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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Western Cape Business 2021 Edition
Introduction
Foreword 7
Western Cape Business is a unique guide to business,
tourism and investment in the Western Cape.
Special features
Regional overview of the Western Cape 8
The Western Cape’s lead in technology is giving it the edge in a
number of other sectors as it sets its sights on improving energy
supply and rail transport.
The agricultural export basket is expanding 12
The Western Cape’s latest agricultural export is a hi-tech machine.
Cape Town is South Africa’s asset
management capital 16
The strength and diversity of the Cape’s financial
services underpins a vibrant sector.
Economic sectors
Maritime and fishing 26
New opportunities are opening up in manufacturing
and servicing.
Oil and gas 30
Gas finds off the Southern Cape coast have vast potential.
Energy 34
The Western Cape wants a bigger role for cities in
the energy sector.
Manufacturing 36
TFG plans to double manufacturing output.
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CONTENTS
Construction and property 38
The eastern edge of the Cape Town CBD is to be transformed.
Tourism and events 39
Operators are hoping the Lions will roar.
Education and training 40
Tertiary campuses in Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha are growing.
Banking and financial services 44
The Western Cape has the digital edge.
Development finance and SMME support 45
Entrepreneurs are saving the environment.
Business Process Outsourcing 46
An overview of the Western Cape Provincial
Government departments.
Government
Western Cape Provincial Government 47
An overview of the Western Cape Provincial
Government departments.
References
Key sector contents 24
Overviews of the main economic sectors of the Western Cape.
Index 48
ABOUT THE COVER:
Credit: Anton Swanepoel. The drilling rig Deepsea Stavanger has passed Table
Mountain several times in recent months, on its way from its base in Norway
to the successful Brulpadda and Luiperd prospects off the coast of Mossel Bay.
Total E&P South Africa (with a 45% share) is the operator of the block. National
government has announced it intends passing an Upstream Petroleum Bill in
support of the exploration of oil and gas.
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Western Cape Business
A unique guide to business and investment in Western Cape.
FOREWORD
Credits
Publishing director:
Chris Whales
Editor: John Young
Managing director: Clive During
Online editor: Christoff Scholtz
Designer: Simon Lewis
Production: Aneeqah Solomon
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Gavin van der Merwe
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Vanessa Wallace
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Administration & accounts:
Charlene Steynberg
Kathy Wootton
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manager: Edward MacDonald
Printing: FA Print
The 2021 edition of Western Cape Business is the 14th 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 on thriving
agricultural exports gives insight into the details of what fruits and wines
go where. An interview with the Port Manager of the Port of Cape Town
provides more understanding of the scale of the logistics operation that
is a major port. Another special feature examines the City of Cape Town
as a national headquarters for the thriving asset management sector.
The cover picture reflects an exciting new find of gas condensate off
the south-eastern coast, a potential game-changer for the Western Cape
and South African economies. This new development is covered in the
overview of the oil and gas sector.
To complement the extensive local, national and international
distribution of the print edition, the full content can also be viewed
online at www.westerncapebusiness.co.za. Updated information on
the Western Cape is also available through our monthly e-newsletter,
which you can subscribe to online at www.gan.co.za, in addition to our
complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces
as well as our flagship South African Business title and the new addition to
our list of publications, African Business, which was launched in 2020. ■
Chris Whales
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WESTERN CAPE BUSINESS 2021

A REGIONAL OVERVIEW OF THE
WESTERN CAPE
The Western Cape’s lead in technology is giving it the edge in a
number of other sectors as it sets its sights on improving energy
supply and rail transport.
By John Young
Cape Town’s status as “Africa’s Tech
Capital” gives the city-region the basis
for leadership in a range of other sectors
such as asset management, financial
services, business process outsourcing and
others. Neighbouring Stellenbosch is advancing
its reputation for technological innovation and
the output of the region’s four universities and six
TVET colleges ensures that the tech sector has the
necessary human capital.
There are 22 active incubators and accelerators in
the region which provide networking and marketing
opportunities and links to funders and markets. The
City of Cape Town has installed 848km of fibre-optic
cable and the sector supports more than 40 000
jobs with established brands such as Amazon and
Panasonic coexisting with startups such as Luno,
Yoco, Jumo and SweepSouth. Cape Town hosts more
than half of all startups in South Africa.
The Western Cape is one of nine provinces
of the Republic of South Africa. South African
provinces do not have the kinds of powers
enjoyed by states in federal entities such as the
US or Nigeria. Health, education and traffic have
traditionally been the biggest components of
provincial authority. The priority list of the Western
Cape Provincial Government, however, includes
energy and transport.
The province and the City of Cape Town
are lobbying national government for a greater
role for municipalities in the generation and
distribution of energy. The potential of renewable
energy is being realised through the national
independent power producer programme and
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there is a strong lobby to build a gas-to-energy
plant in the province. The new Special Economic
Zone for Green Technology in Atlantis is attracting
investment in renewable technologies.
In 2018 the City of Cape Town launched a
resilience assessment, the first step in a larger
process. The Rockefeller Foundation chose the
city as one of 100 around the world in which
programmes would be tested to improve the
ability of the city to withstand shocks such as
severe droughts. The city wants to expand the
lessons it learnt in the period of water shortage
into other areas such as energy generation and
energy efficiency.
The Western Cape Provincial Government is
also investing in resilience. A market intelligence
report covering energy, renewable energy, water
and waste was created by Green Cape to map the
assets and challenges in these areas.
In addition to trying to attract green
investment into the province, the province is
working for improved regulations related to
small-scale embedded generation (SSEG). The
City of Cape Town also wants to be able to rent
out its infrastructure to a power producer who can
supply a user via that infrastructure. This is known
as “wheeling”. A start was made with the Darling
wind farm, but more work needs to be done on
the legislative framework.
Much of this work is done by a unit called the
Sustainability Energy Markets within the Energy
Directorate. Another area of focus for this group is to
investigate energy use by low-income households.
The Western Cape is lobbying hard for
Saldanha Bay to be a site for a gas-to-power plant.
If a gas plant is built at Saldanha, then it could be
a catalyst for the use of gas in many other sectors
such as manufacturing and residential.
The Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s
Energy Institute is a leader in research in the field
of electricity. The South African Renewable Energy
Technology Centre (SARETEC) on the Bellville
campus of CPUT offers courses such as Wind
Turbine Service Technician and Solar Photovoltaic
Service Technician and various short courses such
as Bolting Joint Technology.
The Centre for Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Studies is at the University of Stellenbosch
and the University of Cape Town has the Energy
Research Centre. The University of the Western Cape
is doing research on the possibilities of hydrogen as
an energy source.
Ease of doing business
In similar vein to the argument for greater
involvement in energy issues, Premier Alan Winde
has argued that the control of the railways that serve
greater Cape Town should be more localised. He
cites a deal signed in the city of George between the
national and provincial transport ministers to improve
the system as an example of the kind of cooperation
which is needed.
Energy and transport are keys to being able to do
business, and that is the focus of another provincial
initiative, the Red Tape Reduction Unit. Successful at a
provincial level, the plan is to now set up similar units
at municipal level.
Covid-19 created serious backlogs at the Port
of Cape Town but the problems predated the
health crisis. In December 2019, the Western Cape
Department of Economic Development and Tourism
(DEDAT) convened a meeting for every kind of port
user, from exporters to logistics companies and for
the various divisions of Transnet, the tax authority
and the City of Cape Town. In 2019 the Port of Cape
Town received 510 ships at the Container Terminal
but it could have had many more if turnaround times
were better. All parties are working together to find
a solution, which will include better coordination of
delivery schedules and more cranes. Cranes able to
work in high winds are being tested.
Tourism challenges
SPECIAL FEATURE
The hospitality sector suffered a huge blow from the
effects of the Covid-19 global lockdown.
As travel slowly picks up, hotel groups, lodges
and bed-and-breakfasts are starting to attract
interprovincial travellers. In time, international travel
will follow but what of the meetings, incentives,
conferences and exhibitions (MICE) sector?
The economic impact on gross geographic
product of the Cape Town International Convention
Centre alone in 2018/19 was R4.5-billion (Cape
Town Central City Improvement District). Wesgro’s
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Convention Bureau signed 52 events or
conferences in the course of 2019/20 but of
course most, if not all, of these events will not
take place.
The Radisson Hotel Group has come up with
“Hybrid Solutions” as a response to the “new normal”.
Incorporating Hybrid Rooms and Hybrid Meetings,
the idea is to offer virtual participation options
and hybrid formats for small local gatherings,
while also broadcasting to remote attendees and
satellite locations. Hotels will offer teams to set up
the equipment. Park Inn by Radisson Newlands
(pictured on the previous page) is one of the group’s
six hotels in Cape Town.
Investment
The province has a dedicated investment agency,
Wesgro. The Investment Promotion Unit of
Wesgro has been working with various regions
within the Western Cape to attract investment
and accelerate exports. Seminars have been held
in the Cape Winelands, the West Coast and the
Garden Route.
In 2019/20, the biggest investments were
in renewable energy and manufacturing.
Other important sectors are agro-processing,
aviation, business services, education and
training, financial services, real estate, ICT, light
manufacturing, oil and gas, timber, tourism,
waste beneficiation and clean energy.
Encouraging investment in Cape Town has
been recognised as something that needs a fulltime
office and a strategy. Invest Cape Town is an
agency of the city that works to create the best
possible conditions to attract investors. Areas of
focus include broadband access, energy security,
the reduction of red tape and improving air access
to the city.
Economy
Finance, business services and real estate
combined contribute 28% to the gross domestic
product (GDP) of the Western Cape. The financial
services and insurance sector are key components
of the economy. Many of South Africa’s biggest
companies have their headquarters in Cape
Town. Asset management and venture capital
companies have been growing steadily.
Although agriculture only accounts for 4.3%
of GDP on its own, the sector is responsible
for the fruit and vegetables that contribute
to agro-processing which accounts for nearly
40% of the province’s export basket. (Agroprocessing
accounts for 8.1% of GDP.) Citrus,
wine, apples and pears, grapes, fruit juice, fruit
and nuts and tobacco all appear in the top
10 of the province’s exports. Seventy percent
of South Africa’s beverage exports come from
the Western Cape. Grapes and wine sales to
Europe remain strong, but the Chinese market
is becoming increasingly important.
The province has a diverse manufacturing
sector ranging from textiles, clothing, footwear and
furniture to coke and refined petroleum products.
Excluding agro-processing, other manufacturing
makes up 6.9% of GDP. ■
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SPECIAL FEATURE
The agricultural export
basket is expanding
The Western Cape’s latest agricultural export is a hi-tech machine.
Credit: Aerobotics
Of the 37 trade agreements facilitated in 2019/20 by Wesgro,
the Western Cape’s tourism, trade and investment promotion
agency, 25 were in agro-processing and agribusiness and a
further three were in the fast-moving consumer goods
(FMCG) sector. The total value of these agreements was R3.08-billion and
973 jobs were added to the Western Cape economy.
Examples included a deal in Germany for Cape Dried Fruit
Packers (R350-million), in Ethiopia for Good Harvest Market (R700-
million), in Ghana for M’hudi Wines (R4-million) and the R200-
million contract that Southern Right Foods signed in Mozambique.
The last-named company trades as Walker Bay Spice and also
exports to Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Botswana, Dubai, Ghana,
Luxembourg, Malaysia, Namibia, the Netherlands, Qatar and the UK.
Total South African agricultural exports reached R175-billion in
2019 with about 40% going to other African countries and 25% to
Europe. Fresh fruit accounted for about R50-billion.
Seven of the top 10 exports from the province are agricultural
or agro-processed products. As Wesgro notes, the Western Cape
is responsible for:
• Almost half of South Africa’s agribusiness exports.
• About 70% of South Africa’s beverages exports.
• About 85% of South Africa’s fisheries exports.
Berries are a growing subsector and two-thirds of production occurs
in the Western Cape. More than 70% of the crop is exported and the
major production companies
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There is plenty of scope for
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exports are 13 500t compared
to over 200 000t for table grapes
and about 300 000t for apples
(South African Berry Producers’
Association). Once producers
pass muster with Chinese
import authorities, volumes can
be expected to grow.
Another subsector to
experience rapid export
growth is oranges. As a source
of vitamin C, oranges grew
in popularity as the Covid-19
pandemic spread. South Africa
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is the world’s second-largest citrus exporter, after Spain, and the
number 11 in the world in terms of production. Citrus exports
earned South Africa about R20-billion in 2019.
Assessed independently from the country, the Western
Cape is the world’s fifth-largest exporter of citrus fruits as it is
responsible for 62% of the nation’s volumes. Oranges are the
province’s number one citrus export (54% in 2017) and soft citrus
(19%) is growing steadily. Europe remains the most important
market but Asia and Oceana markets grew from 34% in 2008 to
42% in 2017. The top five countries are the Netherlands, the UK,
Russia, the UAE and China.
By contrast, flower growers were badly hit by the effects of the
global shutdown. The Western Cape has a strong fynbos sector.
Normally, Europe accounts for 80% of exports. National beef
exports increased from 8 292 tons in 2001 to 31 888 tons in 2018
with the largest areas of growth in Muslim countries. The Western
Cape contributes 15% of national beef output.
The Covid-19 lockdown had a big impact on wine exports and
not only because a liquor-export ban was in place for five weeks.
Logistics at the Port of Cape Town were reduced to a crawl and
with fresh fruit and vital supplies taking priority, wine exporters
were at the back of the queue.
Within South Africa, a sophisticated logistics chain can get
fruit from harvest to consumer in 40 days (Freight, Logistics
and Warehousing). A digital system is to be introduced by the
Perishable Products Export Control Board (PPECB) which, along
with e-certification launched by the Department of Agriculture,
Land Reform and Rural Development, should enhance
efficiencies. The Fresh Produce Exporters’ Forum (FPEF) and the
Department of Science and Innovation are exploring improved
packing and cold-storage methods.
South African winemakers are aiming for better quality instead
of greater volumes. Which is not to say that volume is being
ignored. Wine exports to Angola and China have doubled. In the
four years to 2017, wine exports to China reached 18.2-million
litres, an increase of 109%. Wesgro and WOSA (Wines of South
Africa) are cooperating on the Chinese market.
A 2006 agreement, the SADC Economic Partnership Agreement,
gives produce from the region full or partial exemption from duties
on exports into the EU. The three biggest markets by value and
volume are the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. The UK is likely to
sign a similar agreement, post-Brexit.
South Africa produces about 4% of the world’s wine. The wine
industry contributes R36-billion to the country’s gross domestic
product (GDP) and employs nearly 290 000 people.
Vinpro is the wine industry organisation which represents 2 500
South African wine grape producers, wineries and wine-related
businesses. There are over 3
500 wine producers in South
Africa, with the large majority
located in the Western Cape.
Agri-tech exports
The Western Cape is not just a
leader in products that grow
in the ground, but it is also a
world leader in products that
hover above the ground. Drone
and data specialist Aerobotics
has more than 900 clients in 18
countries who have signed up
for orchard monitoring, yield
and harvest projections and
pest and disease management.
The drones can also be
deployed to pick out individual
trees that are classified as
“problem trees”.
Aerbotics’ Yield Estimation
Package for citrus, which
was launched in 2019, gives
reports on fruit size and colour
distribution ahead of the
harvest season and projections
on yield.
The Cape Town-based
company, which featured in an
article in the Arena Holdings
publication Food Basket in 2020,
was founded in 2004 as a drone
manufacturer and evolved into
a data provider.
Another digital innovation
for exporters was launched in
September 2020 in the form of
the Cape Export Network. CEN,
a joint initiative of the Western
Cape Provincial Government,
Wesgro and Wines of South
Africa (WoSA), is a platform
that connects wine producers,
buyers and importers. ■
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A more resilient and
responsible SA
wine industry
#SaveSAWine helped create awareness
during lockdown.
The South African wine industry will rise
up again following one of the toughest
years yet, to be even more resilient, resourceful
and responsible.
The industry had just started recovering from
a three-year drought when the Covid-19 national
lockdown was implemented, banning all exports
and local sales of alcohol for a large part of 2020.
“We lost close to R7.2-billion in direct revenue,
which left many producers, wineries and related
businesses in dire straits, many more individuals
without employment and the industry with a
large surplus of uncontracted wine,” says Vinpro
MD Rico Basson.
The road to recovery will be long and hard,
but the wine and wine tourism industries remain
resilient, celebrating milestones along the way.
“Through sound advocacy with government,
Vinpro and our industry partners played our part
to reopen trade and tourism activities and secure
financial relief for certain segments of the industry,”
Basson says.
Driving exports
The #SaveSAWine social media campaign helped
create an awareness of South Africa’s exceptional
wines across the globe, while Wines of South
Africa and Wesgro continuously drive various
initiatives to grow exports. Wine tourism workers
received financial support from the Western Cape
Department of Agriculture, while Vinpro presented
a series of direct-to-consumer workshops and
launched a wine tourism skills audit which will
guide further development and training in 2021.
Wine grape producers and wineries are also
Contact details
Vinpro
Tel: +27 21 276 0429 | Email: info@vinpro.co.za | Website: www.vinpro.co.za
FOCUS
improving efficiencies and re-evaluating their
business models, while Vinpro and its industry
partners are facilitating programmes to balance
supply to bring about greater price stability.
“For the wine industry to be sustainable, it
also needs to drive responsible production, trade,
marketing and consumption of alcohol,” Basson
says. Apart from comprehensive educational
programmes and campaigns by the alcohol
industry body Aware.org (Association for Alcohol
Responsibility and Education), the industry
has also joined hands with government, civil
society and labour to change behaviour through
targeted interventions which address foetal
alcohol spectrum disorder, drinking and driving
or walking, underage drinking, community
formalisation and binge drinking.
About Vinpro
Vinpro represents 2 500 South African wine
grape producers, cellars and wine-related
businesses, while providing strategic direction,
rendering specialised services and driving
people development.
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Cape Town is South Africa’s
asset management capital
The strength and diversity of the Cape’s financial services underpins a vibrant sector.
The venue for the 2019 Raging Bull Awards for collective investment
schemes was the Cape Town International Convention Centre – which
meant that the winners did not have to travel far to collect their trophies.
Cape Town is South Africa’s asset management capital.
Cape Town also, according to the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI),
ranks second in Africa in 2020 (behind Mauritius) in competitiveness as
a financial centre. The ranking is an aggregate of indices covering five
things: business environment, financial sector development, human capital,
infrastructure and reputation.
Of the 20 finalists named for the 2020 Morningstar South Africa Fund Awards,
13 have their headquarters in the Cape. Seven of the top 10 managers in the
Plexcrown Ratings of 2019 are based in Newlands (MiPlan), Victoria & Alfred
Waterfront (Allan Gray, pictured on the next page), Claremont (Coronation),
Bellville (PSG and Boutique CI), Pinelands (Old Mutual) and Westlake (Prescient).
The diversity of locations in Cape Town mirrors the range of products offered.
South Africa now has over 1 000 registered unit trusts through which investors
have access to money markets, domestic equities, bond markets and overseas
markets, among others. The categories in which awards are presented give
insight into the range. The fund categories (and Cape Town finalists) for the 2020
Morningstar awards were:
CATEGORY
Best Aggressive Allocation Fund
Best Bond Fund
Best Cautious Allocation Fund
Best Flexible Allocation Fund
Best Moderate Allocation Fund
Best South African Equity Fund
Best Fund House (Larger
Fund Range)
Best Fund House (Smaller
Fund Range)
WESTERN CAPE FINALISTS
Kagiso Balanced
Allan Gray Bond
Kagiso Stable
Coronation Optimum Growth
Sanlam Managed Moderate Fund of Funds
Kagiso Equity Alpha
Investec Asset Management (now Ninety One)
and Sygnia Asset Managers
Fairtree Asset Management and Kagiso
Asset Management
The 2019 Raging Bull
Awards, which were held
in January 2020, awarded
“South African Manager
of the Year” to MiPlan
and “Offshore Manager
of the Year” to Nedgroup
Investments. Runnersup
in the South African
category were Ninety One
and Prescient.
Other Raging Bull
winners for outright
performance over three
years were Kagiso Equity
Alpha (General Equity
Fund), Truffle SCI Income
Plus (Interest-bearing Fund),
BlueAlpha BCI (Global
Equity General Fund), and
Fundsmith (Offshore Global
Equity Fund). For riskadjusted
performance over
five years the winners were
Fairtree, Kagiso Protector,
Long Beach Flexible and
Platinum Global.
A global trend also
present in the Western Cape
is the growth of the smaller
company. Writing for citywire.
co.za in 2020, Patrick Cairns
noted that the market share
of South Africa’s seven largest
managers slipped from 64.8%
in 2014 to 60.7% in 2019.
Cairns highlighted the leap
in assets under management
(AUM) of Cape Town-based
Prescient in the five years to
2019 – a noteworthy increase
of 178.1%.
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SPECIAL FEATURE
Another trend is the growth in offshore
investing. The Business Times in the Sunday
Times reported in 2020 that the all-share index
of South Africa’s primary stock exchange, the
JSE, had grown by less than 5% in five years. By
comparison, the US’s S&P 500 was 72% higher.
However, Jacques Plaut of Allan Gray, which
manages more than R500-billion, is quoted
saying, “If the crowds are extremely fearful of
something, don’t sell SA Inc without evaluating
the stocks on the facts and the merits of each
case.” The stellar performance of the Capitec
share price is noted, as is the fact that some
companies will benefit from a weak rand.
Reporting on a recent analysis of the global asset
management sector from the Boston Consulting Group,
Cairns flagged alternatives as an area of future growth. BCG
anticipates alternatives rising to nearly 50% of revenues
in four years, up from less than a fifth of AUM which they
currently constitute.
Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI) invests in
infrastructure, private equity, affordable education, housing
and fund of funds. The OMAI IDEAS Fund is a regular investor in
renewable energy projects.
Contribution to GDP
The financial services sector was the single largest contributor to
regional gross domestic product (GDP) in 2016. With a value of
R43-billion in that year, a consistent growth rate over a five-year
period of 3.8% and inward investment of more than R2-billion
in the same period, the financial services sector punches above
its weight.
This is also true nationally, where Cape Town’s share of
national employment in the financial sector is about 20% and
the contribution to gross value-added (GVA) is 15%.
Cape Town asset managers are operating in an area
that has historically been strong in banking and finance.
The city is host to the headquarters of large insurance
companies such as Metropolitan, Old Mutual Africa, Santam,
Direct Axis and financial services groups such as Sanlam,
PricewaterhouseCoopers and Allan Gray.
Credit: VDMMA (Van der Merwe Miszewski Architects)
More recently, the city
has become home to several
financial technology (fintech)
incubators: according to
Tracxn there were 154 fintech
startups in Cape Town in
2019 and French Tech Labs
operates out of Century City.
The region’s three tertiary
institutions provide a sound
educational base for the
financial sector, with a more
specific business focus being
afforded by the University
of Cape Town Graduate
School of Business (GSB), the
University of Stellenbosch
Business School (USB) and
the School of Business
and Finance (SBF) at the
University of the Western
Cape. TSIBA Business School
offers undergraduate and
postgraduate business
qualifications as well as
informal short courses in
leadership, entrepreneurship
and commerce. TSIBA stands
for Tertiary School in Business
Administration. ■
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ADVERTORIAL
see money differently
NEDBANK’S INNOVATION
JOURNEY TAKES CLIENTS
INTO THE 21ST CENTURY
Dr Fayzel Omar
Provincial General Manager
Nedbank Business Banking, Western Cape
Taking into consideration the everevolving
nature of the banking
industry, Nedbank Provincial General
Manager of the Western Cape, Dr Fayzel
Omar, is confident his PhD in Business
Administration will empower him with the
knowledge he requires to keep abreast of
the latest developments in the banking
sector.
Omar is passionate about his vision for
Western Cape business owners and
entrepreneurs seeking a unique banking
experience and explains how Nedbank will
support and grow businesses and retail
clients in the Western Cape. To support the
vast geography of the Western Cape his
distribution cuts across eight regions, each
led by skilled regional managers and
supported by functional teams and product
specialists across the integrated business
channels of Business Banking, Small
Business, Retail and Personal Banking.
Nedbank’s decentralised Business Banking
Cluster has 70 business managers located
across the province. They specialise in
commercial industries and the agricultural
sector to support all sectors of the
Western Cape economy.
‘
Working with communities
is entrenched in our
values through community
development, skills
development, education
and job creation …
’
‘At Nedbank Business Banking we believe
that you need a financial partner who not
only understands your circumstances and
aspirations, but also provides you with
relevant solutions and a banking experience
that is hassle-free. This allows you to
concentrate on what’s most important to
you – running your business,’ says Omar.
As your bank, we understand business
banking, and remain committed to drawing
on our expertise to support clients by
adding value with innovative solutions
through engaged people and localised
structures. We know that success in
business is about partnerships, and that is
why we put the building of deep, lasting,
value-adding relationships at the centre of

‘
… we understand business banking, and
remain committed to drawing on our
expertise to support clients by adding
value with innovative solutions …
everything we do. This means your goals
are our goals, your vision is our vision and
your success is our success.
Through our bigger-picture banking
approach we immerse ourselves in your
business and your industry so that we are
an extension of your team, with a full
understanding of your business
requirements. This enables us not only to
provide you with the banking solutions you
need, but also to give you a bigger-picture
view of how each of our products connects
to create a framework that yields
maximum impact across every facet of
your business and beyond. When you add to
this the insights and expertise available to
you across Nedbank’s extensive network of
multidisciplinary specialists, you know that
you have a banking partner who is walking
with you throughout your business journey.
'Working with communities is entrenched in
our values through community
development, skills development, education
and job creation, as well as environmental
conservation. These play a vital role in
building a sustainable economy and vibrant
society. We believe our fast-growing
presence in communities goes a long way in
enabling greater financial inclusion while
contributing towards economic growth,'
says Omar.
And the innovation journey continues,
ensuring greater value for clients. The
Nedbank Money app allows clients to
manage accounts, make payments and
change their credit or debit card settings
’
from their smartphone. The Money app also
allows clients to make instant payments to
anyone on their smartphone’s contact list,
regardless of whether the recipient is a
Nedbank client.
Nedbank’s payments app, Karri, simplifies
school payments to help teachers, parents
and children. The Karri app makes payments
to schools for events such as civvies days,
school trips and other fundraising activities
easy and secure, using a built-for-purpose
mobile payment application.
Nedbank’s interactive ATM – a first for Africa
– gives clients access to live teller services
over video, at any time, right from the
machine. ‘This ATM also responds to the
growing trend and need for business and
individual clients to make large deposits
and withdrawals at unconventional
business hours.’
All of which are ways in which Nedbank
continues to simplify and make banking for
businesses and communities work for
their good.
Should you be interested in taking your
business to its next level and improving
staff engagement, and if you want more
information about Nedbank’s specialised
service offering, please call the Business
Banking team on +27 (0)21 412 3000 or visit
www.nedbank.co.za.

ADVERTORIAL
see money differently
SEE MONEY DIFFERENTLY
WITH BIGGER-PICTURE
BUSINESS BANKING
Gerrit Henning, Nedbank Regional Manager of Retail and
Business Banking: Northern Suburbs, explains how Nedbank
works with communities to deliver banking solutions.
Nedbank continues to build on its
client-centred strategy aimed at
delivering distinctive experiences
and channels of choice for businesses in
the region.
This has seen the bank simplify and
enhance its product offering in line with its
value banking philosophy based on
simplicity, transparency and affordability.
Innovation and technological advancements,
as well as training and development of staff,
have been key pillars in achieving the bank’s
objectives. At the core of Nedbank’s
offering in the Western Cape is a
relationship-based model, with a business
manager dedicated to your business as the
key entry point into the bank.
Henning has five years’ experience in the
auditing and accounting profession and
eight years’ experience with international
companies. He has fulfilled various
leadership roles in Nedbank, with 14 years
as regional head of Business Banking.
Henning is supported by an area office
with 12 skilled business managers ready to
take your business to the next level.
‘We encourage you to see money differently
with the bigger-picture approach that
‘
… see money differently with the
bigger-picture approach that
Business Banking offers …
’
Business Banking offers,’ says Henning. What
does this mean for you? It is an additional
benefit of banking with Nedbank Business
Banking and means that your business and
your personal financial needs are managed
in one place. ‘Because business owners and
their businesses are very often financially
dependent on each other, our client service
teams now also offer individual banking
solutions to you and your staff, because we
already know and understand your needs,’
says Henning.
With this in mind, Nedbank has seamless
offerings for you, your employees and your
household. Nedbank provides several
communities, including individual and
business clients, with access to products
and services through its Workplace
Banking offering.
To take your business to the next level
please call the Business Banking team on
+27 (0)21 928 2000 or visit
www.nedbank.co.za.

ADVERTORIAL
see money differently
USING OUR MONEY
EXPERTISE TO HELP
CLIENTS
Randall Bailey, Nedbank Regional Manager of Retail and Business
Banking: Weskus and Swartland, explains how new brand values
built on the bank’s expertise can benefit Nedbank clients.
Bailey’s team operates from regional
offices in Breda Street in Paarl, as
well as from representative offices in
Vredendal, Vredenburg and Malmesbury.
He says the team is ready to assist clients
with professional advice, industry-specific
solutions and a comprehensive range of
financial products and services. His team
is also supported by skilled agricultural
specialists, who provide specialised advisory
services to clients.
With more than 20 years' banking
experience, Bailey has been with Nedbank
for just over five years and has worked in a
number of areas, including credit.
He also manages 14 retail branches across
his region, providing clients with unique
financial solutions. ‘It forms part of our
purpose at Nedbank to use our financial
expertise to do good for individuals,
families, businesses and society,’ says
Bailey.
Nedbank’s goal to have all service offerings
and business and consumer products
managed under one regional structure
makes it easier to deliver on its new brand
proposition to see money differently.
‘
… the team is ready to
assist clients with
professional advice,
industry-specific
solutions and a
comprehensive range
of financial products
and service …
’
To take your business to the next level or to
obtain more information about Nedbank’s
specialised service offering call
Randall Bailey on +27 (0)21 412 3051, send
an email to RandallB@nedbank.co.za or
visit www.nedbank.co.za.

ADVERTORIAL
see money differently
ONE-STOP BANKING
SERVICES FROM NEDBANK
CAPE CENTRAL
Karen Seboa, Nedbank Regional Manager of Retail and
Business Banking: Cape Central, shares how partnerships
can benefit Nedbank clients.
Seboa’s team operates from its
regional office at The Clock Tower in
the V&A Waterfront and is ready to
assist clients with professional advice,
industry-specific solutions – including for
the medical profession – and a
comprehensive range of financial products
and services for businesses and individuals
in the Western Cape.
Seboa has been with Nedbank for more
than 20 years and has worked in a number
of roles, including as area manager for the
retail branch network and in Retail
Relationship Banking. She prides herself on
building relationships and understanding
the needs of clients, saying that
partnership- and relationship-based
banking are key drivers of how Nedbank
conducts business to ensure clients benefit
from its money expertise.
‘It forms part of our purpose at Nedbank
to use our financial expertise to do good
for individuals, families, businesses and
society,’ says Seboa.
‘We look forward to continuing our
relationships with our valued existing
clients, and to offering our value
‘
At the core of our offering
in Business Banking is a
relationship-based model,
with a business manager
dedicated to your business
as your key entry point to
the bank.
’
proposition to new clients as well. At the
core of our offering in Business Banking is a
relationship-based model, with a business
manager dedicated to your business as
your key entry point to the bank.’
To take your business to the next level or to
obtain more information about Nedbank’s
specialised service offering call
+27 (0)21 412 3000, sendanemailto
KarenSeb@nedbank.co.za or visit
www.nedbank.co.za.

ADVERTORIAL
see money differently
RELATIONSHIPS AND
UNDERSTANDING CLIENT
NEEDS ARE KEY, SAYS EXPERT
Naziem Esack, Regional Manager of Retail and Business
Banking: Winelands, explains how new brand values built on
the bank’s expertise can benefit Nedbank clients.
Esack’s team operates from its offices
in Stellenbosch and is ready to assist
clients with professional advice,
industry-specific solutions and a
comprehensive range of financial products
and services. In addition, his team is
supported by skilled agricultural specialists,
who provide specialised advisory services.
Esack, as a skilled banker, has been with
Nedbank for eight years and has worked in
a number of roles in his 38-year career in
the banking industry. He was the area
manager of Nedbank Business Banking in
Helderberg and Stellenbosch before he
started in his current role.
He heads a team of retail and business
banking experts with the aim of providing
clients with unique business and financial
solutions.
‘At Nedbank Retail and Business Banking
we believe you need a financial partner
who has a deeper understanding of your
business – someone who offers innovative,
relevant solutions and who gives you a
banking experience that is hassle-free.
As money experts, we are committed to
doing good, so you can concentrate on
‘
As money experts, we are
committed to doing good,
so you can concentrate on
what’s most important to
you – running your
business.
’
what’s most important to you – running
your business,’ says Esack.
‘We encourage you to see money differently
with the bigger-picture approach offered
by Nedbank Business Banking, and to take
advantage of our one-stop banking
service at Winelands region,’ says Esack.
To take your business to the next level or
to obtain more information about
Nedbank’s specialised service offering
call +27 (0)21 808 6700, sendanemailto
NaziemE@nedbank.co.za or visit
www.nedbank.co.za.
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(a company with Irish roots) will manage the operations. CREDIT: GRI
KEY SECTORS
Overviews of the main economic
sectors of the Western Cape
Maritime and fishing 26
Oil and gas 30
Energy 34
Manufacturing 36
Construction and property 38
Tourism and events 39
Education and training 40
Banking and financial services 44
Development finance and SMME support 45
Business process outsourcing 46

OVERVIEW
Maritime and fishing
New opportunities are opening up in manufacturing and servicing.
SECTOR INSIGHT
Cape Town boats are
involved in space travel.
Gemini Marine
Boats built in Cape Town are collecting astronauts in the waters
of the Gulf of Mexico after they splash down. Epping-based
Gemini Marine has signed a deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to
supply recovery boats for astronauts returning from the International
Space Station. A selection of international clients includes
the UK Ministry of Defence, the Royal New Zealand Navy, the United
Nations and the Singapore Special Forces.
The South African Boat Builders Export Council (SABBEX) reports that
the sector is particularly strong in catamarans and yachts but a growing
variety of boats are being built. These includes custom and semi-custom
built monohulls, powerboats, commercial vessels, sport-fishing boats
and inflatables.
Two Oceans Marine manufactures both power and sailing
catamarans in 4 500m² of factory space on two different premises,
in Cape Town harbour and in Paarden Island. The company runs an
internship programme with False Bay TVET College.
Damen Shipyards Cape Town is building three inshore patrol vessels
for the South African Navy, the first of which will be delivered in 2021.
The vessels will be used to secure South Africa’s waters against threats
such as illegal fishing, smuggling and piracy.
Since 2014, investments worth R30-billion have been made into the
sector and created more than 7 000 direct jobs (Invest Cape Town). The
Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism
(DEDAT) reports that in 2016 the oil, gas and marine sector supported 8 320
jobs and contributed R1-billion to the province’s gross value add.
The Western Cape has enthusiastically embraced the national
strategy called Operation Phakisa (“hurry up” in Sesotho). The 2033
target is for the share of the
Maritime Economy to South
Africa’s gross domestic product
(GDP) to grow by 250% (and
perhaps as much as 350%)
compared to its current value,
to a figure between R129-billion
and R177-billion. A million new
jobs are expected to be created.
The construction of an
offshore supply base in the Port
of Saldanha on a dedicated quay
is an excellent example of the
impact of Operation Phakisa.
Saldehco, a privately-owned
South African special purpose
vehicle with foreign investors,
submitted a tender in 2016
through the Transnet National
Ports Authority (TNPA) to build
this infrastructure to support the
growing oil and gas industry.
Large industrial operations
already exist at Saldanha and the
Port of Saldanha Bay is the portal
for the export of South Africa’s iron
ore. The Saldanha Bay Industrial
Development Zone (SBIDZ) is
becoming a hub for a range of
maritime repair activities and oil
rig maintenance and repair.
The National Department of
Trade, Industry and Competition
(dtic) and the DEDAT have
collectively invested R500-million
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OVERVIEW
in core infrastructure and a lease agreement has been signed with TNPA.
The SBIDZ fits neatly into two overarching visions: Operation Phakisa and
Project Khulisa, the targeted growth strategy of the Western Cape Provincial
Government which includes servicing and repairing of oil rigs as a priority.
The marine transport committee of the South African Oil and
Gas Alliance (SAOGA) is preparing South Africa to reap the potential
of the sector. It has developed 18 initiatives across three categories:
infrastructure and operations, skills and market growth.
During the Covid-19 lockdown, the Port of Cape Town did not shut
down for a single day. Working teams were reduced and reallocated
but the vital work of loading and unloading supplies was done. A task
force with a wide range of representatives from government, business
and port authorities is working on reducing congestion at the harbour.
A renewed focus on ship repair through facilities such as the Sturrock
and Robinson drydocks is on the cards for the Port of Cape Town, which
has a diverse offering through its Container Terminal, Multipurpose
Terminal, Liquid Bulk Terminal and Fresh Produce Terminal.
Fishing
About 310-million kilograms of fish is consumed annually by South
Africans, of which about half is caught locally. The main fish are hake
and sardines and almost all of that is harvested in Western Cape
waters by deep-sea trawlers.
The fishing industry earns R3.4-billion in foreign earnings annually
and employs 26 500 people across 22 sectors, the main ones being
deep-sea trawling and aquaculture (JSE). The aquaculture industry is
currently small, but since 2014 investment commitments of about
R700-million have been made.
The allocation of commercial fishing rights in 12 sectors that was
due to happen in 2020 has been postponed to December 2021.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Lawhill Maritime Centre: www.lawhill.org
Operation Phakisa: www.environment.gov.za
SABBEX/Boating South Africa: www.boatingsouthafrica.co.za
SA Deep Sea Trawling Industry Association: www.sadstia.co.za
Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone: www.sbidz.co.za
Lawhill Maritime Centre
It is likely that the quotas of
larger fishing companies will be
reduced in favour of small-scale
fishing companies.
There have been several
changes in ownership in the
fishing industry, most likely
linked to the upcoming
determination of new
fishing rights in which black
shareholding will be a factor.
The acquisition by blackcontrolled
Sea Harvest Group
of Viking Fishing is part of a
larger trend.
Tiger Brands has unbundled
its 42% stake in Oceana Group.
Oceana holds the popular
pilchards brand Lucky Star,
which enjoys 80% of market
share in South Africa, and has
the highest market value of
fishing companies in South
Africa. The Oceana Group
recently purchased Foodcorp’s
fishing rights and a US fishmeal
and oil company, Daybrook.. ■
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INTERVIEW
The Port of Cape Town is
investing in future growth
Port Manager Mpumi Dweba-Ketana outlines key areas of focus for building the
ship repair and container businesses while improving efficiencies in all spheres.
What is the role of the Port Authority?
Our role is to make space available for the use of terminal operators. We
are a landlord in that we give facilities and infrastructure to people to
operate those facilities. We have 11 terminal operators altogether.
Please tell us how Covid-19 affected the port.
When Covid started we all put plans in place, but even at Level 5 we
were not closed because the Container Terminal, the Multipurpose
Terminal and the Liquid Bulk Terminal all stayed open because they
provide essential goods and services. We applied business continuation
plans and we did not close for any single day for business.
Mpumi Dweba-Ketana,
Port Manager
BIOGRAPHY
The daughter of teachers, Mpumi
Dweba-Kwetana, earned a BA, a
BED and an HDE as a teacher and
an Education Specialist for the Department
of Education. Her switch
to the maritime industry led to a
BPhil in Maritime Economics and an
Executive MBA. After working for the
Department of Transport, Mpumi
was appointed by Transnet National
Ports Authority as the first Port Manager
for the Port of Ngqura in 2012.
She took up the Cape Town post
in 2017.
Were staff affected?
A first fatality unfortunately happened outside and we saw infections
start to increase, also in berthing services. We reduced the team from
four to two and also reduced the number of gangs. Most unfortunately
the increase in cases in Cape Town came among the skilled workers
you cannot easily replace. Among operators, we were down from eight
gangs to two.
What steps were taken to overcome the challenges of Covid-19?
From the month of June, we started to see the system stabilising,
employees were either coming back from quarantine or isolation. We
reviewed our strategy with regard to those with co-morbidities. It was
decided that those below the age of 60 who wanted to come back to
work could after a visit to the clinic to determine their fitness. We must
acknowledge the role that was played by the Port of Durban. When
we did not have operators, 20 operators flew in from Durban. We treat
them as warriors, and their bravery was really appreciated.
Have you been able to ramp up operations again?
All terminals are operating now, and we are back to at least 80%
regarding staff. Staff over 60 with co-morbidity still can’t come to work.
What degree of coordination is required to run a successful port?
We have virtual meetings with all terminal operators where we discuss
the issues. Any likely challenges can be brought to our attention by local
and provincial government or even the business chamber. We are able
to hold each other accountable.
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In 2019, multi-sector engagement began on
congestion issues. How is that progressing?
We are making good progress. We are working
closely via task teams on operational efficiencies.
This includes truck staging. A truck booking system
introduced by the Port of Durban has reduced the
number of waiting trucks. The exciting news is that
that programme is coming to Cape Town. We need
to look at congestion holistically. A lot of variables
need to be aligned. Operating hours, starting from
the warehouse, the truckers and the terminals, all
should be more synchronised. We have identified a
space which will be a short-term truck-staging area.
In the longer term we are looking at a permanent
holding area.
What are your top priorities?
There are three main priorities: ship repair, the
Container Terminal and investing in our fleet. We will
complete capital investment in ship repair of about
R1-billion. We are looking at civil and mechanical
equipment, and electrical infrastructure. We aim
to invest in our marine fleet. Some of our fleet is
40 years old, so we are looking at tugs (we aim to
have three 70-ton tugs, in total we will have five
tugs) and also in our work boats and our launches.
We are going to procure a helicopter in order to
improve efficiencies. We have a phenomenon of
high swells of about 4-5m so it is difficult for the
pilot boat to navigate. Improving the Container
Terminal is another priority.
What is required to be a world-class port?
We need to work on the building blocks. The plan
is that ships do not even go to the anchorage,
the pilot goes out and then the pilot brings the
ship alongside. We don’t want them to wait. An
investment plan is in place. A maintenance strategy
must ensure that operators are fully operational.
A critical aspect is people: you need a highly
efficient work force that has embraced a culture
of continuous improvement. When that ship is
alongside, they are hungry to service it.
Where does the Port of Cape Town fit in with
the country’s port strategy?
We have eight commercial ports in South Africa and
we must support each other. We can support the
Port of Saldanha in terms of the oil and gas sector, for
example, but we see ourselves playing predominantly
in the container space. We want to
strengthen the quayside to expand from one-million
TEUs to 1.4-million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units).
We also see exciting opportunities in ship
repairs. Sturrock Dry Dock is one of the biggest
facilities in the SADC region and we want to draw
more vessels to it. There could be 2 000 people
employed on a ship. ■
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Oil and gas
Gas finds off the Southern Cape coast have vast potential.
SECTOR INSIGHT
The Chevron refinery
produces petrol, diesel, jet
fuel and liquefied gas.
In 2019 Total and its partners created a stir with the announcement
that gas condensate had been found at a site
called Brulpadda off the coast of Mossel Bay. In 2020, the
nearby Luiperd prospect in Block 11B/12B delivered more
exciting news.
The block, in the Outeniqua Basin 175km off the southern coast,
covers an area of about 19 000km² in water depths of 200-1 800m. The
exploration was done by the semi-submersible rig Deepsea Stavanger,
which journeyed twice from Norway to lead the exploration projects.
The two finds raise the odds of Total investing in what it calls a
“world-class” offshore gas site. The drilling campaign employed 195
South Africans with specialist
skills but the potential spinoff is
enormous for the Western Cape
and South Africa, if the find leads
to drilling and commercialisation.
If Total goes ahead, the
PetroSA GTL refinery at Mossel
Bay (Mossgas) could be revived
and the idea of creating a gas
market in South Africa would get
a massive boost. Commissioned
in 1992 as the world’s first
gas-to-liquids (GTL) refinery,
Mossgas was due to close in
2020, because, as President
Ramaphosa announced, it had
practically run out of feedstock.
PetroSA is South Africa’s national
oil company.
Petroleum Agency South
Africa (PASA), which encourages
exploration and regulates the
oil and gas industry, has noted
the significance of international
oil companies committing to
exploration off South Africa’s
coast. Increased confidence by
such companies can only lead
to growth in the industry, and
with the massive gas finds in the
Rovuma Basin off Mozambique in
2020, there are sure to be more
companies interested in South
Africa’s potential. In addition to
adjudicating on coastal fields,
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OVERVIEW
the agency has awarded coalbed-methane-gas exploration rights in
KwaZulu-Natal and natural gas exploration permits in the Free State.
Natural gas lies also lies offshore to the west of South Africa in the
Atlantic Ocean (Ibhubesi). Block 2A of the Ibhubesi gas field north-west
of Saldanha is estimated to have reserves of 850-billion cubic feet of gas.
Industrial gas manufacturing in the Western Cape is a particular
focus for Air Products, a part of the Metkor Group controlled by
Remgro. The company is one of the largest supplier in the pipeline
and on-site markets.
The Western Cape’s status as an oil and gas hub was enhanced
in 2017 with the opening of a new open-access liquefied petroleum
gas (LPG) import and storage terminal at Saldanha Bay. A publicprivate
partnership is behind the R1-billion terminal, the largest
of its kind in Africa. Investors include Sunrise Energy, the Industrial
Development Corporation (IDC), the Public Investment Corporation
(PIC) and Royal Bafokeng Holdings.
Oil
Cape Town’s oil refinery changed hands in 2018 when Off The Shelf
Investments (OTS) completed a $973-million purchase of Chevron’s
downstream assets in South Africa. Chevron has been rebranded as
Astron, but the Caltex service-station brand has been retained. OTS is the
Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) partner of mining giant Glencore,
who financed the deal.
The refinery in Milnerton produces petrol, diesel, jet fuel and liquefied
gas for the Western Cape and for export to other African countries. The
Western Cape spends R76-billion annually on crude oil imports and
exports refined petroleum to the value of R13.2-billion.
Large quantities of oil are transported around the Cape of Good
Hope every year: 32.2% of West Africa’s oil and 23.7% of oil emanating
from the Middle East. Reduced global prices for oil and troubles in the
container ship market has caused some stress in the local sector but the
long-term prospects for shipping and oil and gas are still strong enough
for national government to pursue Operation Phakisa (which includes
a strong maritime economy push) and for the Transnet National Ports
Authority to spend heavily on upgrading the nation’s ports.
The Western Cape Provincial Government reported that in
2016 that the oil and gas sector contributed R1.03-billion to the
ONLINE RESOURCES
National Energy Regulator of South Africa: www.nersa.org.za
Petroleum Agency of South Africa: www.petroleumagencysa.com
PetroSA: www.petrosa.co.za
South African Oil and Gas Alliance: www.saoga.org.za
province’s gross value add.
More than 7 000 direct jobs
were created in ship and rig
repair sector of the oil and gas
business in 2015.
The Saldanha Bay
Industrial Development
Zone (SBIDZ) is central to
the plan to grow the sector.
Staff from the SBIDZ actively
sought investors for the zone
at the Africa Oil Week, which
was held in Cape Town in
2019. Nine investors, ranging
from gas maintenance
and repair companies to
domestic and foreign oil
companies, have already
committed to the SBIDZ.
The Western Cape
Provincial Government and the
National Department of Trade,
Industry and Competition
invested R500-million in
the development of core
infrastructure at the Saldanha
Bay IDZ. The Saldanha Bay IDZ
has signed a lease agreement
with the Transnet National
Ports Authority.
The Bergun terminal,
comprising 12 tanks located on
the Eastern Mole of the Port of
Cape Town, has added to the
port’s fuel storage capacity and
is connected by pipeline to the
Astron refinery.
The Council for Geoscience
(CGS) is doing an intensive
study of South Africa’s potential
shale gas resources. The major
economic sectors using gas
are the metals sector and the
chemical, pulp and paper sector.
Brick and glass manufacturers are
also big consumers. ■
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Gas find sparks major
investment in exploration
in Western Cape
Mossel Bay could receive condensate from offshore site.
Amajor discovery has been made at a site
south-east of Mossel Bay called Brulpadda.
The well encountered 57m of net
gas condensate pay in Lower Cretaceous
reservoirs. Following the success of the main objective,
the well was deepened to a final depth of
3 633 metres and has also been successful in the
Brulpadda-deep prospect.
This has exciting repercussions for the
emerging Western Cape oil and gas sector. As Kevin
McLachlan, the Senior Vice President Exploration
at Total, said at the time of the find, “With this
discovery, Total has opened a new world-class gas
and oil play and is well positioned to test several
follow-on prospects on the same block.”
Total as operator holds a 45% participating
interest in Block 11B/12B, while Qatar Petroleum
(25%) and CNRI (20%) are the other participants.
Africa Energy holds a 4.9% effective interest in the
Exploration Right for Block 11B/12B. The Company
owns 49% of the shares in Main Street 1549
Proprietary Limited, which has a 10% participating
interest in the block.
If the local gas market is to take off and
thrive, significant drilling has to take place. As the
new CEO of Petroleum Agency SA, Dr Phindile
Masangane, describes the situation, “That would
be a game-changer for South Africa’s upstream oil
and gas industry.” She added, “The recent discovery
by Total and its JV partners in Block 11B/12B
(Brulpadda) is the first giant step in that direction.”
“Further development of the discovery is highly
dependent on the success of this further drilling,”
comments Dr Masangane. “Possible development
could see condensate being piped to the
PetroSA facility in Mossel Bay,” she adds, “but these
decisions are ultimately up to the operator, Total
and its partners.”
Odfjell’s Deepsea Stavanger semi-submersible
oil rig relocated from Norway to South Africa
in June 2020 to start exploratory drilling. The
Luiperdpadda prospect where the rig is drilling is
the second of five prospects in the group.
With light oil and gas condensate having
been found in the Brulpadda well, it is
possible that other prospects will be found
with this further drilling.
The exploration drilling in Block
11B/12B is in deep waters similar to where
the gigantic Mozambique Rovuma Basin gas
discoveries were made in 2010. The drilling
campaign has long-term benefits to South
Africa which include introducing frontier
deep water (>1400m) exploration drilling,
building confidence and potentially shifting
petroleum exploration activities to private
international oil companies (IOCs), de-risking
deep-water acreage. This will encourage
other IOCs to take risk in drilling deep-water
prospects, which could result in the country
discovering more oil and gas resources.
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Petroleum Agency SA: promoting and
regulating exploration and production.
Petroleum Agency SA evaluates, promotes
and regulates oil and gas exploration and
production activities in South Africa and
archives all relevant geotechnical data. The
Agency acts as an advisor to the government
and carries out special projects at the
request of the Minister of Mineral Resources
and Energy.
South Africa’s energy mix is changing
to include more gas through importing
liquefied natural gas (LNG), using shale gas
if reserves prove commercial, and developing
infrastructure for the import of LNG. Petroleum
Agency SA plays an important role in developing
South Africa’s gas market by attracting qualified
and competent companies to explore for gas.
Another major focus is increasing the inclusion of
historically disadvantaged South African-owned
entities in the upstream industry.
Currently, natural gas supplies just 3% of South
Africa’s primary energy. A significant challenge
facing the development of a major gas market
is the dominance of coal. Opportunities for gas
lie in the realisation of South Africa’s National
Development Plan (NDP) and the Integrated
Resource Plan (IRP).
As custodian, Petroleum Agency SA ensures
that companies applying for gas rights are
vetted to make sure they are financially qualified
and technically capable, as well having a good
environmental track record. Oil and gas exploration
requires enormous capital outlay and can
represent a risk to workers, communities and the
environment. Applicants are therefore required to
prove their capabilities and safety record and must
carry insurance for environmental rehabilitation. ■
Contact details
Tel: +27 21 938 3500
Email: plu@petroleumagencysa.com
Website: www.petroleumagency.com
Image: Total
PASA’S NEW CEO HAS A BACKGROUND IN ENERGY POLICY AND STRATEGY
Dr Phindile Masangane was appointed as the
CEO of the South African upstream oil and gas
regulatory authority, Petroleum Agency South
Africa, in May 2020. Before then, Dr Masangane
was an executive at the South African state-owned
energy company, CEF (SOC) Ltd, which is the
holding company of PASA.
Dr Masangane was responsible for clean,
renewable and alternative energy projects.
In partnership with private companies, she
led the development of energy projects
including the deal structuring, project
economic modelling and financing on
behalf of the CEF Group of Companies. Her
responsibilities also included supporting the
national government in developing energy
policy and regulations for diversifying the
country’s energy mix.
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In 2019, Dr Masangane was Head of Strategy
for the CEF Group of Companies where she led the
development of the group’s long-term strategic
plan, Vision 2040+ as well as the group’s gas strategy.
From 2010 to 2013, Dr Masangane was a
partner and director at KPMG, responsible for
the Energy Advisory Division. She successfully
led the capital raising of $2-billion for
hydro and coal power plants expansion
programmes of the Zimbabwean power
utility, ZESA/ZPC.
An alumnus of three universities,
Dr Masangane has a BSc (mathematics
and chemistry) from the University
of Swaziland, a PhD in Chemistry from
Imperial College, London and an
MBA from the University of
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OVERVIEW
Energy
The Western Cape wants a bigger role for cities in the energy sector.
Just days before a case between the City of Cape Town and
the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) was
heard in court, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister
Gwede Mantashe published draft amendments which
provide for some role for municipalities in the generation and
procurement of electricity.
Judgement in the case was reserved but the city is pushing ahead
with its case, the minister’s input notwithstanding. The fact that Cape
Town has an Executive Director for Energy and Climate Change is
an indication of how seriously it treats the issue. Ultimately the city
wants to be allowed to procure power from independent power
producers (IPPs) and to see a national programme put in place.
South Africa’s acclaimed Renewable Energy Independent
Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) attracted
about R200-billion in committed investments, mostly in solar and
wind power, in just five years.
The early rounds of the independent power producers’
programme continue to produce regular dividends. In October 2020,
another wind farm started commercial operations. The Paardekraal
East Wind Farm, which is located about 80km north-east of Ceres,
is in the Witzenberg Local Municipality. The 110MW project was
constructed by the Concor and Conco Consortium, Siemens
Gamesa Renewable Energy supplied and installed the wind turbines,
the towers were built by GRI in Atlantis and Mainstream Asset
Management South Africa will manage the operations.
According to the Department of Energy, the REIPPPP by
2016 had created more than 30 000 jobs and benefited local
community development to the tune of R256-million. Figures
released by the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA)
showed shareholding for local communities reached an estimated
net income of R29.2-billion over the lifespan of the projects.
Some 14 000 new jobs are expected to be created, mostly in rural
areas, and more than R30-billion has already been spent on Black
Economic Empowerment (BEE) in the construction phase.
The support of two of South Africa’s biggest institutional
investors, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the
Public Investment Corporation (PIC), has been crucial in getting
the renewable energy sector off the ground. They have also helped
communities fund their participation in community trusts. Typically,
a community trust is established to represent the interest of the
local community.
SECTOR INSIGHT
Paardekraal East Wind Farm
has started commercial
operations.
Investment by black
people into the renewable
energy programme is not
limited to community trusts.
Pele Green Energy is engaged
with a photovoltaic plant at
Touwsrivier in the Western
Cape as a shareholder and
as a provider of construction
management services. Once the
facility starts generating power,
Pele will operate and maintain
the plant.
In his 2020 State of the
Province Address, Premier Alan
Winde said, “The wind and solar
resources in South Africa are
so plentiful that using only 1%
of our land, renewable energy
could produce over six times
the amount of energy that
Eskom produces today.”
The Western Cape Provincial
Government has a four-point
energy plan:
1. Help municipalities to procure
energy from IPPs.
2. Increase small-scale embedded
generation like solar
PV to decrease reliance on the
national grid.
3. Increase the greening of
government buildings, 17 of
which already have solar systems.
4. Increase efforts to import
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Liquefied Natural Gas through Saldanha
Bay and enable Eskom’s Ankerlig plant
to operate on LNG rather than diesel.
Recent gas finds by Total off the
coast of Mossel Bay will accelerate the
drive to switch to gas.
The idea of home-owners being
able to sell surplus electricity from
rooftop solar systems was previously
restricted to the Cape metropolitan
area. The application of the provincial
government’s Energy Security Game
Changer has expanded this provision
(via bylaws) to the whole province.
There are 23 municipalities where
rooftop solar PVs are connected to
the electricity grid, 13 of which have
nationally approved tariffs in place.
Users in the 13 areas can be paid for the
power they supply. The uptake of solar
has risen from 20MW in 2015 to more
than 112MW in 2019.
The City of Cape Town has signed
an agreement with the United States
Agency for International Development
and the Southern Africa Energy
Programme to look for ways to make solar PV more accessible. High
costs of installation often preclude residents from taking the solar PV
option for their homes.
The Western Cape is positioning itself as a green business hub
and is working to find energy alternatives for households and
businesses. Greater Cape Town is home to 70% of South Africa’s
manufacturers of renewable components.
Green Cape states that nearly R700-million in green technology
investments has already been attracted to the Atlantis Special
Economic Zone, creating 300 jobs. A further R3.7-billion is
anticipated by 2030, which will add more than 3 000 new jobs.
Spanish wind tower manufacturer Gestamp Renewable Industries
and tower internals supplier Resolux (from Denmark) are early
investors in the zone.
Perdekraal East Wind Farm
Green Cape is an agency that
does research and runs projects
in areas such as energy efficiency,
waste, water and sustainable
agriculture. It is a joint initiative of
the City of Cape Town, Wesgro and
the Provincial Government of the
Western Cape. The Western Cape
Industrial Symbiosis Programme
(WISP), which encouraged
manufacturers to use the waste
product of other businesses, won
international recognition in 2018
at the Circular Awards at Davos. ■
ONLINE RESOURCES
Atlantis Special Economic Zone: www.investcapetown.com
Green Cape: www.greencape.co.za
South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre: www.saretec.org.za
South African Wind Energy Association: www.sawea.org.za
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Manufacturing
TFG plans to double manufacturing output.
TFG, whose South African brands include TotalSports,
Markhams and Foschini, has a five-year plan to double
its manufacturing capacity.
Having purchased Prestige Clothing Maitland and Prestige
Clothing Caledon in 2012 and spent R75-million on expanding the
factory in Caledon in 2017, TFG now plans to significantly increase
the percentage of locally-made clothing items from the current level
of 35% to 55%. This expansion should lead to more jobs within the
group, which expanded in 2020 with the purchase of Jet from Edcon.
The Foschini Group is one of several South African retailers which
have their head offices in Cape Town. Others include Woolworths,
Truworths and Cape Union Mart.
The Manufacturing and Competitiveness Enhancement
Programme (MCEP) of the Department of Trade, Industry and
Competition (the dtic) has disbursed grants which have resulted in
230 000 jobs being sustained. Because of the Clothing and Textile
Competitiveness Programme, that sector currently now employs
around 95 000 workers, contributing 8% to manufacturing GDP and
2.9% to overall GDP. In the leather sector 22 new factories have been
opened, supporting 2 200 jobs.
In the Western Cape, this revival is reflected in member
companies of the Cape Clothing and Textile Cluster hiring 35% more
staff in four years. About 23 600 people are employed in the province
and exports from the Cape amounted in 2017 to R4.4-billion with
sales up by 34% above inflation.
The K-Way brand of Cape Union Market has successfully
weathered several storms. The Ottery factory, which houses more
than 250 employees, has produced more than 311 000 K-Way Felixx
Softshell Jackets since 2012.
The textiles sector makes up about 7% of manufacturing
economic activity, about the same as furniture. A diverse
manufacturing sector contributes 15% to the Western Cape’s GDP
with the two biggest contributors within that being fuel, petroleum,
chemicals and rubber products (26%) and food, beverages and
tobacco (25%). Wood and wood products (11%) and metal products,
machinery and household appliances (10%) are the next two biggest
subsectors (Wesgro).
The Atlantis Special Economic Zone, which is specialising in
green tech, has already attracted nearly R700-million in privatesector
investment. Goals for the green sector include the creation
of 1 200 direct jobs in a 20-year period. About 70% of South Africa’s
SECTOR INSIGHT
The closure of the Saldanha
Bay steel mill is a blow to the
sector.
manufacturing in renewables is
happening in the Western Cape.
The decision in 2019
of ArcelorMittal to close its
Saldanha Bay steel mill is a big
blow to the manufacturing
capacity of the province. With
iron ore delivered from the
Northern Cape Province, the
mill was producing as much as
1.2-million tons of steel per year.
About 900 workers have lost
their jobs.
Invest Cape Town reports
that the city’s boatbuilding
industry is the second-largest
producer of recreational
catamarans in the world, after
France. The city’s companies
export 80% of the products
that they produce and attract
a positive trade balance of
approximately $73-million
annually. Boatbuilding exports
have grown by 20.5% annually
year-on-year since 2014 in Cape
Town (Quantec, 2019).
Robertson & Caine’s facility
in Woodstock produces
three boats a week for the
international market. With a
staff complement of 1 350,
the company is a leader in
power catamarans and sailing
catamarans.
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Prestige Clothing factory. Image: TFG
Nautic Africa makes larger vessels, including patrol, defence, oil
and gas platform and commercial vessels. Damen Shipyards Cape
Town delivers vessels to public entities such as the Robben Island
Museum and the South African Navy and private companies such
as Smit Amandla Marine and De Beers Marine. The Whisper Boat
Building Academy is located at the False Bay TVET College.
A new investor has breathed new life into the manufacturing
business of Hayden Cobra. The maker of replica cars is operating
out of Montague Gardens and building for the local and export
markets, primarily the US and the Middle East. Three models are
manufactured: the Classic 427, the Evo and a Cobra with an electric
drive which promises “instantaneous torque”.
Food and beverages
The combination of excellent and plentiful agricultural produce,
good manufacturing capacity and a skilled workforce give
the Western Cape a competitive advantage in the food and
beverages sector.
The wheat-growing areas of the Swartland hosts several mills such
as Sasko’s facility in Malmesbury. Bokomo has several manufacturing
facilities in Atlantis, Epping, Ndabeni near Pinelands, Worcester and
Bonnievale. Safari Vinegar is based in the Strand and there are two
Heinz manufacturing plants at Wellington and Atlantis. Lamberts Bay
Food sources potatoes from all over South Africa, but its proximity to
ONLINE RESOURCES
Cape Clothing and Textile Cluster: www.capeclothingcluster.org.za
Invest Cape Town: www.investcapetown.com
Wesgro: www.wesgro.co.za
Whisper Boat Building Academy: www.falsebaycollege.co.za
the potato-growing Sandveld
region is helpful.
Two of the biggest
chicken-processing facilities
are located on the N7
highway (Tydstroom) and on
the N1 (Rainbow Chickens).
The Western Cape has about
16 000 commercial pork sows
and produces a quarter of
South Africa’s milk.
Willards has a factory in
Goodwood, in nearby Parow
there is a Simba factory and local
chip and snack manufacturer
Messaris, which has been in
operation since 1898, has a
facility in Elsies River. Nestlé
produces condensed milk and
milk powder in Mossel Bay and
canned pet food in Cape Town.
Tiger Brands makes mayonnaise
in Bellville and has also invested
heavily in its prepared meals
plant in Cape Town.
SABMiller’s Newlands
brewery is one of the busiest in
the country. Coca-Cola bottler
and distributor Peninsula
Beverage has three plants – at
Parow, Athlone and Vredendal
on the West Coast, and
employs 1 300 people. ■
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Construction and property
The eastern edge of the Cape Town CBD is to be transformed.
SECTOR INSIGHT
Building at Conradie Park
has begun.
Plans for a large development on the corners of Heerengracht
Road and Christiaan Barnard Street are going ahead, despite
the general economic slowdown due to Covid-19. The mixeduse
Harbour Arch project stands on the eastern entrance to
Cape Town’s CBD on a 5.8ha site which has been underutilised and
unattractive for decades.
The Amdec Group’s R15-billion development means to change
that with housing, hotels, offices and restaurants which will densify the
city and provide the CBD with an eastern gateway. The development
could spark further work on the Culemborg site, which has often
been mentioned in plans, as an Olympic and soccer World Cup site,
for example.
The Provincial Government of the Western Cape’s “Better Living
Model” aims to deliver 3 602 residential units in an affordable, mixeduse
and residential-led development on the site of the old Conradie
Hospital on the edge of Pinelands. The integrated, mixed-income
housing development (pictured) aims to reverse the spatial planning
that was put in place under apartheid. With the state putting in the
bulk infrastructure, costs for developers are significantly reduced. The
quid pro quo is that the developer must set aside a certain number of
housing units (49%) to grant-funded housing.
The Belhar CBD is the site of 4 188 assorted residential units,
including student accommodation, social housing units and
ONLINE RESOURCES
Artist’s impression, Conradie Park. Image: Concor
Cape Town Transport and Urban Development Authority: www.tda.gov.za
Construction Industry Development Board: www.cidb.org.za
SA Institute of Architects: www.saia.org.za
military veterans’ units. Between
June and December 2019,
the provincial government
handed over 1 144 title deeds to
beneficiaries in the province.
An article in Visi in 2020
heralded the arrival of Art Deco
accommodation in central Cape
Town at the opposite end of the
affordability scale. Described as
a “striking new vessel” that has
“dropped anchor among the
venerable advocates’ chambers
that line Cape Town’s Keerom
Street”, Tuynhus houses 43
small apartments and four
mini-penthouse suites. It is
designed by Robert Silke, of
Robert Silke & Partners.
FNB, which publishes a regular
property barometer, has done an
in-depth analysis of previous crises
to understand the post-Covid
property market. According to
John Loos, a property strategist at
FNB Commercial Property Finance,
the most vulnerable sector is
likely to be Retail Property. Smaller
neighbourhood shopping centres,
with more essential items and greater
convenience, will be less vulnerable.
The lockdown accelerated
the trend for people to work from
home, and so the Office Property
sector will come under pressure.
Many companies will be reducing
office space, but this is merely a
speeding up of an existing trend. ■
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Tourism and events
OVERVIEW
Operators are hoping the Lions will roar.
A
shade under one-million passengers passed through
Cape Town International Airport in 2019, a 2% increase
over the previous year, which had grown by 0.8% from
the year before.
In 2019, Cape Town Tourism projected that the value to the
Western Cape of the cruise-ship industry between 2017 and 2027
would be about R220-billion. And then Covid-19 hit.
Major investments have been made in the Cruise Ship
Terminal, near the Cape Town International Convention Centre
(CTICC), and the Cape Town Air Access programme. Air Access
created more than 750 000 new inbound seats between its
inception in 2015 and 2020, adding something like R6-billion
to the provincial economy. In 2019/20 the CTICC secured 52
conferences with an estimated economic impact of R2.3-billion.
Unfortunately, the conferences and events sector is likely to
be hit as badly as the cruise-ship industry.
Many tourism operators in the Western Cape are pinning their
hopes on the incoming rugby tour in the winter of 2021 by the
British and Irish Lions, if Covid-19 allows. The South African Rugby
Union expects 37 000 fans to follow the team from Britain, more
than 13 000 jobs to be created and a tax benefit to South Africa
to accrue of about R450-million.
Following the major drought experienced by the Western
Cape, the Westin Cape Town has taken steps to reduce its
dependence on the municipality for water. The hotel’s position
on reclaimed land in the CTICC precinct of the Foreshore means
that about 1.2-million litres of seawater have to be taken out of
the basement every day. This water is converted into 441 000
litres of clean water by reverse osmosis which saves more than
100-million litres of municipal water annually. The Westin has
also created an organic roof garden, from which it supplies its
restaurants with vegetables.
The Western Cape Provincial Government wants to promote
education in the arts. Based on research which found that 6%
of employment in South Africa is in the cultural sector, the
Western Cape will expand the traditional STEM emphasis to
ONLINE RESOURCES
Cape Nature: www.capenature.co.za
Cape Town Tourism: www.capetown.travel
Garden Route and Klein Karoo: www.visitgardenrouteandkleinkaroo.com
George Tourism: www.georgetourism.org.za
Plettenberg Bay: www.plett-tourism.co.za
SECTOR INSIGHT
Income from air travellers
and cruise ships
disappeared in 2020.
The Westin Cape Town’s organic
rooftop garden.
include two additional A’s:
Arts and Agriculture. There
are 60 000 people employed
in the culture sector in the
province.
The opening of the R500-
million Zeitz Museum of
Contemporary Art in the Victoria
& Alfred Waterfront in Cape
Town has made a big impact.
With a footfall of 24-million
visitors going through the
Waterfront every year, the Zeitz
is well located to attract good
crowds. The conversion of the
old grain silos, which created
6 000m² of gallery space, was
paid for by the owners of
the Waterfront, Growthpoint
Properties and the Public
Investment Corporation. ■
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Education and training
Tertiary campuses in Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha are growing.
A
R386-million campus is to be built in Mitchells Plain
to serve that suburb, Strandfontein and surrounding
areas. False Bay TVET College has been offering
classes in part of a primary school for some time but
the transfer of land by the City of Cape Town in June 2020
allows the college to start the design phase for the new
campus in the heart of Mitchells Plain. It will eventually cater
for more than 5 000 students.
The new Mitchells Plain Campus will complement the College’s
existing campus presence in Khayelitsha, Fish Hoek, Westlake
and Muizenberg. Programmes will be offered in tourism, creative
media, business BPO, wholesale and retail and the services sectors.
Bridging classes will also be presented for young people who do
not meet entry requirements.
At the same time, work is underway on the upgrade and
expansion of the Swartklip Campus, pictured, which lies on the
border of Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha. Funding for the new
campus, which will have an engineering focus, came from the
National Skills Fund. The plan is to accommodate 3 000 students
which would contribute to the National Development Plan’s goal
of producing 30 000 skilled artisans per year. The College has a
lease agreement with Airports Company South Africa to use the
existing buildings at the old Denel Site.
Building has also been happening in the school sector: three
new schools were built in 2019/20 and two replacement schools
were opened in Crestway and Phillipi. The Provincial Government’s
Department of Transport and Public Works started work on 76 new
Grade R and Expansion classrooms at 22 schools, catering for about
2 800 pupils. A further 197 mobile classrooms were delivered.
The province’s I-CAN centres allow for public access to digital
skills programmes, WiFi and business services. The centres are
divided into zones (including Create, Study and Learn) and printing,
graphic design and laminating services are available.
Online learning is one of the world’s fastest-growing sectors
and the investment of $3-million by Construct in a new Cape Town
office is evidence that the trend has come to the Western Cape. The
Construct Learning Lab supports universities in Boston, Doha and
Oxford as well as companies and government bodies. The company
expects to increase its staff complement by 150 over three years.
Two Western Cape research institutions have made large
investments in research infrastructure. A Biomedical Research
SECTOR INSIGHT
A Centres of Specialisation
Programme is targeting
priority skills.
Institute is being built by
Stellenbosch University at
a cost of R1-billion and the
University of Cape Town plans
to move its Neuroscience
Institute, which it runs in
partnership with Groote
Schuur Hospital, into a new
building. An innovation
laboratory, clinical and training
spaces and an innovation
space where researchers can
interact are part of the plans
for the new facility.
The University of Cape
Town has more than 21 500
students, 720 permanent staff
and 39 A-rated researchers
(40% of South Africa’s total).
Stellenbosch University is
linked to Stellenbosch’s
growing reputation as
a technology hub. The
University of the Western
Cape is home to several
national research bodies.
These institutions, plus
the Cape Peninsula University
of Technology, produce
approximately 12 000 science,
technology, engineering and
mathematics graduates every
year and host 11 000 students
from other African countries.
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OVERVIEW
University education is
available in George through the
Nelson Mandela University (NMU):
Saasveld is home to the School of
Natural Resource Management
and the York Street Campus
delivers courses in business and
social science, accounting and
business management.
SARETEC offers industryspecific
training in a new
economic sector. The South
African Renewable Energy
Technology Centre is managed by
the Cape Peninsula University of
Technology (Bellville campus) but
it collaborates with several other
institutions and private companies.
Unisa, the country’s biggest distance learning institution, has a
campus in Cape Town and a service centre in George.
Airports Company SA (ACSA), the City of Cape Town and the
False Bay TVET College in Westlake have combined to offer residents
of Blikkiesdorp a chance to learn skills in brick-laying, house-building,
scaffolding and health and education. ACSA is investing R5-million in
the 12-month certification project and the Construction Education
and Training Authority (CETA) will channel funds to False Bay College
for training.
Centres of Specialisation Programme
A Centres of Specialisation Programme has been introduced by the
Department of Higher Education and Training to tackle priority skills.
The Swartklip campus mentioned above will focus on training
riggers and mechanical fitters. With the oil and gas sector
expected to grow rapidly in the near future, trained artisans can
expect to find employment quickly. The College of Cape TVET is
concentrating on plumbing and automotive motor mechanics.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Apprenticeship Game Changer: www.westerncape.gov.za
Centres of Specialisation: www.dhet.gov.za
SA Renewable Energy Technology Centre: www.saretec.org.za
TVET colleges: www.tvetcolleges.co.za
The College of Cape
Town has seven campuses
from the city centre to
Guguletu and Wynberg.
A new welding academy
in Thornton was opened
with support from the
merSETA (Manufacturing,
Engineering and Related
Services SETA). Northlink
College is in the northern
suburbs of Cape Town.
Outside of the Cape
metropole, Boland College
looks after Stellenbosch,
Worcester, Paarl and
Caledon, while the
Southern Cape College
covers a wide area, from
George to Beaufort West.
The West Coast College also
has a big catchment area.
Boland College participates
in an Expanded Public
Works Programme (EPWP)
run by the South African
Chefs’ Association. ■
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New BPO Academy Launched
by the College of
Cape Town
Offering courses that are in high demand by commerce and industry.
The College of Cape Town’s Gardens
Campus has launched Sub-Saharan
Africa’s first Business Process Outsourcing
(BPO) Academy. The suburb of Gardens is
a hub for the Cape Town creative industry, with
e.tv’s studios nearby.
All of the eight campuses of the College
of Cape Town are situated in the central area
of the Peninsula and serve the greater Cape
Town area, including a large percentage
of traditionally disadvantaged areas and
townships. The Gardens Campus formally
housed the Early Childhood Development
(ECD) Department and a Day Care Centre
which has now been relocated to the
redeveloped Crawford Campus. The Gardens
has been revamped and transformed into a
BPO Academy and is well set to support the
BPO sector with the skills it requires.
The College of Cape Town has entered into an
agreement with Business Process Enabling South
Africa (BPeSA) to develop and operate the BPO
Academy. At the launch of the Academy, Western
Cape Economic Opportunities MEC, David Maynier,
reported that the BPO was one of only two sectors
that created jobs in April and September, adding
5 160 jobs to the economy in that time. Training
people for sectors where they will gain employment
goes to the heart of the mission of colleges.
Background
Four former technical colleges, Athlone College,
Cape College, Sivuyile College and Western Province
Technical College, were officially merged on 1 February
2002 to become the College of Cape Town.
The College of Cape Town for TVET is a public
TVET College which falls under the auspices of the
The BPO Academy was launched in November 2020.
Department of Higher Education and Training. The
College mandate is to provide inclusive quality
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
responsive to the labour market. All campuses
are accessible by public transport. Although the
majority of students are from the greater Cape
Town metropolitan region, students from other
regions of South Africa, Namibia and other African
countries and countries abroad are accepted.
Courses offered lead to recognised, accredited
qualifications that are in high demand by commerce
and industry. The College offers an extensive range
of programmes, including National Certificate
Vocational (NCV) on Levels 2 to 4, NATED Report
191 on N1 to N6, National N Diploma, Occupational
Qualifications on Level 1 to 5, Short Skills and other
Skills Programmes, Learnerships, Artisan Related
Learning Programmes (ARLP) and Trade Testing. The
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College also offers Higher Education programmes in
partnership with University of South Africa (UNISA),
the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)
and the University of Cape Town (UCT).
Delivery sites and facilities
All campuses have well-equipped workshops,
lecture rooms, computer rooms, studios for practical
work and media centres.
The eight campuses are:
Athlone Campus: The campus has four fullyequipped
Automotive and Skills workshops and is
accredited in Automotive Motor Mechanics Training
as well as Trade Testing. Athlone campus was
awarded the Centre of Specialisation for Automotive
Motor Mechanics in 2018.
City Campus: Located in the heart of Cape Town,
it is accessible to all amenities such as food chain
stores, businesses, retail stores and public transport.
The campus was formerly Cape College.
Crawford Campus: Formerly known as Hewat
Teachers Training College, it is one of the
college’s biggest campuses. The campus offers
Business Studies, Information Communication
and Technology, Early Childhood Development
Education and Training, Primary Health and
Occupational Programmes. The campus also has
partnerships with the University of South Africa
(Bachelor Degree in Foundation Phase), the
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (Level
5 Higher Certificate in ICT Service Management)
and the University of Cape Town (development
and design of a Level 5 Higher Certificate in Early
Childhood Development).
Crawford Campus has a well-equipped
daycare centre. Visitors from daycare centres
are accommodated through short courses and
workshops on best practice.
When students enter the campus using the gate
located next to the Trojan Horse Massacre Memorial
Wall, they are constantly reminded of the youth
whose lives were tragically lost in the apartheid era.
Gardens Campus: The campus has a rich history
with its building being more than 100 years old. Its
age makes in a heritage site in the greater city bowl.
Guguletu Campus: Situated in the Guguletu
township 15km from central Cape Town, its name is
A Welding Academy has been established on the Thornton
Campus of the College of Cape Town.
derived from the contraction of “Igugu lethu”, which
is IsiXhosa for “Our Pride”. The Guguletu Campus was
established to service the broader Guguletu area
and the Cape Flats and offers Business Studies and
Electrical Engineering.
Pinelands Campus: The College’s hub for
Electrical Engineering studies has 22 workshops
and laboratories for a growing number of students.
The campus is also an accredited Refrigeration and
Electrical Trade Test Centre.
Thornton Campus: Engineering is the focus at
Thornton, which offers the following fields: Building
and Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
The campus has seven fully-equipped Building
and Civil Engineering and Skills workshops and a
Welding Academy offering international welding
qualifications. Thornton Campus was also awarded
the Centre of Specialisation for Plumbing.
Wynberg Campus: Wynberg is an Occupational
Training campus servicing the broader communities
in and around the Wynberg as well as Mitchells Plain,
Mannenberg, Hanover Park, Strandfontein, Bishop
Lavis, the southern and northern suburbs as well as
areas outside Cape Town’s borders.
The Central Office is located in Salt River and
hosts Finances, Human Resources, Corporate
Communication and Marketing, Physical Resources,
OHS, Quality Management, Management
Information Systems, and the Linkages and
Partnership Units.
The College of Cape Town also has three
residences, namely City Residence, Crawford
Residence and Thornton Residence. The City
Residence is for ladies only. ■
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Banking and financial services
The Western Cape has the digital edge.
The potential for disruption in the banking and financial
services sector is almost limitless. The Western Cape’s
evolution into a technology hub helps to explain
why banks, insurance providers, asset managers and
venture capitalists are increasingly choosing to make their
headquarters there.
There are more than 40 000 jobs in the technology sector (more
than double the total of Nairobi and Lagos combined, Wesgro) and
formal employment in the financial sector exceeds 50 000.
Together with business services, the financial sector comprises
the biggest contributor to the provincial economy. According to
Wesgro, 75% of the venture capital deals that happen in South
Africa originate in the Western Cape. Most financial firms based
in Cape Town have a long history, some going back as far as 1845
when Old Mutual started.
One of the most successful disruptors in recent times has been
Stellenbosch-based Capitec Bank, which is steadily increasing its
customer base by providing banking for business and individual
customers in what it describes as a simple manner. In May 2020,
investment holding company PSG announced that it would
reduce its holding in Capitec Bank from 32% to 4%, earning about
R4-billion by selling those shares.
Another banking newcomer, Tyme, reported in October 2020
that it had 2.4-million customers, up from 1.4-million at the end of
March. A 400% increase in the use of services such as airtime and
electricity purchases was also noted.
Discovery Bank officially launched in March 2019 and is
experiencing rapid growth with deposits of R3.7-billion. Discovery
Bank is applying the behavioural model it uses in its health
business to reward good financial behaviour.
The African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk
Management (AIFMRM) aims is to meet the demands for skills
by developing local talent. It is supported by the Western Cape
Provincial Government, the University of Cape Town, Barclays
Africa Group, FirstRand and Liberty.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Banking Association South Africa: www.banking.org.za
Financial Sector Conduct Authority: www.fsca.co.za
Insurance Institute of South Africa: www.iisa.co.za
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants: www.saica.co.za
SECTOR INSIGHT
PSG is reducing its stake in
Capitec.
The head offices of financial
firms are dotted all over Cape
Town. These include Old
Mutual and Foord (Pinelands),
Futuregrowth and Coronation
(Newlands), Prudential
(Claremont), Sygnia (Green
Point), Sanlam (Bellville) and
Allan Gray (Waterfront). PSG has
its headquarters in Stellenbosch
and is well represented in rural
towns. Insurers such as Santam
and Metropolitan Life are based
in Bellville. A newcomer to the
Cape financial services sector
is Nomura, a Japanese financial
holding company.
The green bond issued by
the City of Cape Town is a sign of
the climate change times. South
Africa’s third-ever green bond
attracted bids over R4-billion on
an initial offering on projects worth
R1-billion. The lead arranger for the
bond was Rand Merchant Bank. ■
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Development finance and
SMME support
Entrepreneurs are saving the environment.
OVERVIEW
Small businesses in the Breede River and Riviersonderend
catchment areas are making money from clearing
invasive species. Avocado Vision has developed a
“Green Business Value Chain” in partnership with
the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries,
environmental organisations and corporates.
By turning the unwanted species into sought-after products, a
sustainable business is created while simultaneously replenishing
water-table levels and restoring grasslands. About 200 species
are regarded as invasive and work is being done with 120 SMMEs
across South Africa to identify opportunities.
The Western Cape Government runs a Premier’s Advancement
of Youth Internship Programme which in 2019 had 1 118
participants. There are several Youth Cafes in different parts of the
province, where unemployed young people can get advice and
training and have access to computers and WiFi.
Many startups find the cost of finding and hiring premises
prohibitive. Flexible working spaces such as those offered by
Workshop17 offer a solution. The company has sites in Paarl, the
Gardens and at the Watershed at the V&A Waterfront.
The Watershed itself is a popular venue for designers and
crafters to display their wares. More than 90% of stock sold out
of the Watershed is made locally and some design companies,
such as leather product maker Wolf and Maiden, have moved into
more exclusive retail space elsewhere in the Waterfront. A study
has shown that revenue earned by small enterprises at the V&A
Waterfront in 2018 was R329-million, up from R78-million in 2007.
Two of the Western Cape’s universities, Stellenbosch and
Cape Town, are the first collaborators with the University
Technology Fund which aims to commercialise innovations
and inventions coming out of tertiary institutions. The UTF will
have considerable financial clout as it is a part of the South
African SME Fund, an offshoot of the CEO Initiative which
ONLINE RESOURCES
SA SME Fund: sasmefund.co.za
Small Enterprise Development Agency: www.seda.co.za
Small Enterprise Finance Agency: www.sefa.org.za
SECTOR INSIGHT
Workshop17 has three
flexible working spaces in
the Western Cape.
brought together 50 major
corporations, the Public
Investment Corporation, the
Unemployment Insurance
Fund and the Compensation
Commission.
Among the businesses
receiving support from the SA
SME Fund are Masisizane which
helps black entrepreneurs buy
petrol stations and Hyrax, a
company which emerged from
research done at the University
of the Western Cape into which
HIV-positive people were
resistant to certain drugs.
The National Department
of Small Business Development
(DSBD) has several programmes
to assist SMMEs and cooperatives.
The Small Enterprise
Development Agency is an
agency of the DSBD and
gives non-financial support
to entrepreneurs through
training, assistance with filling in
forms, marketing and creating
business plans.
Seda has established a Rapid
Incubator in partnership with
the Centre for Entrepreneurship
(CFE) at False Bay TVET College,
Westlake Campus.■
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Business Process
Outsourcing
South Africa was “Offshoring Destination of the Year” in 2018.
Significantly lower costs than European competitors and
growth rates in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
sector that outstrip the global rate make the Western
Cape an extremely competitive destination.
According to the Everest Group Study (2018), Cape Town’s
costs for contact centre work are between 20% and 30% lower
than the costs in Eastern and Central Europe. In the same year,
6 172 new jobs were created in the province as a result of an
11% growth rate in the sector. South Africa’s BPO industry is
growing twice as fast as the world’s and three times faster
than India and the Philippines (Invest Cape Town).
BPO involves any internal businesses that a company chooses
to outsource to a specialist in that field, for example accounting or
customer service centres. UK shop Asda and online retailer Amazon
have large customer service centres in Cape Town. Other big brands
include British Gas, IBM, KLM, Lufthansa, Mastercard and Microsoft.
Global and local BPO investors with operations in Cape Town
include TutorABC, CSC, Collinsons Group, Bloomberg, Shell,
AskOsca, JTC Group, Wonga, SimplyTalk, Ambition 24 Hour Group
and Buongiorno.
Inbound customer service (55%), inbound sales (15%) and debt
collection (13%) comprise the biggest subsectors of the BPO sector
in the Cape (Wesgro).
The fact that greater Cape Town is home to three universities,
a university of technology and two technical colleges is a major
advantage in attracting companies with sophisticated operations. Other
factors in favour of the Cape Town area and surrounds are the relatively
neutral accents, good infrastructure (financial and telecommunications)
and the time zone being the same or close to Europe’s.
Sixty-three percent of the offshore market is in the Western
Cape where the provincial government has identified BPO as
ONLINE RESOURCES
Business Process enabling South Africa (BPeSA): www.bpesa.org.za
Contact Centre Management Group: www.ccmg.org.za
National Department of Trade, Industry and Competition:
www.dtic.gov.za
SECTOR INSIGHT
Growth of 11% created 6 172
new jobs in the Western Cape.
one of the six key sectors that
can create jobs quickly. The City
of Cape Town, the provincial
Department of Economic
Development, Agriculture and
Tourism (DEDAT) and IT service
management company EOH
jointly sponsor the training
and 12-month learnerships of
175 unemployed work-seekers
in BPO. The municipality also
trains 20 potential team leaders
to build management skills
within the sector.
The Department of Trade,
Industry and Competition
(dtic) offers incentives to BPO
investors. A base incentive
is calculated on projected
offshore jobs to be created and
is awarded on actual offshore
jobs created. The incentive has
a two-tier structure for noncomplex
and complex jobs and
is paid over a five-year period.
A war room to unblock red
tape in important job-creating
sectors such as BPO has been
set up by the Western Cape
Provincial Government with
financial support from Harvard
University. ■
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Department of Social Development
MEC: Ms Sharna Fernandez
Union House, 14 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town 8001
Tel:
Western
+27 21 483 5045 | Fax: +27 21 483 4783
Web: www.westerncape.gov.za/dept/
social-development Provincial Government
8th Floor, 9 Dorp Street, Cape Town 8000
Office of the Premier
Premier: Mr Alan Winde
Provincial Legislature Building,
1st Floor, 7 Wale Street, Cape Town 8000
Tel: 0860 142 142
Email: service@westerncape.gov.za
Tel: +27 21 483 4813
Fax: +27 21 483 5068
Web: www.westerncape.gov.za/dept/tpw
Provincial Treasury
MEC: Mr David Maynier
Department of Environmental Affairs
and Development Planning
MEC: Mr Anton Bredell
8th Floor, 1 Dorp Street, Cape Town 8000
Tel: +27 21 483 4091
LISTING
LISTINGS
3rd Floor, 7 Wale Street, Cape Town 8000
Department An overview of of Transport the Western and Cape’s Public Works provincial government departments.
Tel: +27 21 483 4237 | Fax: +27 21 483 3855
MEC: www.westerncape.gov.za
Mr Bonginkosi Madikazela
Web: www.westerncape.gov.za/dept/treasury
Western Cape Local Government
A guide to the metropolitan, district and local municipalities Department of in Health the Western Cape.
Department of Agriculture
MEC: Dr Nomafrench Mbombo
MEC: Dr Ivan Meyer
21st Floor, 4 Dorp Street, Cape Town 8000
CITY Admin OF Building, CAPE Muldersvlei TOWN Road,
Witzenberg Tel: +27 21 483 Local 3245/5417 Municipality
METROPOLITAN Elsenburg 7607 MUNICIPALITY
Tel: +27 23 316 1854 | Fax: +27 23 316 1877
Department of Human Settlements
Address: Tel: +27 Civic 21 808 Centre, 5111 Podium Block, 6th Floor, 12 Hertzog Website: www.witzenberg.gov.za
MEC: Mr Tertius Simmers
Boulevard, Cape Town 8000
Tel: Department +27 21 400 1111 of Community | +27 21 400 1313 Safety
CENTRAL 27 Wale Street, KAROO Cape DISTRICT Town 8001 MUNICIPALITY
Fax: MEC: 0860 Mr Albert 103 Fritz 090
Address:
Tel: +27 21
63
483
Donkin
6488
Street, Beaufort West 6970
Website: 35 Wale Street, www.capetown.gov.za
Cape Town 8000
Tel:
Department
+27 23 449 1000
of Local
| Fax:
Government
+27 23 415 1253
Tel: +27 21 483 6949/8588
Website: www.skdm.co.za
CAPE WINELANDS DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY
MEC: Mr Anton Bredell
Address: Department 46 Alexander of Cultural Street, Affairs Stellenbosch and Sport 7599 Beaufort 8th Floor, Waldorf West Local Building, Municipality
80 St George’s Mall,
Tel:
Cape Town 8001
MEC: 086 Ms Anroux 126 5263 Marais | Fax: +27 21 888 5100
Tel: +27 23 414 8149 | Fax: +27 23 414 8105
Tel: +27 21 483 4049/4997
Website: Protea House www.capewinelands.gov.za
Building, 7th Floor,
Website: www.beaufortwestmun.co.za
Greenmarket Square, Cape Town 8000
Breede
Tel: +27 21
Valley
483 9503
Local Municipality
Laingsburg Local Municipality
Department of Social Development
Tel: +27 23 348 2600 | Fax: +27 21 883 8871
Tel:
MEC:
+27
Ms
23
Sharna
551
Fernandez
1019 | Fax: +27 23 551 1019
Website: Department www.bvm.gov.za
of Economic Development Website: www.laingsburg.gov.za
Union House, 14 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town 8001
and Tourism
Drakenstein Local Municipality
Prince Tel: +27 21 Albert 483 5045 Local Municipality
MEC: MrDavid Maynier
Tel: +27 21 807 4500 | Fax: +27 21 872 8054
Tel:
11th Floor, NBS Waldorf Building,
Department +27 23 541 1320 of Transport | Fax: +27 and 23 541 Public 1321 Works
Website:
80 St George’s
www.drakenstein.gov.za
Mall, Cape Town 8001
Website: MEC: Mr Bonginkosi www.pamun.com
Madikazela
Tel: +27 21 21 4835065
9226
Langeberg Local Municipality
GARDEN
8th Floor, 9
ROUTE
Dorp Street,
DISTRICT
Cape Town
MUNICIPALITY
8000
Tel: +27 21 483 4813
Tel:
Western
+27 23
Cape
615 8000
Education
| Fax: +27
Department
23 615 1563
Address: 54 York Street, George 6530
Website: www.langeberg.gov.za
Tel:
MEC: Ms Debbie Schäfer
Provincial +27 44 803 Treasury 1300
Fax: MEC: 086 Mr David 555 6303 Maynier
Stellenbosch Grand Central Towers, Local Lower Municipality Parliament Street,
Website:
Cape Town 8001
3rd Floor, www.gardenroute.co.za
7 Wale Street, Cape Town 8000
Tel: +27 21 808 8111 | Fax: +27 21 808 8003
Tel: +27 21 467 2000
Tel: +27 21 483 4237
Website: www.stellenbosch.gov.za
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INDEX
INDEX
Absa...................................................................................................................................................................................IFC
Africa Biomass Company (ABC).....................................................................................................................5, 10
Airlink............................................................................................................................................................................. OBC
Cape Chamber of Commerce & Industry......................................................................................... 2-3, IBC
College of Cape Town............................................................................................................................... 11, 42-43
Nedbank.................................................................................................................................................................... 18-23
Petroleum Agency South Africa................................................................................................................. 32-33
Vinpro.................................................................................................................................................................................15
Western Cape Business Opportunities Forum (WECBOF)..................................................................13
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The Voice of Business for 217 years
The Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry brings people
and businesses together.
The business community also needs a voice. Since 1804 we
have provided it and our voice matters. We lobby with integrity.
We are independent. We are not affiliated to any political party nor
any organisation. We monitor legislation that could affect business
interests and submit evidence to Parliamentary standing committees
or other authorities.
The Chamber leverages media releases, radio interviews and
letters to newspapers to alert the public to the likely undesired
consequences of legislation and official policies.
Executive Director Sid Peimer
After more than two
centuries of service
to business, two
industrial revolutions
and another one upon us, the
Cape Chamber of Commerce
and Industry knows one thing
has not changed – business is
still driven by people who are
smart, dynamic and innovative.
Businessmen and women
have a need to talk to others, meet
people to work with, to earn from
and generate the excitement of a
shared vision. The Chamber offers
this and much more – it is literally
Where Opportunity Meets.
Sharing Information
Bringing people together is a core function of the Chamber.
We hold seminars and workshops to share information and where
experts can provide a deeper understanding of issues that affect
businesses. In addition, we host conferences, exhibitions, coffee club
mornings and landmark events like International Women’s Day and
the Disability Summit.
Our international trade desk is often the first stop for visiting trade
missions and delegations. To support local industry we run seminars
to facilitate international trade and arrange for foreign delegations to
meet our members.
We also issue certificates of origin for exporters and host a Port
Liaison Forum where problems with sea freight are discussed and
are often solved. Our portfolio committees are specialist forums for
numerous sectors, including commerce, industry and agriculture
where we invite experts to give members the latest information on
developments to enhance their business operations.
Staying connected
It is apparent that we have never been as technologically connected
as we are today, yet we have never been as socially disconnected. The
Chamber is the glue that binds us together. ■

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