to process themselves. More than 70% of<br />
the blueberry crop is exported and two-thirds of production occurs in<br />
the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
Swellendam, which lies beneath the Langeberg mountains,<br />
produces 90% of the world’s commercially grown youngberries, a<br />
crop of about 600 tons per annum. Youngberries are sensitive and<br />
labour-intensive.<br />
The Agri-Processing Support Programme run by the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT) helps<br />
small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) improve their business<br />
Sector Insight<br />
An ostrich merger has<br />
won Competition Tribunal<br />
approval.<br />
processes and get better access<br />
to markets. This is part of the<br />
broader Project Khulisa growth<br />
strategy that sees SMMEs as<br />
key for expanding economic<br />
growth.<br />
New <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Premier<br />
Alan Winde announced in<br />
his first State of the Province<br />
address in 2019 that the<br />
province intends making<br />
agriculture a bigger part of the<br />
educational offering available<br />
to pupils. He announced that<br />
to the traditional focus on<br />
STEM (science, technology,<br />
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engineering and mathematics),<br />
two As (the Arts and Agriculture)<br />
would be added to create the<br />
concept of STEAMAC.<br />
Nearly 30% of exports come<br />
from agriculture, with food<br />
and beverages contributing<br />
a further 24%. Key sectors in<br />
many of the province’s nonmetro<br />
towns (such as retail and<br />
manufacturing) have a strong<br />
dependence on agriculture and<br />
agri-processing.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Provincial<br />
Government reached its target<br />
of 100 000 new jobs in agriprocessing<br />
in 2016 but the<br />
sector has since been buffeted<br />
by bouts of avian flu and a<br />
once-in-a-generation drought.<br />
The drought in 2015 and<br />
2016 had severe consequences<br />
in Southern Africa. StatsSA noted<br />
the following price increases in<br />
that period: vegetables (12.7%),<br />
bread and cereals (16%), while<br />
nearly 400 000ha less was<br />
planted in the country in 2017<br />
than it was in 2014.<br />
The agricultural sector<br />
has had to make the biggest<br />
adjustments to climate change.<br />
The Provincial Government<br />
introduced a Smart Agri plan to<br />
coordinate efforts to tackle the<br />
effects of climate change on<br />
agriculture.<br />
The sector supports almost<br />
10 000 farms and employs<br />
214 000 people. Farming<br />
carried out on the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong>’s 13-million hectares of<br />
agricultural land comprises<br />
approximately 21% of South<br />
African commercial agriculture.<br />
Seven of the 10 biggest<br />
export earners are either<br />
agricultural products or agriprocessed<br />
goods. These are citrus, wine, apples and pears, grapes, fruit<br />
juice and tobacco.<br />
The province’s climatic regions vary from Mediterranean around<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town and on the coast (where annual rainfall can be 2 000mm at<br />
places) to the drier regions of the inland Karoo districts where annual<br />
rainfall figures can be below 150mm. Just over three-million hectares<br />
of the province is cultivated and 270 000ha are under irrigation.<br />
The Breede River Valley is an especially fertile area for fruit. The<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> specialises in apples, plums, pears and cherries. Peaches<br />
and nectarines can be found in most parts of the province. Raisins are<br />
a speciality of the Vredendal area on the West Coast.<br />
The Sandveld region on the West Coast is known as South Africa’s<br />
Potato Pantry. Citrusdal unsurprisingly does a strong line in citrus and,<br />
with nearby Clanwilliam, is also famous for rooibos and buchu.<br />
Wheat is another of the province’s strong sectors: the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong>’s 310 000ha planted to wheat represents 64% of South Africa’s<br />
crop. Japan is a major destination of the province’s maize production.<br />
In canola, the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> is even more dominant, with 99% of the<br />
nation’s hectares (StatsSA).<br />
Companies<br />
The ostrich processing industry has two major players which merged<br />
in the course of 2019, subject to an agreement not to retrench<br />
any workers for a three-year period, a condition imposed by the<br />
Competition Tribunal. Between them, Klein Karoo International and<br />
Mosstrich have four abattoirs in three provinces and tannery facilities<br />
in Oudtshoorn and Mossel Bay. There are more than 400 registered<br />
ostrich farms in South Africa, the majority of which are in the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong> and the Eastern <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
Zeder Investments is the agricultural arm of investment holding<br />
company PSG Group. Zeder controls <strong>Cape</strong>span, which has a turnover<br />
of R7.6-billion across three divisions: farms, logistics and fruit. Zeder is<br />
also a 39.6% shareholder in Kaap Agri Ltd. Kaap Agri has more than 200<br />
operating points.<br />
Zeder also owns 27.2% of Pioneer Foods which makes and<br />
distributes many big food and drink brands across Southern Africa,<br />
including Weet-Bix, Liqui Fruit, Ceres, Sasko and White Star.<br />
Caledon-based Overberg Agri is an unlisted company with a wide<br />
range of investments in several sectors, including mining, pet food and<br />
industrial fasteners. SSK (Sentraal Suid Ko-operasie) has outlets in the<br />
Overberg and in the Southern <strong>Cape</strong> as far east as George. ■<br />
Online Resources<br />
National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries:<br />
www.daff.gov.za<br />
National Ostrich Processors of South Africa: www.nopsa.com<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Department of Agriculture: www.elsenburg.com<br />
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Wine and grapes<br />
Wine exports to China are up 109%.<br />
There was less wine in 2019, but what wine there was was<br />
of a better quality and attracted better prices. A prolonged<br />
drought and variable weather conditions led to two seasons<br />
of reduced wine grape harvests, but Vinpro reports that exports<br />
earned just over R9-billion in 2018, an 11% increase in value<br />
despite a 6% decrease in volume.<br />
This fits in with a trend whereby South African winemakers are<br />
aiming for better quality instead of greater volumes. Which is not to<br />
say that volume is being ignored. Wine exports to Angola and China<br />
have doubled. In the four years to 2017, wine exports to China reached<br />
18.2-million litres, an increase of 109%. Wesgro and WOSA (Wines of<br />
South Africa) are cooperating on the Chinese market. In May 2018, they<br />
hosted a wine tasting and pairing event in Shenzhen.<br />
South Africa is the eighth-biggest wine producer globally and<br />
produces about 4% of the world’s wine. The wine industry contributes<br />
R36-billion to the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) and employs<br />
nearly 290 000 people.<br />
Vinpro is the wine industry organisation which represents 2 500<br />
South African wine grape producers, wineries and wine-related<br />
businesses. There are over 3 500 wine producers in South Africa, with<br />
the large majority located in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
Wine is produced by estates, independent cellars and producer<br />
cellars or co-operatives. The Distell group runs five distilleries and<br />
seven wineries in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> and produces about a third of the<br />
country’s natural and sparkling wine.<br />
Wine tourism in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> grew 16% in the year to 2017,<br />
according to a study done by Wesgro and Explore Sideways. The<br />
study, which surveyed 40 tour operators responsible for 19 000 trips,<br />
also found that 99% of <strong>Cape</strong> Town-based itineraries include a trip to<br />
the Winelands.<br />
A Vinpro report shows that wine tourism contributes R15-billion to<br />
the local economy. Local wine sales bring in R13.2-billion. Excise and<br />
other taxes paid by the wine industry amounted to R6.7-billion in 2017,<br />
up by 8% from the previous year, according to Koos Nel of Old Mutual<br />
Personal Finance.<br />
South African Table Grape Industry Partnership (SATGI) is a partnership<br />
Online Resources<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Winemakers Guild: www.capewinemakersguild.com<br />
SA Wine Industry Information & Systems: www.sawis.co.za<br />
South African Table Grape Industry: www.satgi.co.za<br />
Vinpro: www.vinpro.co.za<br />
Sector Insight<br />
The table grape sector<br />
employs 46 000 people.<br />
whose board membership<br />
represents every growing region.<br />
The industry’s contribution to the<br />
national GDP is estimated at more<br />
than R3-billion.<br />
The table grape industry in<br />
the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> provided over<br />
46 000 direct jobs during the<br />
2015/2016 harvest. The province<br />
is responsible for 65% of total<br />
production in table grapes.<br />
There is also a significant<br />
contribution to downstream<br />
production income – R3.2-billion<br />
to other product input providers,<br />
R720-million to packaging<br />
material suppliers and R250-<br />
million to logistics suppliers. ■<br />
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Wine tourism boosts<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> economy<br />
Further research on economic impact is planned.<br />
FOCUS<br />
Research will be conducted in<br />
the course of <strong>2020</strong> into the value<br />
of wine tourism, along with a<br />
skills audit to identify training<br />
opportunities.<br />
Wine tourism plan<br />
South Africa’s wine tourism sector is experiencing rapid<br />
growth and gaining international recognition, making this<br />
a lucrative sector for investment.<br />
A Food and Wine Tourism Market Report released by<br />
Wesgro and Explore Sideways at the end of 2019 indicated that 63%<br />
of tour operators believed the market grew in 2018, the total spend<br />
per trip increasing to above R60 000.<br />
“People are moving away from generic itineraries in search of<br />
something more unique. South Africa’s huge cultural and natural<br />
diversity, along with the world-class food and wine offering positions<br />
us perfectly to significantly grow the tourism market,” Vinpro wine<br />
tourism manager Marisah Nieuwoudt says.<br />
The International Wine Review and United Nations Tourism<br />
Organisation singled South Africa out as one of the best developed<br />
wine tourism destinations globally in 2012 and 2016. Lonely Planet<br />
identified the <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands as one of the global Top Ten Best<br />
Value Destinations, while Vergelegen Estate, Delaire Graff Estate and<br />
Creation Wines were listed as Top 50 Wine Destinations in the World.<br />
South Africa also has the longest wine route in the world, spanning<br />
six wine regions.<br />
Job creation<br />
Wine tourism helps to establish a personal connection with consumers,<br />
enhances brand loyalty, adds value to existing activities and boosts<br />
sales. It can also grow the job market as it has a low barrier to entry.<br />
The wine and brandy industry<br />
has been serious about wine<br />
tourism since 2015, identifying<br />
it as a growth driver in the<br />
industry’s strategic framework,<br />
WISE (Wine Industry Strategic<br />
Exercise). A wine tourism plan<br />
was released, along with a<br />
digital visitor-facing platform<br />
Visitwinelands.co.za. Vinpro<br />
established a wine tourism desk<br />
to coordinate efforts of relevant<br />
parties including Wesgro, the<br />
SA Wine Route Forum, Wines<br />
of South Africa (WoSA) and<br />
the <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands District<br />
Municipality (CWDM).<br />
In 2019 Vinpro, with<br />
the support of the CWDM,<br />
launched a free online Wine<br />
Tourism Toolkit and hosted<br />
a successful series of wine<br />
tourism workshops to help<br />
related businesses establish or<br />
expand their footprint. ■<br />
Contact Details<br />
Marisah Nieuwoudt<br />
Tel: + 27 21 276 0429<br />
Email: marisah@vinpro.co.za<br />
Web: www.toolkit.vinpro.co.za<br />
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Fishing<br />
Ownership patterns in the fishing industry are changing.<br />
Sector Insight<br />
Sea Harvest celebrated<br />
50 years with the launch<br />
of a new trawler.<br />
Tiger Brands has unbundled its 42% stake in Oceana Group.<br />
Oceana holds the popular pilchards brand Lucky Star, which<br />
enjoys 80% of market share in South Africa, and has a market<br />
value of R11-billion. The Oceana Group recently purchased<br />
Foodcorp’s fishing rights and a US fishmeal and oil company, Daybrook.<br />
There have been several changes in ownership in the fishing industry,<br />
most likely linked to the upcoming determination of new fishing<br />
rights in which black shareholding will be a factor. The acquisition by<br />
black-controlled Sea Harvest Group of Viking Fishing is part of a larger<br />
trend in which empowered companies are taking controlling shares in<br />
fishing companies.<br />
Sea Harvest paid R885-million for Viking Fishing and celebrated<br />
its 50th anniversary with the addition to its fleet of a R130-million<br />
stern-fishing trawler, Harvest Atlantic Peace, which can catch and process<br />
up to 7 000 tons per year and can freeze up to 40 tons per day.<br />
Sea Harvest’s return to the main board of the JSE brought to three<br />
the number of major fishing companies represented on Africa’s biggest<br />
stock exchange. Premier Fishing also made its shares available to the<br />
public for the first time while the Oceana Group has been on the JSE<br />
for 70 years.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> is responsible for about 75% of the nation’s<br />
fishing, which ranges from the highly capitalised deep-sea trawling industry<br />
to much smaller lobster and abalone operations. Demersal fish<br />
such as hake and kingklip account for 46% of the national catch, with<br />
Online Resources<br />
Fish SA: www.fishsa.org.za<br />
National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries: www.daff.gov.za<br />
SA Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association: www.sadstia.co.za<br />
South African Maritime Safety Authority: www.samsa.org.za<br />
pelagic fish (anchovy, pilchards<br />
and sardines) making up 23%.<br />
Lobster makes up 11% and linefish<br />
13%.<br />
The Department of Agriculture,<br />
Forestry and Fisheries wants<br />
to restructure the horse mackerel<br />
industry to promote local fishers<br />
and processors.<br />
Most of South Africa’s large<br />
food companies have fishing divisions.<br />
Pioneer Fishing, which has<br />
no connection to the multi-product<br />
group Pioneer Foods, controls<br />
a canning, fishmeal and fish<br />
oil factory in St Helena Bay and a<br />
processing and freezing factory<br />
in the Port Elizabeth harbour. The<br />
African Pioneer Group holds a<br />
40% stake in the company, which<br />
was formed as a joint venture<br />
with Suiderland to control the<br />
latter’s fishing rights.<br />
Premier Fishing and Brands<br />
Limited, a subsidiary of Sekunjalo<br />
Investments, runs 16 vessels and<br />
operates at seven locations, including<br />
a 1 760-ton cold-storage<br />
facility at the V&A Waterfront. The<br />
company has lobster plants at<br />
Port Nolloth and Hout Bay, and<br />
a fish meal plant at Saldanha.<br />
Dromedaris Visserye specialises<br />
in <strong>Cape</strong> lobster, and supplies<br />
sardines and anchovies to China<br />
and Japan. ■<br />
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Mining<br />
A huge project to increase volumes at the Port of Saldanha is planned.<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
Sector Insight<br />
Mineral sands operations are<br />
expanding on the West Coast.<br />
The road out of <strong>Cape</strong> Town north to Malmesbury and beyond<br />
has been rebranded the N7 <strong>Cape</strong> to Namibia Highway. But it’s<br />
probably not tourism that is driving the major roadworks that<br />
are happening on both sides of the Swartland’s biggest town.<br />
It is more likely that the volume of mining product coming from<br />
the West Coast has led to the upgrades. The Australian company<br />
running the Tormin mineral sands mine near Lutzville and Koekenaap<br />
has applied to greatly expand its operations, but this has run into<br />
objections from environmental groups. Mineral Commodities (MRC)<br />
spent R5-billion in 2019 in search of zircon, rutile, ilmenite and garnet<br />
to send to China.<br />
Namakwa Sands is a mineral sands operation on the West Coast,<br />
owned by Tronox. The company has a mine and concentration plant<br />
at Brand-se-Baai and a mineral separation plant at Koekenaap about<br />
350km from <strong>Cape</strong> Town. Ilemnite, rutile and zircon are extracted at this<br />
site and then taken to the company’s smelter at Saldanha Bay.<br />
The Elandsfontein phosphate mine is also encountering resistance<br />
to its right to a water licence from the West Coast Environmental<br />
Protection Association which claims that the Elandsfontein aquifer and<br />
the Langebaan Lagoon are at risk. The developer of the mine Kropz is<br />
partly owned by African Rainbow Capital Investments.<br />
A project to increase export volumes of iron ore (shown being<br />
delivered above) at the Port of Saldanha is planned for <strong>2020</strong>. The project<br />
is expected to cost in the region of R3-billion.<br />
Online Resources<br />
Council for Geoscience: www.geoscience.org.za<br />
Geological Society of South Africa: www.gssa.org.za<br />
Minerals Council South Africa: www.mineralscouncil.org.za<br />
National Department of Mineral Resources: www.dmr.gov.za<br />
Sixteen rare earth minerals<br />
have been identified north<br />
of Vanrhynsdorp, with the<br />
most prevalent being cerium,<br />
an important component of<br />
catalytic converters.<br />
Afrimat has five sand<br />
mines, two lime plants and<br />
nine aggregate operations in<br />
the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>. The Afrimat<br />
Kliprug Quarry in Durbanville<br />
is near the AfriSam Peninsula<br />
Quarry at Killarney north-east<br />
of Milnerton which mines<br />
greywacke stone which is<br />
then processed at the nearby<br />
plant into concrete aggregates.<br />
Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC)<br />
has operations near Riebeeck-<br />
West and Piketberg (De Hoek).<br />
Slasto and building stone are<br />
quarried near Clanwilliam.<br />
Consol quarries glass sand near<br />
Philippi. The <strong>Cape</strong> Bentonite<br />
Mine near Heidelberg is run by<br />
Ecca Holdings with another site<br />
east of Knysna at Roodefontein.<br />
Dimension stone occurs around<br />
Vanrhynsdorp and mediumgrain<br />
granite is found at Paarl.<br />
Limestone for cement,<br />
agricultural lime and feed lime<br />
is extracted at several sites in the<br />
province’s western regions while<br />
kaolin is found in Noordhoek and<br />
Somerset West. Ball clay is mined<br />
in the Albertina area by G&W<br />
Base and Industrial Minerals. ■<br />
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OVERVIEW<br />
Oil and gas<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> is turning to gas.<br />
The drive to turn to gas as a source of power for the province<br />
is set to intensify. The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>’s new premier, Alan<br />
Winde, argued strongly for a liquid natural gas (LNG) power<br />
station to be allocated to Saldanha Bay as part of the<br />
national government’s Independent Power Producer Procurement<br />
Programme (IPPPP) when he was MEC for Economic Opportunities.<br />
He has since called for Eskom’s open-cycle gas turbine unit<br />
(which uses diesel) to be turned over to a private producer to<br />
convert it to gas and for another LNG power station to be built<br />
at Mossel Bay, where South Africa’s only gas-to-liquid plant faces<br />
closure because of a lack of feedstock.<br />
The announcement in early 2019 by Total that it had found a vast<br />
gas field in the southern Outeniqua basin may prove transformative<br />
but getting to the gas will be a lengthy and expensive operation.<br />
Other companies that hold shares in the basin include Eni and<br />
Exxon Mobil.<br />
Natural gas also lies offshore to the west of South Africa in the<br />
Sector Insight<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> spends<br />
R76-billion annually on<br />
crude oil imports.<br />
Atlantic Ocean (Ibhubesi).<br />
Block 2A of the Ibhubesi gas<br />
field north-west of Saldanha is<br />
estimated to have reserves of<br />
850-billion cubic feet of gas.<br />
Industrial gas manufacturing<br />
in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> is a<br />
particular focus for Air<br />
Products, a part of the Metkor<br />
Group controlled by Remgro.<br />
The company is one of the<br />
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largest suppliers in the pipeline and on-site markets. The <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong>’s status as an oil and gas hub was enhanced in 2017 with the<br />
opening of a new open-access liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) import<br />
and storage terminal at Saldanha Bay. A public-private partnership<br />
is behind the R1-billion terminal, the largest of its kind in Africa.<br />
Investors include Sunrise Energy, the Industrial Development<br />
Corporation (IDC), the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and Royal<br />
Bafokeng Holdings.<br />
Oil<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town’s oil refinery changed hands in 2018 when Off The Shelf<br />
Investments (OTS) completed a $973-million purchase of Chevron’s<br />
downstream assets in South Africa. Chevron has been rebranded as<br />
Astron, but the Caltex service-station brand has been retained. OTS<br />
is the Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) partner of mining giant<br />
Glencore, who financed the deal.<br />
The refinery in Milnerton produces petrol, diesel, jet fuel and<br />
liquefied gas for the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> and for export to other African<br />
countries. The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> spends R76-billion annually on<br />
crude oil imports and exports refined petroleum to the value of<br />
R13.2-billion.<br />
Large quantities of oil are transported around the <strong>Cape</strong> of<br />
Good Hope every year: 32.2% of West Africa’s oil and 23.7% of oil<br />
emanating from the Middle East. Reduced global prices for oil and<br />
troubles in the container ship market has caused some stress in the<br />
local sector but the long-term prospects for shipping and oil and gas<br />
are still strong enough for national government to pursue Operation<br />
Phakisa (which includes a strong maritime economy push) and for<br />
Transnet National Ports Authority to spend heavily on upgrading the<br />
nation’s ports.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Provincial Government reported that in 2016<br />
the oil and gas sector contributed R1.03-billion to the province’s<br />
gross value add. More than 7 000 direct jobs were created in the<br />
ship and rig repair sector of the oil and gas business in 2015.<br />
The Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (SBIDZ) is central<br />
to the plan to grow the sector. Large industrial operations already<br />
exist at Saldanha and the Port of Saldanha Bay is the portal for the<br />
export of South Africa’s iron ore.<br />
Staff from the SBIDZ actively sought investors for the zone at<br />
Online Resources<br />
National Department of Energy: www.energy.gov.za<br />
National Energy Regulator of South Africa: www.nersa.org.za<br />
Petroleum Agency South Africa: www.petroleumagencysa.com<br />
PetroSA: www.petrosa.co.za<br />
South African Oil and Gas Alliance: www.saoga.org.za<br />
the Africa Oil Week, which was<br />
held in <strong>Cape</strong> Town in 2019.<br />
Nine investors, ranging from<br />
gas maintenance and repair<br />
companies to domestic and<br />
foreign oil companies, have<br />
already committed to the SBIDZ.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Provincial Government and the<br />
National Department of Trade,<br />
Industry and Competition have<br />
so far invested R500-million<br />
in the development of core<br />
infrastructure at the Saldanha<br />
Bay IDZ. The Saldanha Bay IDZ<br />
has signed a lease agreement<br />
with the Transnet National<br />
Ports Authority.<br />
The newly constructed<br />
Bergun terminal, comprising<br />
12 tanks located on the Eastern<br />
Mole of the Port of <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town, has added to the port’s<br />
fuel storage capacity and is<br />
connected by pipeline to the<br />
Astron refinery.<br />
The Council for Geoscience<br />
(CGS) is doing an intensive<br />
study of South Africa’s potential<br />
shale gas resources. The major<br />
economic sectors using gas<br />
are the metals sector and the<br />
chemical, pulp and paper sector.<br />
Brick and glass manufacturers<br />
are also big consumers.<br />
The regulator and promoter<br />
of oil and gas exploration<br />
in South Africa is Petroleum<br />
Agency South Africa. In addition<br />
to adjudicating on coastal<br />
fields such as those along the<br />
western and eastern coasts<br />
of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, the<br />
agency has awarded coalbedmethane-gas<br />
exploration rights<br />
in KwaZulu-Natal and natural<br />
gas exploration permits in the<br />
Free State. ■<br />
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OVERVIEW<br />
Energy<br />
Green business is blooming in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> is positioning itself as a green business hub<br />
and is working to find energy alternatives for households<br />
and businesses.<br />
Green<strong>Cape</strong> claims that nearly R700-million in green technology<br />
investments have already been attracted to the Atlantis Special<br />
Economic Zone, creating 300 jobs. A further R3.7-billion is anticipated<br />
by 2030, which will add more than 3 000 new jobs. Spanish wind tower<br />
manufacturer Gestamp Renewable Industries and tower internals supplier<br />
Resolux (from Denmark) are early investors in the zone.<br />
Green<strong>Cape</strong> is an agency that does research and runs projects in<br />
areas such as energy efficiency, waste, water and sustainable agriculture.<br />
It is a joint initiative of the City of <strong>Cape</strong> Town, Wesgro and<br />
the Provincial Government of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>. The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Industrial Symbiosis Programme (WISP), which encouraged manufacturers<br />
to use the waste product of other businesses, won international<br />
recognition in 2018 at the Circular Awards at Davos.<br />
Of the projects committed to under the national Renewable<br />
Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme<br />
Sector Insight<br />
Solar PV usage has increased<br />
to 112MW.<br />
(REIPPPP), 14 are located in the<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> (eight wind, five<br />
solar, one biomass). <strong>Cape</strong> Town<br />
is home to 70% of South Africa’s<br />
manufacturers of renewable<br />
components.<br />
Among the many changes<br />
that followed President Zuma<br />
standing down as president in<br />
2018, the REIPPPP was rebooted.<br />
In April 2018, newly appointed<br />
Energy Minister Jeff Rabebe<br />
restarted the programme<br />
when he signed off on projects<br />
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totalling R56-billion that will add 2 300MW to the national grid. Most<br />
of South Africa’s electricity comes from coal and national utility<br />
Eskom is building two huge coal-fired power stations.<br />
Radebe also announced that small-scale renewable energy<br />
projects (up to 10MW) could receive licences from the National<br />
Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). This will mostly apply<br />
to manufacturers that produce biomass (such as forestry and<br />
sugar producers) and mining companies but also plays into the<br />
stated policy of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> provincial administration to<br />
promote independent producers (IPs). A court case is pending<br />
in which the provincial government is trying to win the right for its<br />
municipalities to buy directly from IPs instead of having to buy all<br />
power from Eskom.<br />
Unreliable and expensive power is a massive constraint on<br />
business and provincial and city governments in the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong> are champing at the bit to be allowed more freedom to<br />
participate in the sector.<br />
The idea of home-owners being able to sell surplus electricity<br />
from rooftop solar systems was previously restricted to the <strong>Cape</strong><br />
metropolitan area. The application of the provincial government’s<br />
Energy Security Game Changer has expanded this provision (via<br />
bylaws) to the whole province. There are 19 municipalities where<br />
rooftop solar PVs are connected to the electricity grid, 13 of which<br />
have nationally approved tariffs in place. Users in the 13 areas can<br />
be paid for the power they suppy. The uptake of solar has risen from<br />
20MW in 2015 to more than 112MW in 2019.<br />
The City of <strong>Cape</strong> Town has signed an agreement with the United<br />
States Agency for International Development and the Southern<br />
Africa Energy Programme to look for ways to make solar PV more<br />
accessible. High costs of installation often preclude residents from<br />
taking the solar PV option for their homes.<br />
In September 2018 the City of <strong>Cape</strong> Town launched a resilience<br />
assessment, the first step in a larger process. The Rockefeller<br />
Foundation chose the city in 2016 as one of 100 around the world<br />
in which programmes would be tested to improve the ability of the<br />
city to withstand shocks such as severe droughts. The city wants to<br />
expand the lessons it learnt in the period of water shortage into other<br />
areas such as energy generation and energy efficiency. Former MP<br />
Gareth Morgan is <strong>Cape</strong> Town’s Director of Resilience.<br />
Online Resources<br />
Atlantis Special Economic Zone: www.investcapetown.com<br />
Green<strong>Cape</strong>: www.greencape.co.za<br />
South African Renewable Energy <strong>Business</strong> Incubator: www.sarebi.co.za<br />
South African Renewable Energy Council: www.sarec.org.za<br />
South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre:<br />
www.saretec.org.za<br />
South African Wind Energy Association: www.sawea.org.za<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Provincial Government is also<br />
investing in resilience. A market<br />
intelligence report covering<br />
energy, renewable energy,<br />
water and waste was created by<br />
Green<strong>Cape</strong> to map the assets<br />
and challenges in these areas.<br />
The <strong>Cape</strong> Peninsula University<br />
of Technology’s Energy<br />
Institute is a leader in research<br />
in the field of electricity, and is<br />
also responsible for a regional<br />
publication relating to domestic<br />
use, DUE.<br />
The South African Renewable<br />
Technology Centre (SARE-<br />
TEC) on the Bellville campus<br />
of CPUT offers courses such<br />
as Wind Turbine Service Technician<br />
and Solar Photovoltaic<br />
Service Technician and various<br />
short courses such as Bolting<br />
Joint Technology.<br />
The Centre for Renewable<br />
and Sustainable Energy<br />
Studies is at the University<br />
of Stellenbosch and the<br />
University of <strong>Cape</strong> Town has<br />
the Energy Research Centre.<br />
The University of the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong> is doing research on the<br />
possibilities of hydrogen as an<br />
energy source.<br />
The South African Energy<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Incubator (Sarebi),<br />
based in Atlantis, has assisted<br />
190 entrepreneurs in the energy<br />
and resource efficiency fields.<br />
A wave-energy project<br />
is underway at Hermanus.<br />
Funding for the project is<br />
coming from the aquaculture<br />
company that will receive<br />
power from the 1MW plant,<br />
Abagold, the Industrial<br />
Development Corporation and<br />
EEP Africa, a specialist in clean<br />
energy funding. ■<br />
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PROFILE<br />
Africa Biomass Company<br />
Your caring family trading as world leaders in the wood chipping industry.<br />
Our mission<br />
To provide a worldwide service and infrastructure<br />
that is sustainable and above par, taking into account<br />
the unique requirements of each client, without<br />
deviating from our policy of innovative service and<br />
Company<br />
high ethical standards.<br />
Slogan<br />
Our values<br />
Human dignity; Integrity; Quality; Pro-trademark<br />
resolution; Innovation; Transparency; Individualism<br />
Since 2004, Africa Biomass Company has<br />
been at the forefront of the development<br />
of biomass processing such as wood chips,<br />
biofuels and more in Southern Africa.<br />
Under the mentorship of Johan du<br />
Preez, the co-owner of Môreson Grondverskuivers,<br />
known for service excellence in the agricultural<br />
industry since 1924, we established ourselves as<br />
market leaders of recycling agricultural wood<br />
waste over the past 10 years.<br />
Africa Biomass Company offers a viable, costeffective<br />
solution for our customers to recycle this<br />
unwanted woody biomass into usable forms.<br />
Towards the end of 2008, the need and demand<br />
for the chipping of orchards increased to such an<br />
extent that the strategy of hand-fed chippers was<br />
switched to that of horizontal grinders, fed by a<br />
mechanical loader.<br />
In collaboration with Môreson Grondverskuivers,<br />
we now offer a full range of services.<br />
Our vision<br />
Africa Biomass Company is your caring family,<br />
founded in faith, trading as world leaders in the<br />
recycling industry.<br />
Africa Biomass Company services and<br />
products<br />
Contracting<br />
• Orchard<br />
• Windbreak recycling<br />
• River rehabilitation<br />
• Recycling of waste wood<br />
• Tree (orchard) replanting (Eastern <strong>Cape</strong>)<br />
• Mulch spreading<br />
• Land clearing and land preparation (Môreson)<br />
• Woodchip mulch and biomass sales<br />
• Bandit agency (Southern Africa)<br />
• Dezzi equipment (<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>)<br />
• Workshop and field services<br />
• Part sales<br />
• Manufacturing<br />
• Accredited Operator Training Facility<br />
Orchard and windbreak recycling<br />
With the use of excavators with specialised<br />
attachments and three-wheel loggers, old orchards<br />
can be removed from root to top and fed into a<br />
horizontal grinder.<br />
Processing of waste wood into a viable<br />
product, that if applied correctly, could have a<br />
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30% increase in water conservation as well as<br />
many other advantages.<br />
Land clearing services<br />
Africa Biomass Company is an expert at land clearing.<br />
We have an extensive range of highly specialised<br />
wood recycling machinery that will do the job<br />
quickly and efficiently.<br />
• Tree shears which cut and stack trees of up to<br />
550mm in diameter<br />
• Loggers to handle the timber rapidly and<br />
effectively.<br />
• Well-trained teams of chainsaw operators.<br />
Mulch and biofuel sales<br />
Woodchip according to specification, collected<br />
in mass trailers or in bags and transported to end<br />
user, where it can be used as woochip mulch<br />
or biofuel.<br />
Massive water savings<br />
In 2017 Africa Biomass Company was involved in<br />
many projects such as the removal of invasive<br />
eucalyptus trees in the Breede River and Berg<br />
River systems.<br />
The removal and recycling of these alien trees,<br />
old or unwanted orchards, vineyards or windbreaks<br />
can be used as mulch which are spread in new and<br />
old orchards and vineyards. This has led to a massive<br />
water saving equal to the water usage of 50 000<br />
households for one year.<br />
CONTACT INFO<br />
Physical address: 2 – 4 Joubert Street, Worcester<br />
6850, <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, South Africa<br />
Postal address: PO Box 1322, Worcester 6849<br />
Tel: +27 23 342 1212 • Fax: 086 515 5777<br />
Website: www.abc.co.za<br />
Willem van der Merwe, CEO:<br />
willem@abc.co.za<br />
Workshop and field services<br />
With an intimate understanding of the operational<br />
challenges of wood recycling in South Africa, we<br />
established state-of-the-art facilities to service, repair<br />
and rebuild wood chipping equipment of any make<br />
and size.<br />
An equally remarkable team of field service<br />
technicians delivers repairs, maintenance and spares<br />
to your site to optimise uptime and efficiency.<br />
Parts<br />
We have been widely commended as the company<br />
in South Africa stocking the largest range of industryrelated<br />
spare parts.<br />
Optimal production and uptime require quality<br />
components when needed. Understanding the<br />
industry through experience sets us apart from<br />
other suppliers.<br />
Delivering quality components on time is essential<br />
for running a successful operation. Our more than<br />
2 500 line items is made up of quality components<br />
sourced worldwide to meet requirements of our<br />
customers and our own fleet.<br />
Manufacturing<br />
Our legacy of innovation has been built on more<br />
than 80 000 hours of operational experience. This<br />
enabled us to develop and adapt machines for waste<br />
wood recycling in South Africa which truly adds<br />
value to the customer’s operation.<br />
A wide range of wood chipping, grinding<br />
and spreading equipment is manufactured<br />
locally to specification, as required for South<br />
African conditions.<br />
Calie Rabie, <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Production:<br />
072 602 4543<br />
Fanie Fourie, Eastern <strong>Cape</strong> Production:<br />
073 402 0655<br />
Riaan Carstens, Bandit Agency:<br />
079 874 8624<br />
Quintis Wiid, Parts and Workshop:<br />
066 475 7039<br />
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Manufacturing<br />
Boatbuilding exports have soared since 2014.<br />
The International Superyacht Society has awarded a yacht built<br />
by <strong>Cape</strong> Town company Southern Wind, Seatius, the accolade<br />
of best sailing yacht in her category (Sail 24m-40m). The Boat<br />
International Design and Innovation Awards also awarded the<br />
yacht Best Interior Design in Sailing Yachts.<br />
The hull lines, appendages and sail plan of Seatius are by Farr<br />
Yacht Design with the deck design created by Nauta, illustrating how<br />
much collaboration goes into an intricate yacht project. The Seatius<br />
(pictured) has a lifting keel and twin rudders. Southern Wind’s huge<br />
manufacturing site is a landmark in Athlone Industria.<br />
Atlantis is home to Phoenix Marine, a specialist catamaran<br />
manufacturer. Celtic Yachts, which makes catamarans and cruising<br />
yachts, is in Killarney Gardens. Ullman Sails makes sails in Maitland<br />
while Two Oceans Marine Manufacturing constructs its catamarans<br />
on the Foreshore. In 2019 Two Oceans Marine launched South Africa’s<br />
biggest composite and leisure catamaran. Le Cerf is owned by Mason’s<br />
Travel, a Seychelles company.<br />
Robertson & Caine’s facility in Woodstock produces three boats a<br />
week for the international market. With a staff complement of 1 350,<br />
a record of having launched more than 1 300 vessels and a subsidiary<br />
company in Tampa, Florida, the company is a world leader in power<br />
catamarans and sailing catamarans. In 2017 the company’s Leopard<br />
45 won the Cruising World Boat of the Year Award for best Charter<br />
Boat. A 20-year relationship with Tui Marine (which includes the two<br />
Sector Insight<br />
The Atlantis Special<br />
Economic Zone is<br />
specialising in green tech.<br />
largest yacht charter companies<br />
in the world), Robertson & Caine<br />
has supplied more than 1 194<br />
catamarans.<br />
Nautic Africa makes larger<br />
vessels, including patrol,<br />
defence, oil and gas platform<br />
and commercial vessels. Damen<br />
Shipyards <strong>Cape</strong> Town delivers<br />
vessels to public entities such as<br />
the Robben Island Museum and<br />
the South African Navy and private<br />
companies such as Smit Amandla<br />
Marine and De Beers Marine.<br />
Invest <strong>Cape</strong> Town reports<br />
that the city’s boatbuilding<br />
industry is the second-largest<br />
producer of recreational<br />
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catamarans in the world, after<br />
France. The city’s companies<br />
export 80% of the products<br />
that they produce and attract<br />
a positive trade balance of<br />
approximately $73-million<br />
annually. Boatbuilding exports<br />
have grown by 20.5% annually<br />
year-on-year since 2014 in <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town (Quantec, 2019).<br />
The Whisper Boat Building<br />
Academy is located at the False<br />
Bay TVET College.<br />
Green growth<br />
A diverse manufacturing sector<br />
contributes 15% to the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong>’s GDP. The agri-processing<br />
sector (including food and<br />
beverages and tobacco) is the<br />
largest employer (24%) followed<br />
by metals, metal products,<br />
machinery and equipment at<br />
19%. A proposed <strong>Cape</strong> Health<br />
Technology Park will further<br />
boost the manufacture of<br />
medical devices.<br />
The Atlantis Special<br />
Economic Zone, which is<br />
specialising in green tech,<br />
has already attracted nearly<br />
R700-million in privatesector<br />
investment. Goals for<br />
the green sector include the<br />
creation of 1 200 direct jobs in<br />
a 20-year period.<br />
A Moody’s report on the<br />
green economy in Africa states<br />
that South Africa has the fastestgrowing<br />
green sector in Africa,<br />
and one of the fastest-growing<br />
in the world. About 70% of<br />
South Africa’s manufacturing in<br />
renewables is happening in the<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
The decision by Britain to<br />
leave the European Union has<br />
led to increased interest in bilateral trading relations with individual<br />
European countries. France has established a tech hub in <strong>Cape</strong> Town<br />
and <strong>Business</strong> France has been facilitating a number of conferences and<br />
visits. More than 300 French firms currently operate in South Africa.<br />
Food and beverages<br />
The combination of excellent and plentiful agricultural produce, good<br />
manufacturing capacity and a skilled workforce give the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong> a competitive advantage in the food and beverages sector.<br />
A sophisticated transport infrastructure system allows it to service<br />
international markets.<br />
Famous Brands has bought a famous <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> brand in its<br />
drive for greater backward integration. Lamberts Bay Foods supplied<br />
Famous Brands restaurants with chips for two decades. With its<br />
purchase from Oceana, Famous Brands now has greater control<br />
over a menu item at all of its 26 restaurant brands, including Wimpy,<br />
Fishaways and Mugg & Bean. Lamberts Bay Foods sources potatoes<br />
from all over South Africa, but its proximity to the potato-growing<br />
Sandveld region is helpful.<br />
The wheat-growing areas of the Swartland host several mills such<br />
as Sasko’s facility in Malmesbury. Bokomo has several manufacturing<br />
facilities in Atlantis, Epping, Ndabeni near Pinelands, Worcester and<br />
Bonnievale. Safari Vinegar is based in the Strand and there are two<br />
Heinz manufacturing plants at Wellington and Atlantis.<br />
Two of the biggest chicken processing facilities are located on<br />
the N7 highway (Tydstroom) and on the N1 (Rainbow Chickens). The<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> has about 16 000 commercial pork sows and produces<br />
a quarter of South Africa’s milk.<br />
Willards has a factory in Goodwood, in nearby Parow there is a<br />
Simba factory and local chip and snack manufacturer Messaris, which<br />
has been in operation since 1898, has a facility in Elsies River. Nestlé<br />
produces condensed milk and milk powder in Mossel Bay and canned<br />
pet food in <strong>Cape</strong> Town. Tiger Brands makes mayonnaise in Bellville and<br />
has also invested heavily in its prepared meals plant in <strong>Cape</strong> Town.<br />
SABMiller’s Newlands brewery is one of the busiest in the<br />
country as it is responsible for providing product for a very large<br />
geographical area.<br />
Coca-Cola bottler and distributor Peninsula Beverage has three<br />
plants – at Parow, Athlone and Vredendal on the West Coast, and<br />
employs 1 300 people. ■<br />
Online Resources<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Chamber of Commerce: www.capetownchamber.com<br />
Invest <strong>Cape</strong> Town: www.investcapetown.com<br />
Wesgro: www.wesgro.co.za<br />
Whisper Boat Building Academy: www.falsebaycollege.co.za<br />
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Maritime<br />
The Oceans Economy is creating new opportunities.<br />
Sector Insight<br />
Three vessels are under<br />
construction for the<br />
SA Navy.<br />
South Africa has 3 000km of coastline and the extent of the<br />
country’s territorial waters is greater than its land size. The<br />
Oceans Economy is no longer just a concept talked about at<br />
conferences, it is a reality that is starting to have an impact on<br />
South Africa, and the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> is well placed to benefit in terms of<br />
servicing the oil and gas industry, ship repair and manufacturing boats.<br />
Damen Shipyards <strong>Cape</strong> Town is building three inshore patrol<br />
vessels for the South African Navy, the first of which will be delivered<br />
in 2021. The vessels will be used to secure South Africa’s waters against<br />
threats such as illegal fishing, smuggling and piracy.<br />
EBH SA, which has extensive facilities in the Port of <strong>Cape</strong> Town, has<br />
been in the business of marine engineering and repairing ships since it<br />
began as Elgin Brown and Hamer in 1878. The company’s 183m-long<br />
repair quay has a draft of 12.5m and 5 000m² of quayside area.<br />
Large industrial operations already exist at Saldanha north of <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town and the Port of Saldanha Bay is the portal for the export of South<br />
Africa’s iron ore. The Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (SBIDZ)<br />
is set to become a hub for a range of maritime repair activities and oil<br />
rig maintenance and repair.<br />
The National Department of Trade, Industry and Competition<br />
(dtic) and the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Department of Economic Development<br />
and Tourism (DEDAT) have collectively invested R500-million in core<br />
infrastructure at the SBIDZ and a lease agreement has been signed<br />
with Transnet National Ports Authority.<br />
Online Resources<br />
Oceans Economy/Operation Phakisa: www.environment.gov.za<br />
Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone: www.sbidz.co.za<br />
South African International Maritime Institute: www.saimi.co.za<br />
Transnet National Ports Authority: www.transnet.net<br />
The SBIDZ fits neatly into two<br />
over-arching visions: Operation<br />
Phakisa and Project Khulisa,<br />
the targeted growth strategy<br />
of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Provincial<br />
Government which includes<br />
servicing and repairing of oil rigs<br />
as a priority.<br />
Priority sectors at Saldanha<br />
are upstream oil and gas and<br />
marine engineering and services.<br />
The IDZ is run by the SBIDZ-<br />
Licencing Company which<br />
works together with the Transnet<br />
National Ports Authority (TNPA)<br />
on several joint projects.<br />
These are being undertaken<br />
to create good conditions for investors.<br />
Quayside infrastructure<br />
has been upgraded, including<br />
a wastewater treatment plant<br />
and a new road and bridge over<br />
the MR559. DEDAT reports that<br />
in 2016 the oil, gas and marine<br />
sector supported 8 320 jobs and<br />
contributed R1-billion to the<br />
province’s gross value add.<br />
The marine transport<br />
committee of the South African<br />
Oil and Gas Alliance (SAOGA) is<br />
preparing South Africa to reap<br />
the potential of the sector. It has<br />
developed 18 initiatives across<br />
three categories: infrastructure<br />
and operations, skills and<br />
market growth. ■<br />
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Construction and property<br />
Student accommodation is on trend.<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
One of the fastest-growing segments of the property<br />
market is student accommodation. Ambitions to keep<br />
making tertiary education more accessible to a broader<br />
range of students, already hugely successful since South<br />
Africa became a democracy in 1994, will create a need for even more<br />
accommodation. As it is, the Department of Higher Education and<br />
Training estimates that there is a need across South Africa for 250 000<br />
beds for university students.<br />
Several companies are responding to this need. A famous landmark<br />
in Rondebosch lives on in the name given to a new block of flats for<br />
students next to the old fountain in Main Road, Fountain Rez. The<br />
building (pictured) is developed by FPG Property Group, a company<br />
that grew out of supermarket and wholesale company that initially<br />
focussed on the retail property sector.<br />
Respublica has just one student building in <strong>Cape</strong> Town, on Main<br />
Road near Cavendish Square in Claremont, but it has nine properties in<br />
Gauteng: Roscommon House is a short walk from a UCT bus-stop.<br />
Another popular suburb for student accommodation is<br />
Observatory. UCT has developed several buildings in the area<br />
Sector Insight<br />
Commercial space in<br />
the V&A Waterfront has<br />
risen to 25%.<br />
but recent blocks of flats built<br />
by private developers include<br />
Obs Court and several projects<br />
by Rawson Developers,<br />
Madison Place, The Winchester<br />
and The Paragon. The 64-<br />
flat The Westwood will be<br />
complete in <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
STAG African has student<br />
projects in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
(at Stellenbosch University)<br />
and in the Eastern <strong>Cape</strong>. STAG<br />
has also spotted opportunity<br />
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elsewhere in Africa, with<br />
34 000 beds being developed<br />
at universities in Kenya, Malawi,<br />
Zambia and Lesotho.<br />
The brief of A-MSquared<br />
is to “own, manage and<br />
operate premium student<br />
accommodation near UCT and<br />
Stellenbosch universities”. These<br />
are student houses (what used<br />
to be called “digs”) rather than<br />
residences but they are centrally<br />
administered.<br />
Outside of student-land,<br />
research shows that the demand<br />
for housing is as strong as ever.<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town has adopted a<br />
long-term Transport Oriented<br />
Development (TOD) plan<br />
which looks at housing density<br />
in conjunction with transport<br />
patterns. It is estimated that<br />
greater <strong>Cape</strong> Town will need<br />
500 000 new homes by 2023, in<br />
addition to 3.5-million square<br />
metres of office space, onemillion<br />
square metres of retail<br />
space and 4.5-million square<br />
metres of industrial development.<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town has established<br />
the Transport and Urban<br />
Development Authority (TDA).<br />
The TDA is charged with<br />
getting the right mix of urban<br />
development and travel patterns.<br />
With responsibility for transport,<br />
urban planning, public housing<br />
and environmental sustainability<br />
in one place, there is a better<br />
chance of “joined-up” thinking.<br />
Part of this strategy can be<br />
seen in plans for mixed housing<br />
on 13 sites in Salt River and<br />
Woodstock that the City of<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town has made available<br />
at 10% of market value. Social<br />
housing non-profit company<br />
Communicare has been working<br />
with the city on the project which envisages 30% of the housing stock<br />
being available for low-income households, 14% for the gap market<br />
and the rest of the houses being available on the open market<br />
The province’s “Better Living Model” aims to deliver 3 602 residential<br />
units in an affordable, mixed-use and residential-led development on<br />
the site of the old Conradie Hospital on the edge of Pinelands. With the<br />
state (provincial or city government) putting in the bulk infrastructure,<br />
costs for developers would be significantly reduced – the quid pro quo<br />
is that the developer must then set aside a certain number of housing<br />
units (49%) to grant-funded housing.<br />
Commercial<br />
The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront has been one of the most successful<br />
property developments and it continues to generate good returns for<br />
its tenants, according to a report issued by the management of the<br />
V&A Waterfront in 2019.<br />
New districts added to the footprint of the Waterfront such as<br />
the Canal and Silo areas have expanded the economic impact to the<br />
point where the Waterfront contributes R31.5-billion to provincial GDP<br />
(almost 2%). Commercial office space has grown as a percentage of<br />
gross lettable space and now stands at 25%. Several regional head<br />
offices have relocated recently, including British American Tobacco.<br />
A new suite of offices has been developed by the Amdec Group.<br />
The Yacht Club (pictured on the next page) is near the berth for luxury<br />
cruise ships and in front of the <strong>Cape</strong> Town International Convention<br />
Centre, has 170 flats, 6 000m 2 of office space spanning on levels, and<br />
Africa’s first AC Hotel by Marriott.<br />
Amdec is also developing the huge Harbour Arch precinct on the<br />
western edge of the Foreshore. This will comprise six towers on a 5.8ha<br />
site that will house two hotels and residential and office space. The City<br />
of <strong>Cape</strong> Town has given its approval for the development to go ahead.<br />
Among the winners in the 2019 SAPOA Property Development<br />
Awards for Innovative Excellence was Sable Park, a part of Century<br />
City, which won in the Commercial Office Developments category.<br />
Developed by Rabie Property Group, the building has a five-star rating<br />
from Green Star SA and houses the offices of Discovery and MTN,<br />
among others.<br />
A <strong>Cape</strong> Town CBD landmark is being redeveloped into a<br />
mixed-use building to be known as Foreshore Place. What was<br />
built as the Trust Bank building and became the Absa building<br />
on the corner of Adderley Street, Riebeek Street and St George’s<br />
Mall, now has 15 floors of commercial space with the ground<br />
floor occupied by retail shops. The residential component takes<br />
up 11 floors comprising 63 studio apartments, 99 one-bedroom<br />
apartments and nine two-bedroom apartments. The developer of<br />
the project is HBW Group, it was designed by KMH Architects and<br />
marketed by Dogon Group Properties.<br />
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Growth areas<br />
Voortrekker Road is the subject of several interventions to encourage<br />
bulking up (businesses and residential). The Greater Tygerberg<br />
Partnership is working to provide a catalyst for new developments<br />
that will build on the area’s existing strengths: transport links, medical<br />
facilities, retail, motor dealerships and residential.<br />
Possible construction projects could respond to the need for<br />
student accommodation: 100 000 students are in the area. The Greater<br />
Tygerberg Partnership has done a study on students’ accommodation<br />
needs and is encouraging building owners to cater to this need.<br />
The Voortrekker Road Corridor already has services and an<br />
established built environment, but it also has some dilapidated<br />
structures and it also has lots of open spaces. In other words, it has lots<br />
of potential.<br />
An area that continues to grow in terms of residential property<br />
is the West Coast. With mountains to the east, it is logical that<br />
areas north of <strong>Cape</strong> Town will grow: the only constraint is access<br />
to water. Blouberg, Parklands and Sunningdale continue to grow<br />
and attract good houses for residential property. The MiCiti bus<br />
route now serving the West Coast makes commuting to town<br />
much easier.<br />
George on the Southern <strong>Cape</strong> coast has seen some substantial<br />
new developments, including a private hospital built for Mediclinic,<br />
some new malls and a number of estates. Fancourt in George was<br />
Online Resources<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town Transport and Urban Development Authority:<br />
www.tda.gov.za<br />
Construction Industry Development Board: www.cidb.org.za<br />
SA Estate Agency Affairs Board: www.eaab.org.za<br />
SA Institute of Architects: www.saia.org.za<br />
SA Institute of Valuers: www.saiv.org.za<br />
one of the first golf estates in<br />
South Africa. In 2017 a set of<br />
new plots were offered for sale<br />
on what was described as its<br />
“prized northern slopes”.<br />
A large gas discovery off the<br />
coast of Mossel Bay has caused<br />
some speculation that it might<br />
have a (long-term) effect on<br />
property prices in the area. The<br />
Knysna-Plett Herald quoted a<br />
Seeff Property spokesperson<br />
saying that Mossel Bay had<br />
seen sales grow year-on-year<br />
by 20%, with January 2019 the<br />
best sales month in four years.<br />
Seeff is developing two gated<br />
communities of more than<br />
300 units in the R900 000 to<br />
R1.4-million price range.<br />
Although prices in George<br />
are higher, Seeff reports that<br />
older sectional-title property<br />
can be found from R650 00<br />
and houses from R900 000.<br />
Family and golf estate homes<br />
mostly range from R2-million to<br />
R6-million but can go up to<br />
R8-million for a seaview. The<br />
George rental market is strong<br />
with luxury homes achieving up<br />
to R30 000 per month. ■<br />
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PROFILE<br />
Maritz Electrical<br />
Large area and sports lighting specialists.<br />
From commercial electrical applications to<br />
high-end floodlights and sports stadiums<br />
and spotlights using state-of-the-art products,<br />
Maritz Electrical delivers end-to-end<br />
electrical solutions tailored to clients’ needs.<br />
Delivering service excellence and exceptional<br />
quality are key differentiators for Maritz Electrical<br />
and what clients have come to expect.<br />
Maritz Electrical is an empowerment company<br />
established by Kurt Maritz in January 2000. Maritz<br />
Electrical is BBBEE compliant (Level 1 contributor).<br />
It is ISO 9001 certified and fully compliant with<br />
the Occupational Health and Safety Act with a<br />
full-time, trained safety representative.<br />
Maritz Electrical occupies a newly renovated<br />
3 000-square-metre factory and office facility in<br />
Athlone. The company employs full-time, licensed<br />
installation and master electricians. Artisans working<br />
at Maritz have completed the ORHVS.<br />
Maritz Electrical places great emphasis on its relationship<br />
with clients, private or commercial, and<br />
prides itself on the ability to respond to any contracting<br />
requirements in an efficient and cost-effective<br />
way. Maritz Electrical works closely with its<br />
customers, ensuring that projects are completed<br />
on time and on budget, using the highest-quality<br />
products available.<br />
Maritz Electrical aims to contribute positively<br />
to the South African economy, provide excellent<br />
workmanship and be a leader in quality service<br />
provision.<br />
Flagship projects<br />
In 2017, St George’s Park became the world’s first<br />
International Cricket Council-compliant, LED-lit<br />
stadium and the first such stadium to be fitted<br />
with theatrics. Maritz Electrical was part of the<br />
R40-million revamp of Coetzenburg Athletics<br />
Stadium in Stellenbosch and installed new LED<br />
lighting at the hockey field of <strong>Western</strong> Province<br />
Cricket Club in 2019. The lights comply with the<br />
latest FIH standard.<br />
Other projects include the electrification of<br />
large housing projects for municipalities, rural<br />
security lighting, lighting for passenger areas and<br />
runway lighting at airports, <strong>Cape</strong> Town’s Grand<br />
Parade and security lighting for waste-water treatment<br />
plants.<br />
Key areas of expertise<br />
• Public lighting, high masts and sports lighting<br />
• Commercial installations and maintenance<br />
• Industrial installations and maintenance<br />
• Domestic installations and maintenance<br />
• Reticulation<br />
• Substations<br />
Professional memberships<br />
BBBEE Level 1. ISO 9001 certified. Electrical Contractors<br />
Association. Master Builder Association Member.<br />
Member of South African Institute of Lighting (SAIL). ■<br />
CONTACT INFO<br />
Physical address: 11 Noll Avenue, Athlone,<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town, 7764<br />
Tel: +27 21 703 0867<br />
Email: tenders@maritzelectrical.co.za<br />
Website: www.maritzelectrical.co.za<br />
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Leading the field in energyefficient<br />
lighting<br />
PROFILE FOCUS<br />
World first for Maritz Electrical.<br />
LED lighting is a game-changer and Maritz<br />
Electrical is leading the way in its introduction<br />
at South African sporting venues.<br />
LED refers to “Light-Emitting Diode”, a device<br />
that is both brighter and more energy efficient<br />
when electrical current is passed through it than a<br />
conventional light bulb.<br />
In a short space of time, Maritz Electrical has<br />
achieved three significant landmarks in the LED sports<br />
field lighting landscape:<br />
• the world’s first International Cricket Councilcompliant<br />
LED-lit stadium with theatrics,<br />
St George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, 2017<br />
• installation of new LED lights at internationally<br />
recognised athletics stadium, Coetzenburg,<br />
Stellenbosch, 2018<br />
• first South African club hockey field to install<br />
LED lighting to the standard of the FIH (the inter<br />
national hockey body), <strong>Western</strong> Province Cricket<br />
Club, 2019.<br />
The installation at the WPCC hockey field is<br />
a Musco lighting system, similar to the system<br />
used at international stadiums such as Twickenham<br />
Rugby Stadium, Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium and at<br />
baseball and football fields in the US, where Musco<br />
is based.<br />
The R27-million St George’s Park project was completed<br />
on time and on budget, despite installing lights<br />
on top of the Duckpond Pavilion at night in high<br />
winds. The Musco solution is good at controlling spill<br />
and glare and typically comes with a 10-year warranty.<br />
The response has been enthusiastic, helping<br />
Maritz Electrical on its goal to becoming the “goto”<br />
company for stadium lighting installations. For<br />
company MD Kurt Maritz, the television experts provided<br />
the really important feedback. “We cared about<br />
SuperSport the most and they have been raving. If<br />
there are light and dark spots on the field the cameraman<br />
must remember to change the aperture. They<br />
said that the lighting was excellent.”<br />
Large-area lighting<br />
Stadium lighting falls within the broader category<br />
of large-area lighting. The global move to LED lighting<br />
has been a positive thing for Maritz Electrical. In<br />
South Africa, however, Kurt notes that there is difference<br />
between the indoor and outdoor scenarios.<br />
For indoors, “everybody is going that route” but that<br />
return on investment (ROI) is somewhat different in<br />
the outdoor setting.<br />
Maritz Electrical is active in large areas such as<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town’s Grand Parade, rural mast lighting in<br />
Buffalo City, airport runway lighting and security lighting<br />
for city municipal facilities. The company operates<br />
in the commercial, industrial and public sectors and<br />
offers a wide range of services. ■<br />
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FOCUS<br />
Growing a national footprint<br />
Maritz Electrical is expanding.<br />
Having established a loyal customer base in the private and<br />
public sectors in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, Maritz Electrical has<br />
expanded its horizons, showing that it is ready to tackle<br />
projects anywhere in South Africa.<br />
Recent projects that indicate the versatility that the company brings<br />
to lighting projects, in particular in LED lighting and in large-area lighting,<br />
include: a world-first LED stadium lighting project in Port Elizabeth, another<br />
stadium in the Free State, East London airport building lighting and<br />
mast lighting for informal settlements for the Buffalo City Municipality.<br />
With an expanding workload, Maritz Electrical made a move in 2018<br />
to new premises in Athlone. Founder and Managing Director Kurt Maritz<br />
explains, “We have moved 150 staff from three branches into one customised<br />
3 000-square-metre facility. It is designed in such a way that we<br />
have enough space for 50% expansion. Half of the massive space we<br />
dry-walled so that we have a suite of offices.”<br />
There are no specific targets, but Kurt is clearly looking forward with<br />
anticipation. “We don’t have any ceiling we want to hit. Our engine is our<br />
sales department. As much work as they bring in, that’s how we will grow.”<br />
Free State<br />
Kaizer Sebothelo Stadium<br />
was built as a multi-use venue<br />
but mainly used to host<br />
football matches in the township<br />
of Botshabelo east of<br />
Bloemfontein. The 20 000-seater<br />
stadium is the home ground<br />
for Botshabelo Football Club<br />
and Tower United FC.<br />
Maritz Electrical replaced the<br />
existing, outdated lighting, as<br />
their output intensity was too<br />
low to cater for high-definition<br />
camera equipment. Mangaung<br />
Municipality’s tender stipulated<br />
that the lighting needed an up-<br />
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FOCUS<br />
grade to HD quality using a local<br />
lighting brand. The Maritz solution<br />
not only saved close to R3-million,<br />
but provided a 10-year warranty,<br />
resulting in further savings for<br />
the client.<br />
Musco 1500w metal halide<br />
luminaries were installed for field<br />
lighting and LED luminaries for<br />
emergency lighting. The stadium’s<br />
generator was upgraded to<br />
110KVa. Using any other system<br />
would have required the upgrade<br />
of the power supply, but this was<br />
not necessary as the Musco system<br />
uses approximately 25% less power<br />
than conventional systems<br />
Eastern <strong>Cape</strong><br />
In 2017, St George’s Park became the world’s first International Cricket<br />
Council-compliant, LED-lit stadium and the first such stadium to be fitted<br />
with theatrics. Over four days in December 2017, the famous ground<br />
celebrated the landmark of being the first South African venue to host<br />
a day-night Test match, against Zimbabwe. The R27-million contract<br />
was completed on time and on budget by a team from Maritz Electrical<br />
led by Warren Williams. Two project managers from Musco Lighting<br />
supported the installation. The lights on top of the Duckpond Pavilion<br />
were hoisted at night, the process being illuminated by floodlight.<br />
Project Manager Diketso Kumalo reports that the six-month contract<br />
to install LED energy-saving lights at East London Airport was completed<br />
on time and on budget. Says Kumalo, “One of our goals for all projects<br />
that we do is to satisfy the client and leave them with a happy face.”<br />
LED lighting can significantly reduce power consumption. Maritz<br />
Lighting’s pre-installation and post-installation testing confirmed that<br />
East London Airport will be saving on electricity costs.<br />
The Maritz contract with the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality<br />
entails providing mast lighting to informal settlements across the municipality.<br />
“We are providing them with 20m-high masts with LED<br />
luminaires,” says Kumalo. “LED consumes much less power compared<br />
to high-pressure sodium or metal halide although the LED the lux level<br />
is better.” Costs will be reduced and the power of illumination will be<br />
better for residents.<br />
Kumalo says that there is a possibility that Maritz Electrical might<br />
open an Eastern <strong>Cape</strong> office. “Our presence is growing,” he notes.<br />
“Depending on the amount of work we receive from the province, we<br />
might be looking at opening another office in the Eastern <strong>Cape</strong>.” Kumalo<br />
points out that Maritz Electrical’s expertise extends beyond lighting.<br />
“We do a variety of electrical works. We also offer project management,<br />
consulting, compliance and hazardous area classification and MV and<br />
LV maintenance.”<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
The municipal authorities of Overstrand and Stellenbosch have contracted<br />
Maritz Electrical to work on low-cost housing projects. This is a big<br />
market and Maritz Electrical is building its skills set in this area. Aspects<br />
of this market include reticulation, electrification, street lights, road-side<br />
furniture and mini-substations. ■<br />
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OVERVIEW<br />
Tourism and events<br />
Arts and culture are front and centre in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
Arabella Hotel & Spa on the banks of the Bot River Lagoon has joined the portfolio of Autograph Collection<br />
Hotels, a division of Marriott International.<br />
A<br />
new cultural-historical concept was launched in 2019, the<br />
Cradle of Human Culture. In partnership with the Cradle of<br />
Humankind World Heritage Site in Gauteng and two provincial<br />
departments, Wesgro’s Destination Marketing Unit will promote<br />
three archaeological sites in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> which preserve some of<br />
the world’s earliest evidence of evolution of modern human behaviour.<br />
They will be nominated for World Heritage Site status.<br />
Provincial government is keen to promote education in the arts.<br />
Based on figures published by the South African Cultural Observatory<br />
in 2017, which found that 6% of employment in South Africa is in the<br />
cultural sector, the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> will expand the traditional STEM<br />
emphasis to include two additional As: Arts and Agriculture. There are<br />
60 000 people employed in the culture sector in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
The opening of the R500-million Zeitz Museum of Contemporary<br />
Art in the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in <strong>Cape</strong> Town has made a<br />
big impact. With a footfall of 24-million visitors going through the<br />
Waterfront every year, the Zeitz is well located to attract good crowds.<br />
The conversion of the old grain silos which created 6 000m² of gallery<br />
space was paid for by the owners of the Waterfront, Growthpoint<br />
Properties and the Public Investment Corporation.<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town Air Access is a partnership between Wesgro, the City of<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town, the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Government, Airports Company South<br />
Africa, <strong>Cape</strong> Town Tourism and South African Tourism, and is the focal<br />
point for international air route development in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
Two new trans-Atlantic flights were announced as part of the<br />
Air Access programme in 2019, although one flight doesn’t quite<br />
Sector Insight<br />
Tourism guide Lonely<br />
Planet selected the <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Winelands as a “Top 10 Best<br />
Value Destinations for <strong>2020</strong>”.<br />
go all the way over the Atlantic<br />
Ocean. St Helena is now<br />
accessible directly from <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town, but the big news is that<br />
United Airlines started flying<br />
directly from Newark Liberty (a<br />
New York airport) in December<br />
2019.<br />
An additional 24 000<br />
inbound passengers are<br />
expected annually, an annual<br />
growth projection of 20%, with<br />
about 900 jobs being created<br />
in the first year. The flight will<br />
contribute to a R425-million<br />
boost in tourism spend by 2021,<br />
according to a study conducted<br />
by Grant Thornton.<br />
International arrivals at<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town International<br />
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OVERVIEW<br />
Airport grew to 2.6-million<br />
international passengers in 2018.<br />
The growth came from longhaul<br />
carriers from outside the<br />
Southern African region. Overall,<br />
84 000 more passengers passed<br />
through the airport, bringing<br />
the total number in 2018 to<br />
10.6-million.<br />
Airlink - Live the Dream<br />
Getting to prime tourist<br />
destinations directly from<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town is made easier<br />
by Airlink, which connects<br />
to Nelspruit Kruger<br />
Mpumalanga International<br />
Airport (KMIA) or Skukuza<br />
Airport for a bushveld<br />
experience in the Kruger<br />
National Park and Livingstone,<br />
Zambia, for a close encounter<br />
with Victoria Falls. From KMIA<br />
there are flights to Vilanculos<br />
in Mozambique, gateway to<br />
the Bazaruto and Benguerra<br />
islands. Another exciting<br />
option out of <strong>Cape</strong> Town is<br />
to fly to Maun in Botswana,<br />
which gives access to the<br />
Okavango Delta and the<br />
wonders of the Chobe<br />
National Park. (www.flyairlink.com)<br />
Hotel occupancy in <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town was 65% in 2018, a figure<br />
that was down on the previous<br />
year’s 69.5% but remarkably<br />
good considering that the period<br />
included the worst drought in<br />
living memory. This is according<br />
to a study done by STR Global.<br />
Not only did South Africa win<br />
the Rugby World Cup in Tokyo in<br />
2019, <strong>Cape</strong> Town also won the<br />
right to host the 2022 Rugby<br />
World Cup Sevens. <strong>Cape</strong> Town is<br />
Highlights<br />
• International arrivals at <strong>Cape</strong> Town International Airport<br />
grew 9.6% in 2018 to 2.6-million international passengers.<br />
• <strong>Cape</strong> Town will host the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens<br />
and the Netball World Cup in 2023.<br />
• Fancourt Hotel & Country Club won South Africa’s Best<br />
Golf Hotel in the 2019 World Golf Awards.<br />
• Plettenberg Bay has six Blue Flag beaches out of 30 with<br />
that status in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
a popular destination on the circuit of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens<br />
Series. The Netball World Cup will be in <strong>Cape</strong> Town in 2023 and the city<br />
is making a habit of winning the African award for hosting the most<br />
international association meetings. The ranking is awarded by the<br />
International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA).<br />
The <strong>Cape</strong> Town and the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Convention Bureau, a Wesgro<br />
unit, promotes the <strong>Cape</strong> as a venue and assists with bids, planning<br />
support and on-site services. Events, conferences and exhibitions help<br />
to create a year-round industry which in turn boosts employment. The<br />
R900-million expansion of the <strong>Cape</strong> Town International Convention<br />
Centre (CTICC2) has given the city’s biggest venue additional volume<br />
and flexibility.<br />
Wesgro is targeting Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia,<br />
Philippines, Singapore and Thailand as potential new markets for the<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>’s tourism offerings. Halal tourism, a global market that<br />
is expected to reach $300-billion by 2026, is another major focus.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> has upwards of 200 mosques and a cosmopolitan<br />
lifestyle that has seen various faiths coexist for many years.<br />
New cycling routes have been launched as part of the Cross<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Cycle Route which links Plettenberg Bay with Stellenbosch via<br />
a number of charming small towns. Many towns and districts host<br />
annual festivals, such as the Prince Albert Olive Festival.<br />
Several hotel brands have extended their offering in <strong>Cape</strong> Town.<br />
These include the AC Hotel by Marriott at the Yacht Club, Radisson Red<br />
and Tsogo Sun. The Gorgeous George in downtown <strong>Cape</strong> Town has<br />
joined the Design Hotels stable. ■<br />
Online Resources<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Nature: www.capenature.co.za<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town Tourism: www.capetown.travel<br />
National Department of Tourism: www.tourism.gov.za<br />
South African Tourism: www.southafrica.net<br />
Wesgro: www.wesgro.co.za<br />
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Banking<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town is a fintech hub.<br />
Inclusion, innovation and revolution, that’s the future of fintech<br />
in Africa if the title of a conference segment held in 2019 is to<br />
be believed.<br />
The fact that an IT conference and exhibition included a fintech<br />
component is significant. That it was held in <strong>Cape</strong> Town is also relevant.<br />
Fintech is increasingly important to financial institutions. Barclays’ app<br />
development organisation, Rise, has seven outlets around the world,<br />
including one in Woodstock in <strong>Cape</strong> Town. A French-funded fintech<br />
operation has been launched at Century City.<br />
The African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management<br />
(AIFMRM) aims is to meet the demands for skills by developing local<br />
talent. It is supported by the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Provincial Government, the<br />
University of <strong>Cape</strong> Town, Barclays Africa Group, FirstRand and Liberty.<br />
The finance and insurance sector contributes 10.9% to provincial<br />
GDP and is an area of the economy that shows consistent growth.<br />
The sector outperforms most other sectors according to the<br />
FNB Chart Book, and further growth is anticipated. New financial<br />
services companies are starting or relocating to the <strong>Cape</strong>. These<br />
range from asset managers to hedge funds, venture capitalists and<br />
insurers. The financial services sector employs more than 50 000<br />
people and the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> hosts 17 companies which are listed<br />
on the stock exchange.<br />
The decision by the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to open<br />
a JSE Exchange Hub in <strong>Cape</strong> Town confirms the city’s importance in<br />
the financial world. There are eight <strong>Cape</strong> Town-based companies in the<br />
Top 40 Index of the JSE: Capitec Bank, Mediclinic, Naspers, Woolworths,<br />
British American Tobacco, Remgro, Shoprite Holdings and Sanlam.<br />
The head offices of financial firms are dotted all over <strong>Cape</strong> Town.<br />
These include Old Mutual and Foord (Pinelands), Coronation (Newlands),<br />
Prudential (Claremont), Sygnia (Green Point), Sanlam (Bellville) and Allan<br />
Gray (Waterfront). PSG has its headquarters in Stellenbosch and is well<br />
represented in rural towns. Insurers such as Santam and Metropolitan<br />
Life are based in Bellville.<br />
According to Wesgro, 75% of the venture capital deals that happen<br />
in South Africa originate in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>. Most financial firms<br />
Online Resources<br />
Banking Association South Africa: www.banking.org.za<br />
Financial Sector Conduct Authority: www.fsca.co.za<br />
Insurance Institute of South Africa: www.iisa.co.za<br />
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants: www.saica.co.za<br />
Sector Insight<br />
Japanese financial services<br />
company Nomura has<br />
started operations.<br />
based in <strong>Cape</strong> Town have a<br />
long history, some going back<br />
as far as 1845 when Old Mutual<br />
started.<br />
The green bond issued by<br />
the City of <strong>Cape</strong> Town is a sign<br />
of the “climate change” times.<br />
South Africa’s third-ever green<br />
bond attracted bids over R4-<br />
billion on an initial offering on<br />
projects worth R1-billion. The<br />
lead arranger for the bond was<br />
Rand Merchant Bank.<br />
A newcomer to the <strong>Cape</strong><br />
financial services sector is<br />
Nomura, a Japanese financial<br />
holding company. The company<br />
intends expanding its services<br />
into Southern Africa. ■<br />
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Development finance<br />
and SMME support<br />
Sauce company finds the right funding recipe.<br />
OVERVIEW<br />
For small businesses to get bigger, they often need a little help.<br />
When <strong>Cape</strong> Town-based SMME Pesto Princess wanted to<br />
expand, it turned to the CDI Growth Fund.<br />
A grant made it possible to expand and create 10 new jobs<br />
making sauces, pastes and soups and the company (pictured) intends<br />
to carry on growing, aiming for a factory four times bigger than its<br />
current facility and upwards of 250 new jobs as they expand.<br />
The R12.8-million CDI Growth Fund is managed by CDI Capital,<br />
which was incorporated as a subsidiary of the Craft and Design<br />
Institute (CDI) in 2016 to arrange funding for SMMEs. The funding has<br />
been enabled through contributions by the National Treasury’s Jobs<br />
Fund, the Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), and the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDAT).<br />
Two of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>’s universities, Stellenbosch and <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town, are the first collaborators with the University Technology Fund<br />
which aims to commercialise innovations and inventions coming<br />
out of tertiary institutions. Some universities already have their own<br />
commercialisation units, but the UTF will have considerable financial<br />
clout, as it is a part of the South African SME Fund, an offshoot of the<br />
CEO Initiative which brought together 50 major corporations, the<br />
Public Investment Corporation, the Unemployment Insurance Fund<br />
and the Compensation Commission.<br />
Sector Insight<br />
V&A Waterfront SMMEs<br />
achieved revenue of<br />
R329-million in 2018.<br />
Among the businesses<br />
receiving support from the SA<br />
SME Fund are Masisizane, which<br />
helps black entrepreneurs buy<br />
petrol stations, and Hyrax, a<br />
company which emerged from<br />
research done at the University<br />
of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> into which<br />
HIV-positive people were<br />
resistant to certain drugs.<br />
Another <strong>Cape</strong> institution<br />
supporting SMMEs is the V&A<br />
Waterfront where a study has<br />
shown that revenue earned by<br />
small enterprises in 2018 was<br />
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R329-million, up from R78-million in 2007. Workshop 17 offers free WiFi<br />
and co-working space to tech startups and the venue has attracted<br />
110 firms. Another venue, the Watershed, showcases design and craft.<br />
More than 90% of stock sold out of the Watershed is made locally and<br />
some design companies, such as leather product makers Wolf and<br />
Maiden, have moved out and up into the more exclusive retail space<br />
elsewhere in the Waterfront.<br />
The Long Street Kiosks is an attempt by the Provincial Government<br />
of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> to support SMMEs in the centre of the city.<br />
Subsidised space alongside the government’s building in one of <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town’s busiest tourist routes was allocated for traders. Mpho Mopai,<br />
of Tees and Gees, took advantage of the site and the support to such<br />
good effect in selling his T-shirts that he was one of the winners at the<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Entrepreneurship Awards.<br />
Silulo Ulutho Technologies, which runs IT stores and training<br />
centres in townships and rural communities, started out as a small<br />
internet café in Khayelitsha in 2004. The provincial government’s<br />
Enterprise Development Fund helped it grow to the point where it<br />
has created more than 200 jobs and trained thousands of people. The<br />
founder, Luvuyo Rani, was part of Team South Africa at Davos at the<br />
World Economic Forum.<br />
Using the supply chain is a good way to create new businesses<br />
and retailers like Pick n Pay, Woolworths and Shoprite invest heavily<br />
in such programmes.<br />
The Philippi Village Container Walk houses key-cutters, building<br />
material suppliers, hairdressers and clothes shops. With the backing of<br />
the IDC, the two-storey creations house retail shops on the bottom<br />
floor and offices on the top floor. Philippi Village is a joint venture<br />
between <strong>Business</strong> Activator and the Bertha Foundation, a global<br />
philanthropic foundation.<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Gateway, the website of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> government, lists<br />
50 SMME support organisations in the province. These range from the<br />
provincial trade and investment promotion agency, Wesgro, to smaller<br />
community institutions and business initiatives.<br />
The National Department of Small <strong>Business</strong> Development (DSBD) has<br />
several programmes to assist SMMEs and co-operatives. These include:<br />
• The Black <strong>Business</strong> Supplier Development Programme,<br />
a cost-sharing grant to promote competitiveness<br />
• The Co-operative Incentive Scheme, a 100% grant.<br />
Online Resources<br />
CDI Growth Fund: www.thecdi.org.za<br />
PERA: www.wcpremiersawards.co.za<br />
SA SME Fund: sasmefund.co.za<br />
Small <strong>Business</strong> Institute: www.smallbusinessinstitute.co.za<br />
Small Enterprise Development Agency: www.seda.co.za<br />
Small Enterprise Finance Agency: www.sefa.org.za<br />
The Small Enterprise<br />
Development Agency (Seda)<br />
is an agency of the DSBD and<br />
gives non-financial support<br />
to entrepreneurs through<br />
training, assistance with filling<br />
in forms, marketing and creating<br />
business plans. It helps small<br />
businesses draft applications for<br />
loan finance.<br />
Seda has established a Rapid<br />
Incubator in partnership with<br />
the Centre for Entrepreneurship<br />
(CFE) at False Bay TVET College,<br />
Westlake Campus.<br />
Intended to encourage TVET<br />
graduates to start their own businesses,<br />
the focus is on metal fabrication<br />
and furniture making. The<br />
Rapid Incubation Programme encourages<br />
innovative thinking and<br />
allows students, entrepreneurs<br />
and potential clients to interact.<br />
Learning how to commercialise<br />
products and services is a key<br />
element of the course.<br />
The National Gazelles is<br />
a national SMME accelerator<br />
jointly funded by Seda and the<br />
DSBD. The aim is to identify<br />
and support small businesses<br />
with growth potential across<br />
priority sectors aligned with<br />
the National Development<br />
Plan and Seda’s SMME strategy.<br />
<strong>Business</strong>es can receive up to<br />
R1-million for training,<br />
productivity advice, business<br />
skills development and the<br />
purchase of equipment.<br />
The National Small <strong>Business</strong><br />
Chamber (NSBC) has a base of<br />
over 125 000 SMEs and 50 big<br />
brands as partners. A memberbased<br />
organisation that offers<br />
benefits, the NSBC runs surveys<br />
and hosts expos, networking<br />
events and awards functions. ■<br />
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OVERVIEW<br />
Education and training<br />
Creating a skilled workforce is a national priority.<br />
UCT researchers’ work on epileptic seizures includes examining a mouse hippocampal brain slice prior to a<br />
patch-clamp electrophysiological recording. Image: Dr Joseph Raimondo/UCT.<br />
Skills training is a national priority and several institutions are<br />
supporting this goal in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, including three<br />
academic universities, one comprehensive university, one<br />
university of technology and six Technical and Vocational<br />
Education and Training (TVET) colleges. Unisa, the country's biggest<br />
distance learning institution, has a campus in <strong>Cape</strong> Town and a service<br />
centre in George.<br />
The National Skills Authority (NSA) works with Sector Education<br />
and Training Authorities (SETAs) in carrying out the National Skills<br />
Development Strategy (NSDS). The Human Resource Development<br />
Council of South Africa (HRDCSA) is an over-arching body that gives<br />
guidance to the many institutions working on skills development and<br />
training. It is managed by the National Department of Higher Education<br />
and Training (DHET). The strategic goal of the DHET is to create “a capable<br />
and skilled workforce for inclusive growth”.<br />
TVET colleges have been asked to concentrate on 13 trade areas,<br />
including bricklayers, millwrights, boilermakers and riggers. R16.5-billion<br />
has been allocated by national government to skills development and<br />
infrastructure over the medium term. The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> has further<br />
honed the priority sectors down to five and is keeping track of the young<br />
people who join its programmes.<br />
The <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Provincial Government’s Apprenticeship Game<br />
Changer aimed to introduce 32 500 qualified apprentices into the labour<br />
market by 2019. R1-billion was allocated over a three-year time frame.<br />
A Centres of Specialisation Programme has been introduced by<br />
Sector Insight<br />
A R1-billion Biomedical<br />
Research Institute is under<br />
construction.<br />
the DHET to tackle priority<br />
skills. False Bay TVET College is<br />
a Centre of Specialisation with<br />
a focus on training riggers and<br />
mechanical fitters. With the<br />
oil and gas sector expected to<br />
grow rapidly in the near future,<br />
trained artisans can expect<br />
to find employment quickly.<br />
The College of <strong>Cape</strong> TVET is<br />
concentrating on plumbing and<br />
automotive motor mechanics.<br />
False Bay TVET College<br />
has campuses in Fish Hoek,<br />
Muizenberg, Mitchells Plain,<br />
Khayelitsha and Westlake. The<br />
College of <strong>Cape</strong> Town (CCT) has<br />
seven campuses from the city<br />
centre to Guguletu and Wynberg.<br />
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OVERVIEW<br />
A new welding academy in<br />
Thornton was opened with<br />
support from the merSETA<br />
(Manufacturing, Engineering and<br />
Related Services SETA). Northlink<br />
College is in the northern suburbs<br />
of <strong>Cape</strong> Town.<br />
Outside of the <strong>Cape</strong><br />
metropole, Boland College looks<br />
after Stellenbosch, Worcester,<br />
Paarl and Caledon, while the<br />
Southern <strong>Cape</strong> College covers<br />
a wide area, from George to<br />
Beaufort West. The West Coast<br />
College also has a big catchment<br />
area. Boland College participates<br />
in an Expanded Public Works<br />
Programme (EPWP) run by the<br />
South African Chefs’ Association.<br />
Airports Company SA (ACSA),<br />
the City of <strong>Cape</strong> Town and False<br />
Bay TVET College in Westlake<br />
have combined to offer residents<br />
of Blikkiesdorp a chance to learn<br />
skills in brick-laying, housebuilding,<br />
scaffolding and health<br />
and education. ACSA is investing<br />
R5-million in the 12-month<br />
certification project and the<br />
Construction Education and<br />
Training Authority (CETA) will<br />
channel funds to False Bay TVET<br />
College for training.<br />
SARETEC offers industry-specific<br />
training in a new<br />
economic sector. The South<br />
African Renewable Energy<br />
Technology Centre is managed<br />
by the <strong>Cape</strong> Peninsula University<br />
of Technology (Bellville<br />
campus) but it collaborates<br />
with several other institutions<br />
and private companies.<br />
Online learning is one of the<br />
world’s fastest-growing sectors<br />
and the investment of $3-million<br />
by Construct in a new <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town office is evidence that<br />
the trend has come to the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>. The Construct Learning Lab<br />
supports universities in Boston, Doha and Oxford as well as companies<br />
and government bodies. The company expects to increase its staff<br />
complement by 150 over three years.<br />
Universities<br />
Two <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> research institutions have made large investments<br />
in research infrastructure. A new Biomedical Research Institute is<br />
being built by Stellenbosch University at a cost of R1-billion and the<br />
University of <strong>Cape</strong> Town plans to move its Neuroscience Institute,<br />
which it runs in partnership with Groote Schuur Hospital, into a new<br />
building. An innovation laboratory, clinical and training spaces and<br />
an innovation space where researchers can interact are part of the<br />
plans for the new facility.<br />
The 2018 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings,<br />
ranked the University of <strong>Cape</strong> Town in the top 200 universities in the<br />
world and the top-ranked institution in Africa. The rankings are based on<br />
six indicators: academic peer review, faculty/student ratio, citations per<br />
faculty, employer reputation and international student ratio .<br />
These three institutions, plus the <strong>Cape</strong> Peninsula University of<br />
Technology, produce approximately 12 000 science, technology,<br />
engineering and mathematics graduates every year and host 11 000<br />
students from other African countries.<br />
The University of <strong>Cape</strong> Town has more than 21 500 students, 720<br />
permanent staff and 39 A-rated researchers (40% of South Africa’s total).<br />
Stellenbosch University is linked to Stellenbosch’s growing reputation as<br />
a technology hub. The University of the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> is home to several<br />
national research bodies.<br />
University education is available in George through the Nelson<br />
Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU): Saasveld is home to the<br />
School of Natural Resource Management and the York Street Campus<br />
delivers courses in business and social science, accounting and<br />
business management.<br />
In his first State of the Province address, Premier Alan Winde gave<br />
notice that the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> intends expanding the traditional focus<br />
on STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) to<br />
include other important fields where jobs can be created. Pilot projects<br />
are in place to expand STEM to STEAMAC, with the additional two As<br />
signifying the Arts and Agriculture and the C representing Coding and<br />
Cloud Computing. ■<br />
Online Resources<br />
Apprenticeship Game Changer: www.westerncape.gov.za<br />
Centres of Specialisation: www.dhet.gov.za<br />
SA Renewable Energy Technology Centre: www.saretec.org.za<br />
TVET colleges: www.tvetcolleges.co.za<br />
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FOCUS<br />
False Bay TVET College<br />
A gateway to employment, entrepreneurship and higher education.<br />
About the college<br />
With 688 000 students enrolled in 2017, Technical and Vocational<br />
Education and Training (TVET) colleges are an important avenue to<br />
post-school education and vocational training and are crucial to job<br />
creation, economic growth and the future prosperity of the country.<br />
False Bay TVET College has five well-resourced campuses in<br />
the <strong>Cape</strong> Peninsula that collectively have an annual enrolment of<br />
around 11 000 students. While not the largest college, False Bay has<br />
consistently been recognised as one of the best TVET colleges in<br />
South Africa for over 15 years.<br />
Along with its services to our youth, communities and diverse<br />
industries, False Bay TVET College has strong ties and strategic<br />
partnerships with employers, government departments, the SETAs,<br />
representative industry bodies and both local and international<br />
educational institutions. These partnerships enable us to leverage<br />
resources and opportunities that give our students not only<br />
affordable access to quality training and jobs but to life skills,<br />
work experience and cultural enrichment.<br />
funding fee-free education for<br />
the majority of TVET students;<br />
the SETAs spending over<br />
R500-million on bursaries and<br />
placements at TVET colleges,<br />
universities and universities of<br />
technology; the Department<br />
of Higher Education and<br />
Training (DHET) funding 12 new<br />
campuses and colleges; and the<br />
DHET supporting 14 universities<br />
to develop programmes for<br />
improving TVET lecturers’<br />
qualifications.<br />
Ten reasons for our success<br />
1. Ideal location: Five campuses located in the<br />
communities of Muizenberg, Mitchells Plain,<br />
Khayelitsha, Westlake and Fish Hoek are easily<br />
accessible, allowing students to commute from<br />
anywhere in the Peninsula. In response to<br />
demand, the College is set to double<br />
its enrolment and add two more<br />
specialised campuses: a 6.5-hectare<br />
mega-campus in Mitchells Plain<br />
that will serve as many as 10 000<br />
students and the Swartklip campus<br />
located at the former Denel munitions<br />
testing grounds, which will offer stateof-the-art<br />
artisan-related programmes to<br />
3 000 students a year.<br />
2. Benefits of investment: The TVET sector has recently<br />
attracted heavy government investment, which is<br />
rapidly improving the access to and quality of TVET<br />
qualifications. These investments include the NSFAS<br />
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3. Efficient administration: The<br />
College’s growth is underpinned<br />
by strong leadership and an<br />
award-winning administration<br />
system that has been<br />
recognised by the Auditor-<br />
General of South Africa and the<br />
DHET. The College has twice<br />
received clean audit awards and<br />
has received a clean audit for<br />
the past five years.<br />
4. Relevant curriculum: The<br />
College offers vocational,<br />
occupational and skills training<br />
programmes with a special<br />
focus on artisan skills in the<br />
Electrical, Motor Mechanics,<br />
Welding and Fabrication, Fitting<br />
and Turning, Automotive Body<br />
Repair, Spray Painting, Masonry,<br />
Plumbing, Carpentry and<br />
Joinery trades. Courses are also<br />
offered in <strong>Business</strong>, Information<br />
and Communication<br />
Technology, Hospitality,<br />
Engineering, Tourism, Yacht and<br />
Boat Building, Safety in Society,<br />
2D Animation and Education<br />
Studies. All College programmes<br />
are examined and certified<br />
nationally and designed in<br />
collaboration with commerce<br />
and industry.<br />
5. Strong partnerships:<br />
Private and public employer<br />
organisations recognise that<br />
the only way to assist young<br />
people to gain work experience<br />
and increase their employability<br />
is through engaging with them<br />
and opening up workplace opportunities. False Bay TVET College<br />
understands and promotes the important role of employers in<br />
providing workplace experience, internship and employment<br />
opportunities to College students and graduates. All our partnerships<br />
are informed by this common understanding.<br />
6. Placement track record: The College excels at supporting its<br />
graduates during their transition to the world of work. Its Work-<br />
Integrated Learning (WIL) Department achieved a 92% placement<br />
rate in 2018, a feat few colleges could match in the current state<br />
False Bay TVET College is the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Center of Specialsation for<br />
Mechanical Fitting and Rigging.<br />
of the economy. The College employs five dedicated WIL officers<br />
who provide graduates with work placement support. This service<br />
helps to connect students to job opportunities and prepares them<br />
for the world of work via the work-readiness programme. The WIL<br />
programme not only benefits students, but participating companies<br />
are able to improve their company B-BBEE scorecards, access SETA<br />
benefits, release full-time staff for training and upskilling, and improve<br />
staff retention. The WIL programme was recognised by the ETDP SETA<br />
at the 2018 National Skills Conference and Development Awards<br />
with the prestigious Gold Award in the Most Outstanding Skills<br />
Development Stakeholder category.<br />
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7. Forward thinking: False Bay TVET College is increasingly<br />
investing in new technology to take advantage of the digital<br />
age. As access to information improves with every advance in<br />
internet technology, our students benefit from new teaching<br />
methodologies, opportunities for distance learning and<br />
participation in international joint programmes.<br />
False Bay TVET College took the prestigious Gold award in the Most<br />
Outstanding Skills Development Stakeholder .<br />
The government has initiated the Centres of Specialisation<br />
Programme through the DHET to address the demand<br />
for qualifications in the priority trades needed for the<br />
implementation of the government’s growth strategy. False Bay<br />
TVET College was selected as the Centre of Specialisation and<br />
premier training institution for riggers as well as mechanical<br />
fitters in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
In keeping with the global<br />
trend, the College recognises<br />
that many graduates are<br />
more likely to start their<br />
own businesses in future<br />
than remain as employees<br />
in established businesses. To<br />
facilitate the entrepreneurial<br />
development of students and<br />
graduates, the College hosts the<br />
Centre for Entrepreneurship/<br />
Rapid Incubator (CFE/RI), a<br />
partnership with the DHET<br />
and the Department of Small<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Development. The<br />
CFE/RI provides a supportive<br />
environment, top-class<br />
machinery and physical space<br />
to student entrepreneurs to<br />
enable product development.<br />
Learning is supported by<br />
structured individual mentoring<br />
and the facilitation of linkages<br />
to new resources.<br />
8. Student support:<br />
The College offers comprehensive<br />
student support<br />
and development services<br />
at all its campuses, which<br />
Centre for Entrepreneurship / Rapid Incubator Programme Graduates.<br />
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include career guidance, financial aid,<br />
personal counselling, academic support<br />
and job placement.<br />
9. Inclusive education: False Bay TVET<br />
College has an Inclusive Education<br />
Office which ensures that students<br />
with disabilities are able to access our<br />
learning facilities and support services<br />
at all our campuses. For students who<br />
experience difficulty accessing the<br />
College due to work commitments<br />
or distance, the College provides<br />
alternative modes of teaching and<br />
training, including part-time classes and<br />
distance learning options.<br />
10. Student life: Our relationships<br />
with the students begin even before<br />
they enrol. The first contact for many<br />
happens on our popular Open Days,<br />
where prospective students and parents<br />
receive all the course information and<br />
career guidance they need to make<br />
an informed choice. False Bay TVET<br />
College students are offered a rich<br />
campus life focused on healthy activity<br />
that encourages the development<br />
of beneficial co-curricular learning,<br />
including participation in inter-college sports and<br />
various clubs and societies. Students are served by<br />
an active Student Representative Council and there<br />
is regular engagement between management, the<br />
faculty and students across all courses and campuses.<br />
Our structured communication environment enables<br />
the College to identify and service students’ needs<br />
effectively, which often leads to innovations, such as<br />
the recently introduced mobile health and wellness<br />
campus clinic, the first such facility in South Africa.<br />
How to contact False Bay TVET College<br />
Please see our website at www.falsebaycollege.co.za<br />
for contact details of our campuses, course details and<br />
assistance with the application process.<br />
Linkages & Partnerships<br />
Tel: +27 21 787 0800<br />
Email: Jacqueline.Layman@falsebay.org.za<br />
Centre of Entrepreneurship & Rapid Incubator<br />
Tel: +27 21 201 1215<br />
Email: info@falsebayincubate.co.za<br />
Work-Integrated Learning Department<br />
Tel: +27 21 700 6400<br />
Email: jobplacement@falsebay.org.za<br />
www.falsebaycollege.co.za<br />
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College of <strong>Cape</strong> Town<br />
A Welding Academy has been launched in Thornton.<br />
The College of <strong>Cape</strong> Town for TVET has eight<br />
campuses that serve students mostly from<br />
the central metropolitan area of the City of<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town.<br />
All campuses, including the Central Office, are<br />
based in the Central Metropole region of <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town and are located within an approximately<br />
20km radius.<br />
The College has 13 802 enrolled students with<br />
just over 8 000 doing NATED Report 191 with the<br />
other largest enrolments being National Certificate<br />
Vocational (2 834) and Occupational Qualifications<br />
(2 301). More than 1 000 students are doing short<br />
skills programmes.<br />
Programmes vary in duration from three<br />
months to three years. Courses are delivered as<br />
Learnerships, Internships, Short Skills Courses<br />
and Apprenticeships.<br />
The mandate<br />
The College of <strong>Cape</strong> Town is a public Technical and<br />
Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College<br />
which falls under the auspices of the Department of<br />
Higher Education and Training. The College mandate<br />
is to provide inclusive quality Vocational Education<br />
and Training responsive to the labour market. The<br />
College of <strong>Cape</strong> Town endeavours to achieve the<br />
following national strategic priorities:<br />
• Growth and expansion of relevant and<br />
priority programme opportunities for the youth<br />
• Growth and expansion of artisan development<br />
opportunities<br />
• Improvement of academic quality and<br />
success, ie improving certification, throughput<br />
and retention rates of its ministerial and<br />
occupational programmes<br />
• Establishing relevant and viable partnerships<br />
and linkages with industry, Sector Education<br />
and Training Authorities (SETAs) and/or other<br />
professional bodies and/or institutions of<br />
higher education<br />
• Improving support system efficiency<br />
• Sound institutional governance, management<br />
and leadership<br />
• Inculcating a culture of monitoring and<br />
evaluation of College performance<br />
• Improving information management and data<br />
reporting systems and processes.<br />
Diverse programmes<br />
Offerings include ministerial programmes,<br />
occupational programmes and short courses.<br />
City Campus: Art and Design, <strong>Business</strong> Studies,<br />
Hospitality, and Travel and Tourism<br />
Wynberg Campus: Beauty Therapy and Haircare<br />
Thornton Campus: Building and Civil Engineering,<br />
Mechanical Engineering and Occupational<br />
Gugulethu Campus:<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Studies and Electrical Engineering<br />
Crawford Campus: Education and Training, and<br />
Information and Communication Technology<br />
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Pinelands Campus: Electrical Engineering<br />
Athlone Campus: Mechanical Engineering<br />
Centres of Specialisation: Motor Mechanics<br />
and Plumbing<br />
Niche areas:<br />
• Early Childhood Development<br />
• Information and Communication Technologies<br />
• Electrical Engineering.<br />
Goals<br />
The College’s key strategic goals for <strong>2020</strong> are to<br />
maintain ministerial programme enrolment and<br />
to grow the occupational programme and short<br />
skills programmes. The College is committed<br />
to broadening entrepreneurship awareness<br />
and capabilities. Growth areas will be in Early<br />
Childhood Development, Electrical Engineering<br />
and Information and Communication Technology.<br />
More SETA Learnerships and Skills Programmes<br />
are planned, as well as QCTO programmes and<br />
Apprencticeship programmes.<br />
The College’s six strategic goals are:<br />
• Grow academic excellence<br />
• Expand student support<br />
• Develop leadership, governance and<br />
organisational performance<br />
• Develop an enabling environment<br />
• Drive transformation and build partnerships.<br />
Entrepreneurship<br />
Entrepreneurial courses and incubator programmes<br />
are available. These are the steps students should<br />
take to become an entrepreneur:<br />
• Know the industry or niche<br />
• Research the market<br />
• Educate yourself to become an entrepreneur<br />
• Build the business slowly.<br />
Scarce skills<br />
The Sector Education and Training Authorities for<br />
each sector generate the Critical and Scarce Skills list<br />
nationally. In the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>, note is also taken of<br />
local labour force realities in terms of demand and<br />
supply of skills. A TVET College must keep abreast<br />
of the labour market needs via partnerships and<br />
involvement with agencies and the Chambers<br />
of Commerce. Some of the top scarce skills and<br />
professions in South Africa include Software<br />
Development, Network and Information Security,<br />
Web Development, Management Skills, Financial<br />
Skills, Engineering, Education and Training<br />
Professionals and Artisans. The College of <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Town for TVET is responding to most of them by<br />
offering relevant programmes.<br />
The Crawford Campus has a well-established<br />
Early Childhood Development Faculty offering the<br />
best training and courses. Thornton Campus has<br />
a newly built state-of-the-art Welding Academy,<br />
equipped with the latest equipement and<br />
technology, and is positioned to offer international<br />
welding qualifications.<br />
Partnerships<br />
The College has a special relationship with the the<br />
Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Service<br />
SETA (merSETA), which recently funded the Welding<br />
Training Centre.<br />
The College has many partnerships in place with<br />
the private sector, particularly for Workplace Based<br />
Learning or exposure. Most of these partnerships<br />
have been formualised through MoUs lodged with<br />
the Linkages and Programmes Unit (LPU) in support<br />
Occupational Programme development and<br />
delivery. A campaign has been launched to grow<br />
the partnership base in the following areas: student<br />
placements (internships and work-based exposure),<br />
apprenticeships, skills training, course design and<br />
workplace mentorship.<br />
The College has good relations with industry<br />
associations. Several projects have been run with<br />
youth development agencies such as the Youth<br />
Empowerment Service (YES). The College works<br />
closely with various government agencies both<br />
nationally and regionally. These include the City of<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town, the Premier’s Office and the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Department of Economic Development and<br />
Tourism, the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Education Department<br />
and the Department of Labour. ■<br />
Contact Details<br />
Address: 334 Albert Road, Salt River,<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town 7945<br />
Tel: +27 21 404 6700 • Fax: +27 21 404 6701<br />
Website: www.cct.edu.za<br />
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<strong>Business</strong> Process Outsourcing<br />
A war room is removing red tape in BPO.<br />
Sector Insight<br />
Education is a fast-growing<br />
sector within BPO.<br />
A<br />
war room to unblock red tape in important job-creating<br />
sectors such as business process outsourcing (BPO) has<br />
been set up by the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Provincial Government<br />
with financial support from Harvard University.<br />
The job statistics published by <strong>Business</strong> Process enabling South<br />
Africa (BPeSA) published for the second quarter 2019 show 5 391 new<br />
jobs created (mostly in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> and KwaZulu-Natal) with<br />
younger people getting most of the jobs and 97% of the jobs going<br />
to people of colour and 66% to women. The strongest sectors were<br />
telecommunications, education, retail and insurance.<br />
BPO employs more than 50 000 people in the province, against<br />
about 228 000 in South Africa as a whole. This is according to the<br />
Key Indicator Report of BPeSA, the national organisation with<br />
representation in the nation’s three biggest cities.<br />
Sixty-three percent of the offshore market is in the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong><br />
where the provincial government has identified BPO as one of the six<br />
key sectors that can create jobs quickly. The City of <strong>Cape</strong> Town, the<br />
provincial Department of Economic Development, Agriculture and<br />
Tourism (DEDAT) and IT service management company EOH jointly<br />
sponsor the training and 12-month learnerships of 175 unemployed<br />
work-seekers in BPO. The municipality also trains 20 potential team<br />
leaders to build management skills within the sector.<br />
BPO involves any internal businesses that a company chooses<br />
to outsource to a specialist in that field, for example accounting or<br />
customer service centres. UK shop Asda and online retailer Amazon<br />
have large customer service centres in <strong>Cape</strong> Town. Other big brands<br />
Online Resources<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Process enabling South Africa (BPeSA): www.bpesa.org.za<br />
Contact Centre Management Group: www.ccmg.org.za<br />
National Department of Trade, Industry and Competition:<br />
www.dti.gov.za<br />
include British Gas, IBM, KLM,<br />
Lufthansa, Mastercard and<br />
Microsoft.<br />
The fact that greater<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town is home to three<br />
universities, a university of<br />
technology and two technical<br />
colleges is a major advantage<br />
in attracting companies with<br />
sophisticated operations. Other<br />
factors in favour of <strong>Cape</strong> Town<br />
are the relatively neutral accents,<br />
good infrastructure (financial<br />
and telecommunications) and<br />
the time zone being the same or<br />
close to Europe’s.<br />
The Department of Trade,<br />
Industry and Competition<br />
(dtic) offers incentives to BPO<br />
investors. A base incentive is<br />
calculated on projected offshore<br />
jobs to be created and is<br />
awarded on actual offshore jobs<br />
created. The incentive has a twotier<br />
structure for non-complex<br />
and complex jobs and is paid<br />
over a five-year period.<br />
A new Global <strong>Business</strong><br />
Services (GBS) Incentive was<br />
launched in London in 2018<br />
to replace a scheme initiated<br />
in 2014. According to the dtic,<br />
the earlier scheme resulted in<br />
an additional 20 000 direct jobs<br />
in the sector with an average<br />
growth rate of 22% per annum<br />
in the period 2014-2018. ■<br />
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Department of Social Development<br />
MEC: Ms Sharna Fernandez<br />
Union House, 14 Queen Victoria Street, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8001<br />
Tel:<br />
<strong>Western</strong><br />
+27 21 483 5045 | Fax: +27 21 483 4783<br />
Web: www.westerncape.gov.za/dept/<br />
social-development Provincial Government<br />
8th Floor, 9 Dorp Street, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8000<br />
Office of the Premier<br />
Premier: Mr Alan Winde<br />
Provincial Legislature Building,<br />
1st Floor, 7 Wale Street, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8000<br />
Tel: 0860 142 142<br />
Email: service@westerncape.gov.za<br />
A guide to the metropolitan, district and local municipalities Department of in Health the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong>.<br />
Department of Agriculture<br />
MEC: Dr Nomafrench Mbombo<br />
MEC: Dr Ivan Meyer<br />
21st Floor, 4 Dorp Street, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8000<br />
CITY Admin OF Building, CAPE Muldersvlei TOWN Road,<br />
Witzenberg Tel: +27 21 483 Local 3245/5417 Municipality<br />
METROPOLITAN Elsenburg 7607 MUNICIPALITY<br />
Tel: +27 23 316 1854 | Fax: +27 23 316 1877<br />
Department of Human Settlements<br />
Address: Tel: +27 Civic 21 808 Centre, 5111 Podium Block, 6th Floor, 12 Hertzog Website: www.witzenberg.gov.za<br />
MEC: Mr Tertius Simmers<br />
Boulevard, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8000<br />
Tel: Department +27 21 400 1111 of Community | +27 21 400 1313 Safety<br />
CENTRAL 27 Wale Street, KAROO <strong>Cape</strong> DISTRICT Town 8001 MUNICIPALITY<br />
Fax: MEC: 0860 Mr Albert 103 Fritz 090<br />
Address:<br />
Tel: +27 21<br />
63<br />
483<br />
Donkin<br />
6488<br />
Street, Beaufort West 6970<br />
Website: 35 Wale Street, www.capetown.gov.za<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town 8000<br />
Tel:<br />
Department<br />
+27 23 449 1000<br />
of Local<br />
| Fax:<br />
Government<br />
+27 23 415 1253<br />
Tel: +27 21 483 6949/8588<br />
Website: www.skdm.co.za<br />
CAPE WINELANDS DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY<br />
MEC: Mr Anton Bredell<br />
Address: Department 46 Alexander of Cultural Street, Affairs Stellenbosch and Sport 7599 Beaufort 8th Floor, Waldorf West Local Building, Municipality<br />
80 St George’s Mall,<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town 8001<br />
Tel: MEC: 086 Ms Anroux 126 5263 Marais | Fax: +27 21 888 5100<br />
Tel: +27 23 414 8149 | Fax: +27 23 414 8105<br />
Tel: +27 21 483 4049/4997<br />
Website: Protea House www.capewinelands.gov.za<br />
Building, 7th Floor,<br />
Website: www.beaufortwestmun.co.za<br />
Greenmarket Square, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8000<br />
Department of Social Development<br />
Breede<br />
Tel: +27 21<br />
Valley<br />
483 9503<br />
Local Municipality<br />
Laingsburg Local Municipality<br />
MEC: Ms Sharna Fernandez<br />
Tel: +27 23 348 2600 | Fax: +27 21 883 8871<br />
Tel: +27 23 551 1019 | Fax: +27 23 551 1019<br />
Union House, 14 Queen Victoria Street, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8001<br />
Website: Department www.bvm.gov.za<br />
of Economic Development Website: www.laingsburg.gov.za<br />
Tel: +27 21 483 5045<br />
and Tourism<br />
Drakenstein Local Municipality<br />
Prince<br />
MEC: MrDavid Maynier<br />
Department<br />
Albert<br />
of<br />
Local<br />
Transport<br />
Municipality<br />
and Public Works<br />
Tel: +27 21 807 4500 | Fax: +27 21 872 8054<br />
Tel:<br />
11th Floor, NBS Waldorf Building,<br />
MEC: +27 Mr Bonginkosi 23 541 1320 Madikazela | Fax: +27 23 541 1321<br />
Website:<br />
80 St George’s<br />
www.drakenstein.gov.za<br />
Mall, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8001<br />
Website: www.pamun.com<br />
8th Floor, 9 Dorp Street, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8000<br />
Tel: +27 21 483 5065<br />
Langeberg Local Municipality<br />
GARDEN<br />
Tel: +27 21<br />
ROUTE<br />
483 4813<br />
DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY<br />
Tel:<br />
<strong>Western</strong><br />
+27 23<br />
<strong>Cape</strong><br />
615 8000<br />
Education<br />
| Fax: +27<br />
Department<br />
23 615 1563<br />
Website: www.langeberg.gov.za<br />
MEC: Ms Debbie Schäfer<br />
Stellenbosch Grand Central Towers, Local Lower Municipality Parliament Street,<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town 8001<br />
Tel: +27 21 808 8111 | Fax: +27 21 808 8003<br />
Tel: +27 21 467 2000<br />
Website: www.stellenbosch.gov.za<br />
Tel: +27 21 483 4813<br />
Fax: +27 21 483 5068<br />
Web: www.westerncape.gov.za/dept/tpw<br />
Provincial Treasury<br />
MEC: Mr David Maynier<br />
Department of Environmental Affairs<br />
and Development Planning<br />
MEC: Mr Anton Bredell<br />
8th Floor, 1 Dorp Street, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8000<br />
Tel: +27 21 483 4091<br />
Address: Provincial 54 York Treasury Street, George 6530<br />
Tel: MEC: +27 Mr David 44 803 Maynier 1300<br />
Fax: 3rd 086 Floor, 555 7 Wale 6303 Street, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8000<br />
Website: Tel: +27 21 www.gardenroute.co.za<br />
483 4237<br />
LISTINGS<br />
3rd Floor, 7 Wale Street, <strong>Cape</strong> Town 8000<br />
Department An overview of of Transport the <strong>Western</strong> and <strong>Cape</strong>’s Public Works provincial government departments.<br />
Tel: +27 21 483 4237 | Fax: +27 21 483 3855<br />
MEC: www.westerncape.gov.za<br />
Mr Bonginkosi Madikazela<br />
Web: www.westerncape.gov.za/dept/treasury<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Local Government<br />
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<strong>Cape</strong> Winelands<br />
District Municipality<br />
Executive Mayor Dr Helena von Schlicht wants<br />
to see economic development linked to the<br />
creation of healthy and resilient communities.<br />
Executive Mayor Alderman<br />
Dr Helena von Schlicht<br />
Biography<br />
Dr Helena von Schlicht honed<br />
her skills during a 24-year career<br />
in higher education. After earning<br />
her doctorate, she worked<br />
as Head of Department, Social<br />
Work, at the Huguenot College<br />
in Wellington. In this capacity,<br />
she was involved in the writing<br />
and implementation of policies.<br />
She transferred to the political<br />
arena in 2009 and became a<br />
member of the Mayoral Committee<br />
in 2011. She has been<br />
Executive Mayor since the election<br />
of September 2016.<br />
How is a District Municipality different to other municipalities?<br />
The CWDM is one of five district municipalities in the <strong>Western</strong><br />
<strong>Cape</strong>. The focus is to identify and grow opportunities for social and<br />
economic development.<br />
We are a highly functional municipality, a fact proven by five<br />
consecutive clean audits received, the successes achieved by the<br />
Fire Services, Municipal Health Services and the recently signed<br />
partnership with Santam to address risk reduction in communities.<br />
The CWDM, together with our partners in tourism, recently<br />
celebrated being named one of the Top 10 Value-for-Money<br />
destinations in the world by Lonely Planet.<br />
Add to this the vast open spaces, hospitable people, fauna<br />
and flora, agricultural sector, wine industry, fine cuisine and<br />
opportunities for grand adventure. This all echoes what <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Winelands tourism stakeholders believe: “A thousand things to do<br />
and then some wine...”<br />
How do you promote local economic and social development?<br />
The planning and funding of projects is determined by our<br />
Integrated Development Plan. We will not develop economically<br />
if we do not have an efficient, healthy and resilient community.<br />
Programmes supported include Early Childhood Development,<br />
sports development and seed funding for young entrepreneurs.<br />
Courses are offered for disabled persons in customer care.<br />
The Department of Municipal Health Services checks that our<br />
restaurants and other food production spaces are compliant which<br />
enables visitors and tourists to consume hygienically prepared<br />
meals, which helps to grow our economy.<br />
How do you understand “social health”?<br />
Economic development depends on the social health of our citizens,<br />
and we must address both issues at the same time. We want to<br />
empower people and enable them to enter the economy, create<br />
jobs, support their families and contribute to the overall prosperity<br />
of society. When someone has a strong and healthy sense of social<br />
cohesion, it’s easier for them to participate in the economy.<br />
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and property are protected<br />
from fires. Approximately<br />
1 500 field fires are extinguished<br />
per fire season, and<br />
by means of the Disaster Management<br />
Division, the municipality<br />
ensures that care is taken<br />
of people who are displaced by<br />
disasters.<br />
Tell us about the Annual Mayoral Tourism Awards.<br />
We recognise the value of a robust tourism industry and its role<br />
in economic and skills development. Finalists and winners in this<br />
year’s competition included Fynbos Farm outside Tulbagh, who<br />
entered in the Sustainable Development Category. They offer<br />
camping and self-catering chalets. The runner-up in this category<br />
was the off-the-grid African Game Lodge, 30km from Montagu.<br />
The winners in the Service Excellence Category were as follows:<br />
• The Light House Boutique Hotel (Luxury hotels)<br />
• Big Sky Cottages in Wolseley (Self-catering)<br />
• Avalon Springs in Montagu (Family Accommodation)<br />
• Montagu/Ashton Local Tourism Association (LTA).<br />
In the Entrepreneurship category, Flying Feet of Montagu<br />
(walking and bicycle tours) was runner-up and the winner was Tuk<br />
Tuk Franschhoek, who offer tours, pick-ups and drop-offs at wine<br />
cellars as well as special events.<br />
The two top Wine Destinations were Val du Charon (pictured)<br />
in Wellington for their wonderful ambience and wide choice of<br />
activities, followed by Bluvines in Montagu, who offer the visitor<br />
a New York experience with a local feel and staff who often, quite<br />
spontaneously, perform song and dance to the delight of all.<br />
Tell us about the new app.<br />
Visitors can download a complete guide to the <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands in<br />
the form of a free application for their Android or Apple mobile. The<br />
app was launched in September 2019 after an extensive research<br />
and development phase.<br />
How important are functions such as firefighting, environmental<br />
health and the roads agency?<br />
The Technical Services Division is responsible for the maintenance<br />
of approximately 3 700km of rural and gravel roads, while: Fire<br />
Services, in partnership with <strong>Cape</strong> Nature and the Fire Protection<br />
Association, ensures that fauna, flora, human and animal life<br />
What makes the CWDM<br />
so special?<br />
The <strong>Cape</strong> Winelands are not<br />
only known for the best noble<br />
wines in the country but also<br />
have the following strengths<br />
and benefits that enable<br />
growth and expansion of the<br />
district’s economy:<br />
• The district benefits from<br />
a developed road and rail<br />
network that provides local<br />
businesses with easy access.<br />
• Easy access to <strong>Cape</strong> Town<br />
International Airport and<br />
the Port of <strong>Cape</strong> Town.<br />
• A diverse choice of urban<br />
and rural sites.<br />
• Educational institutions<br />
and centres for research<br />
excellence such as the<br />
University of Stellenbosch<br />
and the Agricultural<br />
Research Council.<br />
• Nationally and<br />
internationally renowned<br />
special educational<br />
institutions.<br />
• The quality of life. The <strong>Cape</strong><br />
Winelands is one of<br />
the most-visited regions<br />
for the domestic and<br />
international tourist.<br />
There is something for<br />
everyone here in the beautiful<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Winelands. There are<br />
a thousand things to do... and<br />
then some wine! ■<br />
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Index<br />
Africa Biomass Company (ABC) 9, 56<br />
BCX IFC, 73<br />
Breede-Gouritz Catchment Management Agency (BGCMA) 37<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Chamber of Commerce & Industry 6, 28<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Winelands District Municipality (CWDM) 2, 86<br />
College of <strong>Cape</strong> Town 11, 82<br />
False Bay TVET College 78 - 81<br />
Greater Tygerberg Partnership 32<br />
Maritz Electrical 64 - 67<br />
Metropolitan 4, 74<br />
Nedbank 38 - 43<br />
Petroleum Agency South Africa<br />
SA Airlink<br />
OBC<br />
IBC<br />
Vinpro 49<br />
Wesgro 26<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> <strong>Business</strong> Opportunities Forum (WECBOF) 30<br />
<strong>Western</strong> <strong>Cape</strong> Department of Economic Development and Tourism 20 - 25<br />
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Travel<br />
extraordinary<br />
St Helena<br />
Victoria Falls<br />
Kasane<br />
Maun<br />
Ndola<br />
Livingstone<br />
Bulawayo<br />
Lusaka<br />
Harare<br />
Tete<br />
Beira<br />
Nosy Be<br />
Pemba<br />
Nampula<br />
Antananarivo<br />
47233<br />
Windhoek<br />
Walvis Bay<br />
Sishen<br />
Kimberley<br />
Upington<br />
Bloemfontein<br />
Polokwane<br />
Gaborone<br />
Maseru<br />
JNB<br />
Mthatha<br />
East London<br />
Phalaborwa<br />
Skukuza<br />
Nelspruit<br />
Sikhupe<br />
Richards Bay<br />
Pietermaritzburg<br />
Durban<br />
Vilanculos<br />
Hoedspruit<br />
<strong>Cape</strong> Town<br />
George<br />
Port Elizabeth<br />
More than 55 routes in Africa<br />
endless possibilities<br />
Airlink is privately owned with more than 25 years of customer-focused<br />
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network and choice of flights within southern Africa and St Helena Island. We are<br />
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