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A unique guide to business and investment in South Africa. Welcome to the 11th edition of the South African Business journal. First published in 2011, the publication has established itself as the premier business and investment guide to South Africa, supported by a website at www. southafricanbusiness.co.za. A special feature in this journal focusses on the importance of partnerships as the way forward for the country’s growing number of Special Economic Zones. There are now SEZs in eight provinces and collaboration between the private sector and government and its agencies is proving a crucial element in pursuing the goal of industrializing the South African economy. These zones intended as catalysts for economic growth in established sectors and in stimulating new industries. Regular pages cover all the main economic sectors of the South African economy and give a snapshot of each of the country’s provinces. The fact that South Africa’s law-enforcement agencies are arresting people alleged to have been involved in state capture and the Reserve Bank has started freezing assets in other matters leads the national overview because business can’t function properly without the rule of law. South African Business is complemented by nine regional publications covering the business and investment environment in each of South Africa’s provinces. The e-book editions can be viewed online at www.globalafricanetwork.com. These unique titles are supported by a monthly business e-newsletter with a circulation of over 35 000. Journal of African Business joined the Global African Network stable of publications as an annual in 2020 and is now published quarterly.

MUSINA MAKHADO SMART

MUSINA MAKHADO SMART CITY A Smart City programme is envisaged for northern Limpopo Province, catalysed by the development of the multi-sector Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone. A new Smart City is taking shape in Limpopo Province. It is catalysed by the economic stimulus of the Musina- Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ). The new Smart City will integrate the towns of Musina and Makhado to become the pre-eminent trade and industrial centre of Southern Africa. The new Smart City will reignite the rich civilisational heritage of the Great Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Zimbabwe Kingdoms which at their height in 1000AD produced artifacts in gold and traded globally as far as Arabia, India and China. This region will once again rise and become a modernised industrial and global trade hub, building on its heritage and embracing the technology revolution. The geographic location of the Smart City in the northern part of South Africa bordering Zimbabwe and connecting into the rest of Africa gives it a critical comparative advantage, together with the natural endowments within the surrounds of Musina and Makhado which include high-value agricultural land, mineral resources and functional spatial relationships. If harnessed fully these will help to create a competitive regional economy for South Africa and the continent. “A leading innovative, sustainable and inclusive high-tech Africa gateway city” _________________ A leading innovative, sustainable and inclusive high-tech Africa gateway city ________________ The advantage of the MMSEZ is that it is part of a national economic programme, located within the National Transformation Corridor that links Gauteng with its dynamic economy to the Beitbridge Border Post, one of the busiest ports in Africa. The goal of the Smart City is transformational. People’s needs and aspirations are at the centre of planning. The foundations are proper sanitation and waste management, 24-hour electricity and water supply, efficient mobility and public transport with a network of wellconnected roads and access to reliable and high-speed telecommunications. The circular and green economy based on reuse, recycle, share, low/zero-carbon footprint meets with the concept of the Smart City. The MMSEZ, working together with all three spheres of government and stakeholders, aims to develop the designated MMSEZ as a catalytic driver for a Smart City which is envisioned to be: A leading innovative, sustainable and inclusive high-tech Africa gateway city, driven by residents and visionary investment within a prosperous rural-urban integrated region and operating as a highly connected – freight/warehousing/ logistics/transport/retail/ manufacturing – industrial hub supporting the SEZ within a superefficient Gauteng-Limpopo-Zimbabwe economic corridor. SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESS 2023 26

Building the future together Message from Dr Mofasi Lekota, MMSEZ Board Chairperson The Board of Directors of Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone (MMSEZ) recognises and appreciates the immensity of the challenges and attractive opportunities that come with the MMSEZ. We understand the mutual and Antonvilla interdependent relationship between a successful SEZ and our envisaged Smart City. We also acknowledge that the long-term nature of this project and its intergenerational characteristics require long-range planning and short-term execution. It requires human and capital resources that are committed in the long term and resilient enough to withstand the turbulences inherent in these types of projects. The core triangle of Beitbridge, Musina CBD and Antonvilla (Northern SEZ) will catalyse a region A vision of the emergence of a Smart City in the land between Musina This core triangle will catalyse a region of of smartness smartness and and development development with upgrades with upgrades to roads and connectivity that will create the and Makhado energises the directors and staff of the MMSEZ company to to roads and connectivity that will make the Musina-Makhado corridor. perform to the best of their abilities from day to day and from year to year. It Musina-Makhado corridor MMSEZ SMART CITY is this vision that shines a light on our path to build a platform from which 6 the next generation will derive optimal economic benefits. We continue the As a long-term developmental approach, this will result in relentless pursuit of this vision, while keeping our promise to do all we can to a transformed, competitive and spatially integrated regional maintain an environment that our children and their children will happily economy and this will lead to the upliftment and well-being inherit from us. What will emerge between these two northern-most towns of people living in Vhembe, its neighbouring districts and the of Limpopo province is a Smart City that will offer endless opportunities for all Province of Limpopo at large. our people. It is a Smart City that will offer business, job, skill development and The development of the Smart City starts with the Northern entertainment opportunities for the people of the Vhembe region, Limpopo SEZ Site of the MMSEZ as a smart precinct, SMART together with PRECINCT the Province and the nation. This will be a Smart City we will all be proud of. upgrading of the Beitbridge border post and the town of Musina to become an integrated The Northern core Site of of the the new MMSEZ Smart in Antonvilla City. This will core be the first triangle will catalyse smart a region precinct of in smartness the and city that development will improve with the economy and create jobs. upgrades to roads and connectivity that will make the Musina- • A green industrial estate where one can live, work, play. Makhado corridor the fastest-developing area in Limpopo, South • Investments into light manufacturing, retail, trade, freight and logistics warehousing, and Africa and Southern agro-processing Africa. will be sought. • Innovation and incubation of new businesses to work on latest technology in electronics and other industries will be promoted. • The buildings and management of the precinct will use solar energy and conversion of THE MODEL waste to energy to ensure sustainability. Key: The Smart City Model will be implemented incrementally: 1 Beitbridge border • First step: integrate the Northern Site of the MMSEZ, the 2 Musina CBD Beitbridge border and the Musina town to form the Smart City. 3 Antonvilla • Second step: upgrade the N1 between Makhado and Beitbridge (Northern SEZ) as part of the Smart City Corridor. • Third step: promote strategic developments along the N1 Musina-Makhado Smart City corridor. • Fourth step: renew and regenerate the towns of Musina and Makhado. • Fifth step: implement the corridors, ensuring connectivity to villages and promote agriculture and tourism, activating the The Northern Site of the MMSEZ in Antonvilla will be the first smart precinct in the Smart Region. Smart City that will improve the economy and create jobs. A green industrial estate • Parallel steps: development of roads for connectivity; work where one can live, work, play. Investments into light manufacturing, retail, trade, on telecommunication coverage; training of communities to freight and logistics, warehousing and agro-processing will be sought. Innovation 16 MMSEZ SMART CITY use technology in partnership with the institutions of higher and incubation of new businesses to work on latest technology in electronics and learning and through schools; building awareness on zero waste other industries will be promoted. The buildings and management of the precinct and low-carbon living. The work on the metallurgy complex at will use solar energy and conversion of waste to energy to ensure sustainability. the Southern SEZ site will also be undertaken in parallel. A vibrant partnership with the University of Venda in co-creating the Smart City was launched on 16 September 2021, when the model Contact Details: was unveiled. The next step will be to develop the supply of skills Mr Livhuwani Muligwe: MMSEZ Smart City Model Project Manager needed for a Smart City and the ongoing operation of the SEZ. Tel: +27 66 174 0798 | 93 Biccard Street, Polokwane, Limpopo Province, RSA 27 SOUTH AFRICAN BUSINESS 2023

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