Free State Business - A unique guide to business and investment in the Free State.
The 2025 edition of Free State Business is the 14th issue of this successful publication that, since its launch in 2008, has established itself as the premier business and investment guide for the Free State.
Several of the agencies of the Free State’s provincial government have taken space within this publication to outline their plans and achievements to date in attracting new investments into South Africa’s most centrally located province, including the hosting of an investment conference. A UK company has announced the R500-million purchase of a uranium-producing shaft.
This issue contains a special feature on skills development within the province. News about these and other developments are contained in the sector overviews that outline the characteristics of the main economic sectors of the province, and report on the latest news in those sectors as well. One of the newest sectors is natural gas and helium, both of which are being pursued by Renergen through its Virginia Gas Project. Significant investments are being attracted to the Maluti-A-Phofung Special Economic Zone (MAPSEZ) in the northern part of the province and there are plans to establish another SEZ related to the gas find around Welkom. Special features on investment incentives and starting a business in the South African context are included in this edition.
To complement the extensive local, national and international distribution of the print edition, the full content can also be viewed online at
www.freestatebusiness.co.za. Updated information on the Free State is also available through our monthly e-newsletter, which you can subscribe to online at https://www.globalafricanetwork.com and https://www.southafricanbusiness.co.za, in addition to our complementary business-to-business titles that cover all nine provinces, our flagship South African Business title and the newest addition to our list of publications, The Journal of African Business, which was launched in 2020.
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XXXXXKEY SECTORSOverviews of the key economic sectorsof the Free StateAgriculture 30Mining 32Energy 34Manufacturing 36ICT 37Tourism 38Development finance and SMME support 39Loch Logan Waterfront is for sale. Bloemfontein’s biggest shopping mall will be sold by closed tender aspart of a restructuring of the Georgiou family’s property portfolio. It was reported that 26 Bloemfonteinproperties were to be sold, but this is not the full extent of the family’s holdings in the City of Roses.
