INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES PRODUCE MARKET Selected Strategic High Impact Projects: Mpumalanga International Food Market The Mpumalanga Provincial Government has established a R1.2-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 will be operationalised in 2025. Mpumalanga is one of South Africa’s most productive and important agriculture regions. It is home to predominantly tropical and subtropical crops and vegetables owing to its conducive climate. The tropical and subtropical 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 10km from the Central Business District. It is situated within the Maputo Development Corridor (MDC), linking Mpumalanga, Gauteng Province and the Nkomazi Special Economic Zone with the deepwater Port of Maputo in Mozambique. The market: The market will give local farmers access to local, regional and international fresh produce markets and will aid in ensuring food security for the region. The infrastructure of the MIFM will attract international as well as the large domestic food retailers as a key processing and distribution point. It will also secure Mpumalanga’s position in the regional export market 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, PPEBC and EuroGap • Transport and logistics enterprises • Shared collation and pack-house facilities for SMMEs • Commercial services including banks and restaurants • A food bank for NGOs Feasibility study: completed EIA: completed Bulk infrastructure: completed Top structures: completed Model: JV, BOT Value: R1-billion INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES NKOMAZI SEZ Selected Strategic High Impact Projects: Nkomazi Special Economic Zone The Nkomazi Special Economic Zone has been officially designated in terms of the Special Economic Zones Act No 16 of 2014 and an entity has been established with a Board of Directors and an Executive Team in place. SEZs are geographically designated areas set aside for specifically targeted economic activities that are supported through special tax incentives. An SEZ aims to be an economic development tool to promote rapid economic growth by using various support measures to attract targeted foreign and domestic investments and technology. H The main goal is to support the implementation of South Africa’s industrial development programme. Strategically positioned in the border town of Komatipoort, the SEZ offers a multi-sector base of operations along the Maputo Development Corridor which provides exporters with good access through 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 base of operations on the Maputo Development Corridor running through the most highly industrialised and productive regions of Southern Africa. 6 The Maputo Corridor is bound to develop even more as the Maputo harbour improves its handling and scheduling capacity. In the event that a second rail line to Maputo MPUMALANGA to complement the current - NKOMAZI rail link is developed, the shipment of mining products and agricultural produce to 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 market environment, and timeous and efficient responses to investors’ market requirements. Recreation Manufacturing Convenience Retail Accommodation Centralised Facilities Logistics
xport ng FOREIGN TRADE Mpumalanga is proving to be a key player in the local economy as well as internationally. Top exports to the world 2024 1 Ferro-Alloys R35.5-billion 2 Gold R10.1-billion 3 Coal R7.0-billion 4 Chromium Ore R4.8-billion 5 Macadamia Nuts, shelled R2.5-billion 6 Macadamia Nuts, in shell R1.9-billion 7 Platinum R1.9-billion 8 Fuel Wood R1.9-billion 9 Ferro-Silico-Manganese R1.4-billion 10 Palladium 2022/03/23 R1.1-billion ment ts nga MAZI SEZ , gistics Top export markets 2024 1 Mozambique R25.8-billion 2 China R12.3-billion 3 Japan R6.1-billion 4 United States R5.2-billion 5 Netherlands R3.8-billion 6 Republic of Korea R3.4-billion 7 Eswatini R3.3-billion 8 India R3.3-billion 9 United Kingdom R1.6-billion 10 Taiwan Province of China R1.2-billion MTIP 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 Growers Association); 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 15:06 7
