INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES PRODUCE MARKETSelected Strategic High Impact Projects: Mpumalanga International Food MarketThe Mpumalanga Provincial Government has established aR1.2-billion fresh produce and food processing facility in Mbombela,now renamed the Mpumalanga International Food Market (MIFM).All major construction and fittings are complete, and the facility willbe operationalised in 2025.Mpumalanga is one of South Africa’s most productive and importantagriculture regions. It is home to predominantly tropical and subtropicalcrops and vegetables owing to its conducive climate. The tropical andsubtropical crops consist of avocado, banana, citrus, ginger, granadilla,guava, litchi, macadamia nut, mango, papaya and pineapple.The vegetables produced include potatoes, tomatoes, pumpkins,sweet corn, onions, sweet potatoes, beetroots, carrots, green peas,cauliflowers, cabbages and green beans.Site: The site is in Mbombela on a 248ha plot less than 10kmfrom the Central Business District. It is situated within the MaputoDevelopment Corridor (MDC), linking Mpumalanga, Gauteng Provinceand the Nkomazi Special Economic Zone with the deepwater Port ofMaputo in Mozambique.The market: The market will give local farmers access to local,regional and international fresh produce markets and will aid inensuring food security for the region.The infrastructure of the MIFM will attract international as well asthe large domestic food retailers as a key processing and distributionpoint. It will also secure Mpumalanga’s position in the regional exportmarket in fresh produce.The market will offer:• Open trading halls for fruit and vegetables• A meat, fish and flower market• Complementary cold storage, ripening facilities and pallet handling• Processing facilities• An export hall• Bulk-breaking facilities for retail outlets• Links with statutory organisations such as customs, PPEBCand EuroGap• Transport and logistics enterprises• Shared collation and pack-house facilities for SMMEs• Commercial services including banks and restaurants• A food bank for NGOsFeasibility study:completedEIA: completedBulk infrastructure:completedTop structures: completedModel: JV, BOTValue: R1-billionINVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES NKOMAZI SEZSelected Strategic High Impact Projects: Nkomazi Special Economic ZoneThe Nkomazi Special Economic Zone has been officially designated interms of the Special Economic Zones Act No 16 of 2014 and an entityhas been established with a Board of Directors and an ExecutiveTeam in place.SEZs are geographically designated areas set aside for specificallytargeted economic activities that are supported through specialtax incentives. An SEZ aims to be an economic development tool topromote rapid economic growth by using various support measuresto attract targeted foreign and domestic investments and technology. HThe main goal is to support the implementation of South Africa’sindustrial development programme.Strategically positioned in the border town of Komatipoort, theSEZ offers a multi-sector base of operations along the MaputoDevelopment Corridor which provides exporters with good accessthrough Maputo Port to the export markets of South East Africa,the Indian Ocean Rim and Far East Asia.The Nkomazi SEZ will target investment from the agriculture,agro-processing, nutraceuticals and fertiliser production sectors,as having a strong focus on logistics and trade services.The NSEZ offers the investor a unique and incentivised baseof operations on the Maputo Development Corridor runningthrough the most highly industrialised and productive regions ofSouthern Africa.24The Maputo Corridor is bound to develop even more as the Maputoharbour improves its handling and scheduling capacity. In the eventthat a second rail line to Maputo MPUMALANGA to complement the current – NKOMAZIrail link isdeveloped, the shipment of mining products and agricultural produceto and from the Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces will increase.The NSEZ is set to provide One-Stop-Shop services, incentives,innovation platform, a competitive and transparent marketenvironment, and timeous and efficient responses to investors’market requirements.RecreationManufacturingConvenience RetailAccommodationCentralised FacilitiesLogistics
xportngFOREIGN TRADEMpumalanga is proving to be a key player in thelocal economy as well as internationally.Top exports to the world 20241 Ferro-AlloysR35.5-billion2 GoldR10.1-billion3 CoalR7.0-billion4 Chromium OreR4.8-billion5 Macadamia Nuts, shelledR2.5-billion6 Macadamia Nuts, in shellR1.9-billion7 Platinum R1.9-billion8 Fuel WoodR1.9-billion9 Ferro-Silico-Manganese R1.4-billion10 Palladium 2022/03/23R1.1-billionmenttsngaMAZI SEZ,gisticsTop export markets 20241 Mozambique R25.8-billion2 China R12.3-billion3 JapanR6.1-billion4 United StatesR5.2-billion5 Netherlands R3.8-billion6 Republic of KoreaR3.4-billion7 Eswatini R3.3-billion8 IndiaR3.3-billion9 United KingdomR1.6-billion10 Taiwan Province of ChinaR1.2-billionMTIP photo credits. Cover: Blyde River Canyon (SA Tourism); mangoes (iStock); steel manufacturing (Columbus Stainless): forest from below (Forestry South Africa); swimming pool (Radisson Group);campus from above (University of Mpumalanga); dancers (MTPA). Body: mining conveyor belt (Sasol); furnace (Kateryna Babaieva on Pexels); cutting wood (Ludwig Sevenster); chimney at night (Sasol);tourism opportunities (MTPA); market variety (Jacopo Maiarelli/Unsplash); smelter (Anglo American); macadamias (SCTIE); timber (Ludwig Sevenster); coal (Thungela Resources); citrus exports (Citrus GrowersAssociation); truck (Nelson Gono/Unsplash); containers in port (jcomp/Freepik); fruit pickers (Chris Kirchoff/Brand SA); textiles on display (Eva Blue/Unsplash); red peppers (Omotayo Tajudeen/Unsplash).Outside back cover: factory (PG Bison), furnace (Kateryna Babaieva/Pexels); lodge (Buckler’s Africa Lodge); Graskop Gorge Lift (MTPA).2023/07/27 15:0625
