A unique guide to business and investment in the Eastern Cape.
The 2018 edition of Eastern Cape Business is the 11th issue of this highly successful publication that, since its launch in 2006, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Eastern Cape.
The Eastern Cape’s investment and business opportunities are highlighted in this publication. In addition to the regular articles providing insight into each of the key economic sectors of the province, there are special features on the role of the renewable energy sector on the region’s future and on the growth of tourism (spurred by the hosting of international events such as the 2018 IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship, the first-ever cricket Test match to be played at night at St George’s Park and Vodacom Origins of Golf events at St Francis Links). All of the major business chambers in the province have made contributions to the journal.
To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition, the full content can also be viewed online at www.easterncapebusiness.co.za. Updated information on the Eastern 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.
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INDEX INDEX Amatola Water........................................................................................................................................... IFC, IBC Black Management Forum (BMF)................................................................................................................. 10 Blue Lagoon Hotel & Conference Centre................................................................................................... 21 Border Kei Chamber of Business................................................................................................................... 26 East London Industrial Development Zone (ELIDZ)......................................................................... 3, 11 Maritz Electrical.................................................................................................................................................. 23 Nedbank......................................................................................................................................................... 28-33 Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber.................................................................................................... 24 Old Mutual..................................................................................................................................................... 34-37 POWERX................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Premier Pallets................................................................................................................................................ OBC Ubank..................................................................................................................................................................... 12 EASTERN CAPE BUSINESS 2018 66
Amatola Water projects Bulk water and sanitation projects underway in the EasternCape. Amatola Water is implementing some of the EasternCape’s major capital projects that are geared to bring relief to droughtridden communities as well as to revitalise water and sanitation infrastructure in the province. Amatola Water is helping the OR Tambo District Municipality improve its water and sanitation services delivery to almost one million citizens in Mthatha and surrounds as part of the R3.4-billion King Sabata Dalindyebo Presidential Intervention. The intervention forms part of the masterplan to uplift the economic development of the Greater Mthatha area which continues to show good growth. It aims to maximise the use of the currently under-utilised yield from the Mthatha Dam through five strategic development corridors within a 40km radius of the town of Mthatha, namely: Libode, Ngqeleni, Nqadu, Mqanduli and the airport corridor. The regional water supply system will provide the necessary stability and assurance of supply that meaningful economic development requires, while the bulk sanitation infrastructure will ensure the environmental integrity of the Mthatha River and human health in the higher-density urban areas of Mthatha. The EasternCape Department of Education’s Schools Project is tackling bulk water and sanitation infrastructure at close on 200 schools throughout the province. Amatola Water is the department’s sole implementing partner for bulk water and sanitation infrastructure. The project, which has run over two years, comprises two phases: Phase 1, which includes the repair of the dilapidated water and sanitation infrastructure of special schools and hostels; and Phase 2 which is focused on the operation and maintenance of the infrastructure. In the current year, Amatola Water began work at 122 public ordinary schools, of which 19 have hostels. The work completed to date has been valued at over R21-million. An additional 10 special schools have also been included in the plan. The work this year also included addressing water emergencies at nine priority schools. Full-time process controllers and general workers have been appointed to oversee operations and maintenance at the various schools to ensure good water and effluent quality. In the current financial year, over 500 jobs have been created through the programme, 50 of which went to women. In Nelson Mandela Bay, the Nooitgedacht Bulk Water Supply Project will see its water supply from the Orange River surge to more than double by June 2019 when Amatola Water completes the third phase of extensions to the Nooitgedacht Water Treatment Works. The project consists of three parts: a 45-megalitre reservoir, the construction of a treatment works facility and the construction of related pipelines. It is a key augmentation project for the bulk water supply system of Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. Once completed, it will feed about 70-million litres of water a day to the municipality. Nooitgedacht Bulk Water Supply Project.
