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The Fifth BRICS Summit, Durban, South Africa
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FIFTH BRICS SUMMIT26 – 27 MARCH 2013, DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
BRICS and Africa: Partnership for development, integration and industrialisation
South Africa South Africa is one of the sophisticated and the most promising emerging markets in the world. The unique
combination of a well developed first world economic infrastructure and a rapidly emerging market economy
has given rise to an entrepreneurial and dynamic investment environment with many global competitive
advantages and opportunities.
South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) is proactive in ensuring the viability of the country’s
economic sectors and enterprises.
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Contents6 Welcome
8 Foreword
10 Publisher’s note
14 BRICS: Looking forward
16 Proposed science and technology platform for BRICS
17 BRICS – Championing a new paradigm for economic cooperation
18 PICC – an infrastructure plan destined to change the face of South Africa
22 About BRICS
28 Benefitsfrompartnership
34 BRICS – Laying down a future road map for intense cooperation
36 About South Africa
40 Fast facts on Brazil, Russia, India and China
43 South Africa: Economic overview
46 BRICS – Why South Africa’s citizens should care
48 2013/14 Budget summary
51 BRICS: Promoting investment potential
52 BRICS Development Bank to be the centrepiece of the summit
54 RENMINBI: New choice for global trade and investment
56 Looking to the East to accelerate economic growth
57 WNS acquires Fusion Outsourcing
58 DAFF offers opportunities for investment
64 SIZAGRAPH: A leader in renewable energy
66 DBSA on regional integration
72 2013 African airport of the year
74 The blue economy: BRICS maritime agenda
79 Investment in mining
80 DENEL – Defence and technology
84 SAfilmindustryinthespotlight
88 Eastern Cape
90 Chinese automaker starts building in SA
91 SA – an attractive international tourism destination
94 Free State
96 Gauteng
99 Joburg, Africa’s business hub
100 KwaZulu-Natal
102 Limpopo
104 Mpumalanga
106 Northern Cape
112 Western Cape
114 North West
118 Invest in the North West Province
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et me welcome you all to South Africa and to the city of
Durban in the beautiful KwaZulu-Natal. This province is known
for its beauty, warm and friendly people, diverse and colourful
culture as well as stretch of golden beaches. It is known for its
rich history of bravery and military conquest, displayed in the
early years of our history, under the reign of the legendary King Shaka,
after whom the airport you landed at, is named.
We are welcoming you to a province which was home to some of
the greatest leaders, our country’s first Nobel Peace Prize Laureate,
Chief Albert Luthuli, and also at some point, the legendary Mahatma
Gandhi. Both were distinguished fighters for freedom, justice and
human rights for all.
This is also the city and province in which the founding President of a
free and democratic South Africa, our icon, President Nelson Mandela,
cast his vote for the first time on 27 April 1994, launching a new era
of freedom and democracy in our country. We are therefore truly
honoured to host you in this province and country, at the fifth Summit
of the BRICS countries.
When we were invited to join this formation in December 2010, we
were inspired that our vision to strengthen South-South relations
would become a reality. This is a vision we have set ourselves to
achieve through promoting development and enhancing cooperation
among emerging market economies. The BRICS member states reach
across Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa, ensuring that the
group links emerging powers and raises the voices of these countries
as a whole in the world.
Throughout our various interfaces with our BRICS partners, we have
always made it clear that our membership of this formation is not only
intended to advance our own economic development alone, but that
of the entire African continent. This is why we have undertaken to
craft a more dynamic trade and investment strategy that will ensure
sound development of Africa. This is all reflected in the theme of our
summit – “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for development, integration
and industrialisation”.
I am positive that this summit will be a success and will translate
many of our areas of convergence and common interest into reality.
We look forward to outcomes that all member states can be proud
of. I also wish to extend a kind invitation to our current and potential
investors to explore the various opportunities presented by BRICS and
utilise them meaningfully.
We trust that you will enjoy your stay in our beautiful country.
JACOB ZUMAPRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
FIFTH BRICS SUMMIT, 26 TO 27 MARCH 2013DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA
BRICS AND AFRICA: PARTNERSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT, INTEGRATION AND
INDUSTRIALISATION
President’sWelcome
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WELCOME
s the youngest member of the grouping of emerging economies
of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), we are
privileged to attract the attention of the world to South Africa and
Africa in the hosting of the fifth BRICS Summit on our shores. Our
country has extensive experience in hosting big events, including
the 2010 FIFA World CupTM, the recently concluded Africa Cup of Nations,
Rugby and Cricket World Cups, United Nations Climate Change Conference
(COP17) and the Global African Diaspora Conference. We hope that you find
time in your busy schedules to tour our beautiful country.
When South Africa accepted the invitation to join the group of emerging
economies, critics again had much to say on why South Africa was not a
suitable brick within BRICS. Many of these voices have now been silenced as
the facts speak for themselves.
Our membership of this body has indeed expanded BRICS’ geographic and
inter-continental reach, including its global representivity and inclusiveness.
South Africa itself has a population of 50 million and an economy worth
approximately US$ 527 billion. Our per capita income level at purchasing power
parity compares favourably with BRICS partners estimated at US$ 11 000 (after
the Russian Federation at $16 700 and Brazil at $11 845).
South Africa’s comparative advantage within BRICS pertains to South
Africa’s considerable non-energy in situ mineral wealth. In a recent report
commissioned by the US-based Citigroup bank, South Africa was ranked as
the world’s richest country in terms of its mineral reserves, worth an estimated
US$2,5 trillion. South Africa is the world’s largest producer of platinum,
chrome, vanadium and manganese, and the third-largest gold miner, as well as
offers highly sophisticated mining-related professional services, contributing
significantly to the BRICS resource pool.
South Africa is investing R300 billion ($35,6 billion) into expanding and
improving its railways, ports and fuel pipelines, as a catalyst to help unlock
the world’s greatest mineral wealth. Africa will also continue to be buoyed by
the exploding global demand for oil, metals, minerals, food and other natural
resources. Likewise, the African continent, which is arguably one of the world’s
largest unexplored resource basins, has an abundance of riches, including
10% of the world’s oil reserves, 40% of its gold ore and 95% of platinum. The
demand from BRICS countries for these commodities has been a critical source
to support growth on the continent.
In the recently issued World Economic Forum’s Report on Global
Competitiveness that benchmarks the performance of 144 nations, including
South Africa, the country performed particularly well against the report’s
financial pillars. With regard to financial market development, South Africa
ranks first among the BRICS nations, and third overall in the world. Other key
areas where South Africa performed well in comparison to its fellow BRICS
nation members were the Legal Rights Index, the Regulation of Securities
Exchanges, the Efficacy of Corporate Boards and the Strength of Auditing and
Reporting Standards, where South Africa was placed first against each pillar.
Again, these are critical areas that can encourage inward investment.
Our interaction with fellow BRICS states is premised on three levels of
engagement: firstly, national, where we advance our national interests; secondly,
regional, where we promote regional integration and interaction with specific
emphasis on the African Union mandate given to President Jacob Zuma to
promote infrastructure development across the continent; and, thirdly, on a
global level, where we advocate for a more inclusive global governance system.
We want to ensure that our membership of BRICS benefits the entire continent
and this summit constitutes another high-level opportunity to further support
key priority areas of the African Agenda. Africa is emerging as one of the fastest-
growing markets with the potential of future growth due to the demographic
basis underpinning this growth and the new consumer market that is emerging.
The BRICS countries now constitute the largest trading partners of Africa and
the largest new (not total) investors. The BRICS investment portfolio in Africa is
very encouraging and promising. Over the past decade, we have seen a seismic
acceleration of commercial and strategic engagements between the BRICS and
Africa. BRICS has nourished Africa’s economic emergence and elevated the
continent’s contemporary global relevance.
The theme for the summit is “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for development,
integration and industrialisation”. We are determined to ensure the summit
outcomes live up to this theme and produce an implementable programme of
action. Working together we can create a better South Africa, a better Africa
and a better world.
MAITE NKOANA-MASHABANEMINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COOPERATIONREPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
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FOREWORD
ABY MAITE NKOANA-MASHABANE
Foreword
africa – the cornerstone of south africa’s foreign policyOur struggle for a better life in south africa is intertwined with our pursuit
of a better africa in a better world. Regional and
continental integration is the foundation for africa’s
socio-economic development and
political unity. the
strengthening of the african Union (aU) and
its structures is a strategic
priority in deepening
the continental integration process and infrastructure development,
paving the way for improved intra-africa trade. In the past
few years, the Department of International Relations and
Cooperation has been at the helm of a number of south africa’s
international milestones, including the successful
COP17/CMP7, our election to the UNsC for a second term and our recent inclusion into
BRICs. at the top of our agenda is the need to ensure that
our continent remains a zone of peace, stability and economic development, translating
into the creation of a better south africa, a better africa
and a better world.
International Relations and CooperationDepartment:
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
international relations& cooperation
his publication endeavours to market South Africa’s economy
to the world and is a noteworthy addition to the programme
promoting foreign direct investment into the country –
particularly into those sectors identified by the South African
Government as priority sectors for growth and development.
Opportunities such as the trade exhibition, associated with the BRICS
Summit and hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry, providing
one-on-one interaction, is a vital catalyst for economic activity in the
current global economic climate. Potential investors who participate in
such events are more likely to invest their money in concrete projects
that they are acquainted with, versus those they have only contemplated
abstractly from afar.
Through the successful hosting of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM, COP17
Summit and the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations – won by Nigeria – it is clear that
South Africa is a vibrant destination that is illuminated as a premier trade,
investment, business and tourism hub.
Time Media thanks the Department of International Relations and
Cooperation, all its contributors, staff and associates in producing this
publication. We trust that the success stories in it inspire you to accelerate
investment into South Africa.
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THE OFFICIAL FIFTH BRICS SUMMIT PUBLICATION
Publisher’sNote
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REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
A 26-country, US$1-trillion tripartite free trade area of East, Southern and Central Africa – expanding the African market to 600 million people
THE FIFTH BRICS SUMMIT. 26 – 27 MARCH 2013. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA. “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for development, integration and industrialisation”
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REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
A 26-country, US$1-trillion tripartite free trade area of East, Southern and Central Africa – expanding the African market to 600 million people
THE FIFTH BRICS SUMMIT. 26 – 27 MARCH 2013. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA. “BRICS and Africa: Partnership for development, integration and industrialisation”
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AS SOUTH AFRICA HOSTS THE FIFTH BRICS SUMMIT, THE WORDS OF KWAME NKRUMAH ARE PERTINENT:
“WE FACE NEITHER EAST NOR WEST, WE FACE FORWARD.”
ore recently, Nkrumah’s sentiments were echoed most
recently by President Jacob Zuma during the 2013
State of the Nation Address, during which he reiterated
that South Africa placed great importance on relations
with countries of the North and of the South.
We are living in challenging times as the advanced economies
continue to show muted growth. Despite this, emerging markets
continue to lead global growth. This trend requires us to evaluate
our partnerships and identify new opportunities. But, forging new
partnerships is not about replacing existing ones. It is not about
exchanging existing partnerships with the North for those with the
South. Nor is it about replacing actors from the West with those from
the East. Instead, it is recognition of the economic transformation
that is underway and the increasingly common agenda that is
unfolding among developing countries as well as those developed
countries that empathise with the developing world.
It is against this backdrop of the shifting economic power that South
Africa’s key objectives in BRICS must be understood. As a progressive
initiative of leading emerging economies, the BRICS countries are
working together to foster deeper economic and political cooperation
among themselves as well as with other emerging markets and
developing countries.
South Africa’s participation in the BRICS is thus premised on four
objectives:
• firstly,todeepeneconomicandfinancialcooperationwithBrazil,
Russia, India and China as part of the BRICS forum to address
South Africa’s domestic economic plans
• Secondly,tostrengthenrelationswithBRICSandensureAfrica
remains an important part of global production value chains and
prevent marginalisation of the continent through the promotion of
regional integration
• thirdly,tosupportandcontributetoshapingthereformsof
multilateral fora
• finally,toestablishaknowledgeexchangeandsharingplatform.
Issues on the BRICS finance agenda for the 2013 summit are
illustrative of all four considerations.
FINANCE ISSUES AT THE 2013 SUMMIT
The BRICS Interbank Cooperation Mechanism agreements that will be
signedbyBRICSdevelopmentfinanceinstitutionswilladdressthefirst
objectiveofdeepeningeconomicandfinancialcooperation.Throughthese
agreements,BRICScountrieswillseekinnovativewaysinwhichfinance
Looking forwardBRICS:
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BY PRAVIN GORDHANMINISTER OF FINANCE, SOUTH AFRICA
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EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
can facilitate greater trade and investment among the BRICS economies.
Similarly, the discussion on the new Development Bank and the
Contingent Reserve Arrangement, which aims to forestall short-
term liquidity pressures in BRICS countries, will speak to the BRICS’
determination to pool our resources towards more measurable
mutual development. The proposed Development Bank will finance
infrastructure in BRICS and other emerging markets and developing
countries. Infrastructure is one of the major hurdles, for example, to
greater economic linkages among African nations.
The second objective of the role of BRICS in partnering with Africa
recalls the commitment made by BRICS leaders at the Sanya
Summit in 2011 to support Africa’s infrastructure development and
industrialisation. The conversation that will take place between BRICS
and African leaders will lend impetus to this objective.
The third objective of reshaping the reforms of multilateral fora
will be addressed during discussions on the ongoing reforms of the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), including the question of a third
chair for Sub-Saharan Africa on the Executive Board of the IMF.
Finally, the launch of the BRICS Think-Tank will, among other things,
play a critical role in facilitating a vibrant exchange of knowledge
on how best to address commonly shared concerns about poverty,
unemployment and inequality towards a better life for our people.
CALLING ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR
In recognition of the key role that the private sector plays in
economic growth and development, we look forward to the
establishment of the BRICS Business Council. As much as the BRICS
governments may work together to increase cooperation between
our countries, it is private enterprises that will drive growth. Through
this initiative, the public sector can make informed decisions by
engaging actively with the private sector.
Government’s approach to BRICS has been collaborative, driven
by the understanding that South Africa’s financial sector is one of
the most stable and well-managed globally. We have sought closer
collaboration with our stakeholders in the finance family such as
the Banking Association of South Africa and the Association for
Savings and Investment SA, as well as various development finance
institutions. We continue to encourage ideas and initiatives from
the private sector to ensure that in our engagement with BRICS, we
consolidate our position as the financial centre of Africa.
The sum of our combined efforts as government, business and civil
society will indeed ensure that South Africa’s membership of BRICS
effectively demonstrates how international partnership can take our
domestic and continental development agenda forward.
“We face neither East nor West, we face forward”
BRICS SUMMIT PUBLICATION / PAGE 15
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
Proposed science and technology platform for BRICS
South Africa believes that Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa’s (BRICS) science and technology platform will be an important cornerstone of the BRICS partnership.
The platform will be based on openness and mutual benefit, and promote a whole spectrum of activities, including:
•policydialogues•informationsharing,trainingand
personnel exchanges•facilitatingaccesstolarge-scale
research facilities, and•technologytransfer.
South Africa is fully committed to ensuring the sustainability and success of the BRICS partnership.
MESSAGE BY SOUTH AFRICA’S MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, DEREK HANEKOM
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EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
outh Africa is hosting the fifth Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
Africa (BRICS) Summit and the first meeting of BRICS leaders
on African soil in Durban on 27 March 2013. This historic event,
convened under the theme “BRICS and Africa – Partnership for
development, integration and industrialisation”, was preceded by a
meeting of the BRICS ministers of trade and economic development on
26 March 2013.
South Africa’s membership of the BRICS forum has become a vital element of
our global economic strategy, and as the BRICS Chair, South Africa will play a
key role in shaping the agenda for economic cooperation.
There are four strategic considerations that anchor our participation in the
BRICS forum. Firstly, in the current global economic environment, South
Africa seeks to use the BRICS forum to build stronger economic linkages with
the world’s fastest-growing and most dynamic economies. The International
Monetary Fund’s latest forecast for 2013 indicates that emerging market and
developing economies will grow by 5,5% this year, compared to growth of
1,2% in advanced economies.
While South Africa’s economic links with established trading partners remain
important, our prospects for growth and development will depend increasingly
on diversifying and strengthening our economic links with these dynamic
economies of the South and with Africa. The expansion of South Africa’s
trade and direct investment with the countries of the South, notably the BRIC
countries, continues and it is striking that the share of the BRIC countries in
South Africa’s total trade almost doubled from 10% in 2005 to 18,6% in 2011.
Secondly, the BRICS forum provides a platform to address some of the
challenges arising from the rapid growth in intra-BRICS trade. A core concern
for South Africa is the structure of trade, whereby our exports to China, India
and Brazil continue to be dominated by low value-added products in exchange
for manufactures. One of the priorities for our term as BRICS Chair is to
coordinate a joint study to explore ways to promote more value-added exports
that will support our industrial development objectives.
In Durban, we are convening the fourth BRICS Business Forum. The Business
Forum, which has set the target of US$500 billion in intra-BRICS trade by 2015,
plays a significant role in forging beneficial relationships between the business
communities of our countries. We will also launch the BRICS Business Council,
which will facilitate the increase of exports of value-added products, as well as
encourage investments between the five countries.
Thirdly, there is a historic opportunity for the BRICS countries to champion a
new paradigm for collaboration for more sustainable, equitable and mutually
beneficial development. This should involve closer cooperation among the
BRICS countries to support our growth, development and poverty objectives,
building on our respective economic strengths and avoiding destructive
competition. This may be achieved by identifying complementarities in key
growth sectors and through a value-chain approach, to cooperate to build the
industrial capacities of our respective economies.
Finally, the BRICS forum offers a unique opportunity for BRICS countries to
extend and advance their cooperation in ways that meaningfully promote the
economic development agenda of other developing countries and regions.
The BRICS countries are already deeply involved in Africa’s economic
transformation process and their presence is growing significantly. This is
reflected in rapidly growing trade and investment flows as well as economic
cooperation activities across a range of sectors. We would want to advance
an agenda in the BRICS forum that will see BRICS countries enhance their
cooperation and collaboration to provide more decisive impetus to Africa’s own
strategies for inclusive and sustainable development.
Two years ago at the Sanya Summit, BRICS leaders established the Contact
Group on Economic and Trade Issues to develop and advance joint work
programmes on a range of trade, investment and economic matters. The
contact group is working to strengthen BRICS coordination in the multilateral
arena, notably in the World Trade Organisation, and to advance cooperation
on key aspects of intra-BRICS trade issues, small and medium enterprise
development, and investment policy and promotion.
South Africa will also articulate and promote the African economic development
agenda as agreed by African governments, particularly in respect of support
to continental integration, infrastructure development and industrialisation.
BRICS partners have already committed to support Africa’s infrastructure
development and industrialisation and the eventual establishment of a BRICS-
led Development Bank would signify meaningful progress in this respect.
Deepened cooperation between BRICS countries, the leading emerging
economies in the world, and Africa with its much improved development
prospects, abundant natural resources, growing consumer power and
favourable demographics offer enormous potential for building Africa-BRICS
economic cooperation on a sustainable and mutually beneficial basis over the
next decades. This opportunity should be seized.
Championing a new paradigm for economic cooperation
SBY DR ROB DAVIES
MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, SOUTH AFRICA
BRICS –
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EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
outh Africa has embarked on its
biggest infrastructure expansion
programme to date, a plan that
is critical to the country’s long-
term development, and which
will result in a profound shift and
reindustrialisation of the economy.
The Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating
Commission (PICC), established in 2011 by the
President of South Africa, Mr Jacob Zuma, has
as its primary mandate the task of planning and
coordinating the National Infrastructure Plan
across all three spheres of government. The plan is
centrally monitored and driven by the PICC.
Individual projects are clustered, prioritised and
sequenced into strategic integrated projects, the
SIPs for short. Over 150 projects, overseen by the
PICC, are at various stages of development, with
some currently underway across the country, and
in various parts of the continent, with many still in
the pipeline over the next few years (more details
on the SIPs below).
We can already measure the impact of the
infrastructure plan in terms of the level of
public investment as a percentage of gross
domestic product – which has in the past two
years risen to just under 8%, from a level just
below 7%.
The proposed Infrastructure Development Bill
aims to further assist government to fast-track key
infrastructure projects.
Infrastructure development has emerged as
a priority not only for South Africa, but in the
African Union’s programmes for the continent. It is
recognised that infrastructure development will be
central to the continent’s development.
South Africa’s invitation into the Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa (BRICS) network
ensures that we are able to advance our
infrastructure and economic objectives not only
for South Africa, but on the continent as a whole.
S
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The DeparTmenT of economic DevelopmenT, republic of SouTh africa
an infrastructure plan destined to change the face of South Africa
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ABCs of SIPs
there are 18 strategic integrated projects (sips)
within which the projects are located. the sips
must transform the economic landscape by
unlocking opportunity, creating jobs, strengthening
delivery of services and supporting the integration
of economies on the continent.
There are five geographically focussed SIPs,
three spatial, three energy, three related to social
infrastructure, two knowledge sips, one focussed
on regional integration, and one on water and
sanitation.
SIP 1: Unlocking the northern mineral belt with
the Waterberg as the catalyst
the sip seeks to unlock the mineral resources in the
northern belt through the provision of much-needed
infrastructure. the components of the sip are:
• rail, water pipelines, energy generation and
transmission infrastructure
• urban development in Waterberg – first major
post-apartheid new urban centre will be a
“green” development project
• rail capacity to Mpumalanga and Richards Bay
• shift from road to rail in Mpumalanga
• logistics corridor to connect Mpumalanga and
Gauteng.
SIP 2: Durban-Free State-Gauteng Logistics and
Industrial Corridor
the aims of the sip are to strengthen the logistics
and transport corridor between south africa’s
main industrial hubs with the following elements:
• improve access to Durban’s export and import
facilities
• integrate Free State Industrial Strategy
activities into the corridor
• new port in Durban
• aerotropolis around OR Tambo International
airport.
SIP 3: South-Eastern node and corridor
development
the aim of the sip is to support economic
development in the Eastern cape, connecting to
opportunities and resources in northern cape and
KwaZulu-natal. this will spur re-industrialisation
of one of the poorest regions in south africa. the
components of the sip are:
• new dam at Mzimvubu with irrigation systems
• N2-Wild Coast Highway which improves
access into KwaZulu-natal and national
supply chains
• strengthen economic development in Port
Elizabeth through a manganese rail capacity
from the northern cape
• a manganese sinter (Northern Cape) and
smelter (Eastern cape)
• possible Mthombo refinery (Coega) and
transshipment hub at ngqura and port and rail
upgrades to improve industrial capacity and
performance of the automotive sector.
SIP 4: Unlocking the economic opportunities in
North West
the objective of the sip is to accelerate investments
in road, rail, bulk water, water treatment and
transmission infrastructure to facilitate development
of mining, agriculture and tourism.
SIP 5: Saldanha-Northern Cape Development
Corridor
This corridor, with its main focus on expanding
iron ore rail capacity, seeks to industrialise
the saldanha area while further supporting
regional integration is one of the key objectives of
accelerating infrastructure projects on the continent,
and will reduce barriers to trade and development.
Government has identified several projects, as part
of sip 17, which will be undertaken, or are currently
under construction. these include the lesotho
Highlands Water Project Phase 2, the North-South
corridor (championed by president Zuma), as well
as the square Kilometre array (sKa) project.
in addition, there are projects implemented within
South Africa, such as the SIP 2: Durban-Free State
and Gauteng logistics and industrial corridor that
have strong linkages to the region. the improvement
of cargo facilities, roads, rail and ports along this
corridor will enable faster movement of goods
between south africa and her neighbours.
Economic growth for sub-saharan africa averaged
5% a year in 2010 and 2011, and the expectation is
that it will remain between 1% and 2% above the rest
of the world for the foreseeable future.
this growth bodes well for south africa’s economic
development – about a fifth of the country’s exports
go to the rest of the continent. south african
companies, including state-owned, have major
investments in the continent.
The establishment of a BRICS Development Bank,
which will provided much-needed development
finance, is key to funding the various projects that
will unlock economic potential and foster regional
economic development.
mining development in the Northern Cape. The
elements of the SIPs are:
•integratedrailandportexpansion
•back-of-portindustrialcapacity(includingan
industrialdevelopmentzone)
•strengtheningmaritimesupportcapacityfor
oilandgasalongtheAfricanWestCoast
•expansionofironoreminingproductionand
beneficiation.
SIP 6: Integrated Municipal Infrastructure
Project
ThisSIPseekstodevelopnationalcapacitytoassist
the23leastresourceddistricts(19millionpeople)to
addressallthemaintenancebacklogsandupgrades
requiredinwater,electricityandsanitationbulk
infrastructure.Theroadmaintenanceprogramme
willenhanceservicedeliverycapacity,thereby
impactingpositivelyonthepopulation.
SIP 7: Integrated Urban Space and Public
Transport Programme
Coordinate planning and implementation of
publictransport,humansettlement,economic
andsocialinfrastructureandlocationdecisions
intosustainableurbansettlementsconnected
bydensifiedtransportcorridors.Thiswill
focusonthe12largesturbancentresofthe
country,includingallthemetrosinSouthAfrica.
Significantworkisunderwayonurbantransport
integration.
SIP 8: Green energy in support of the South
African economy
Supportsustainablegreenenergyinitiatives
onanationalscalethroughadiverserange
ofcleanenergyoptionsasenvisagedinthe
IntegratedResourcePlan(IRP2010)and
supportbio-fuelproductionfacilities.This
includessolarandwindenergy,solarwater
heatersandbiofuels.
SIP 9: Electricity generation to support socio-
economic development
Acceleratetheconstructionofnewelectricity
generationcapacityinaccordancewiththe
IRP2010tomeettheneedsoftheeconomy
andaddresshistoricalimbalances.Monitor
implementationofmajorprojectssuchasnew
powerstations:Medupi,KusileandIngula.
SIP 10: Electricity transmission and distribution
for all
Expandthetransmissionanddistribution
networktoaddresshistoricalimbalances,
provideaccesstoelectricityforallandsupport
economicdevelopment.
Alignthe10-yeartransmissionplan,theservices
backlog,thenationalbroadbandroll-outand
the freight rail line development to leverage off
regulatoryapprovals,supplychainandproject
developmentcapacity.
SIP 11: Agri-logistics and rural infrastructure
Improveinvestmentinagriculturalandrural
infrastructurethatsupportsexpansionof
productionandemployment,small-scalefarming
andruraldevelopment,includingfacilitiesfor
storage(silos,fresh-producefacilities,packing
houses);transportlinkstomainnetworks
(ruralroads,branchtrain-line,ports);fencing
offarms;irrigationschemestopoorareas;
improvedresearchanddevelopmentinrural
issues(includingexpansionofagricultural
colleges);processingfacilities(abattoirs,dairy
infrastructure);aquacultureincubationschemes;
andruraltourisminfrastructure.
SIP 12: Revitalisation of public hospitals and
other health facilities
Buildandrefurbishhospitals,otherpublic
healthfacilitiesandrevamp122nursing
colleges.Therewillbeextensivecapital
expendituretopreparethepublichealthcare
systemtomeettherequirementsofthe
NationalHealthInsurancesystem.TheSIP
containsmajorbuildsforsixhospitals.
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SIP 13: National School Build Programme
A national school build programme driven by
uniformity in planning, procurement, contract
management and provision of basic services.
Replace inappropriate school structures and
address basic service backlog and provision of
basic services under the Accelerated School
Infrastructure Delivery Initiative. In addition,
address national backlogs in classrooms, libraries,
computer labs and administrative buildings.
Improving the learning environment will
strengthen outcomes especially in rural schools, as
well as reduce overcrowding.
SIP 14: Higher Education infrastructure
Infrastructure development for Higher
Education, focussing on lecture rooms, student
accommodation, libraries and laboratories, as well
as information and communications technology
(ICT) connectivity. University towns will be
developed, with a combination of facilities from
residence, retail to recreation and transport. It will
have the potential to ensure shared infrastructure
such as libraries by universities, further education
and training and other educational institutions.
Two new universities will be built in Northern Cape
and Mpumalanga.
SIP 15: Expanding access to communications
technology
Provide for broadband coverage to all
households by 2020 by establishing core
points of presence (POPs) in district
municipalities, extend new Infraco fibre
networks across provinces linking districts,
establish POPs and fibre connectivity at local
level and further penetrate the network into
deep rural areas.
SIP 16: SKA and Meerkat
SKA is a global mega-science project, building
an advanced radio-telescope facility linked to
research infrastructure and high-speed ICT
capacity and provides an opportunity for Africa
and South Africa to contribute towards global
advanced science projects.
SIP 17: Regional integration for African
cooperation and development
Participate in mutually beneficial infrastructure
projects to unlock long-term socio-economic
benefits by partnering with fast-growing African
economies with projected growth ranging
between 3% and 10%.
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The projects involving transport, water and
energy also provide competitively-priced,
diversified, short- and medium- to long-
term options for the South African economy
where, for example, electricity transmission in
Mozambique (Cesul) could assist in providing
cheap, clean power in the short-term while
Grand Inga in the Democratic Republic of Congo
is long-term.
All these projects complement the Free
Trade Area discussions to create a market of
600 million people in South, Central and
East Africa.
SIP 18: Water and sanitation infrastructure
This is a 10-year plan to address the
estimated backlog of adequate water to supply
1,4 million households and 2,1 million households
with basic sanitation.
The project will involve provision of
sustainable supply of water to meet social
needs and support economic growth.
Projects will provide for new infrastructure,
rehabilitation and upgrading of existing
infrastructure, as well as improved
management of water infrastructure.
RICS is an acronym for the powerful
grouping of the world’s leading
emerging market economies,
namely Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa. It aims to achieve
peace, security, development
and cooperation. It also aims at
contributing significantly to the development
of humanity and establishing a more equitable
and fair world order. The first BRIC Summit
took place in Yekateringburg, Russia, where the
elected leaders of the four countries formally
declared the membership of the BRIC(S)
economic grouping. South Africa was invited to
join the the grouping in December 2010, resulting
in BRICS.
BRICS has since its inception had a positive
approach to international issues in a cooperative
spirit. The countries have individually emerged to
become new locomotives for global growth. China
has recently been ranked as the second-biggest
economy in the world; India currently stands as the
10th-largest economy in gross domestic product
(GDP) in nominal terms, and is the fourth-largest
economy in terms of GDP at Purchasing Power
Parity (PPP). In 2011, Brazil became the world’s
sixth-largest economy and Russia is currently the
ninth-biggest economy. South Africa is ranked as
the 26th-largest economy.
BRICS countries coordinate their positions and actions
in international organisations, as seen in the United
Nations (UN) and its various specialised agencies,
etc. In the midst of the current global economic crisis,
many countries in the world have weathered its effects
due to economic cooperation with BRICS countries.
Expansion of BRiC(s) into BRiCs
South Africa was endorsed with membership of this
economic and political entity in December 2010 and
on 14 April 2011, South African President Jacob Zuma
attended the third BRICS Summit in Sanya, China.
Being part of this grouping is in line with South
Africa’s foreign policy objective of strengthening
South-South relations. The present context of
international relations and cooperation between
Asian, African and Latin American countries
– collectively known as countries of the South –
remains critical, and has become more important
than ever before.
South Africa’s membership of BRICS is premised
on its regional, continental and global role as well
as its domestic achievements in the “proudly South
African manner”.
South Africa joined BRICS with three objectives
in mind:
• to advance its national interests as outlined in the
President’s State of the Nation Address
• to promote its regional integration programme
and related continental infrastructure
programmes
• to partner with key players of the South on issues
related to global governance and its reform.
South Africa’s membership of this body
has expanded BRICS’ geographic and
intercontinental reach, including its global
representivity and inclusiveness.
statistiCs
• In 2011, the BRICS’ share of GDP based on PPP
amounted to about 20 % (estimated US$13,7 trillion).
• BRICS countries have increased their share of
global GDP threefold in the past 15 years.
• BRICS’ share of global output will increase from
18% (according to market exchange rates), to 25%
to 26% over the next 10 years and even to one-
third by 2030.
• In PPP terms, it is about 30% of the world’s GDP
at the moment. By 2020, it will be 37% to 38%
and reaching 45% by about 2030.
• BRICS countries occupy 30% of the global
territory.
• They are home to 45% of the world’s population.
• The contribution to global economic growth over
the last decade has reached 50%, which makes
this group of states the leading power in global
economic development.
• BRICS accounted for approximately 11% of global
annual foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in
2012 (US$465 billion).
• BRICS countries account for 17% of world trade.
• BRICS’ combined foreign reserves are estimated
at US$4 trillion.
• Some analysts predict that BRICS could become
as big as the Group of 7 (the United States of
America [USA], Japan, Germany, France, Britain,
Canada and Italy) by 2027.
• South Africa has a population of more than
50 million and an economy worth approximately
US$527 billion. Its per capita income level at
PPP compares favourably with BRICS partners,
estimated at US$11 000.
south afRiCa in BRiCs
South Africa’s comparative advantage within BRICS
pertains to the country’s considerable non-energy in
situ mineral wealth. In a recent report commissioned
by the US-based Citigroup bank, South Africa was
ranked as the world’s richest country in terms of
its mineral reserves, worth an estimated US$2,5
trillion. South Africa is the world’s largest producer
of platinum, chrome, vanadium and manganese,
the third-largest gold-miner, and offers highly
sophisticated mining-related professional services,
contributing significantly to the BRICS resource pool.
South Africa is investing R300 billion (US$35,6
billion) into expanding and improving its railways,
ports and fuel pipelines, as a catalyst to help unlock
the world’s greatest mineral wealth. Africa will also
continue to be buoyed by the exploding global
demand for oil, metals, minerals, food and other
natural resources. Likewise, the African continent,
which is arguably one of the world’s largest
unexplored resource basins, has an abundance of
riches, including 10% of the world’s oil reserves,
40% of its gold ore and 95% of platinum.
The demand from BRICS countries for these
commodities has been a critical source to support
growth on the continent, notably during the recent
financial crisis.South Africa’s financial market
development and sophistication, also as a source of
exceptionally sophisticated professional services and
financial expertise, is globally recognised. The World
Economic Forum’s 2011/12 Global Competitiveness
Index displayed a high level of confidence in South
Africa’s financial market development, ranking the
country in fourth place globally on this measure.
The regulation of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
was ranked number one in the world, as was the
strength of South Africa’s auditing and reporting
standards. Additionally, South Africa is ranked
second for both the soundness of banks and the
efficacy of corporate boards.
South Africa’s excellence in science, technology and
innovation is also recognised, e.g. it being awarded
the majority stake in hosting the Square Kilometre
Array. BRICS countries supported South Africa in
obtaining the majority stake.
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Bilateral trade between South Africa and its BRICS
partners grew substantially in 2011 – powered by
significant increases in trade and exports between the
country and China and India. In 2011, bilateral trade
between South Africa and China grew by 32%, with
India by 25% and with Brazil by 20%.
In 2011, bilateral trade between South Africa and Russia
also recovered, after a decline of 44% in 2010, but is still
below the R4,2 billion in bilateral trade recorded in 2008
between these two countries. Bilateral trade with China
last year totalled R188 billion, with India R55 billion, with
Brazil R18 billion and with Russia R3,8 billion. Among
BRICS members, South African exports to China grew
the most, at 46%, while exports to India grew by 20%, to
Brazil by 14% and by 7% to Russia. South African exports
to China have grown rapidly, after increases of 20% in
2010 and 42% in 2009.
In terms of the balance of trade, South Africa has run a
trade surplus with Russia in the last two years of
R1,3 billion and R1 billion respectively, after running
trade deficits in 2008 and 2009. While South Africa has
continued to run a trade deficit with China over the last
four years, that deficit has narrowed by over 50% from
R48 billion in 2008 to less than R18 billion in 2011.
South Africa’s trade deficit with Brazil also narrowed
in 2011, to R6,1 billion – almost R2,5 billion less than
the deficit recorded in 2008. South Africa enjoys
recognition as a dedicated and committed global
and regional player. South Africa’s constructive role
in global governance structures as well as its position
within organisations of the South, notably the African
Union (AU), the Group of G77 (G77) and China and
the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), is appreciated by
BRICS and other like-minded partners. South Africa
is also the only African country represented in the
Group of 20 (G20), which has become an important
role player in the reform of the financial and economic
global governance architecture.
South Africa has always been at the forefront of
promoting more inclusive formations and more
equitable participation of notably emerging
markets and developing economies in the world
system and its decision-making structures. This
belief stems from our core conviction that Africa
has to be repositioned in the global system to
assume its rightful place. South Africa, together
with other African countries, initiated the dialogue
with the Group of 8 (G8) in 2000, which led to
the subsequent endorsement of the AU’s New
Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) by
the international community at large.
At the last BRICS Summit, President Zuma once again
strongly articulated this view, also in light of the issue
of the World Bank Presidency, where Africa had put
forward an exceptionally merit-based candidate and
BRICS leaders called for a World Bank leadership that
must commit to transform the bank into a multilateral
institution that truly reflects the vision of all its
members, including the governance structure that
reflects current economic and political reality.
South Africa’s own unique historic political
transformation process to become a constitutional
democracy is perceived as a unique contribution
to the world. The country has facilitated similar
processes for peace elsewhere in the world and
continues to be approached in this regard.
BRICS and afRICa
South Africa’s invitation to join BRICS recognises the
country’s contribution to shaping the socio-economic
regeneration of Africa, as well as the country’s active
involvement in peace, security and reconstruction
efforts on the continent.
The BRICS countries constitute the largest trading
partners of Africa and the largest new (not total)
investors. The past decade has seen a seismic
acceleration of commercial and strategic engagements
between BRICS and Africa. BRICS has nourished Africa’s
economic emergence and elevated the continent’s
contemporary global relevance. The exponential growth
potential of economic cooperation between BRICS and
African countries is deemed considerable.
The recession and recovery period has enhanced this
shift. In 2010, Standard Bank economists predicted
BRICS-Africa trade would “see an additional increase
in the velocity of BRIC-Africa engagements, with trade
and investment spearheading the commercial charge”.
According to Standard Bank, BRICS-Africa trade
will increase threefold, from US$150 billion in 2010
to US$530 billion in 2015. Between 2010 and 2015,
BRICS’ share of Africa’s total trade will increase from
one-fifth to one-third and BRICS FDI stock in Africa
will swell from around US$60 billion in 2009 to more
than US$150 billion by 2015.
While South Africa’s share was not absorbed into
these projections at the time, South Africa’s trade with
Africa accounts for 17% of South Africa’s total trade,
21% of its outward investment and when broken down,
14% of its total exports to the world, as well as 24%
when including the Southern African Customs Union.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) also
conducted a study, which indicated that the trade and
investment from BRICS to low-income countries was
deemed as a critical factor to protect them from the
shock of the global recession.
BRICS leaders have expressed support for
infrastructure development in Africa and its
industrialisation within the framework of NEPAD. The
leaders reiterated the highest importance attached
to economic growth that supports development and
stability in Africa, as many of these countries have
not yet realised their full economic potential. The
BRICS leaders undertook to take their cooperation
forward to support Africa’s efforts to accelerate the
diversification and modernisation of its economies,
through infrastructure development, knowledge
exchange and support for increased access to
technology, enhanced capacity-building and
investment in human capital, including within the
framework of NEPAD.
BRICS SummItS
South Africa is hosting the fifth BRICS Summit in
March 2013 in Durban, completing the first cycle
of BRICS summits. The opportunities presented in
hosting this prestigious summit are considerable.
Previous summit were held in:
• Yekaterinburg, Russia, on 16 June 2009
• Brasilia, Brazil, on 15 April 2010
• Sanya, China, on 14 April 2011
• New Delhi, India, on 29 March 2012.
South afRICan ConSIdeRatIonS foR BuSIneSS
South Africa’s national agenda is aimed at achieving
inclusive economic growth for its people as well as
the people of the continent. This objective is strongly
complemented by the exponential and accelerator
growth potential which BRICS engagement has
delivered to the country and its neighbours. The
potential for growing trade and investment, as
well as intra-African trade and investment, must
be further maximised. South Africa will utilise its
chairpersonship of BRICS in 2013 to vigorously
pursue support for these goals. South Africa’s
membership of BRICS will:
• promote trade and investment
• enhance industrialisation
• promote job creation.
South Africa will benefit and will continue to benefit
from being a member of the BRICS grouping.
The South African Government has pledged its
commitment to continuously engage and support
business in South Africa and also work tirelessly in
tandem with its BRICS counterparts to forge stronger
partnerships to deliver prosperity and progress to the
people of South Africa. These relationships are also
viewed as mutually beneficial for our BRICS partners.
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• Regionally,SouthAfricaprovidesdirectaccessto
therestofthecontinentandissituatedbetween
theEast,theAmericas,EuropeandtheMiddle
East.SouthAfricahasmanygeostrategicand
relatedstructuraladvantages,makingitanexcellent
investmentdestinationandideal“gateway”partnerin
theAfricangrowthstory.
• Complementarytothisexistingandstrongconsumer
marketaretheexcitingregionalintegrationinitiatives
takingplaceonthecontinent.Negotiationsare
underwaytoestablisha26-country,US$1-trillion
AfricanTripartiteFreeTradeArea(T-FTA)forEast,
SouthernandCentralAfricawithinthreeyears,which
willexpandthismarketto600millionpeople.
Thisregionalintegrationinitiativewillputus
inthesamemarket-sizebracketasourBRICS
counterparts.
• Anotherrelatedandexcitingnewinitiativeisthat
oftheSouthernAfricanDevelopmentCommunity
(SADC)RegionalInfrastructureMasterPlan(RIMP),
whichcouldinvolvecross-borderprojectswitha
combinedinvestmentvalueofuptoUS$500billion.
TheRIMPwasfinalisedandpresentedattheSADC
Summit,heldinMozambique,Maputo,inAugust
2012.Theplanproposesthedevelopmentofregional
power,transport,water,communications,tourism
andmetrologyinfrastructureoverthe15-yearperiod,
from2012to2027.Theintentionistoalignthe
implementationoftheplanwiththeestablishment
ofaSADCdevelopmentfund,orbank,withaninitial
capitalisationofbetweenUS$600millionandUS$1
billion.
• Atpresent,intra-regionaltradecompriseslessthan
20%oftotaltradeandthebulkofthattradetakes
placebetweenSouthAfricaandtheother14SADC
memberstates.Oncetheplanhasbeenofficially
endorsed,theSADCSecretariatwillconduct
roadshowsinBRICSandothercountries,targeting
Brazil,China,Europe,India,Japan,theUnited
KingdomandtheUSAtoexposepotentialinvestors
totheopportunitiesavailablewithintheRIMP.The
ProjectPreparationDevelopmentFacilityhasalready
beenestablishedattheDevelopmentBankof
SouthernAfrica.
• Thegrowthrateforsub-SaharanAfricaisestimated
ataround5,5%for2012;andThe Economistof
6January2011predictsthatbetween2010and2015,
sevenoutofthetop10fastest-growingeconomiesin
theworldwillbeAfrican.Therearemanyreasonsfor
thissustainedgrowth.Theseincludegreaterstability
andtheincreasingprevalenceofdemocracies,global
demandforAfrica’scommoditiesandimproved
economicregulatoryandgovernanceregimes.South
AfricaisalsocognisantthattheAfrican“demographic
dividend”isalreadyrecognisedbyeconomistsasthe
futurelocusforgrowth.
• AccordingtoStandardBank’sresearch,thefive
enduringfactorsdrivingthisareagrowing,younger
andmoreaffluentpopulation;urbanisation;improved
informationandcommunicationstechnology(ICT):
sustaineddemandforAfrica’snaturalresources;anda
deepeningfinancialsectorasAfricanstakeupfinancial
servicespersonallyandforbusiness.In2010,BRICS
accountedfor13%ofglobaldemandintheICTsector,
withspendingofabout€328billion.• AsSouthAfricaisoneoftheleadinginvestorsamong
developingcountriesonthecontinent,SouthAfrican
companiescantakeadvantageofthisuniqueposition,
throughpartneringwithBRICScompaniestoexplore
commercialopportunitiesinAfrica.Forexample,the
BraziliancompanyValehaspartneredwithSouth
Africa’sRainbowMineralsinanagreementworthmore
thanUS$1,2billiontobuildacoppermineinZambia.
TataPowerhasformedanequaljointventurewith
SouthAfrica’sExxaroResources,namedCennergi
(Pty)Ltd,todevelopandoperatepower-generation
projectsinSouthAfricainitiallyandwilllaterhave
projectsinBotswanaandNamibia.
• Therecertainlyisawidescopeforcooperation
invariousprojectswithintheexistingBRICS
structures.PresidentZumaaddressedBRICS’
captainsofindustrypriortothelastBRICS
SummitandemphasisedthatSouthAfrica’s
participationinBRICSwasdesignedto
helpthecountryachieveinclusivegrowth,
sustainabledevelopmentandaprosperous
SouthAfrica.
• TheBRICSBusinessForum’sjointstatement
calledontherespectivegovernmentstodeepen
economicengagementofwhichtradeand
investmentwereidentifiedasthepillarsofsuch
anengagement.Thetargetforintra-BRICStrade
wassettobeenhancedfromthepresentlevelof
US$230billiontoatleastUS$500billionby2015.
Thebusinessleaderscalledforimprovement
ofthequalityoftradebyfocussingonmore
value-addedtradeinthethreesectorsof
manufacturing,servicesandagriculture.South
Africa’sservicesectorcomprisestwo-thirds
ofoureconomy(65,9%),whichcompares
favourablywithourBRICSpartnersand
providesnicheopportunities.
• TheBRICSBusinessForumfurthercited
opportunitiesinsectorssuchas,butnotlimited
to,agriculture,energy,infrastructure,mining
beneficiationandhealthcare.Thecountryalready
enjoyscomparativeadvantagesinthesecited
sectors.Domesticeconomicpriorities,suchas
increasedbeneficiationatsource,couldbepursued
throughjointpartnershipsandventures.
• AttheDelhiSummit,otherpossibleareasof
cooperation,rangingfromenergytoconstruction
andwaterprovision,were
alsodiscussed.
• PresidentZumaurgedinhisStateofthe
NationAddressthatthetriplechallenge
ofpoverty,unemploymentandinequality
requiredsingle-mindedattention.TheNew
GrowthPathisgearedatachievinginclusive
growthandcreatingjobs.Sixjobsdrivers
wereidentifiedtohelpthecountryachievethe
much-neededgrowthleadingtojobs.Theseare
infrastructuredevelopment,agriculture,mining
andbeneficiation,manufacturing,thegreen
economyandtourism.
• Tofacilitatethesuccessofthesedrivers,business
shouldfocusonenhancingintra-BRICSbusiness
cooperationandcoordinationbypromoting
opportunitiesinthefollowingareas:
Cooperation on eConomiC opportunities in
infrastruCture development
• SouthAfricahasbegunworkingintensivelyonits
infrastructurestrategythroughthePresidential
InfrastructureCoordinatingCommission(PICC).
SouthAfricaisoncoursetospendinexcessof
R860billiononinfrastructurebyMarch2014.
Infrastructureisthereforeattheheartofhowthe
countrywillchangethelivesofitspeopleinthe
nextdecade.
• BeyondtheSouthAfricanprogramme,isthe
NEPADinfrastructureprogrammethatSouthAfrica
championsasmandatedbytheAU,especiallythe
NorthandSouthroadandrailprojects.
Cooperation on skills development
• ThePICCisdevelopingaskillsplanforeachmajor
project,settingoutthenumberofengineers,artisans,
techniciansandtechnologistsneeded.Workisbeing
donewithuniversitiesandfurthereducationand
trainingcollegestospeeduptheproductionofthese
criticalskills.
• Businessisurgedtoinvestinskillsdevelopment
intheircompaniestopromoteyouthtrainingand
empowermentthroughtheirengagementwith
BRICScountries.
the new development bank
• SouthAfricaisexcitedbytheplansforanew
BRICS-leddevelopmentbank,whichwouldfurther
facilitatecooperationamongmembersofthe
BRICSbusinesscommunity.Thebankwillreinforce
theBRICSgroupingbyutilisingsurplusreserves.
Itwillalsoencourageinvestmentinamore
sustainableandproductivemanner.
• SouthAfricawillco-chairwithIndiathejoint
workinggroupundertheauspicesofthe
respectiveBRICSfinanceministerstoensure
thatthisinitiative’sfeasibilitybethoroughly
investigatedaswellasbenefitSouthAfricaand
Africatothefullestextentpossible.
• PresidentZumahassignalledthatSouthAfrica
cannegotiatenewtypesofmutuallybeneficial
developmentalagreementswithBRICScountries
oninfrastructuredevelopment.
promoting intra-briCs trade
• AgreementssignedduringtheBRICSSummit
undertheauspicesoftheBRICSInter-Bank
CooperationMechanismincludetheMaster
AgreementonExtendingCreditFacilityinLocal
CurrencyandtheMultilateralLetterofCredit
ConfirmationFacilityAgreement.
• Thesemeasuresareintendedtoincrease
commercialtransactions,sincecurrently,
businesspeoplehavetoconvertlocalcurrencies
intodollarsbeforereconvertingthemintothe
currencyofthetradepartner,andthisescalates
transactioncosts.
• Anotherexcitinginitiativethathasbeen
launchedistheAllianceofExchanges,
whichwillentailcross-listingofequityindex
derivativesandtradinginthelocalcurrency.
• Companiesareencouragedtofacilitate
engagementwiththeircounterpartsinBRICS
countries.
• SouthAfricaseekstoincreaseitsexportsof
highervalue-addedproductsandencourage
inwardinvestmenttosupportbeneficiationand
industrialdevelopmentobjectives.Theworkin
BRICSisincreasinglyfocussedoncooperation
toachievetheseends.
Cooperation on another CruCial
infrastruCture projeCt is underway
• Theproposedhigh-capacitymarinecablesystem
linkingtheBRICScountriesrequirescollective
involvement.Thiswilladdresstheconnectivity
challengeswhichhavefeaturedasimpedimentsto
intra-BRICStrade.
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Brazil
• In2011,Brazilranked26thasanexport
partnerand15thasanimportpartnerof
SouthAfricaglobally.Totalbilateraltrade
betweenSouthAfricaandBrazilamounted
toR17,5billionin2011,whichwas18,6%
higherthanin2010.
• TheAirportsCompanySouthAfrica,
togetherwithBrazilianjointventure
partner,Invepar,wonaR70-billion
($9,2-billion)concessiontooverhauland
operatethebusiestandmostvaluableof
thethreeBrazilianairports,Guarulhos,in
SãoPauloforthenext20years.
• InvestorsfromBrazilintoSouthAfricainclude
MarcoPolo,OdebrechtandVale,withadditional
Brazilianinvestorsenteringthemarket.
• MarcoPolohasinvestedmorethan
$10millioninabusandcoachmanufacturing
plantinSouthAfrica.
• Brazil’slargestconstructioncompany,
Odebrecht,establishedaregionalofficein
SouthAfricainSeptember2011.
• SouthAfricaninvestmentsintoBrazilwereledby
SouthAfricanbusinesses,whichincludeamong
others,Naspers,Sappi,StandardBank,AngloGold
Ashanti,AngloAmerican,AcxdoBrasil-Acerinox
(ColumbusSteel),SAA,Distell,DimensionData,
DexBrasil,VolcanoAgro-sciences,BoschProjects,
BarrowsandtheSmollanGroup.
• SouthAfricaandBrazilareimprovingindustrial
cooperationinanumberofsectors,including
railequipment,renewableenergy,defence,
aerospaceandbiofuels.
• Brazilminingcompany,Vale,andSouth
Africanminingcompany,AfricaRainbow
Minerals(ARM),hasformedKonoco,
aprojectsituatedinZambia,whichis
expectedtostartextractingcopperby2013.
• Asaresultofthesuccessofthecurrent
A-Darterprogramme,itispossiblethatthe
BrazilianAirForcewillundertakefurther
jointdevelopmentprojectswithSouth
Africa.However,althoughsomepreliminary
discussionshavetakenplace,noformal
negotiationshavestartedandnodecisions
havebeenmade.TheA-Darterisafifth-
generationinfraredhomingair-to-air
missile,beingjointlydevelopedbySouth
AfricaandBrazilundertheleadershipof
DenelDynamics.Althoughclassifiedas
short-range,ithasalongerrangethan
mostmissilesinitscategory.
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
Benefits from partnership
• BrazilisoneofSouthAfrica’stop20
tourismarrivalmarkets.Tourismgrewwith
1%between2010and2011to54183.There
wasalsoaphenomenal68,4%growthin
arrivalsfromBrazilduringthefirstsix
monthsof2012.
• In2011,SouthAfricaexportedthefollowing
commoditiestoBrazil:
Mining and minerals:
• coalandbriquettes
• petroleumoilsandoilsobtainedfrom
bituminousminerals
• chromiumoresandconcentrates
• titaniumoresandconcentrates
• ferro-manganese
• ferro-vanadium
• ferro-chromium
• zirconiumoresandconcentrates
• sulphatesofnickel
Other:
• paraffinwax
• fenole
• newpneumatictyresofrubber
• wireofironornon-alloysteel
• flat-rolledproductsofironornon-alloy
steel
• flat-rolledproductsofstainlesssteel
• aluminiumplates,sheetsandstrips
• spark-ignitionreciprocatingorrotary
internalcombustionpistonengines
• naturalsands
• unsaturatedacyclichydrocarbons
• ethylacrylate
• butylacrylate
• residuallyesfromthemanufacturingof
woodpulp
• chemicalwoodpulp(dissolvinggrades)
• castglassandrolledglass
• floatglassorpolishedglassinsheets.
Russia
• Therewassubstantialgrowthintotaltrade
betweenSouthAfricaandRussiabetween
2010and2011fromR2,8billiontoR3,6billion.
SouthAfricanexportsincreasedfrom
R2,1billionin2010toR2,2billionin2011.
RussiaisSouthAfrica’s41st-biggestexport
destination.
• SouthAfrica’sexportsbaskettoRussiais
dominatedbyprimarysectorproducts,
particularlytheagriculturalsectorconsisting
ofcitrusfruits,applesandpears;mineral
products;machinery;equipment;vehicles;
chemicalproducts;preciousandbasemetals;
rawhides;textiles;andfootwear.TheRussian
Federation’sexportsbasketisconcentrated
moreonfabricatedproducts.
• Mutualinvestmentprojectsinprogress
inbothcountriesaremainlyengagedin
mineralresources.Anumberofmajor
RussiancompaniesoperateinSouthAfrica,
amongthemRenovaGroup(manganese
andalloys),OJSCMMCNorilskNickel
(nickelandassociatedmetals),EVRAZ
GroupSA(steel,alloysandvanadium)and
OAOSeverstal(steel).
• SouthAfricancompaniesactiveinthe
Russianmarketare:SABMiller(brewery),
AngloAmerican/MondiGroup(paperand
packaging),Naspers(internationalmedia),
BatemanandShaftSinkers(engineering),
AngloAmericanPlatinum(mining)and
StandardBank(bankingandfinance).
• AccordingtoThePresidency,Russiahas
expressedinterestincooperatingwithSouth
Africaintheconstructionofnuclearpowerplants.
• RussiaisoneofSouthAfrica’smainwine
exportmarkets.In2011,RussiawasSouth
Africa’ssixthmostimportantimporter
ofbulkwineand18th-largestimporterof
SouthAfricanpackagedwine.
• SouthAfricawantstocooperatewith
Russiainengineering,especiallywiththe
trainingofSouthAfricansinRussia.
• Atthebeginningof2012,Condrawhichis
ahoistingequipmentcompany,secureda
R13-millioncontractfromRussiatodeliver
oneofthebiggestcranesorderedfromthe
SouthAfrica-basedcranegrouptodate.
Themaintenancecranewillbeinstalledat
apowergenerationplantinRussia’sUral
mountains.Thehoistwillbemanufactured
atCondra’sGermistonfactory,owingto
thecomplexityofassemblingthispartof
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the crane. The girders and end carriages
were manufactured at the plant in Bulgaria.
• In2012,SouthAfrica’sNationalNuclear
Regulatorsignedacooperationagreement
withRussianregulatorRostechnadzor.The
agreementcoversradiationandnuclear
safetyandsecurity.RostechnadzorisRussia’s
technicalandtechnologyregulatorandis
responsibleforRussia’snuclearindustry.
• InSeptember2012,statearmscompanyDenel
andmanufacturerRussianHelicopterssignedan
agreementthatwillresultinthetwocreatinga
servicinghubforAfrica.TheRussianHelicopters
dealmakesDenelAviationtheonlycompany
insub-SaharanAfricaaccreditedtoperform
maintenance,repairandoverhaulservicesfor
modelsproducedbytheRussianmanufacturer.
RussianHelicoptershasabout280helicopters
inserviceacrossAfrica.TheRussianHelicopters
agreementwouldsignificantlyexpandthe
company’sbusinessinAfrica.
• InNovember2012,SouthAfricanindustrial
firmBarloworldsaiditwouldpay$50million
forCaterpillar’sBucyrusdistribution.
Caterpillar,theworld’slargestmakerof
miningequipment,lastyearacquired
Bucyrusfor$7,6billion.Caterpillartypically
sellsthroughanetworkofindependent
dealers,ofwhichBarloworldisone.From
December2012,VostochnayaTechnica
LLC‚theBarloworldRussiandealer‚will
providesales‚serviceandsupportforallof
theformerBucyrusminingproductsinits
serviceterritorieswithinRussia.
• In2011,SouthAfricaexportedthefollowing
commoditiestoRussia:
Agriculture:
• freshgrapes
• freshapples
• freshpearsandquinces
• fruitandvegetablejuices
Mining and minerals:
• manganeseoresandconcentrates
Other:
• aluminiumplates,sheetsandstrips
• machineryforsorting,screening,
separating,washing,crushing,grinding,
mixingorkneadingmineralsubstances
• electricalapparatusforswitchingor
protectingelectricalcircuits
• glaziers’putty,graftingputty,resincements,
caulkingcompoundsandothermastics.
IndIA
• In2011,bilateraltradebetweenSouthAfrica
andIndiastoodatR53,7billion.South
Africawasexportinggoodstothevalueof
R24,4billiontoIndiaandimportinggoods
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from India to the value of R29,3 billion.
Trade between South Africa and India is set
to reach $15 billion
(R116 billion) per year by 2014.
• Indiaranksamongthetop10investing
countries in South Africa.
• ThetopexportedproductstoIndiainclude:
coal,briquettes,solidfuels,manganese
ores, copper ores, ferrous waste, scrap and
scrap of iron.
• MajorinvestorsfromIndiainSouthAfrica
include:Tata(automobiles,information
technology,hospitality,andferrochrome
plant), UB Group (breweries, hotels),
Mahindra(automobiles)andanumber
ofpharmaceuticalcompanies,including
RanbaxyandCipla.
• SouthAfricaninvestmentsintoIndiawere
ledbySABMiller(breweries),Sanlamand
OldMutual(insurance),Altech(set-top
boxes),AdcockIngram(pharmaceuticals)
andRandMerchantBank(banking).
• InMay2011,Indiarevealedplanstoinvest
R39 billion (US$5,7 billion) in education
and development in Africa as part of the
Africa-Indiaframeworkforenhanced
cooperation.
• In2012,IndianfirmWNS,oneoftheworld’s
largestcall-centreplayers,acquiredSouth
AfricanfirmFusionOutsourcingfor£10million.
• Bajaj,themainIndianmotorcycle
manufacturer, has opened four outlets
aroundJohannesburgtotargetthe
untappedSouthAfricanbikemarket.
• InOctober2012,Sanlamacquireda26%
stakeworthR2billioninamajorIndian
financialservicescompany,ShriramCapital
Limited(SCL).
• InSeptember2012,theIndianGovernment-
ownedBankofIndia(BOI)openeditsfirst
branchinSouthAfricainJohannesburg.
BOIsaidthatthegrowingtradebetween
SouthAfricaandIndiameantthatbanking
requirements of businesses in both
countries would increase.
• InJuly2011,TataMotorsSouthAfrica,the
jointventurebetweenIndia’sTataMotorsand
TataAfrica,openedaR110-millionassembly
plantatRosslynoutsidePretoria.Light,
mediumandheavytrucksareassembledat
the plant, at a rate of 3 650 vehicles a year.
• FirstRandBankIndiainMumbai,abranch
ofFirstRandBankingGroupSouthAfrica,is
thefirstbankfromtheAfricancontinentto
begrantedafull-scalecommercialbanking
licence in India.
• SouthAfrican-baseddiversifiedresources
companyExxaroandIndia’sTataPower
havelaunchedajointventurecompany
thataimstotakeadvantageofrenewable
energyprojectsinSouthAfricaandonthe
continent.Thenewcompany,Cennergi
(Pty)Limited,willbea50:50jointventure
betweenExxaroandTataPowerthrough
its subsidiary Khopoli Investments. Based
inSouthAfrica,Cennergiwillfocuson
acquiringanddevelopingelectricity-
generationprojectsinSouthAfrica,
BotswanaandNamibia,startingwith
renewableenergyprojectsinSouthAfrica.
• InAugust2012,PetroSAandIndianoil
andgasexplorationcompanyCairnIndia
Groupsignedafarm-inagreementfor
crudeoilandnaturalgasexplorationin
theOrangeBasinonthewestcoastof
South Africa.
• TouristarrivalsfromIndiaincreasedby
26,2%between2010(71587)and2011
(90367).ItisSouthAfrica’s15thmost
importanttourismmarket.Toincrease
tourism numbers in the future, the
Southern African Tourism Association is
trainingmorethan1000Indiantravel
agentsandtouroperatorsinIndiato
ensuretheyhavetheskillsandexperience
tomarketSouthAfrica.
• In2011,SouthAfricaexportedthefollowing
commoditiestoIndia:
Agriculture:
• freshpearsandquinces
• wool
Mining and minerals:
• coalandbriquettes
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• diamonds
• platinum
• silver
• ferro-chromium
• ferro-manganese
• manganeseoresandconcentrates
• chromiumoresandconcentrates
• leadoresandconcentrates
• copperoresandconcentrates
• ironoresandconcentrates
Chemicals:
• phosphoricacidandpolyphosphoricacids
• antimonyoxides
• butan-1-ol(n-butylalcohol)
• phenol(hydroxybenzene)anditssalts
• butanone(methylethylketone)
• 4-methylpentan-2-one(methylisobutyl
ketone)
• polyvinylchloride,notmixedwithany
othersubstances
Manufacturing:
• wastefromthemanufactureofironorsteel
• partsandaccessoriesofmotorvehicles
• containersspeciallydesignedand
equippedforcarriagebyoneormore
modesoftransport
• machineryforsorting,screening,
separating,washing,crushing,grinding,
mixingorkneadingformineralsubstances
• centrifuges,includingcentrifugaldryers,
filteringorpurifyingmachineryand
apparatusforliquidsorgases
• aluminiumwasteandscrap
• unwroughtaluminium
• copperwasteandscrap
• ironornon-alloysteelproducts
• non-alloypigiron
• floatglassorpolishedglassinsheets
• chemicalwoodpulp
• tanningextractsofvegetableorigin;
tanninsandtheirsalts,ethers,estersand
otherderivatives;wattleextract.
China
• In2011,SouthAfrica’sexportstoChinareached
anall-timehigh,valuedatR85billion,displaying
a45%increaseinexportsfrom2010.
• SouthAfrica’sagricultural,forestryandfishery
exportstoChinaincreasedby42%between
2010and2011.ChinaisnowSouthAfrica’s
fourth-largestexportmarketafterranking
seventhduring2010.Thetopfivemajor
productsexportedbySouthAfricatoChina
during2011werewool,woodpulp,grapewines,
fishmealandsheepskins.Exportsofwoodpulp
andgrapewinesalsoincreasedsubstantiallyby
143%and111%respectivelyduring2011.
• Chinaremainsthelargestimporterofwool
fromSouthAfrica,takingup48%ofthetotal
valueofwoolexportedfromSouthAfrica.
• AlthoughSouthAfricaonlysupplies3%of
theChinesewinemarket,Chinahasnow
becomeoneofSouthAfrica’stop10export
destinations.SouthAfricanwineexportsto
Chinawereexpectedtoincreasebyatleast
71%during2012.Leopard’sLeapWines
haspartneredwithYangzhouPerfect–a
subsidiaryoforganicproductscompany
PerfectChina–toproduceanddistribute
L’Huguenot, anewbrandthatwas
specificallycreatedfortheChinesemarket.
Thejointventure,aptlynamedPerfect
WinesofSouthAfrica,willseeLeopard’s
Leapholdinga49%stake,withtherestheld
byYangzhouPerfect.Thefirstshipmentin
October2011consistedof1,3millionbottles,
packedinto106containers.Itwasthelargest
consignmentofwineeverfromSouthAfrica
andthebiggestChinahadeverreceived.
• TheSouthAfricancompanieswhich
participatedinthe2011SouthAfrican
exposinChinageneratedon-the-spot
exportsalesofvalue-addedproducts
worthR8millionandestimatedfuture
exportsalesoverthemediumterm(next
threeyears)ofaboutR400million.The
exposseektoexpandthebasketofexport
productsintoChina,andchangethe
currentstructureoftradetocomprisemore
value-addedproductsoverthelongterm.
• InOctober2012,SouthAfricanexpos
werehostedinBeijingandShanghaiand
producedlong-termmutualbenefitsand
positiveleadsforSouthAfrica’sbusiness
delegationwhichexhibitedtheirproducts
attheannualevent.Ofthe63companies
thatparticipatedandrepresentedvarious
sectors,agroprocessing,especiallywine,
provedtobethemostpopularproduct.
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• Simonsvlei,awineproducerintheWestern
Cape,clinchedR1,5millionworthofsales
andsecured70tradeleads.
• XchemChemicalshassuccessfully
identifiedapotentialagenttomarketand
distributetheirproductsinChina
• Transnethasawardedacontractfor95electric
locomotivestoagroupledbyChina’sCSR
ZhuzhouElectricLocomotive(CSR).Thefirst
10locomotiveswillbeassembledinChinawhile
theremainderwillbemanufacturedinSouth
Africa.ThetrainswillbeusedinTransnet’s
generalfreightbusiness,withthefirstbatch
tobedeliveredbyDecember2013.Thelast
batchisplannedforSeptember2014.Seventy
percentofthedealwillgotoCSRand30%to
theSouthAfricanconsortiumMatsetseBasadi.
ChinesemanufacturerFirstAutomobileWorks
hasinvested$100milliontobuildavehicleand
truckassemblyplantinCoegaintheEastern
Cape.Theconstructionphase,whichstarted
attheendof2012,wouldcreateanestimated
1000jobs.Anadditional500permanentjobs
wouldbecreatedwhenthefirstphaseofthe
truckassemblyfacilitywascommissioned.
Furtheremploymentwouldbecreatedinthe
secondphase,whenFAWstartedproductionof
30000passengercarsayear.
• BMWSouthAfrica’sRosslynPlantoutside
Pretoriaexportedits3Seriesvehiclesto
Chinaattheendof2012,afterreceivinga
ChinaQualityCertificationClearancePermit
fromtheauthorities.WhiletheseChinese
exportswillstartatasmalllevel,theplanis
forthismarkettoultimatelymakeuparound
10%ofthetotalexportvolume.In2012,BMW
SouthAfrica’sRosslynPlantexpectedto
exportaround3900unitstoChina.
• InJuly2012,VolkswagenGroupSouthAfrica’s
(VWSA’s)engineplantinUitenhage,Eastern
Cape,receivedanadditionalexportorderfrom
China.Theadditionalorderofmorethan12000
enginesmeantthattheengineplantwasrunning
atfullcapacitywiththreeworkingshiftsaday
fortheremainderoftheyear.Theplantwas
scheduledtoproduce107200enginesin2012,
ofwhich50200engineswereforthelocally
builtPoloandPoloVivomodels,while57000
enginesweredestinedforthreeexportmarkets,
namelyIndia,MexicoandChina,withthelatter
beingVWSA’sbiggestengineexportmarket.
• In2012,ChinaAfricanPreciousMetals
(CAPM)tookcontrolofPamodziGold’s
Orkneymine.CAPMis74%ownedby
SuperbGoldLtd,with26%owned
byaBroad-BasedBlackEconomic
Empowermentconsortium,
• InOctober2012,SouthAfricanfirmCOAL
ofAfrica(CoAL)sold$100millioninshares
(24%stake)toChina’sBeijingHaohua
EnergyResourceGroup.
• ChinesecompanySinoSteelcreatesnearly
4000jobsforlocalpeople.
• FirstRandhasaChineseRepresentative
OfficelocatedinShanghai.Through
thisoffice,itfacilitatesthefinancingof
cross-bordertradebetweenAfricaand
Asia,includingtheprovisionofbanking
productsandservicestofinancial
institutionsintheregion.
• Duringthefirstsixmonthsof2012,China
becameoneofSouthAfrica’stopfive
sourcemarketsofoverseastouristswith
atotalof60272Chinesetouristsvisiting
SouthAfrica.Thiswastheresultofthe
introductionofSouthAfricanAirways’
(SAA)directflightsbetweenBeijingand
JohannesburginJanuary2012.Tourist
arrivalsfromChinaincreasedby24,3%
between2010(68309)and2011(84883).
• ThePeople’sRepublicofChinaisoneof
sevenmembersthatjoinedtheSquare
KilometreArray(SKA)Organisationin
Londonon23November2011.
• In2011,SouthAfricaexportedthefollowing
commoditiestoChina:
Food:
• crustaceans
Construction:
• naturalsandsofallkinds
• cementclinkers
Metals and mining:
• coalandbriquettes
• platinum
• ironoresandconcentrates
• diamonds
• manganeseoresandconcentrates
• copperoresandconcentrates
• leadoresandconcentrates
• zincoresandconcentrates
• chromiumoresandconcentrates
• titaniumoresandconcentrates
• zirconiumoresandconcentrates
• cobaltoresandconcentrates
• ferro-chromium
Chemicals:
• butan-1-ol
• propan-1-ol(propylalcohol)andpropan-2-
ol(isopropylalcohol)
• titaniumoxides
• polymersofpropyleneorofotherolefinsin
primaryforms
Agriculture:
• rawhidesandskinsofbovineorequine
animals,sheeporlambs
• shornwool
• cotton
Other:
• chemicalwoodpulp
• shuttlecarsforuseinundergroundmines
orlow-constructionflame-proofvehicles
• aluminiumtubesandpipes
• aluminiumplates,sheetsandstrip
• aluminiumwasteandscrap
• flat-rolledproductsofstainlesssteel
• copperwasteandscrap
• nickelplates,sheets,stripandfoil
• aluminium.
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RIC(S) is the only grouping
whose name was coined by a Wall
Street-based finance company
in 2001, while predicting a shift
in global economic power, away
from the developed G7 countries towards
the developing world. It was, however, the
shared will of BRICS countries to engage with
one another as well globally, in articulating
and addressing issues of concern for the
developing world and engaging in the
global quest for solutions to contemporary
challenges that led to the formalisation of the
grouping BRIC, now BRICS, in 2006.
Over the last two decades, the BRICS
economies have contributed a substantial
part of the global gross domestic product
(GDP), world manufacturing (value added)
and global manufacturing exports. As per 2012
International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates
of GDP at market prices, among the members
of the G20, India holds the 10th position while
Brazil, China, Russia, and South Africa hold the
7th, 2nd, 9th, and 19th positions, respectively.
In terms of PPP, India occupies the 3rd
position and China, Russia, Brazil and South
Africa holds 2nd, 6th, 7th and 19th positions.
Structural economic transformation to
enhance the role played by the manufacturing
sector has been an important element of the
BRICS countries’ development strategies,
particularly in Brazil, China and India.
While growing exports played a significant
role in the economic growth of the BRICS
countries, domestic consumption, investment
and productivity growth are now playing
key roles in their economic growth. Each
country, however, had different experiences
in promoting the development of the
manufacturing sector and increasing its
share in the GDP. Their growing middle class
is another aspect of strength among BRICS
economies. It is believed that by 2020 the
middle class in BRICS countries will surpass
that of the G7.
Between 2001 and 2010, BRICS countries
maintained an average growth rate, which
was twice as high as the Organisation for
Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) countries’ average. Even in the
aftermath of the worst global economic and
financial crisis, BRICS countries, particularly
India and China – though they also witnessed
slower growth rates owing to weakening global
demand – maintained their robust growth rates
and emerged as engines of economic growth,
which helped global economic recovery. In
the recovery process, there are lessons for the
BRICS economies.
Since 2006, BRICS has evolved a number
of mechanisms of cooperation. BRICS
foreign ministers and finance ministers meet
regularly. Regular meetings of the ministers
of agriculture, trade and health are held to
explore new avenues of cooperation. BRICS
high representatives responsible for national
security have met to exchange views on a
range of security-related issues of mutual
interest. A meeting of BRICS speakers
was also held on the sidelines of the G20
Speakers’ Meeting in Seoul in May 2011. Other
BRICS tracks include meetings on friendship
cities, statistical authorities and competition
authorities. BRICS development banks are also
cooperating with each other with the aim of
increasing intra-BRICS trade and investment
flows. BRICS countries are also engaged in
discussion on swap arrangements among
the BRICS national currencies as well as
reserve pooling arrangements. Three sectoral
forums – BRICS Think-Tanks, Business Forum
and Financial Forum – have also been set up.
These meet prior to a summit and provide
inputs into the summit agenda.
India has committed itself to further
strengthening the BRICS cooperation
framework. The BRICS Delhi Action Plan,
annexed to the Delhi Declaration issued by
the leaders at the Fourth Summit in New Delhi
in March 2012, laid down the broad contours
of cooperation under India’s Chairmanship of
BRICS. It provided an enabling framework for
cooperation in identified areas.
India’s initiative relating to a new BRICS–led
Development Bank, for mobilising resources
for infrastructure and sustainable development
projects in BRICS and other emerging
economies and developing countries, is a
crucial initiative that has attracted wide
attention. The bank’s role would be to
supplement the efforts of existing mechanisms
such as the World Bank Group and other
multilateral development banks. BRICS finance
ministers and technical experts are exploring
the feasibility and viability of this idea.
In the run-up to the fourth BRICS Summit
in Delhi in March 2012, India hosted the first
BBY PINAK CHAKRAVARTY
The fifth BRICS Summit –
Laying down a future road map for intense cooperation
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meeting of the Economic Research Group to
bring economic content of BRICS cooperation
into sharper focus. The Prime Minister of India,
Dr Manmohan Singh, proposed at the fourth
summit in New Delhi that in view of common
challenges presented by urbanisation for all
BRICS countries, we should encourage sharing
of experience in areas such as urban water
supply and sanitation, waste management,
storm water drainage, urban planning, urban
transport and energy-efficient buildings.
Pursuant to this suggestion, India hosted the
first BRICS Urban Infrastructure Forum in New
Delhi on 1 February 2013, which facilitated
sharing of experiences on water supply and
sanitation, effective solid waste management
for improved environment and urban transport.
India coordinated a BRICS study with special
focus on synergies and complementarities
which was released at the Delhi Summit.
This was initiated at the suggestion of Prime
Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at the first
Summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in June
2009. A mention must also be made of the
two agreements – a Master Agreement on
Extending Credit Facility in Local Currencies
and a BRICS Multilateral Letter of Credit
Confirmation Facility Agreement – signed by
the BRICS development banks at the fourth
Summit. These are enabling instruments
to reduce trade transaction costs and thus
significantly promote intra-BRICS trade.
BRICS Track-II engagement among the
leading think-tanks of the five countries was
formalised by India in their first meeting
in New Delhi in May 2009, before the First
Summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia in June
2009. The lead Indian think-tank, Observer
Research Foundation, in consultation with its
BRICS counterpart think-tanks, has worked on
the “Long-Term Vision for BRICS” at the fifth
summit in Durban in March 2013.
A number of BRICS activities/meetings have
been held under India’s chairmanship since the
fourth New Delhi Summit in March 2012.
BRICS foreign ministers met on the sidelines
of the United Nations General Assembly in
New York in September 2012. BRICS Trade
Ministers met in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, in
April 2012 on the margins of the G20 trade
ministers’ meeting. BRICS health ministers
and BRICS high representatives responsible
for national security met in New Delhi on
10 to 11 January 2013. Other meetings include
meetings of finance ministers and central bank
governors on the sidelines of G20 meetings/
other multilateral (World Bank/IMF) meetings;
two meetings of CGETI (Contact Group on
Economic and Trade Issues); a preparatory
meeting of experts on agro-products and
food security issues and the second meeting
of the Agriculture Expert Working Group;
BRICS agriculture experts on climate change
and food security; the second BRICS Senior
Officials’ Meeting on Science and Technology;
and the second BRICS Friendship Cities and
Local Governments Cooperation Forum in 2012
in Mumbai. India will host the third meeting of
BRICS Competition Authorities in November
2013. The BRICS competition authorities have
held regular biennial meetings since their first
meeting in Russia in 2009.
BRICS serves as a useful platform for
consultation, coordination and cooperation
on issues of mutual interest to all five
constituents in an environment of mutual
trust and understanding. It has facilitated the
evolution of convergent positions on many
global issues such as reform of international
financial institutions, support for a democratic
and multipolar world order, World Trade
Organisation, sustainable development, and
certain regional and political issues.
BRICS countries are together working
in an environment wherein supply-side
constraints, including the challenges of the
global economic slowdown, volatility in
financial flows and food and energy security
are prevailing trends. Maintaining the pace
of high economic growth and reconciling
developmental needs with the imperatives
of sustainability and inclusiveness, are major
challenges for BRICS countries.
The BRICS process is relatively new. It is
exploring new forms of cooperation. We wish to
strengthen cooperation under BRICS in a gradual
manner; consolidating on the existing areas and
simultaneously exploring new areas. Our objective
is to project BRICS as a serious and effective
grouping in the global discourse.
India looks forward to the fifth summit
in Durban in March 2013, where the
responsibility of Chairmanship of BRICS
passes from India to South Africa. The
Durban Summit will be a historic opportunity
for the BRICS leaders to review progress so
far and lay down a future road map for more
intense cooperation.
Pinak Chakravarty is the Secretary
(Economic Relations), Ministry of External
Affairs, Government of India & Indian
Sherpa to BRICS
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BRICS leaders at the fourth summit in India in 2012
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outh Africa is a country where
various cultures merge to form
a unique nation, proud of its
heritage. the country boasts some
of the world’s most breathtaking
scenery and features an amazing display of
bird- and wildlife species, which include the
well-known Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant,
buffalo and rhino). south Africa’s biggest asset
is its people – a rainbow nation with rich and
diverse cultures.
south Africa is often called “the cradle of
humankind”, for this is where archaeologists
discovered 2,5-million-year-old fossils of our
earliest ancestors, as well as 100 000-year-old
remains of modern man.
The land
south Africa occupies the southernmost tip of
Africa. the country stretches latitudinally from
22° to 35° s and longitudinally from 17° to 33° E.
its surface area is 1 219 090 km2.
the country has common boundaries with
namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, while
mozambique and swaziland lie to the
north-east.
completely enclosed by south African territory
in the south-east is the mountain kingdom of
lesotho. to the west, south and east, south
Africa borders on the Atlantic and indian
oceans. isolated, some 1 920 km south-east
of cape town in the Atlantic, lie the Prince
Edward and marion islands, annexed by south
Africa in 1947.
the country’s physical features range from
bushveld through deserts and forests, up
majestic mountain peaks and down to wide
unspoilt beaches and coastal wetlands.
The oceans
south Africa’s largest neighbours are the
Atlantic and indian oceans, which meet at the
southwestern corner of the continent.
the warm mozambique-Agulhas current skirts
the east and south coasts as far as cape Agulhas,
while the cold Benguela Current flows northwards
along the west coast as far as southern Angola.
the contrast in temperature between these two
currents partly accounts for important differences
in climate and vegetation between the east and
west coasts of south Africa.
it also accounts for the differences in marine
life. the cold waters of the west coast are
much richer in oxygen, nitrates, phosphates
and plankton than those of the east coast.
Consequently, the South African fishing industry
is centred on the west coast.
The coasTs
the coastline stretches more than 3 000 km
and is an even, closed one with few bays or
indentations naturally suitable for harbours.
the only ideal natural harbour along the coastline
is saldanha Bay on the west coast. However, the
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About South Africa
S
area lacks fresh water and does not offer natural
lines of penetration to the interior.
RiveRs and lakes
Most river mouths are unsuitable as harbours
because large sandbanks block entry for most
of the year. These bars are formed by the action
of waves and currents and by the intermittent
flow, heavy sediment load and steep gradients
of most South African rivers. The country has no
commercially navigable rivers and no significant
natural lakes. Several artificial lakes are used
mostly for agricultural irrigation.
The Orange River is South Africa’s largest
river. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains,
traverses through the Lesotho highlands and
joins the Caledon River between the Eastern
Cape and the Free State. Before it empties
into the Atlantic Ocean, it forms the border
with Namibia. Other major rivers include the
Vaal, Breede, Komati, Lepelle (previously
Olifants), Tugela, Umzimvubu, Limpopo and
the Molopo.
Relief featuRes
South Africa’s surface area falls into two major
physiographic categories: the interior plateau
and the land between the plateau and the coast.
Forming the boundary between these two areas
is the Great Escarpment, the most prominent
and continuous relief feature of the country. Its
height above sea level varies from about 1 500 m
in the dolerite-capped Roggeveld scarp in the
south-west, to 3 482 m in the KwaZulu-Natal
Drakensberg.
Inland from the escarpment lies the interior plateau,
which is the southern continuation of the great
African plateau stretching north to the Sahara
Desert. The plateau itself is characterised by wide
plains with an average height of 1 200 m above
sea level. The dissected Lesotho plateau, which is
more than 3 000 m above sea level, is the most
prominent. In general, the escarpment forms the
highest parts of the plateau.
Between the Great Escarpment and the coast
lies an area which varies in width from 80 km to
240 km in the east and south, and 60 km to
80 km in the west.
At least three major subdivisions are
recognised: the eastern plateau, the Cape
folded belt and adjacent regions, and the
western plateau slopes.
ClimatiC featuRes
Although the country is classified as semi-arid,
it has considerable variation in climate.
The subtropical location, on either side of 30°S,
accounts for the warm temperate conditions
so typical of South Africa, making it a popular
destination for foreign tourists. Being in the
southern hemisphere, the seasons in South
Africa are opposite to those of Europe and
North America. The country also falls squarely
within the subtropical belt of high pressure,
making it dry with anabundance of sunshine.
Although Durban (east coast) and Port Nolloth
(west coast) lie more or less on the same
latitude, there is a difference of at least 6°C in
their mean annual temperatures.
Rainfall
South Africa has an average annual rainfall of
450 mm, compared with a world average of
860 mm. About 65% of the country receives less
than 500 mm per year, which is generally
accepted as the minimum amount required for
successful dry-land farming.
South Africa’s rainfall is unreliable and
unpredictable. Large fluctuations in the average
annual rainfall are the rule rather than the
exception in most areas.
About 21% of the country, mainly the arid west,
receives less than 200 mm per year. Below-
average annual rainfall is more often recorded
than above-average total annual rainfall. South
Africa is periodically afflicted by drastic and
prolonged droughts, which often end in severe
floods. In Cape Town, the capital city of the
Western Cape, the average rainfall is highest in
the winter months, while in the capital cities of
the other eight provinces, the average rainfall is
highest during summer.
tempeRatuRes
Temperature conditions in South Africa are
characterised by three main features: they tend
to be lower than in other regions at similar
latitudes, for example, Australia, due primarily
to the greater elevation of the subcontinent
above sea level; despite a latitudinal span of 13°,
average annual temperatures are remarkably
uniform throughout the country; and there is a
striking contrast between temperatures on the
east and west coasts.
Owing to the increase in the height of the
plateau towards the north-east, there is hardly
any increase in temperature from south to north.
Temperatures above 32° C are fairly common
in summer, and frequently exceed 38° C in the
lower Orange River Valley and the Mpumalanga
Lowveld.
fRost, humidity and fog
Frost often occurs on the interior plateau
during cold, clear, winter nights with ice
forming on still pools and in water pipes. The
frost season (April to October) is longest
over the eastern and southern plateau areas
bordering the escarpment.
Frost decreases to the north, while the coast
is virtually frost-free. Along the coast, the
humidity is much higher than inland and at
times may rise to 85%. Low stratus clouds and
fog frequently occur over the cool west coast,
particularly during summer. The only other area
that commonly experiences fog is the “mist belt”
along the eastern foothills of the escarpment.
the people
According to Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA)
Mid-Year Population Estimates, 2011, released
in July 2011, there were 50,59 million people
living in South Africa, of whom 79,5% were
African, 9% coloured, 2,5% Indian and 9% white.
Approximately 52% of the population is female.
Nearly one-third (31,3%) of the population was
aged younger than 15 years and approximately
7,7% (3,9 million) 60 years or older. Of those
younger than 15 years, approximately 23%
(3,66 million) lived in KwaZulu-Natal and 19,4%
(3,07 million) lived in Gauteng.
languages
According to the Constitution of the Republic of
South Africa, 1996, everyone has the right to use
the language and participate in the cultural life
of his or her choice, but no one may do so in a
manner that is inconsistent with any provision of
the Bill of Rights.
Each person has the right to instruction in his or
her language of choice, where this is reasonably
practicable.
offiCial languages
The diversity of the unique cultures of
South Africa means that there are 11 official
languages. Although English is the mother
tongue of only 8,2% of the population, it is
the language most widely understood, and
the second language of the majority of South
Africans. However, government is committed
to promoting all the official languages,
including the Khoi, Nama and San languages,
as well as Sign Language.
Religion
According to the Constitution, everyone has
the right to freedom of conscience, religion,
thought, belief and opinion. Almost 80% of
South Africa’s population follows the Christian
faith. Other major religious groups are the
Hindus, Muslims, Jews and Buddhists.
A minority of South Africa’s population do
not belong to any of the major religions, but
regard themselves as traditionalists of no
specific religious affiliation.
(Acknowledgement: South Africa Yearbook
2011/12, Published by the Government
Communication and Information System)
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Fast facts onBrazil, Russia, India and China
BRAZIL
Population: 184 184 000
Capital: Brasilia; 3 099 000
Area: 8 547 403 square kilometers (3 300 169 square miles)
Language: Portuguese
Religion: Roman Catholic
Currency: Real
Life expectancy: 69
GDP per capita: US $7 600
Literacy percent: 86
colonial capital, 1549 – 1763) shows an earlier age of plantation wealth,
but today this is a poor region subject to devastating droughts. Millions
have left here for jobs in the southeast. However, tourism has begun to
boom due to sunny weather, samba music and soft sand beaches.
The north, dominated by the Amazon, is the largest region with the
fewest people. The Government is making progress in conserving
the tropical rain forest and protecting the indigenous people.
Tumucumaque National Park, created in 2002, is the world’s largest
tropical forest park.
ECONOMY
• Industry: textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore
• Agriculture: coffee, soy beans, wheat, rice; beef
• Exports: transport equipment, iron ore, soy beans, footwear, coffee.
RUSSIA
Population: 143 025 000
Capital: Moscow; 10 672 000
Area: 17 075 400 square kilometers (6 592 850 square miles)
Language: Russian
Religion: Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other
Currency: Russian Ruble
Life expectancy: 65
GDP per capita: US $9 700
Literacy percent: 100
The country has rich mineral and energy resources. The mighty Volga,
Europe’s longest river, flows from northern Russia into the Caspian Sea.
Siberia encompasses more than half the territory but is home to less
than 20% of the population. Siberian workers toil at prying natural gas,
oil, coal, gold, and diamonds from the frozen earth. Commodities such
as fur and timber also earn coveted foreign currency.
Invading Mongols controlled Russia from 1240 to 1380. In 1547 Ivan IV, a
Muscovite prince, adopted the ancient title of caesar (tsar in Russian).
He and his successors unified fragmented lands and began taking the
region that is today Siberia.
Russia looked westward after 1698, when Peter the Great returned from
his travels in Europe. Conquering territory along the Baltic Sea, he built
his mostly landlocked realm a port capital, St Petersburg (known from
Brazil is the giant of South America with nearly half of the continent’s
area and people; worldwide it ranks fifth in both area and population,
which is as diverse as it is large. About 54% (103 million) are mainly of
European origin, descendants of immigrants from Portugal, Italy, Spain,
Germany and Eastern Europe. More than 44% (85 million) are black or
of mixed-race, a legacy of the African slave trade. Less than 1%
(700 000) are from indigenous groups, mostly Indians in the Amazon
region; smaller numbers of Japanese, other Asians and Arabs live in the
larger Brazilian cities.
The motto “Ordem e Progresso”– Order and Progress – appears
on Brazil’s flag. Political progress continues after years of military
dictatorship gave way to civilian rule in 1985. Recent censuses reveal
social progress, with lower infant mortality rates and higher literacy
rates. Brazil’s growing urbanization rate helps economic development
(some 80% of Brazilians live in urban areas), but creates serious social
and environmental problems in cities.
São Paulo, with some 10.9 million people, is Brazil’s largest city—
and one of the world’s largest metropolises. It is the leading
industrial producer and financial center, but problems with pollution,
overcrowding, and poverty abound. The Southeast region of
Brazil includes São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, and Rio de Janeiro—the
economic hub of Brazil, containing more than 40% of the country’s
population. South of São Paulo is a rich agricultural region with
European-style standards of living, where German and Italian
are still spoken alongside Portuguese. Itaipu, the second-largest
hydroelectric power facility in the world, provides electricity to
power-hungry São Paulo.
Brazil’s second most populous region is the northeast region, from
Maranhao in the north down to Bahia (the most African of Brazilian
states). The architecture of cities like Recife and Salvador (Portuguese
Fast facts onBrazil, Russia, India and China
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1924 until 1991 as Leningrad), and established Russia’s first navy. Russia
entered the 20th century as enormous and imperial.
Mikhail Gorbachev took office in 1985 and unveiled sweeping plans for
economic restructuring (perestroika), soon followed by unprecedented
political openness (glasnost). The Soviet Union dissolved after a failed
coup in 1991, producing Russia and 14 independent republics – with
Russian minorities totaling some 20 million. Russia seeks to protect
these minorities, maintain its economic influence on resources (like oil),
and confront separatism at home (as in Chechnya).
ECONOMY
• Industry: mining and extractive industries, machine-building,
ship-building, road and rail transportation equipment,
communications equipment
• Agriculture: grain, sugar beets, sunflower seed, vegetables; beef
• Exports: petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and
wood products, metals, fur.
INDIA
Population: 1 103 596 000
Capital: New Delhi; 295 000
Area: 3 287 270 square kilometers (1 269 221 square miles)
Language: Hindi, English, 14 other official languages
Religion: Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi
Currency: Indian Rupee
Life expectancy: 63
GDP per capita: US $2 600
Literacy percent: 60
The South Asian country of India includes a peninsula extending into
the Indian Ocean, and it is a land of great contrasts in geography. The
barren, snow-capped Himalaya, the world’s tallest mountain system,
rises along its northern border. South of the Himalaya, the low, fertile
Ganges Plain is India’s most populous region. The Great Indian Desert
lies in the west, but eastern India receives some of the highest rainfall
in the world during the monsoon season (June to October). India is
second only to China in country population but India is growing faster
(by some 17 million a year) and may surpass China by 2030. Although
81% of the people are Hindu, India also has more than 138 million
Muslims – one of the world’s largest Muslim populations.
Hindu culture evolved out of the mingling of indigenous Dravidian
peoples and Aryan-speaking nomads who arrived from Central Asia in
1500 BC Islam spread across the subcontinent starting in the eighth
century AD From the 17th century to the mid-20th century, India was
the pride of the British Empire. Guided by Mahatma Gandhi, Indians
won nationhood in 1947. From British rule they inherited deep poverty
but also parliamentary government, the English language, and a far-
flung rail system, which helped knit the multi-ethnic country into a
secular democracy often called the world’s largest democracy.
A 1948 cease-fire line, known as the Line of Control, divides Kashmir
between India and Pakistan. India claims that Kashmir legally is part
of it, but Pakistan says that the mostly Muslim population should vote
on which country to join. Diplomatic talks with China work to resolve
border disputes in India’s northeast state of Arunachal Pradesh.
Mumbai (Bombay) is the largest city and is home to Bollywood, India’s
film industry. Bangalore is India’s Silicon Valley. India has a burgeoning
middle class and has made great strides in engineering and information
technology.
ECONOMY
• Industry: textiles, chemicals, food processing, steel, transportation
equipment, cement, mining
• Agriculture: rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, cattle, fish
• Exports: textile goods, gems and jewellery, engineering goods,
chemicals, leather manufactures.
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China is the world’s most populous country with more than 1,3 billion
people – 20% of the Earth’s population. Occupying most of East Asia,
it is the fourth-largest country in area (after Russia, Canada and the
US). China’s geography is highly diverse, with hills, plains, and river
deltas in the east and deserts, high plateaus and mountains in the west.
Climate is equally varied, ranging from tropical in the south (Hainan) to
subarctic in northeastern China (Manchuria).
China’s geography causes an uneven population distribution; 94% live
in the eastern third of the country. Shandong province, with its mild
coastal climate, has more than 90 million people, but Tibet, with its
harsh mountain plateau climate, has less than three million. The coastal
regions are the most economically developed – acting as a magnet for
an estimated 150 million Chinese migrants from the poor rural interior.
This figure, from 2008, grows by an estimated 10 million Chinese each
year.
China has perhaps the world’s longest continuous civilization; for more
than 40 centuries its people created a culture with strong philosophies,
traditions and values. The start of the Han dynasty 2 200 years ago
marked the rise of military power that created an empire – one that
provided a golden age in art, politics and technology. Ethnic Chinese
still refer to themselves as the “People of Han,” and Han Chinese
constitute 92% of the country’s population.
Successive dynasties developed a system of bureaucratic control that
gave agrarian-based China an advantage over rivals. By 2030, it’s
estimated that some 60% of the country’s citizens will live in urban
areas.
The first half of the 20th century saw the fall of the last Chinese
emperor, Japanese invasion, World War II, and civil war between
Chinese Communist and Nationalist forces – ending with the retreat of
the Nationalists to Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China from 1949
to 1976 imposed state control on the economy. Since 1979, China has
reformed its economy and allowed competition, and today it has one
of the world’s highest rates of growth, averaging nearly 10% since the
late 1970s.
Rapid industrial development has increased pollution – with China
having four of the world’s 10 most polluted cities when it comes to
air quality. The largest producer and consumer of coal, the country is
turning away from coal toward clean hydroelectric resources, such as
the Three Gorges Dam.
In 2003, China became only the third nation (after Russia and the US)
to launch a manned spaceflight. The country launched a lunar orbiter in
2007 with the possibility of a manned mission to the moon by 2020.
ECONOMY
• Industry: Iron and steel, coal, machine building, armaments, textiles
and apparel, petroleum, cement
• Agriculture: rice, wheat, potatoes, sorghum, pork, fish
• Exports: machinery and equipment, textiles and clothing, footwear,
toys and sporting goods, mineral fuels.
Source: National Geographic Atlas of the World, Eighth Edition
CHINA
Population: 1 303 701 000
Capital: Beijing; 10 849 000
Area: 9 596 960 square kilometers (3 705 405 square miles)
Language: Chinese (Mandarin), Cantonese, other dialects and
minority languages
Religion: Taoist, Buddhist, Muslim
Currency: Yuan, also referred to as the Renminbi
Life expectancy: 71
GDP per capita: US $4 700
Literacy percent: 86
hile much of the world
staggered in the wake of the
global financial meltdown,
South Africa has managed to
stay on its feet – largely due
to its prudent fiscal and monetary policies.
The country is politically stable and has a well-
capitalised banking system, abundant natural
resources, well-developed regulatory systems as
well as research and development capabilities,
and an established manufacturing base.
Ranked by the World Bank as an “upper
middle-income country”, South Africa is the
largest economy in Africa – and it remains rich
with promise.
With a world-class and progressive legal
framework, South African legislation
governing commerce, labour and maritime
issues is particularly strong, and laws on
competition policy, copyright, patents,
trademarks and disputes conform to
international norms and standards. The
country’s modern infrastructure supports the
efficient distribution of goods throughout the
southern African region.
The economy has a marked duality, with a
sophisticated financial and industrial economy
having grown alongside an underdeveloped
informal economy. It is this “second economy”
which presents both potential and a
developmental challenge.
Positive outlook
In its 2012-13 Global Competitiveness
Report, the World Economic Forum ranked
South Africa second in the world for the
accountability of its private institutions, and
third for its financial market development,
“indicating high confidence in South Africa’s
financial markets at a time when trust is
returning only slowly in many other parts of
the world”. The country’s securities exchange,
the JSE, is ranked among the top 20 in the
world in terms of size.
Diversity anD growth
South Africa’s success in reforming its
economic policies is probably best reflected
by its gross domestic product (GDP) figures,
which reflected an unprecedented 62 quarters
of uninterrupted economic growth between
1993 and 2007, when GDP rose by 5,1%. With
South Africa’s increased integration into the
global market, there was no escaping the
impact of the 2008-09 global economic crisis,
and GDP contracted to 3,1%.
While the economy continues to grow – driven
largely by domestic consumption – growth is
at a slower rate than previously forecast. It
is projected to grow at 2,7% in 2013; 3,5% in
2014; and 3,8% in 2015.
According to figures from the National
Treasury, total government spending will reach
R1,1 trillion in 2013. This represents a doubling
in expenditure since 2002/03 in real terms.
To ensure that there is a similar improvement
in service-delivery outcomes, the Government
is putting in place measures to strengthen the
efficiency of public spending and to root out
corruption.
Under its inflation-targeting policy,
implemented by the South African Reserve
Bank, prices have been fairly steady. In
January 2013, the annual consumer inflation
rate was 5,4%, dipping from December 2012’s
5,7%. Stable and low inflation protects living
standards, especially of working families and
low-income households.
South Africa has a diverse economy, with
key sectors roughly contributing to GDP* as
follows:
• agriculture:2,2%
• mining:10%
• manufacturing:12,3%
• electricityandwater:2,6%
• construction:3,9%
• wholesale,retailandmotortrade:16,2%
• transport,storageandcommunications:9%
• finance,realestateandbusinessservices:21,2%
• governmentservices:16,7%
• personalservices:5,9%.
* Note: Percentages based on 2012 GDP data
from Statistics SA.
The country’s outlook is affected both by
national concerns, such as unrest in and
pressure on the mining industry, as well as
international sluggishness, with Europe as one
of South Africa’s chief export destinations.
However, trade and industrial policies
encourage local firms to explore new areas of
growth based on improved competitiveness.
China, India and Brazil offer significant
opportunities. Infrastructure, mining, finance
and retail developments across Africa are
helping to fuel a growth trajectory in which
South Africa can participate.
Challenges
As the National Treasury is at pains to point
out, development is not just the pursuit
of growth – it is also about creating a
more equitable future. The South African
Government is determined to address its key
challenges through the economic integration
of its previously disadvantaged majority.
Unemployment, at a rate of 25%, remains the
most challenging of South Africa’s hurdles: it is
at the top of government priorities and at the
heart of its economic policies.
The New Growth Plan (NGP), launched in
November 2010, builds on plans to restructure
the economy to ensure more inclusive and
sustainable growth – and sets a target of
creating five million new jobs by 2020.
The road map to do this is provided by the
Industrial Policy Action Plan, which proposes
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multisectoral interventions across agriculture,
mining, manufacturing, tourism and other high-
level services to create substantial employment.
South Africa’s dream of growing an inclusive
economy by drawing on the energies of its people
is given voice through the National Development
Plan 2030, launched in August 2012.
The proposed interventions aim to eliminate
poverty and reduce inequality by 2030 by
expanding economic opportunity for all by:
• investinginandimprovinginfrastructure,as
well as supporting industries such as mining
and agriculture
• diversifyingexports
• strengtheninglinkstofaster-growingeconomies
• enactingreformstolowerthecostofdoing
business
• reducingconstraintstogrowthinvarious
sectors
• movingtomoreefficientandclimate-friendly
production systems
• encouragingentrepreneurshipandinnovation.
Green economy
One of the most important elements of the
NGP is a green economy, and the potential the
creation of a lower-carbon economy has as a
potential job generator as well as a spur for
industrial development.
President Jacob Zuma has committed South
Africa to slowing its growth in greenhouse
gas emissions by 34% in 2020, and by 42%
by 2025. By May 2012, the Government had
approved 19 wind, solar and hydropower
proposals worth R73 million to help boost
clean energy.
In 2011, the Government entered into the
Green Economic Accord, which aims to create
300 000 jobs in the next 10 years through
investment in the green economy. In 2012,
National Treasury allocated R800 million over
two years to the Green Fund, which aims to
provide finance for high-quality, high-impact,
job-creating green economy projects around
the country.
Infrastructure
Over the past decade, substantial increases
in government social service spending have
helped reduce poverty, but now the Government
has begun to place a greater emphasis on
infrastructure, employment and economic growth.
In a massive public-sector investment, South
Africa has spent R642 billion on infrastructure
development in the past three years – and
plans to spend more than R827 billion over the
next three years to improve access to export
marketsandreducecostsintheeconomy.
Money will be spent on improving the energy
sector to double electricity generation,
on transport and logistics, hospitals and
clinics, and on education infrastructure as an
investment in human capital.
Investors
The overall investment environment remains
encouraging. A G20 country, South Africa is
consideredalow-riskinvestmentdestination
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for investors looking for a foothold into Africa.
As the continent’s largest African investor,
South Africa sends more than 25% of its
manufactured products into the continent.
Through investment incentives and industrial
financing interventions, the Government
actively seeks to encourage commercial activity
and attract foreign capital. South Africa earned
around R42 billion in foreign direct investment
in 2011, which was more than four times the
amount in 2010.
Principal international trading partners of South
Africa (besides other African countries) include:
China, the United States, Germany, Japan and
the United Kingdom.
Chief exports are metals and minerals.
Machinery and transportation equipment
make up more than one-third of the value of
the country’s imports. Other imports include
automobiles, chemicals, manufactured goods
and petroleum.
Ratings
South Africa is the highest-ranked African country
and third-placed among the BRICS economies in
the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) 2012 Global
Competitiveness Index, ranking 52nd out of 144
countries surveyed while placing third overall for
financial market development.
South Africa is ranked 35th out of 183
countries for ease of doing business according
to Doing Business 2012, a joint publication of
the World Bank and the International Finance
Corporation.
In January 2013, Fitch, the ratings agency, cut
South Africa’s sovereign credit rating by one
notch to BBB. It said it had revised its outlook
because of subdued growth prospects, which
it believed would affect public spending and
exacerbate social and political tensions.
Fitch has the country on a stable outlook, and
acknowledges South Africa’s sound banking
system and its “deep local bond market”. The
country also outscores the BBB range median on
all six of the World Bank’s governance indicators.
Unrest in the mining sector also led to
downgrades late in 2012 from Moody’s (Baa1)
and Standard & Poor’s (BBB).
In response to the rating agencies, National
Treasury has emphasised the resilient nature
of its fiscal policy, and its disciplined spending,
which is focussed on infrastructure to support
and enhance the country’s productivity. It said
it was working with all parties to address the
issues around the strikes.
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BY MILLER MATOLA, CEO OF BRAND SOUTH AFRICA
BRICS –
he hosting of the fifth BRICS
Summit ia a historic moment in the
grouping’s history. It will represent
the first full cycle of global
gatherings since the formation
of this powerful group of leading emerging
economies in the world, namely Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa. Once
again, the BRICS Summit will seek to explore
areas of common ground for each of these
major economies, providing an opportunity
to identify new business and economic
cooperation opportunities, while at the same
creating a platform to work
together to achieve peace, security,
development and cooperation for a more
equitable and fair world.
But, in the current challenging economic
environment, when ordinary South African
citizens are finding the going tough, why
should they care about this global gathering
here in our country, or indeed feel it has any
actual relevance to their lives?
The bottom line is that everyone should care,
that is if they have an interest in South Africa’s
future and its cementing of an increasingly
more important strategic role on the global
economic stage.
Simply put, BRICS is a highly influential and
powerful club that South Africa should not only
want to belong to, but which also provides an
unprecedented opportunity for the country
to maximise the vast potential benefits that
come from being a member. It is an enviable
position to be in from a nation brand-building
perspective, but for ordinary citizens it means
the potential for exponential growth if the
examples of the other BRICS member countries
are to be followed.
South Africa has the opportunity to learn
valuable lessons from the successful examples
of nation-building on the part of Brazil, India,
Russia and China. Each of these countries was a
member of the BRIC grouping for 10 years prior
to South Africa joining in 2011 and expanding
the group to BRICS as it is known today. Each
country has reaped considerable rewards in
terms of economic growth and prosperity.
South Africa can look to replicate what has
worked for its fellow BRICS members in terms
of positioning the country to potential global
investors, strategic partners and visitors – all of
which means new business opportunities, new
foreign investment, much-needed new jobs, and
ultimately economic growth.
There are definite parallels between South
Africa and the other BRICS countries in
terms of its economic growth potential – it
simply has to be harnessed, something these
Why South Africa’s citizens should care
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other countries have managed to achieve.
If one looks at the example of Brazil, its
economy only really started to flourish with
the growth of the private sector and the
creation of a genuine entrepreneurial culture
in the country. As a result, the middle class
expanded and their powerful purchasing
potential was harnessed for the benefit of all
sectors of society, creating jobs, stimulating
new businesses and opening up new
investment opportunities. Global investors
began to look at Brazil with new eyes as they
saw the opportunity to pursue viable new
business ventures relating to infrastructure
development, retail, and other key business
sectors. The country’s marketplace opened
up for the supply of new global products and
services, not just creating new and much–
needed investor interest, but also stimulating
new jobs and business opportunities for
ordinary citizens. Brazil’s subsequent
meteoric rise on the global economic
stage was stimulated by this economic
growth strategy.
Similarly in India, the country is currently
experiencing a period of unprecedented
economic growth with foreign investment
and joint venture partnerships in such fields
as telecommunications and IT helping to
position the country at the forefront of
technology hubs around the world. Such
positioning and investor confidence is
attracting continuing business and financial
support into the country, together with major
global retail and business brands, all looking
to be part of this economic success story.
Both Brazil and India’s citizens recognise
that belonging to the BRICS grouping of
emerging market economies is critical to their
countries’ economic success and reputation in
the global marketplace. They recognise that
it helps to stimulate investment, create new
business opportunities and valuable jobs, all
of which contribute to a better quality of life
for ordinary citizens. They care about their
countries’ membership of BRICS because they
can see it ultimately and tangibly benefits
their lives and the lives of their children in
the future.
So, what in real terms does membership of
BRICS mean to South Africa and its citizens
and how can the country reap similar tangible
benefits in the short to medium term? Our
country’s key advantage within the BRICS
grouping relates to our mineral wealth – we
are the largest producer in the world of
platinum, chrome, vanadium and manganese.
We are the third-largest gold-mining country
in the world, and we have a wealth of mining
and mining-related industry professional
services expertise, all of which is needed
to support the BRICS resource pool in the
global marketplace. The insatiable demand for
such commodities from the BRICS countries
themselves provides a critical source of
economic growth for South Africa in the
future. As a result, South Africa is investing
in a major infrastructure development
programme to improve its railways, ports
and fuel pipelines, recognising that such
investment is critical to unlocking the future
business potential of its vast mineral wealth.
This in turn means jobs for ordinary South
Africans and the opportunity for a better
quality of life overall.
But it is not just in the field of minerals, natural
resources and infrastructure development that
membership of the BRICS grouping brings
new economic development opportunities
for the country. South Africa’s reputation for
the sophistication of its financial market
development and the depth of its financial
and professional services expertise make
it a preferred business partner for other
BRICS country members. This competitive
edge in the global marketplace was recently
recognised by the prestigious World
Economic Forum’s Global Competitive Index
survey for 2011/12. It ranked South Africa
number one in the world for the strength of
its auditing and reporting standards, number
one in the world for the regulation of the
Johannesburg Stock Exchange, second in
the world for the soundness of our banks
and the efficacy of our corporate boards,
and number four in the world in our financial
market development. Such ratings are key
to stimulating the necessary global investor
confidence that is critical to South Africa’s
future economic growth and sends a positive
signal to our critically important fellow BRICS
members that we are open for business.
This provides another tangible example of
why South Africans should care about our
membership of BRICS.
Prior to our membership, South Africa’s export
trade with BRICS countries represented just
6,2% of total exports – in 2011, the year of
South Africa’s BRICS membership entry, this
figure grew to 16,8%. In 2011 alone, South
Africa’s trade with BRICS countries grew by a
staggering 29% – it continues to grow today
and will be at the forefront of our economic
growth into the future.
South African citizens need to recognise and
appreciate that if the country is to enter a new
era of positive economic growth and pursue
a path that allows it to fulfil its undoubted
potential, ultimately creating much-needed
jobs and the opportunity for a better life
for all citizens, membership of BRICS is key.
This grouping represents the most powerful
emerging economies in the world and provides
unprecedented opportunities for South Africa
to maximise new business, trade and political
links in its capacity as the newest member
of this club. South Africa’s citizens need to
genuinely care that we are being embraced
by BRICS as it represents a powerful new
pathway to stimulating the economic growth
that we so badly need if we are to fulfil the
aspirations and dreams of our citizens for a
better life for all.
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South Africa’s 2013/14Budget summary
he 2013/14 Budget read by the
South African Minister of Finance
on 27 February contains relatively
fewer tax proposals than prior
years. However, some of the
proposals are quite far-reaching, particularly
relating to trusts and corporate gearing. In
this brief analysis, we highlight some of the
key proposals for tax law changes.
Corporate tax
• Thereisnochangeproposedtothecurrent
rates of corporate tax or dividend tax.
• Gearingcontinuestoreceivedetailed
attention and three measures are proposed
to preclude debt eroding the tax base in
certain circumstances, namely:
- Re-characterisation of debt instruments as
shares in certain circumstances, particularly
where they do not have a realistic possibility
of being repaid in 30 years, or if convertible
into shares at the request of the issuer.
- Excessive debt issued to connected persons
if the creditor is exempt from tax on the
interest.
- Acquisition debt used in corporate
restructuring (currently regulated by a
discretionary regime [section 23K]). It is
proposed to replace this with a new regime
where interest on “excessive debt” will be
allowed to roll over for up to five years.
• Certaintaxincentivesareproposedtobe
established in certain special economic
zones, including:
- a 15% corporate tax rate
- an employment incentive for workers earning
less than R60 000 per annum
- an accelerated depreciation allowance for
buildings similar to the Urban Development
Zone programme
• Donationsinexcessof10%oftaxableincome
giventopublicbenefitorganisations(PBOs)in
certain areas are permitted to be rolled over as
allowable deductions in subsequent years;
• Attentionwillbegiventotherulesdealing
with share cross issues. Recognition has been
given to the fact that there are difficulties
with the current anti-avoidance legislation.
• Furtherattentionwillbegiventothe
mark-to-market taxation regime, which was
introduced in 2012, but the implementation
of which was deferred. Further refinements
will include extending the covered persons
and rules to prevent artificial losses from
dividend transactions, among others.
• Thesecuritiestaxexemptionforcertain
financial intermediaries is to be extended to
maintain a level playing field;
• Thecostpriceoftradingstockwillinfuture
automatically conform to the International
Financial Reporting Standards valuation
without the need for approval from the
South African Revenue Service.
• Thecriteriaforeligibilityfortheresearchand
development incentive are to be adjusted to
eliminate alleged misuse.
• Dividendcessionsandmanufactured
dividends continue to receive attention.
Under consideration is a single unified
treatment both for dividend cessions and
manufactured dividends and anti-avoidance
rules to eliminate shifting of income from
taxable to exempt parties.
• Corporaterestructuringwillcontinueto
receive attention both in relation to on-shore
and off-shore reorganisations.
Individual and employment tax
The following individual and employees’ tax
points are of interest:
• Thetopmarginalrateforindividual
taxpayers has remained at 40%.
• Fringebenefitstaxreliefistobeprovided
where low-cost employer provided housing is
transferred to employees at below
market value.
• Medicaltaxcreditswillincreasemarginally
and in line with annual adjustments.
• Monetarythresholdsforexemptbursaries
given to employees’ relatives will be increased.
• Individualswhosetaxableincomeisfromone
employer and is below R250 000 a year are
not required to submit income tax returns.
• Tax-preferredsavingsandinvestment
accounts will be implemented by April 2015.
Returns and withdrawals from these accounts
will be exempt from tax. The account will have
an initial contribution limit of R30 000 and a
lifetime limit of R500 000. These limits will
allowforinflationaryadjustments.
• Thedeductibilityofcontributionstopension,
retirement annuity and provident funds and
employer contributions that constitute fringe
benefits is set at 27,5% of the greater of
remuneration or taxable income, subject to
an annual cap of R350 000.
• Contributionstoprovidentfundswillbetax
deductible, with a view to harmonise the tax
treatment of contributions to pension, retirement
annuity and provident funds. Future contributions
to provident funds will also be subject to the
same annuitisation requirements as are applicable
to pension and provident funds.
• Ayouthemploymenttaxincentiveaswell
as a tax incentive for employees in special
economic zones will be introduced.
• SomefurtherreliefondonationstoPBOsis
proposed.
• Aspecialdispensationisproposedto
address possible instances of double taxation
in share schemes and the deductibility
of employer contributions to fund these
schemes will be examined.
• Allnon-retirementfunddisabilityandincome
protection policies regardless of whether
they compensate employees for the loss of
future income or the loss of personal capital
will be uniformly treated for tax purposes, i.e.
contributions will not be deductible for tax
purposes, but payouts will be exempt from tax.
Taxation of trusts
Important measures are proposed dealing with
the income tax and (in due course) estate duty
treatment of trusts. These include the following:
• Discretionarytrustswillnolongeractasflow
through vehicles and instead will be taxed at a
trust level (i.e. as an entity) with distributions
acting as deductible payments to the extent of
current taxable income. Tax-free distributions
tobeneficiarieswillbeallowedexceptwhere
they give rise to deductible payments (i.e.
there appears to be a symmetry principle).
• Tradingtrustswillalsobetaxableattheentity
level with distributions being deductible
to the extent of current taxable income. A
trading trust according to the proposal will
be one which either conducts a trade or
one in which beneficial ownership is freely
transferable by beneficiaries.
• Distributionsfrom“offshorefoundations”will
be treated as ordinary revenue.
• Concernwasexpressedregardingtheuseof
trusts to avoid estate duty (which is a long-
standing issue), but no further details were
provided. The concern is surprising given
indicators in previous years that estate duty
was on the way out.
Property
• Therealestateinvestmenttrust(REIT)tax
regime is to be extended:
- Currently, a REIT is a listed company or trust
that invests in immovable property, receives
income from rental and distributes it to
investors. A REIT may deduct such distributions
if it resides in South Africa and if at least 75% of
its gross income is rental income.
- It is proposed to extend this regime to
unlisted REITs once they are subject to
similar regulation to listed REITs. This will be
phased in initially to wholly owned entities of
private and government pension funds and
of long-term insurers.
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- REIT tax relief will also be extended to other
real estate entities if they become subject to
property syndication regulation.
• Thecurrentregimefortaxdepreciation
of immovable property is to be extended
to include property which is within the
“possession and use” of the taxpayer
(e.g. leasehold improvement) so that the
ownership requirement will be eliminated.
• Ataxincentiveisunderconsiderationfor
construction of new housing stock for sale
below R300 000.00 per dwelling.
Hedge funds
• Thesewillfallundercollectiveinvestment
scheme legislation and be regulated
accordingly. They will be taxed similarly to
other collective investment schemes and
unit holders will be required to treat their
earnings as ordinary revenue when realised.
A similar regime is being considered for
interest income funds.
International/cross-border tax and Excon
• Itisproposedthatthecross-border
withholding regime on interest and royalties
be extended to cross-border service fees
(subject to treaty relief). All three sets
of withholding regimes, namely interest,
royalties (which are currently subject to
withholding) and service fees will become
effective from 1 March 2014.
• Thedeductionofexpenditurebasedonan
accrual will be deferred until actual payment,
in the case of a cross-border payment
between connected persons.
• Anomaliescontinuetoreceiveconsideration,
including:
- complexities associated with the calculation
of the acceptably taxed exemption
- the threshold for the participation exemption
- transfer pricing requirements in management
activities for the benefit of foreign branches
- headquarter company relief to be refined
to make it more effective and easier to
understand
• ListedSouthAfricanmultinationalswillbe
allowed to treat a single local subsidiary
as a non-resident company for exchange
control purposes so that treasury operations
can remain within South Africa rather than
offshore. In addition, these entities may use
their foreign functional currency rather than
Rand as the starting point for tax calculation.
• Inrelationtocontrolledforeigncompany
activities, the imputation system will be
clarified further. Issues mentioned include:
- active offshore research and development
activities
- international shipping activities.
- international pipelines
- commodity hedges associated with active
operations
- intra-controlled foreign company insurance
premiums
• Theexemptionfromtaxonaforeignsource
of income if subject to foreign tax will be
removed in relation to initial copyright authors.
• Currencytaxationrulesaretobesimplified
in favour of a “more practical approach”. A
longer term shift is being considered towards
an IFRS-based approach.
INDIRECT TAXES
Carbon tax
• AcarbontaxofR120pertonofCO2 will be
imposed from 1 January 2015, increasing by
10% per annum.
• Thetaxforpassengervehicleswillincrease
to R90 for every gram/km emissions in
excess of 120 gCO2/km and for double cab
vehicles to R125 for every gram/km in excess
of 175 gCO2/km, effective from 1 April 2013.
• Thecertifiedemissionreductionstax
incentive is extended to 31 December 2020.
Transfer duty
• Nochangesareproposedtotransferduty.
Fuel levies
• Thegeneralfuellevyonpetrolanddieselwill
increase by 22,5c/l from 3 April 2012 and the
Road Accident Fund levy will increase by 8c/l.
• Thegeneralfuellevyalreadyincludesanew
multiproduct pipeline levy (7,5c/l) that will be
phased out on 2 April 2013. The net increase
in the general fuel levy on 3 April 2013 will
therefore be only 15c/l and not the full 22,5c/l.
The demand side levy on 95 octane petrol
sold inland will be increased later this year.
Biofuels production incentive
• Thecostoftheincentivewillbe3,5c/lto4c/l
of petrol or diesel, recovered through a levy
included in the monthly price determination.
Plastic bag and incandescent light bulb levies
• Theplasticbaglevyincreasesfrom4cto6c
per bag from 1 April 2013 and the levy on
incandescent light bulbs from R3 to R4 from
1 April 2013.
Value Added Tax (VAT)
• TheVATrateremainsunchangedat14%.
• ThefollowingVATlegislationamendments
are proposed:
- all foreign businesses supplying e-books,
music and other digital goods or services in
South Africa will be required to register for
VATinSouthAfrica.
• OtherproposedVATamendmentsthatare
under consideration include:
- theVATtreatmentofthesurrenderofgoods
under the National Credit Act will be brought
in line with that of the repossession of goods
under an instalment credit agreement
- the special time of supply rules between
connected persons where the input and
output tax is accounted for in the same tax
period will be reviewed
- where tax invoices are issued in foreign
currency, it is proposed that the supplier
uses the rate of conversion agreed between
the parties, or if no rate was agreed, the spot
rate on the date of the supply
- a potential mismatch between the output tax
and input tax treatment on conversion of a share
block scheme to sectional title will be removed
- a home-owners association will be treated the
sameforVATasasectionaltitlebodycorporate
- VATreliefwillbeprovidedforgoods
destroyed, damaged or abandoned on
the same basis as that provided under the
Customs Act for these goods when they are
entered for home consumption
- theVATtreatmentofallpooling
arrangements will be reviewed.
• Anationalgamblingtaxattherateof1%of
gross gambling revenue will be implemented
by the close of 2013 (in addition to
provincial rates).
• Thefollowingresearchprojectswillalso
be undertaken:
- areviewoftheVATtreatmentoffinancial
servicesandVATapportionmentwithinthe
financial sector
- re-evaluation of the application of the default
turnover based method of apportionment for
the non-financial sector.
Mining
•Anexemptionwillbeintroducedformining
de-watering associations which restore
water levels adversely impacted by mining
in a manner similar to a mining rehabilitation
fund. This is under consideration.
Excise duties on tobacco and alcohol
• Theexcisedutiesontobaccoproducts,wine,
clear beer and spirits are determined in
accordance with a targeted total tax burden
(excisedutiesplusVAT)of52,23,35,and
48% respectively.
• Theexcisedutiesontobaccoproductswill
increase by between 5.8 and 10%, and on
alcoholic beverages by between5.7 and 10%.
Excise duties of fruit fermented beverages
• Thestructureoftariffheading22.06has
been amended to align the excise duty
provisions for fruit fermented beverages with
the requirements of the Liquor Products
Act. As a result, only products that are
predominantly fruit fermented will be
distinctly classified in this beverage category.
• Fermentedproductsthatarenotmainly
derived from fruit will be included in the
band for beverages that uses the highest
excise rate that will be increased to the
highest spirits rate in Budget 2014 to allow
manufacturers time to comply.
Ad valorem excise duties
• Videorecorderswitheightormoreinput
channels and a value for duty purposes
exceeding R13 000, will be exempted from
ad valorem excise duties with effect from
1 April 2013.
Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs
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ver the last decade, the term BRICS has come to symbolise the
growing importance of the world’s largest emerging economies
and their potential impact on the global economic world order.
With a large share of the world’s population and huge potential
for growth, these economies are becoming increasingly attractive
for global investors. In 2013, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
advanced economies will grow by 1,5% compared to the 5,6 % growth expected
of emerging market economies, of which the BRICS forms a large share.
In a move to further enhance investment in the BRICS nations, in October 2011
the various BRICS exchanges announced their intention to collaborate. This
milestone agreement formed the BRICS Alliance and brought together the
BM&FBOVESPA from Brazil, the Russian MICEX RTS Group, the BSE Ltd from
India, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) – as the initial China
representative – and the JSE from South Africa. It is important to note that this
was not the creation of a platform for the sharing of ideas, but rather a working
group tasked with a series of goals to accomplish.
One of these goals is the launch of a single index giving investors exposure to
all five markets. To be launched in early 2013, this composite index will allow
for the creation of derivatives, exchange–traded products and other financial
products. To be called BRICSMART products, these would be listed on the
respective countries’ exchanges and be traded in the local currencies.
This development follows on from the first phase of the initiative, which saw the
exchanges cross-list their benchmark equity index derivatives on the various
exchanges this past March. This meant that for the first time, investors could
get exposure to other emerging markets in their local currency.
Apart from cross-listing products, the BRICS Alliance will be actively exploring
other opportunities to promote greater development and understanding
between the respective markets. Despite the increased investor appetite for
emerging market exposure, there is still less understanding of these regions
and the listed companies within these markets. Much of the work of the BRICS
Alliance will focus on creating a greater awareness of the investment potential
within each country.
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he proposed BRICS Development Bank provides a platform
for the economic grouping to challenge the dominance of
the United States Dollar in global trade while asserting the
growing influence of its member countries in the global
economy, according to Chris Hart, the Chief Strategist at
Investment Solutions.
“The establishment of this bank could very well be the platform to
challenge the dominance of the Dollar in global trade,” says Hart. He
says although this might set a scene for potential conflict with the US,
a move of this nature would see BRICS having considerable influence
globally – which is what they should strive to achieve. The BRICS
member countries have proposed the establishment of a development
bank to mobilise funding for infrastructure and sustainable
development projects in the BRICS countries and other emerging
economies and developing countries.
They also want it to play a key role in promoting intra-BRICS investment,
economic growth and intra-BRICS trade, which currently exceeds
US$230 billion and is projected to exceed US$500 billion by 2015.
Hart says it goes without saying that the much-anticipated launch of the
Development Bank will be the main draw card at this year’s BRICS Summit.
The summit brings together Brazil, Russia, India, China and South
Africa to discuss the feasibility of establishing the bank and also the
possibility of having a common currency mainly for trade purposes.
The feasibility report has been jointly prepared by the five nations
after the idea was discussed at the last BRICS Summit, which was
held in New Delhi in March last year.
With Africa said to be suffering from infrastructure funding gaps of
up to $90billion a year, it’s easy to see the need for a bank of this
nature. Hart says he is, however, worried about the existing competing
interests between these nations.
However, the disparate interests don’t mean it won’t work out
particularly if you look at the likes of the European Union, because
they know their cause – economic growth and sustainability – they
look past their political indifferences, adds Hart.
BRICS is expected to still grow beyond these five nations, and the
sooner they find common interests and establish themselves the
better. Countries such as Nigeria, Mexico, Indonesia and Vietnam,
which are all economically dynamic and populous, are all working
hard to be part of BRICS.
The summit will also focus on funding for African infrastructure and
plans for a business council, which will serve as a think-tank. Hart says
he also expects some trade agreements which should see a removal
of trade barriers between these nations.
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to be the centrepiece of the summit
“With Africa said to be suffering from infrastructure funding gaps of up to $90 billion a year, it’s easy to see the need for a
bank of this nature.”
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hile the Sino-Africa relationship
is not a new agenda, modeling
current business trends in Africa
on Chinese standards can serve
to boost economic development
in Africa and strengthen financial links with the
global economy.
Dating back as far as the fifth century, when Zheng
He, a Chinese explorer and diplomat made voyage
to Africa, exchanging gifts from the Chinese
emperor, including silk, pearl and porcelain in return
for ivory, zebras and giraffe, a mutually beneficial
relationship between China and Africa has existed.
It was not until the mid-1970s that China made a
firm reconnection with Africa in the building of a
1 860-km railway that lead to China becoming one
of the main donors to Africa, where impressively,
during the last decade, two-way trade between
China and Africa has reached US$ 166 billion. This
proves that the Sino-Africa relationship is no longer
just an aspiration but concrete evidence of their
cooperation in achieving economic advancement.
Although China and Africa differ geographically,
historically and culturally, over the years they
have shared similar economic challenges, from
imperialism, colonialism, liberation to radical social
and economic transformation.
Some argue that the foreign policy of China
towards Africa is a form of neo-colonialism
deviating from the Washington Consensus and of
exploiting Africa’s natural resources. On the other
hand, China’s non-interventionist approach has
shown that a developing country, with the correct
assistance, can formulate its own solutions to
resolve economic and social challenges.
As stated by American economist Jeffrey
Sachs, “China gives fewer lectures and more
practical help”.
Besides, Chinese government relations with Africa
are distinct and very different from those of the
West, their foreign policies being based on five
principles, namely:
1. mutual respect for each other’s territorial
integrity and sovereignty
2. mutual non-aggression
3. mutual non-interference in each other’s
internal affairs
4. equality and mutual benefit
5. peaceful co-existence.
China’s “Go Out and Economic Reform” policy
encouraged and supported successful Chinese
enterprises to expand their investments in Africa.
The Chinese government also actively stimulated
Chinese private entrepreneurs to start up
businesses in Africa and introduced measures and
mechanisms to assist their companies in engaging
with African business leaders.
Did you know? In the last 30 years, having
implemented a highly successful reform and growth
experience, the chinese gross domestic product
maintains an average 10% increase per annum.
Lending its support at the highest political level,
China signed the Bilateral Investment Promotion
and Protection agreements with over 30 African
nations. In addition, China also signed the
Avoidance of Double Tax Agreement with over 11
African nations, promoting effective bilateral trade
between Africa and China.
Furthermore, the Chinese Government aids
investors by means of the Forum on China-Africa
Cooperation (FOCAC), as well as by paying
state visits to foreign African countries whereby
negotiations concerning Chinese development
assistance and investments can take place.
The FOCAC thereby serves as a pragmatic platform,
providing a framework to improve relations with
Africa by facilitating multilateral dialogues between
China’s and Africa’s heads of states, ministers,
government officials and entrepreneurs.
Since the establishment of FOCAC in 2000,
significant achievements include:
- The establishment of trade and economic
cooperation zones in Africa in Mauritius, Nigeria,
Egypt, Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania.
- The formation of the US$ 5 billion China-Africa
Development Fund in 2006, which encourages
bilateral Africa-Sino development projects and
investments. Since the inception of the fund,
more than 30 projects have been established
in Africa in the agricultural, power and energy,
construction material procurement, mining,
manufacturing and logistics sectors.
- The cancellation of all interest-free government
loans due at the end of 2005 by the poorest and
least developed countries in Africa.
- A recent decision at the 2012 fifth FOCAC
Summit in Beijing, where China pledged
US$ 20 billion in credit over the next three
years to African governments to support
infrastructure, agriculture, manufacturing and
the growth of small businesses.
The Sino-Africa Partnership will speed up both
economic and social development in Africa.
However, Africa will need to improve and increase
its capacity by addressing bottlenecks in service,
improving infrastructure, training of skilled laborers,
and providing access to finance. The lack of skilled
workers will remain a critical factor in ensuring that
Africa can operate and maintain the infrastructure
that has been built by their development partners.
While the demand for raw material and commodities
continues to push up prices, Africa is in a strong
position to negotiate with its trading partners to
improve sustainable development and growth.
Ultimately, it is incumbent upon African leaders to
take ownership of the long-term development for
their own countries,using their raw material resources
wisely to improve the lives of their citizens.
Without fundamental structural changes, growth
and developmental goals will not be reached in
keeping up with the United Nations millennium
development goals for 2015.
As pointed out by Duncan Green, head of research
at the British aid organisation Oxfam, “Whatever
role China ultimately plays, perhaps the most
important element it introduces is competition. The
West has for too long relied on one set of ideas
aimed at fixing Africa’s problems.”
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WNS acquires Fusion Outsourcing in a major new agreement
NS, a globally leading high-end business process solutions
provider listed on the New York Stock Exchange, acquires
Fusion in an effort to expand its delivery footprint. WNS
has 25 delivery centres across seven international locations.
Fusion’s rich talent and strong cultural work ethic will be
key to WNS’s growth strategy
Fusion Outsourcing announced its acquisition by leading global Business
Process Outsourcing (BPO) company, WNS, on 21 June 2012. As part of the
agreement, Fusion Outsourcing will operate as one of WNS’s international
delivery centres. It will benefit from expanded service offerings; access to
international best practices and expertise; new best-of-breed systems and
processes; as well as support from other global teams.
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South Africa’s Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) offers
he DAFF has made massive inroads
in Brazil, Russia, India and China.
The South African Minister of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
Tina Joemat-Pettersson, has dedicated
her term to the uplitment and support of
smallholder sectors and the development
of women and youth in agriculture, forestry
and fisheries. To date, farmers have received
assistance through being beneficiaries of
tractors, implements, seeds and fertilizer.
The Minister was named the 2011 Africa
Minister of Agriculture, beating countless
other ministers from the continent. In 2012,
Minister Joemat-Pettersson was knighted by
the French for her contribution to agriculture.
The year 2013 marks the celebration of 15
years of diplomatic relations between South
Africa and China and it is envisaged that a
number of events will be undertaken to mark
this relationship. South African agriculture,
through the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries, enjoys bilateral relations with
the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture in two
areas, namely agriculture cooperation and
market access.
Taking a historical glance at the two country’s
relationship gives us an impression of how
the relationship reached this epoch. In July
2012, China hosted the Forum on China-
Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) and as part
of its activities undertaken by the Chinese
Government to promote value-added
products from Africa. A number of Chinese
importers of South African agricultural
products were afforded an opportunity to
display their products and seek market share
and buyers.
In 2011, South Africa was invited to join the
BRIC(S) countries. One of the outcomes of
the BRICS Cooperatives Leadership Forum
was the signing of an Exclusive Agency
Agreement between Chongqing Agriculture
Products Group and the South African wine
cooperatives for the supply of wine as well as
in the area of aquaculture products.
In terms of agriculture cooperation, a Joint
Working Group (JWG) has been established
between the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry
and Fisheries and the Ministry of Agriculture
(MoA) at Director-General level. During the
JWG meeting, progress is discussed, new
areas of cooperation are agreed upon and
relations are further strengthened.
HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(CAPACITY-BUILDING) PROGRAMME
Since the establishment of the JWG, a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between the DAFF and China Agriculture
University, Jilin University and Nanjing
University was signed.
South Africa has a total of 22 students
studying full time in China for postgraduate
degrees (Masters and PhD) in various
disciplines of agriculture and related fields.
Upon finalisation of their studies, the acquired
knowledge and skills will be applied and
contribute to the issues of food security,
poverty alleviation, job creation, research and
development in South Africa.
The first group of students will be awarded
their degrees during the second half
of 2013.
SHORT-TERM COURSES
The National Aquaculture Strategic
Framework (NASF) and part of the
implementation of the South Africa China
JWG Action Plan, the Aquaculture Human
Resource Development Plan, have been
successfully implemented since 2006.
South Africa has sent a number of students
to the Fresh Water Fisheries Research
Centre in Wuxi, for various short courses of
which Integrated fish farming dominates.
Participants included farmers, technicians,
aquaculture managers and officials.
During 2012, South Africa participated
in the Aquaculture Extension System
Development and Management, short courses
on aquaculture for developing countries,
courses on mariculture culture technology
for developing countries, seminars on
management of China-aided agriculture
technology demonstration centres and
seminars on aquaculture and technical
extension for developing countries.
TECHNICAL COOPERATION
South African provinces have also taken full
advantage of the programmes offered by
China and the opportunities that exist therein.
The province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in
South Africa signed a twinning agreement
with Fujian Province in May 2004, wherein
agriculture was identified as an area for
cooperation. The mushroom project was
initiated in January 2005 between the
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KZN and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry
University. This initiative is based on
technical exchanges (training) as well as
technology transfer (Juncao Technology),
which has been adapted to the South
African environment. This technology and its
methodology to produce mushrooms are also
applied in China, Papua New Guinea, Japan,
Brazil, Fiji, Iraq and Australia.
INVESTMENT IN AGROPROCESSING
The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
Agreement (CSPA), signed between South
Africa and China in 2010, created a platform
for South Africa, through the Department
of Trade and Industry (dti), to organise and
host expos in China. The dti expos are of
multisectoral nature, but draw a sizeable
number of agricultural exhibitors, with
the wine sector having a strong presence.
The CSPA is seen as a means of further
strengthening the political, economic and
technical exchanges between the two
countries.
In addition to the above, the dti has
participated in the following exhibitions: SIAL
and Food Hotel China (FHC) for a number
of years, thus creating a platform for South
African agriculture producers seeking new
markets for their products. What is evident
is that South African wines are available in
some of the major cities in China, for example
Shanghai (which is considered the economic
hub of China), Beijing and other second-tier
cities. In addition to the wines, dry fruits
(raisins), Bokomo cereals, Ceres fruit juices,
rooibos tea, seafoods, protea flowers, citrus
and tablegrapes (through protocols) are also
available in China.
RUSSIA
As one of the BRICS countries, Russia, with
a population of 143 million people, is one of
the fastest-growing economies in the world
and offers opportunities for South Africa and
its companies. One thing is certain: a major
competitive and massive agricultural power
is emerging and the target set by the Russian
Federation could not be clearer: 20% of the
world market in the next 10 to 15 years.
The mandate and core business of the
Sub-Programme: International Relations
and Trade is to “Coordinate and facilitate
the strengthening of international relations
and trade through bilateral engagements,
negotiations, development and
implementation of appropriate policies
and programmes”.
Trade and Investment South Africa (TISA)
hosted the fourth Investment and Trade Initiative
(ITI) Seminar in Moscow from 26 to 29 March 2012.
The seminar afforded emerging exporters
an opportunity to learn about exporting
processes as well as insight into the Russian
market. Thirty-seven South African companies
across the spectrum, including agriculture,
participated.
The fifth ITI and World Cup Legacy Exhibition
was held in Moscow from 2 to 7 December 2012
and, among others, 10 companies mainly from
the Western Cape and Mpumalanga promoted
their agricultural products, ranging from
wines, exotic teas, macadamia nuts and luxury
leather works.
A World Food Expo was held in Moscow
from 17 to 19 September 2012, attracting
participants from Europe, South America
and North Africa. Five South African
companies, all from the citrus industry,
participated in the programme.
At the ITAC 11 Session, South Africa and
Russia agreed to consider opportunities in
the development of table-grape farming
and wine-making in the Russian Federation
based on South African experience. Pursuant
to this agreed cooperation, a South African
delegation comprising the Minister-
Counsellor: Agricultural Affairs and the
Russian-based representative of the South
African Table-Grapes industry (SATGI) visited
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the Krasnodar region from 29 to 31 January 2013
to explore possibilities of technical collaboration
in increasing the production of table-grapes in the
region. Krasnodar is the main table grape-growing
region in Russia, producing 50% of the 30 000
tons harvested locally. The annual consumption
of table-grapes in Russia is estimated at 300 000
tons and there is great potential to produce
150 000 tons domestically.
The Russian delegation pointed out that a
major constraint in increasing the production
level was the lack of modern packing and
storage facilities. It was their view that, given
their experience, South African companies
are well positioned to participate in the pilot
project to build the first three modern cold
storages at the production sites. The project
will be funded by the Krasnodar Regional
Government. However, further construction
of cold storages will be undertaken by the
farmers themselves. A proposal in this regard
has been sent to the Ambassador, DAFF and
SATGI for their consideration.
Bilateral discussions are nearing conclusion
on the harmonisation of veterinary and
phytosanitary certificates for the export of
specific types of products between South
Africa and the member states of the Customs
Union, namely Russia, Kazakhstan and
Belarus.
The World Food Expo 2013 will be held in
Moscow from 16 to 19 September 2013. For
the first time, South Africa will have a national
pavilion. In conjunction with the dti, invites
have been sent to South African companies to
participate. The Citrus Growers’ Association
of South Africa has already confirmed their
attendance.
FORESTRY
South Africa, together with 34 other
countries, participated in the 9th Junior
Forestry Competition, which was held
in Moscow on from 12 to 14 September
2012. Additionally, South Africa will send a
technical team during the first semester of
2013 with the aim of receiving the Forestry
Action Plan that was developed at ITAC 10.
The plan entails fire management, forest
protection (pest and diseases) and exchange
research programmes.
FISHERIES
With the conclusion of ITAC 11, both parties
agreed to consider the text of the MoU on
cooperation in the field of fisheries, which
sought to set up a framework for cooperation
in the various aspects of the fisheries sub-
sector. The proposal is in its final stages.
INDIA
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries of South Africa signed an MOU with
the Indian Ministry of Agriculture on 4 June
2010. The signing of the MoU was followed by
the development of a Joint Action Plan: June
2011 – May 2013.
TRADE AND INVESTMENTS
Work has begun in earnest to organise animal
and plant health certificates (sanitary and
phytosanitary) for a number of South African
products to access the Indian market.
India is currently processing an animal health
certificate, which will allow South African
business people to export to India processed
hides and skins. The target market is TATA
car manufacturing company. In return, India
is making a request for an animal health
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certificate for the export of their water
buffalos to South Africa. According to the
Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying
and Fisheries, their documentation is on its
way to South Africa.
In addition to animal health certificates, South
Africa has already submitted requests for plant
health certificates for mango fruit, persimmons,
organic rooibos and oak liquid tannin.
Once South Africa secures the plant health
certificate, it will be easy to export the
above-listed products to India. In return,
India has also submitted a request for a
plant health certificate for the export of
mangoes to South Africa.
The Forum of Indian Food Importers has
expressed an interest to import hake and
rock lobster from South Africa. We are
currently engaging the Department of
Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries to
negotiate a Trade Protocol on Fisheries.
INVESTMENTS
A tractor and farm machinery company known
as Salonika, which is in partnership with
Landini in South Africa, has expressed a desire
to set up training centres in South Africa.
Discussions have begun in earnest and
AgriSETA will be brought on board in
facilitating the registration of the training
programmes and identification of existing
centres in South Africa.
Another tractor and machinery company,
Standard Cooperation, is looking for a distributor
in South Africa. Visits to their plant have
been scheduled. The company has also been
encouraged to display its products during the
upcoming NAMPO show in May 2013.
TRAINING AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
The Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
are working towards signing an agreement
before the end of 2013. The areas of focus
proposed by the ARC are:
• training of scientists at MSc and PhD level
• post-doctoral Research Appointments
• research collaboration on disease
management
• vaccine development
• eco-technologies for smallholder farmers.
In addition, the Chief Directorate responsible
for Fisheries Development in South Africa had
proposed under the 2011 to 2013 Action Plan,
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The DAFF is well poised to curb one of
the most urgent issues facing South Africa
– household food insecurity. The Minister
of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has
committed herself to working with commercial
and smallholder farmers and youth to find
diversity food production while providing
opportunities to these groups.
For more information on the work of the
department, please visit www.daff.gov.za.
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e often hear about the
job-building benefits of
renewable energy when
it draws manufacturers
and developers to local
communities. Less talked about are those
who arrive well before the shovels, factories
and jobs. These are the green energy
entrepreneurs; the creative thinkers and risk
takers involved in the rise of clean energy
ventures in South Africa. We are talking about
the individuals behind Sizagraph (Pty) Ltd.
Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa,
Sizagraph is on its way to becoming a leading
BBBEE participant in the South African
renewable energy sector. Sizagraph realises
that for South Africa to win the confidence of
foreign investors as a viable market to invest
in, domestic companies need to lead the way
and show trust in the economy.
Sizagraph and ZNShine PV-Tech Co. Ltd
(“ZNShine”, headquartered in China), have
formed an incorporated joint venture, namely
ZNShine Solar SA (Pty) Ltd (“ZNShine
Solar SA”). ZNShine Solar SA intends to
become one of the first relevant players in
South Africa in terms of the assembly of
photovoltaic panels to serve the newborn
solar photovoltaic industry. The joint venture
is structured with ZNShine PV-Tech Co. Ltd
(China) holding 51% equity and Sizagraph
holding 49% equity in the 100MW solar
photo-voltaic panel assembly plant being
established in Cape Town, South Africa.
Production is expected to start by the third
quarter of 2013. The solar photovoltaic panel
assembly plant is being established in line
with the growing need for conformance with
socio-economic development criteria and
local content as required in terms of South
African legislation, which is set to rise to
60% by Bid Submission 4 of the Renewable
Energy Independent Power Producer
Programme (REIPPP) in 2014 (calculated
in accordance with the criteria as set out
by South Africa’s Department of Trade and
Industry). Compliance with local content
requirements will ensure that local industry
obtains a substantial share of the investment
coupled with creation of meaningful jobs and
skill transfer. The solar photovoltaic assembly
plant will create a minimum of 50 full-time
South African employment opportunities
and a skills development programme is to be
instituted to ensure the transfer of skills to
South Africans in relation to the technology
being utilised. The local content specifications
stipulated in terms of the REIPPP will be
adhered to (which forms an integral part
of the 2011 IRP) and Sizagraph is currently
working with local consultants to achieve
maximum results (in terms of the Department
of Energy [DoE] requirements for both
material local content and socio-economic
development in terms of BEE legislation).
Solar photovoltaic developers and investors
will take a keen interest in ZNShine Solar
SA’s solar photovoltaic panels due to its
compliance with the above-mentioned criteria
as well its very competitive value proposition.
As Dr Sebiletso Mokone-Matabane
(chairperson of Sizagraph) so clearly states,
“Sizagraph not only wants to comply with
DoE local content and socio-economic
development criteria, it wants to exceed it!”
Sizagraph comprises five women and two
men who are the shareholders and directors
of the company, namely: Dr Sebiletso
Mokone-Matabane (Chairperson), Adv Karen
Foulkes-Jones SC (vice-Chairperson),
Dr Namane Magau, Mrs Nomusa Mufamadi,
Mrs Elizabeth Busiswe Thage, Mr Richard
Johannisen and Mr Muneeb Gambeno. With
six of the seven directors and shareholders
previously disadvantaged South Africans,
and five of the seven directors and
shareholders being South African women;
Sizagraph exceeds the guidelines set by
South Africa’s BBBEE legislation. Sizagraph’s
directors have proven track records in
the international business community, an
attribute which will ensure the company’s
success in this highly competitive sector.
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A leader in South Africa’s drive for localisation in the renewable energy sector
SIZAGRAPH:
Dr Sebiletso Mokone-MatabaneChairperson of Sizagraph
ZNShine (based in Jintan, Jiangsu Province,
China), a fully vertically integrated
manufacturer, is one of the world’s leading
manufacturers of ingots, wafers, solar panels,
solar lights and solar systems. With annual
turnovers in excess of US$ 200 million, 100 000
square meters of production area in China
and almost 1 000 staff members, it is an
established player in the international solar
photovoltaic community. To date, ZNShine’s
main markets have been Europe and the
United States, with offices in the USA, UK,
Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, and now
South Africa. Boasting an international
research and development team, ZNShine
strives for innovation, state-of-the-art
products and continuous improvement.
example being its Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT)
System – a combination of a photovoltaic
and a thermal system to achieve higher
efficiencies and provide heating, resulting
in a significant increase of electricity yield,
longer panel lifetime, cost savings and
stable performance under high temperature
climates. With its continuous quality
control of all production processes, it is
no surprise that ZNShine is one of the first
solar photovoltaic panel manufacturers to
be insured by PowerGuard (also insured by
Zurich, BABT, 3E, to name a few).
Dr Mokone-Matabane adds: “China has
always had an excellent relationship with
South Africa, thus it is no surprise that
it is a Chinese company (ZNShine) that
is providing a catalytic element towards
the achievement of South Africa’s socio-
economic objectives”.
Sizagraph wishes to extend its continued
gratitude to Imperial Cygnus Investments
(Pty) Ltd (“ICI”), a Johannesburg-based
renewable energy consultancy, which has
been active in the South African renewable
energy sector since 2010. ICI consults to
several multinationals wishing to enter the
South African REIPPP and as a result, has
built a strong platform of competence within
this particular field. ICI has played a pivotal
role in positioning Sizagraph as a leading
BBBEE participant in the renewable energy
sector by always providing Sizagraph with
well-researched, practical advice. ICI’s success
in establishing a high-quality assembly plant
in Cape Town for an international inverter
manufacturer is indicative of the depth of
knowledge and commercial acumen possessed
by the ICI team.
Optimists look to all the excitement.
Pessimists look to all that gets lost. They’re
both right. How you react depends on what
you have to gain versus what you have to
lose. Yet, while pessimists may be emotionally
calmed by their concerns, it will not aid them
practically. The pragmatic course is not to
hide from the change, but to approach it
head-on. This is echoed by the Sizagraph
vice-chairperson, Adv. Karen Foulkes-Jones
SC, who adds: “We have positioned ZNShine
Solar SA for long-term success. Always keep
in the back of your mind that you are going to
have to explain to somebody, someday, what
your career was about. Everything I’ve ever
done is tied to sustainability. It is great to build a
company because you want to profit. That is fine
on its own level. But it is so much more powerful
when you want to accomplish something
compelling”.
PLEASE DIRECT ALL ENQUIRIES AS FOLLOWS:
Adv. Karen Foulkes-Jones SC,Sizagraph vice-chairperson
WEBSITE: www.sizagraph.co.za
E-MAIL: [email protected]
LANDLINE: +27 (0) 11 722 9042
Advocate Karin Foulkes-Jones SC
MOBILE:
Mr Richard Johannisen +27 (0) 82 999 0888
Mr Muneeb Gambeno +27 (0) 84 587 6420
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/30. Experience gained through managing airports of different capacities has
resulted in the development of a broad pool of skills, prompting Airports Company South Africa to seek business opportunities outside South Africa. This has led to the successful partnerships in two consortiums to invest and manage Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, India (from 2006) and Guarulhos International in São Paulo, Brazil, the largest international airport in Latin America (from 2012). Each of these airports processes approximately 30 million passengers per annum.
IndiaAirports Company South Africa’s involvement at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai is a flagship demonstration of the growing economic ties between India and South Africa. It is a shining example of co-ordinating experience and skills for the benefit of two nations.
The 30-year concession started in 2006 and is in conjunction with the Airports Authority of India, a 26 percent shareholder. The first six years of the concession have already seen a positive transformation of the airport. To date, a new domestic passenger terminal was completed and inaugurated on 17 April 2010. The Southwest Pier and the overlaying of the runway intersection were also completed, as was the realignment of taxiway B1 to meet code F standards to accommodate large aircraft such as the A380.
The construction of a 24-metre wide channel for widening the Mithi river is nearing completion, while the construction of the Sahar Access Road and the new airport security force building and police station are also well underway.As a result of this successful partnership, the following accolades have been received by Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport since 2006:
• Rated the third best airport globally and second best airport in India in the 25-40 million passengers per annum category, by ACI for 2011
• Rated the best airport in India for airports above 15 million passengers per annum in the Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey carried out by Airport Council International (ACI) and ranked fourth amongst all airports globally in the 15-25 million passengers per annum category for the second quarter of 2010
• Best Managed Airport from CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards for 2009• The airport’s proposed Air Traffic Control Tower won the ‘Autodesk
Hong Kong Building Information Modeling’ Award in 2009• Frost and Sullivan Asia Pacific Aerospace and Defense Awards –
‘Aeronautical Excellence Airport of the Year’ in 2008• Voted ‘Best Airport in Public-Private Partnership’ for two
consecutive years (2006 and 2007) by the Air Passengers Association of India (APAI).
AIRPORT SOLUTIONS - WORLD-CLASS RESULTS
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai – India
BrazilAirports Company South Africa and Invepar formed a consortium that was awarded a 20-year concession in 2012 to develop, finance, operate and manage Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo, Brazil. Airports Company South Africa is primarily responsible for airport operation and management within the concessionaire. The consortium with Invepar (of which Airports Company South Africa holds 10 percent) owns 51 percent of the airport concession.
A number of milestones have already been achieved since the announcement of the successful bid winners in Brazil in April 2012. In May 2012, the concessionaire (which includes Airports Company South Africa, Invepar and Infraero) signed a contract with ANAC, the Brazilian Civil Aviation Authority. This was followed by the approval of the Operational Transition Plan (OTP) to ensure a successful transition from Infraero as the current airport operator to becoming part of the concessionaire.
Key deliverables during the transition include the uninterrupted transfer of the airport operations from Infraero to Airports Company South Africa as per the implementation timetable, as well as the assessment and improvement of the operational safety, security and environment, in line with the relevant legislation in Brazil.
Fundamental infrastructure projects are also planned for completion in March 2014, ahead of the FIFA World Cup in June 2014. One of the priorities for the next two to three years for Airports Company South Africa is to transfer skills and share experience with the Brazilians, especially from an operations perspective.
Airports Company South Africa is ideally positioned to provide the necessary expertise to assist in the transformation of existing airport infrastructure, management and service provision to world-class standards. Whether as stand-alone projects or long-term partnerships, Airports Company South Africa can make the difference.
www.airports.co.za
Guarulhos International Airport, São Paulo – Brazil
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irports Company South Africa’s
(ACSA) OR Tambo International
Airport was presented with the 2013
African Airport of the Year Award for
Airport Cargo Excellence. The award
was attained following a STAT TIMES
online survey conducted globally, over a month-
long process, among varied air cargo industry
players totalling 42 000 voting readers.
“On behalf of staff, partners and all role
players who contribute daily to our operational
efficiency at cargo division, OR Tambo
International Airport wishes to express gratitude
to all who voted for us in the STAT TIMES
survey, leading to us receiving this distinguished
accolade,” said Tebogo Mekgoe, General
Manager of OR Tambo International Airport.
STAT TIMES, an Integrated International
Transport Media entity specialising in the air
cargo industry has been organising Air Cargo
Africa exhibitions and conferences around
the world since 1986. This 2013 African
instalment of the air cargo event was held at
Ekurhuleni’s Emperors Palace from 20 to 22
February 2013.
Mekgoe concluded, “With a logistics platform
that moves more than 317 000 metric tons of
cargo in and out of all our airports, OR Tambo
International Airport wishes to acknowledge
the collaborative team effort by all ACSA
airports in South Africa, that has contributed
to this proud achievement. Though we also
emphasise that we have not even yet begun
to scratch the surface in moving bulk air cargo
across African regions, we appreciate that
what distinguishes our productivity, making our
performance special, are our superb levels of
connectivity, accessibility, and good location,
coupled with excellent air linkages supported
by a world-class port network infrastructure in
South Africa.”
ACSA – 2013 African airport of the year
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BRICS countries occupy 30% of global territory and are home to 45% of the world’s population
THE FIFTH BRICS SUMMIT. 26 – 27 MARCH 2013. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA.
“BRICS and Africa: Partnership for development, integration and industrialisation”
BRICS countries occupy 30% of global territory and are home to 45% of the world’s population
THE FIFTH BRICS SUMMIT. 26 – 27 MARCH 2013. DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA.
“BRICS and Africa: Partnership for development, integration and industrialisation”
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EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
he South African economic
structure is best defined as a
tri-pot with its most prominent
two legs being the minerals
and energy sectors. The third
leg of the tri-port is the transportation
sector. South Africa is a transport-
intensive economy – the three forming the
strategic economic MINERAL - ENERGY -
TRANSPORTATION COMPLEX (MET-C). It is
the complex combination and management
of these sectors that form a triple helix
of economic infrastructure to propel the
development, transformation and growth
necessary to unleash the socio-economic
potential of South Africa. The country has
massive domestic transport needs, but
given that South Africa is an open, trade-
based economy whose potential for growth
lies more in improving on trade, this article
focusses on the international transportation
system that supports that trade.
TRADE AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION
Trade is the lifeblood of the South African
economy, with about 60% of its wealth
measured by gross domestic product
obtained from trade (i.e. import – export
of goods and services). Maritime transport
carries about 98% of all the country’s
traded volumes of goods with all its trading
partners, including Africa; Asia; Europe; the
Americas; BRICS; and IBSA. The prospects
for growth and development of the South
African economy, given our relatively small
domestic consumption base, lies in our
ability to trade; this puts shipping in an
undeniable strategic and pivotal role in
the economy ... no shipping, no trade, no
economic growth. In trade terms, South
Africa contributes 0,7% to total global trade,
ranking number 46, but in seaborne trade
volumes traded over distances to and from
markets (tonne-mile terms), it contributes
about 5,6%, ranking between number 12 and
13 globally. South Africa is truly a sea trade
and transportation-intensive economy.
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The blue economy:BRICS maritime agenda
MARITIME SECTOR’S VISION:
To develop, grow and transform the BRICS maritime sector as the engine of economic
and social development, positioning each member state as the International Maritime
Services Centre, which provides globally competitive and efficient world-class maritime
services, supported by effective maritime security arrangements and organisations, a
competitive maritime infrastructure system, ship registry and centres of excellence in
maritime knowledge, research and innovation, thus creating decent job opportunities
through public and private enterprise development within a safe, secure and sustainable
maritime environment, beneficial to all the BRICS member states.
BY COMMANDER TSIETSI MOKHELE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER SOUTH AFRICAN MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITY (SAMSA)
BRICS SUMMIT PUBLICATION / PAGE 75
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
Merchant shipping, both coastal and
international, is intricately integrated with the
country’s commercial seaports and supported
by the inland maritime railway/road corridors
and inland terminals, which form the Maritime
Trade Gate-Way System of the South African
economy. Yet, South Africa has mostly failed
to elevate the maritime sector to a strategic
focal industry status. The country has
lacked even the basic awareness of how the
maritime sector contributes to the domestic
socio-economic well-being and holds pivotal
geo-strategic and security importance for
South Africa.
Yet, all of South Africa’s trade is conducted
on foreign ships, facilitated by services
organised in foreign jurisdictions at an annual
bill of over R120 billion (about 10% of the
total value of imports) in hard currency,
affecting our balance of payments, giving
away jobs, investment and enterprise
opportunities. With 70% of all African Union
(AU) member states being littoral, over 90%
of the intra-Africa trade as well as trade
with the rest of the world is also conducted
by sea and carried on foreign-flagged,
-owned and -operated ships, with related
services dominated by foreign companies.
This situation constitutes foreign flight and
a security risk to South Africa and African
trade.
BRICS MARITIME TRADE: AREAS
OF ENGAGEMENT AND
COOPERATION
The fifth BRICS Summit poses a unique
opportunity to engage with the main
strategic trading partners of China, India,
Russia and Brazil as well as the AU member
states in changing this status quo. The
AU has adopted the African Maritime
Transport Charter and the African Integrated
Maritime Strategy; and the Southern African
Development Community has the Protocol
on Transportation, Communications and
Meteorology. These frameworks provide
guidance on the engagements with BRICS
partners in negotiating cooperation
agreements to promote and ensure a greater
share of sea-trade benefits for South African
and African shipping and trade facilitation
services, in particular shipping companies
and related enterprises. The package of
agreements must include joint beneficial
capacity development (education, skills,
research and innovation initiatives) and
initiatives to ensure a share of jobs for South
Africans related to the trade.
INVESTMENTMENT IN THE BLUE
ECONOMY: THE BROADER MARITIME
SECTOR
South Africa is a maritime nation and a
coastal state with a long coastline, situated
on a major sea trade and shipping route,
with an enormous and competitive port
infrastructure. The country’s largest province,
the 10th Blue Province, made up of South
Africa’s national sea area – the exclusive
economic zone – is almost three times larger
than the country’s land area.
Taking full advantage of our oceans and
inland waterways is essential to national
wealth creation (jobs and enterprise
development), social progress (quality of
life/individual and community development)
and political and sustainable environmental
systems
The 10th Blue Province is host to a diverse
maritime industrial complex, rich in potential
for domestic and foreign direct investment.
South Africa’s Blue Economy consists of
shipping and trade industries; enormous
marine resources and thriving off-shore
marine resource industries in minerals;
fishing and energy (oil and gas); a beautiful
3 000-km long coastline with many vibrant
coastal towns and port cities ready to receive
investments in the cruise and maritime
tourism industries; and the naval defence
sector poised to grow in size and influence
in the African security context. Across all
these sub-sectors lies enormous marine
manufacturing, engineering, technology
and innovation potential – all forming a
true South African Blue Economy with
thousands of jobs and hundreds of enterprise
opportunities.
CONCLUSION
The fifth BRICS Summit must respond
to and lay the foundation for a BRICS
maritime agenda, which ensures mutually
beneficial agreements to facilitate joint
investments in the maritime trade of
goods and services. The priority areas of
cooperation should be in maritime trade and
shipping, the creation of opportunities to
develop and promote African ship ownership
and greater share of tonnage carrying trade
with the BRICS community and the maritime
manufacturing sector, including vessel
construction (boats, ships and offshore
structures), as well as in the area of maritime
capacity-building.
MARITIME SECTOR ENGAGEMENT AREAS:
• Cooperation in trade, ensuring fair and sustainable trade in goods and
maritime services.
• Cooperation in maritime transportation (national ship and seafarer registry
developments).
• Cooperation in infrastructure development (in shipping, offshore, ports,
multimodal hinterland linkages and inland waterways), including joint
investments in maritime industries and technologies.
• Cooperation in the establishment of a BRICS maritime bank facility.
• Cooperation in capacity-building (maritime education, training, research
and innovation).
• Cooperation in maritime security, safety and climate change.
• Cooperation on international governance and geo-maritime challenges
(effective representation and transformation of maritime-related bodies
such as the International Maritime Organisation, United Nations Convention
on the Law of the Sea and the International Seabed Authority).
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Over the past five decades the FAW Group has evolved into one of the world’s largest producers of motor vehicles comprising of passenger cars and commercial vehicles. FAW Group has its headquarters in China’s north eastern city of Changchun in Jilin Province.
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GLOBAL FOOT PRINT
The company has rapidly expanded globally, and presently vehicles are being
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Over the years, the FAW Group has successfully formed alliances with a number of international automotive manufacturers.
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South Africa is in it for the long haul”,
South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin
Gordhan stated in his recent Budget
speech. This implies a desire to create
a sustainable economy which, in
turn, requires the long-term reconstruction and
development of this country and steering “South
Africa Inc” from consumption to economic growth
that is investment-driven and creates employment. It
therefore came as no surprise that Minister Gordhan
deemed it necessary to call upon corporate South
Africa to revise their perception of the risk of doing
business in South Africa.
The call comes in the wake of the Marikana incident,
wide-spread and unprotected strikes, retrenchments
and mine closures in the mining industry. Minister
Gordhan soberly remarked that “the events in the
mining sector have brought a new sense of reality
to bear” on government. A proposed review of
the country’s mining tax policies, increasing costs,
fractious labour relations, declining production
output and the risk of mine nationalisation is the
reality that faces the South African mining industry.
It is as a result of these risks that “South Africa Inc”
is increasingly becoming a less attractive mining
investment destination mindful that we have to
still compete with other resource rich countries for
limited funding resources following the recently
demised “commodity boom”.
The macro-economic reality is that South Africa
does not possess a sufficiently skilled industry to
export itself out of its problems and is therefore
a net importer of goods with a consequent drain
on the gross domestic product of the country.
In order to increase the market value of the goods
and services produced in South Africa, continuous
foreign investment is required and this can be
facilitated by, among other measures, fostering an
investor-friendly environment for foreign direct
investment in the South African mining sector.
The mineral patrimony of this country was recently
valued to be in excess of a trillion dollars, yet South
Africa ranks behind countries like Botswana, Ghana
and Zambia.
It has often been said that foreign direct investment
in the mining sector in South Africa requires
primarily a stable political and legal regime. The
success of the mining sectors in other African
countries is largely due to the conscientious efforts
of their governments to provide regulatory certainty.
What does an investor-friendly mineral regulatory
regime entail? Based on what has been said above,
one would expect for such a regime to include the
following basic principles: efficient macro-economic
management, effective investment protection
mechanisms, the rationalisation and integration
of fragmented legislative requirements for the
grant of the suite of authorisations required to
mine, competitive mining taxes, security of tenure,
objective criteria for the grant of rights to exploit
mineral resources, limited administrative discretion, a
defined role for government and a capacitated and
responsive mining administrative department.
Prior to the promulgation of the Mineral and
Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA),
2002 nearly a decade ago, the entitlement to
mineral rights was based on a secure system of
private ownership. The MPRDA now recognises the
internationally accepted right of the State to exercise
sovereignty over South Africa’s natural resources and
sets out to promote social transformation by virtue of
the exploitation of its mineral resources through the
principle of state custodianship.
Security of tenure was maintained by the
implementation of various transitional provisions
of the MPRDA, which arguably vested in the
Minister of Mineral Resources a limited discretion
not to transition extant mineral rights into the new
regulatory regime if the mineral right holder did
not persuade the Minister that it would facilitate
the meaningful and substantial participation of
historically disadvantaged South Africans. The
Minister was required to develop a charter for the
transformation of the minerals industry, which
would provide guidance in respect of the ambit
of this noble but open-ended social-economic
objective. The terms and concepts introduced
by these documents leave much uncertainty and
scope for dispute and it is, unfortunately, difficult
to predict what a court will do when confronted
with the differences in usage and terminology in
giving meaning to the “spirit” and purport of those
documents. South Africa entered into over 40
bilateral investment treaties (BITs) to allay concerns
of foreign investors. It was recently announced that
South Africa intends to reconsider a number of BITs.
Amendments to the MPRDA have recently been
proposed, which would require any share traded in
a company owning mining assets and listed on the
JSE requiring the Minister’s prerequisite consent.
Although the Minister of Mineral Resources, Susan
Shabangu, reiterated during the annual Mining
Indaba in February that mine nationalisation is
something that her administration would never
consider, the international investor community still
responded with a call for a bolder stance in order
to restore some of the lost confidence. Countries,
such as Ghana and Zambia, with growing mining
industries, proclaimed that nationalisation would be
unconstitutional in their countries.
The average delay in being granted the suite of
authorisations (i.e. mining right, water use licence,
environmental authorisation, etc.) required to mine
is in excess of two years. In Tanzania and Ghana,
it takes less than three months. The Chamber of
Mines has called upon the Department of Mineral
Resources to legislate for the rationalisation and
integration of fragmented statutory requirements for
the grant of authorisations to mine.
Many mining executives also expressed concern
during the recent Mining Indaba that South
Africa has mooted an increased mineral resource
royalty while many other African countries are
implementing investor-friendly legislation in terms
of their own tax regimes. It has been suggested that
mining companies would need to brace themselves
for a tax on “super profits”. The mechanics of the
royalty calculation in its current form does not
allow the State to share in “super profits” as an
upper cap applies. This seems to be the current
bone of contention, and is the one fundamental
difference between the current royalty regime and
a resource rent type tax. A resource rent tax can
be described as the levying of tax on super profits
which would be triggered after a “normal” return
on investment has been achieved. “The broader
review of the tax system will consider whether this
approach is sufficiently robust and assess what the
most appropriate mining tax regime is to ensure
that South Africa remains a competitive investment
destination,” National Treasury said in documents
presented to Parliament as part of its budget.
Ultimately, the future of this country is a shared
responsibility and everyone must, according to
Minister Gordhan, “start believing in South Africa
Inc and recognise that we have a collective
future”. We can all perhaps learn from the
resourceful South African mining industry which,
amidst rising operational costs, is still a world
leader in the development of mining technology
for the optimal exploitation of mineral resources.
We do, after all, currently operate the deepest
mine in the world.
LLOYD CHRISTIE DIRECTOR EDWARD NATHAN SONNENBERGS
BriCS SummiT puBliCaTion / paGE 79
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
“Investment in mining
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enel’s growing reputation in the
global defence industry positions
itself as South Africa’s obvious
partner of choice for BRICS
companies who are extending
their business into Africa.
With a proven record for quality products
and services across the spectrum of
defence manufacturing – from landward,
to aerospace, to missile technology, to
maintenance services – Denel offers
advanced facilities, a world-class skills
pool and an unflinching commitment
to excellence, innovation, research and
development.
“Denel is excited about the many
opportunities for new business and
cooperation flowing from South Africa’s
role within the BRICS community,” says the
Group Chief Executive, Riaz Saloojee. “We
already have established joint ventures with
key defence industry players in the BRICS
countries and I am convinced that the
Durban Summit will provide even greater
exposure of the products we manufacture
and the services we provide.”
Denel Dynamics, a division within the state-
owned company is working with Brazil on
the development of the A-Darter, a short-
range air-to-air missile; Denel Aviation has
a relationship with Russian Helicopters to
provide maintenance, repair and overhaul
services to its range of products in Africa;
and Denel Aerostructures is involved in talks
with Embraer SA to manufacture parts on
future aircraft construction.
The cooperation between Denel Dynamics
and Brazil has resulted in the development of
the 5th generation A-Darter missile able to
manoeuvre at very high G-forces with lock-
on after launch capability.
The A-Darter, which will be produced in
both South Africa and Brazil, has already
completed extensive testing including guided
launches at the Denel Overberg Test Range
on the southern tip of Africa.
The Africa Aerospace and Defence Exhibition
(AAD) in September 2012 provided the
backdrop for the signing of an agreement
between Denel and Russian Helicopters. In
terms of this, Denel Aviation will, in future,
be responsible for maintenance and repair
services on helicopters produced by Russian
Helicopters on the African continent.
“We are delighted to have relations with
one of the world’s leading manufacturers of
rotary wing aircraft and are looking forward
to extend this relationship in the future,” says
Mr Saloojee.
With Russian Helicopters expanding its
presence in Africa Denel Aviation provides
a world-class facility and highly-skilled
engineering and technical base to support its
products.
Denel Aerostructures (DAe) recently visited
Brazil as part of a South African trade
mission to its BRICS partner. The visit included
meetings with senior executives of Embraer
who were briefed about the company’s unique
capabilities in the design, industrialisation
and manufacturing of complex composite and
metallic aircraft structures.
Mr Saloojee says Denel’s strategic location
in Africa makes it an ideal partner for
companies in the BRICS group looking to
expand their business in the defence and
high-technology arenas.
“This is the experience, the capacity and the
quality of service that Denel now also offers
to companies in the BRICS group,” says Mr
Saloojee.
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“ How much is a chocolate cone ice cream?” he asks
“ R5” the lady answers rudely.
He only has R5 and ponders whether he should spend all of it on ice-cream.
“How much is the Vanilla?”
“R3” answers the lady, visibly annoyed.
Little Themba counts with his tiny fi ngers and buys the R3 ice cream.
He walks out with a big smile on his face.
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The National Film and Video Foundation is proud to play a critical role in helping South African fi lmmakers develop and tell their stories through fi lm. To fi nd out more visit www.nfvf.co.za
Department Of Arts And Culture
an agency of the
SOUTH AFRICA
Bringing South African stories to life.
BRICS. The birth of a movie hub.
South Africa has made great strides in producing great fi lms some of which have gone on to win prestigious inter-national awards. As South Africa moves to partner fellow BRICS nations in co-fi nancing and co-producing joint fi lm projects, local fi lmmakers will now have the opportunity to reach even more global audiences.
With a combined population of over 3billion people, the BRICS nations provide a potentially massive platform for South African fi lmmakers to tell their stories.
Department Of Arts And Culture
an agency of the
SOUTH AFRICA
Bringing South African stories to life.
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South Africa film industry in the
t the fifth BRICS Summit, one
of the key areas of focus is the
South African film and television
industry. The South African
industry started from a small base
and now boasts a highly skilled, business-
minded and globally competitive industry,
backed by government.
The National Film and Video Foundation
(NFVF) is a statutory body mandated by
Parliament to spearhead the development
and promotion of the South African film and
television industry.
NFVF CEO, Zama Mkosi says that the industry
has made significant strides over the last few
years. “We have seen many new developments,
for instance the rebate for post-production
from the dti (Department of Trade and
Industry), the recognition of South Africa on
the world stage and numerous international
accolades. Particularly significant is the
increase in the number of South African films
produced. In the last few years around 20-25
films have been produced annually. We are
excited by the direction in which the industry
is moving but there are various challenges that
need to be overcome.”
A major challenge is to increase the levels
of funding and investment in the industry.
Mkosi explains that at this stage the industry
is largely funded by government and related
agencies. “In order to grow the industry, we
need to see more private-sector investment.”
She points out that one of the major reasons
why the private sector is reticent to invest
is due to the lack of comparative figures or
information. The NFVF recently commissioned
Deloitte and Touche to conduct an in-depth
economic assessment study of the film
industry, the study should provide the industry,
government and the business sector with
statistics that will help develop appropriate
strategies for facilitating development of the
film sector and to enhance their contributions
to the gross domestic product and show the
sector as an important player in the economy
The study was expected to be completed by
March and will make information regarding
investment benefits accessible to the private
sector. Mkosi states: “As the NFVF, we want
to contribute and broaden the investment
landscape.”
One of the major developments has been
the signing of eight co-production treaties
(Canada, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom,
France, New Zealand, Australia and Ireland).
Mkosi maintains that these treaties offer both
local and international companies considerable
investment and creative opportunities. “They
play a huge part in developing the industry
and creating international networks, while
developing and harnessing the skills of the
local crew. We need to utilise more of these
treaties as this would then increase the
number of South African producers entering
into co-productions. The treaties are also not
utilised correctly to create long-term benefits
for the country.” One of the major benefits of
the co-production is that the South African
story gets to travel to other countries.
To attract foreign production to South Africa
and promote the industry, the NFVF attends
various film festivals around the world. Mkosi
says that this is critical in terms of remaining in
the public eye. “We aim to market South Africa
as a world-class film destination. The dti has
contributed greatly through their incentives.
“Over the past two years, since the Cape
Town Film Studios (CTFS) opened, we
have seen major Hollywood and other big
international players shoot on our shores. It is
important that South Africa attracts foreign
direct investment into the country
and therefore it is paramount that the
country be seen as a player in the global
entertainment industry.”
Transformation is also high on the list of
priorities of the NFVF. Mkosi explains that
transformation is viewed from all levels from
training, funding and creating access to film.
“Film cannot be relegated to a select few
and needs to be accessible to all. We support
training through various programmes and
offer numerous bursaries to the previously
disadvantaged.”
She emphasises that the film industry is
like any business: it needs to be sustainable
and viewed on a long-term basis. “While
government will continue to support the
industry, it is the responsibility of the
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
spotlightA
Zama Mkosi, CEO of NFVF
filmmakers and producers of content
to ensure that there are financial and
economic returns.”
INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE
The South African film industry has an
impressive number of production companies
catering for international service work, co-
productions and local productions. It has been
referred to as one of the best places in the
world to shoot due to the dti rebate, diversity
of locations, weather, infrastructure and highly
skilled crew.
Chris Roland of ZenHQ Films, who has been
involved in the industry for many years
and has produced numerous international
productions, says both South African and
international producers have a wide selection
of countries to choose from when entering
or looking for co-production partners. “In
South Africa, the dti’s incentive is competitive
globally, soft and very well-managed, making
it an attractive proposition. The growth of
the industry, sustained employment and
the number of non-treaty and treaty co-
productions is a direct result of the dti rebate.”
Vlokkie Gordon of Film Afrika, which has
serviced numerous high-end Hollywood
productions, says that South Africa is very well
positioned for continued growth. “There are
many benefits for shooting here, including the
increased rebate for service film companies
and the addition of the post-production
rebate. The CTFS also offers a world-class
facility and we are currently shooting the
Starz Production/Michel Bay television series
there. Out there, South Africa is on every
producer’s lips.”
Dezi Rorich of Metal Moon Publicity has been
involved in the film industry for 25 years. She
says that on her recent trip to Hollywood,
where she promotes the industry together
with LA-based MediaXchange, she discovered
that around 50% of the producers she spoke
with had projects heading to South Africa
this year. “This has a knock-on effect of
employment, skills and economic benefits.
The other great and long-awaited news is that
America wants stories that emanate outside of
US borders.”
The CTFS, which the Hollywood Reporter ranked
as the top seven state-of-the-art facilities of
its kind in the world, has gained international
reputation. The studios have hosted a number
of high-profile international films, including Mad
Max: Fury Road (Warner Brothers), Chronicle
(20th Century Fox) and Safe House (Universal
Studios).
Nico Dekker, CEO of CTFS, comments that they
were astonished by figures released by the dti
regarding productions that were hosted by the
studios. “It showed that since December 2010,
productions have spent R1,3 billion indirect
expenditure in South Africa and mostly
in the Western Cape. Using an economic
multiplier of 2,5, this translates into an impact
on the economy of R3,25 billion. The job
opportunities also contribute significantly with
no less than 29 000 people being employed
on these productions.”
In 2013, there will be over 20 local films
released through the main distributors Ster
Kinekor, Nu Metro, UIP and Indigenous Film.
Doug Place, marketing manager of Ster
Kinekor Theatres, South Africa’s largest
distributor, says that they are releasing a
dozen South African films this year. “There
are too many to name but the bigger titles
are Spud 2 and Lien Se Lankstaan Skoene. We
expect a robust box office performance for
local films.”
Helen Kuun, CEO of Indigenous Film, an
independent distribution company, explains: “We
will be releasing numerous local titles this year.
The biggest challenge is for filmmakers to be
aware of what goes on the big screen and what
is for TV or DVD only. All films are not suited for
all platforms and just because a film was made
does not mean it will manage to hold a screen.”
Nu Metro will also distribute numerous local
titles, says Ricky Human, General Manger. “We
are releasing a variety of South African films.
With the successes of films like Semi-Soet,
Liefling, Spud, Material, Die Wonderwerker and
recently released animation film Adventures of
Zambezia, which achieved in excess of
R5 million at the box office, there is definitely
a revival in the local film industry.”
BRICS SUMMIT PUBLICATION / PAGE 85
EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
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member municipalities tasked with
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Established in 1996 the South
African Local Government
Association serves as the
representative voice for 278
member municipalities tasked with
four main functions:
• Torepresent,promoteand
protect the interests of local
government
• Totransformlocalgovernment
tofulfilitsdevelopmentalrole
• Raisetheprofileoflocal
government
• Ensurethefullparticipationof
women in local government
• Developcapacityin
municipalities
• Toactasanemployerbodyon
behalf of municipalities
SALGAinterfaceswithParliament,
the National Council of Provinces
(NCOP),Cabinetaswellas
provincial legislatures.
Ourvisionistobeconsultative,
informed,mandated,credibleand
accountable in our quest to be an
association that is relevant to its
members,thatisatthecuttingedge
ofqualityandsustainableservices.
South African Local Government AssociationSALGA
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EASTERN CAPE
The region boasts remarkable natural diversity, ranging
from the dry, desolate Great Karoo to the lush forests of the
Wild Coast and the Keiskamma Valley; the fertile Langkloof,
renowned for its rich apple harvests; and the mountainous
southern Drakensberg region at Elliot.
In the Eastern Cape, various floral habitats meet. Along the
coast, the northern tropical forests intermingle with the more
temperate woods of the south.
The province is serviced by airports situated in Port Elizabeth,
East London, Mthatha and Bhisho.
TOURISM
The Eastern Cape is the only province in South Africa, and
one of the few places on Earth, where all seven biomes (major
vegetation types) converge.
Key attractions
• The rugged beauty of the Wild Coast, including
Hole-in-the-Wall.
• Port Elizabeth, the sunshine capital of the Eastern Cape, with
its friendly people and excellent beaches.
• The Red Location Museum of the People’s Struggle in
New Brighton, Port Elizabeth – winner of several international
awards.
• The village of Qunu, where former President Mandela grew
up and which now features the Nelson Mandela Museum.
• The world’s highest bungee jump (216 m) at the Bloukrans
Bridge over the Storms River.
The Eastern Cape, lying on the south-eastern South African coast, is a region of great natural beauty, particularly the rugged cliffs, rough seas and dense green bush of the stretch known as the Wild Coast.
PROVINCES
BRICS SUMMIT PUBLICATION / PAGE 89
• Varied game reserves, including the Addo Elephant, Mountain
Zebra and Mkambati parks.
Capital: Bhisho
Principal languages:
isiXhosa 83,4%
Afrikaans 9,3%
English 3,6%
Population: 6 562 053 (Census 2011)
% share of total population: 12,7%
Area: 169 580 km2
% of total area: 13,9%
(Acknowledgement: Pocket Guide to South Africa, Published by
the Government Communication and Information System)
www.ecprov.gov.za
WEBSITE:
PROVINCES
hina’s leading auto manufacturer,
First Automobile Works (FAW),
has begun construction on
a US$100-million truck and
passenger car plant at the Coega
Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) in South
Africa’s Eastern Cape province.
Officials from FAW recently signed a contract
with the Coega Development Corporation to
mark the beginning of construction at the IDZ
near Port Elizabeth.
“FAW’s decision to build the plant in South Africa
is significant, as it will be one of the biggest
manufacturing investments by China in the
country so far,” Coega Development Corporation
spokesperson Ayanda Vilakazi said recently.
“FAW’s arrival in the Eastern Cape adds to the
existing list of automobile manufacturers already
in the province, including Volkswagen, General
Motors and Mercedes-Benz,” Vilakazi added.
500 new jobs in the first phase
Initial construction of the plant will cover 400 000
square metres and cost R200 million.
The plant is expected to produce 5 000 trucks
annually, as well as light commercial vehicles
and passenger cars. In its first phase, the plant
is expected to create 500 permanent jobs for
people in the province.
Once completed, the truck assembly facility
is expected to create a further 500 to 800
jobs, with more jobs being created when the
company starts producing an additional 30 000
passenger vehicles annually.
“We welcome the private sector’s investment
of billions of rands that will provide
desperately-needed job opportunities,
while also helping to address poverty and
inequality in the province,” Eastern Cape
Premier Noxolo Kiviet said during the sod-
turning ceremony.
Coega’s added inCentives
Kiviet said the South African Government’s
efforts to develop infrastructure in the province
was pivotal in securing FAW’s investment.
Vilakazi said FAW’s decision to invest in the
province was prompted by Coega’s location,
the proximity of the Port of Ngqura, the
logistical solutions available, the availability
of skills in the Nelson Mandela Bay
Metropolitan area, and support mechanisms
offered by Coega.
Since entering the market in 1984, FAW
has produced 16 million vehicles and has
consistently been a Fortune 500 company.
FAW is China’s leading exporter of vehicles, and
has joint venture operations with many of the
world’s leading vehicle manufacturers, including
Volkswagen, Toyota and Mazda.
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EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTION
outh Africa’s hosting of the BRICS Summit is an
enormous marketing opportunity for the Republic as
part of boosting the economy and creating jobs. Tourism
is one of the country’s six job drivers in terms of the New
Growth Path, the economic strategy within the umbrella
of the National Development Plan.
The considerable investment by the South African Government and
the private sector in the tourism industry and the continued targeted
marketing around the world, are beginning to pay off. Recent tourism
figures indicate that South Africa continues to be an attractive
international tourism destination.
Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk has announced that the
months from January until October 2012 showed an increase of
10,4%, with 7 535 498 tourist arrivals compared to 6 823 517 tourist
arrivals for the same period in the previous year. A total of 204
247 tourists from Germany visited South Africa from January to
October 2012. This represents an increase of 12,2% compared to the
corresponding period in 2011. Germany is one of the key traditional
overseas markets for travel to South Africa, with the United States of
America and the United Kingdom taking the lead.
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation indicates that global
tourism growth was 4% in 2012, which means that South African
tourism grew above the global rate of tourism growth.
Encouragingly, growth from emerging markets is especially
impressive, with Asian tourist arrivals having grown 36,9% up to
the end of September 2012, driven by growth of 63,5% from China
and 18,3% from India. Regional African tourist arrivals are also doing
extremely well, growing by 8,7% overall, with 25,5% growth from
Angola and 17,9% growth from Nigeria notable highlights.
Foreign direct spend from international tourists between January and
September 2012 was R53,4 billion.
The South African Reserve Bank reported that travel receipts increased
again in the second quarter of 2012, rising by R5 billion to R83,5 billion.
This is an all-time record high, and now far exceeds the level of travel
receipts recorded at the time of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM.
The Reserve Bank further reported that “spending by non-resident
visitors in South Africa rose for the fifth consecutive quarter in the
second quarter of 2012, assisting in the containment of the overall
deficit on the services account”.
For the next five years, South Africa has already secured over
200 international conferences, which are estimated to attract about
300 000 delegates and provide an economic boost of more than R1,6
billion for the economy. In 2011, according to our departure survey,
South Africa received 392 000 business travellers, of whom 140 000
were pure meetings, incentive, conference and events delegates.
South Africa –
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an attractive international tourism destination
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Between the Vaal River in the north and the Orange River in the
south, this immense rolling prairie stretches as far as the eye
can see.
The capital, Bloemfontein, houses the Supreme Court of Appeal, a
leading university and some top schools.
Mining, particularly gold, is the biggest employer, followed by
manufacturing.
A gold reef of over 400 km stretches across Gauteng and the Free State.
The province accounts for 30% of South Africa’s total gold
production, and contributes significant amounts of silver,
bituminous coal and diamonds.
Known as the “bread basket” of South Africa, about 90% of the
province is under cultivation for crop production.
TOURISM
The Eerste Raadsaal in Bloemfontein (First Parliament Building) was
built in 1849 as a school and is the city’s oldest surviving building
that is still in its original condition. It is still used as the seat of the
Provincial Legislature.
The National Women’s Memorial is a sandstone obelisk, 36,5 m
high, which commemorates the women and children who died in
concentration camps during the Anglo-Boer/South African War.
Key attractions
• Clarens is surrounded by spectacular scenery and boasts many
art galleries.
• The Golden Gate Highlands National Park outside Clarens has
beautiful sandstone rock formations.
The Free State, a province of wide horizons and blue skies, farmland, mountains, goldfields and widely dispersed towns, lies in the heart of South Africa.
FREE STATEPROVINCES
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• The King’s Park Rose Garden in Bloemfontein boasts more than
4 000 rose bushes.
• The Vredefort Dome, a world heritage site, is the oldest and
largest meteorite impact site in the world. It was formed about
two billion years ago when a giant meteorite hit the Earth.
Capital: Bloemfontein
Principal languages:
Sesotho 64,4%
Afrikaans 11,9%
isiXhosa 9,1%
Population: 2 745 590 (Census 2011)
% share of total population: 5,46%
Area: 129 480 km2
% of total area: 10,6%
(Acknowledgement: Pocket Guide to South Africa, Published by
the Government Communication and Information System)
www.freestateonline.fs.gov.za
WEBSITE:
PROVINCES
Gauteng is also the financial-services capital of Africa, as more than 70
foreign banks have their head offices in the province, as do at least the
same number of South African banks, stockbrokers and insurance giants.
Financial and business services, logistics, manufacturing, property,
telecommunications and trade are some of the most important
economic sectors.
Johannesburg, nicknamed “Egoli” (Place of Gold), is the capital of the
province and a city of contrasts. South of Johannesburg is Soweto.
There are 159 mines – 44 of them gold mines – in Gauteng, that
together account for a quarter of South Africa’s total mineral
production. Most of the mining is for gold – 80% of Gauteng’s output.
Most overseas visitors enter South Africa via OR Tambo
International Airport.
Some 50 km north of Johannesburg lies Pretoria, the administrative
capital of South Africa and home to the Union Buildings.
The Gautrain started running in June 2010 and now carries
passengers between Johannesburg and Pretoria in less than
40 minutes.
Gauteng is the economic centre of South Africa and the continent, responsible for over 34,8% of the country’s total gross domestic product (GDP), although it is the smallest of South Africa’s nine provinces.
GAUTENGPROVINCES
www.gautengonline.gov.za
WEBSITE:
PROVINCES
TOURISM
Gauteng, the economic heart of southern Africa, offers a
vibrant business environment and many tourist attractions,
including a rainbow of ecological and cultural diversity.
Key attractions
• The Vaal Dam covers some 300 km2 and is a popular venue for
water sport. Numerous resorts line the shore. The dam is also
popular with birders and anglers.
• The Sterkfontein caves near Krugersdorp are the site of the
discovery of the skull of the famous Mrs Ples, an estimated
2,5-million-year-old hominid fossil; and Little Foot, an almost
complete hominid skeleton of more than 3,3 million years old.
• The Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden has a 70-m high
waterfall, stunning indigenous plant displays and a breeding pair
of black eagles.
• There is a ring of hills a kilometre in diameter and 100 m high
just 40 km north of Pretoria. These hills are the walls of the
Tswaing Meteorite Crater, left by an asteroid
200 000 years ago.
• The National Zoological Gardens in Pretoria is considered one of
the 10 best in the world.
• The Constitution Hill Precinct is set to become one of South
Africa’s most popular landmarks.
• The old mining town of Cullinan is where the world’s biggest
diamond, the 3 106-carat Cullinan diamond, was found.
• A guided tour of Soweto leaves a lasting impression of this vast
community’s life and struggle against apartheid.
• The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg tells the story of the
legacy of apartheid through photographs, film and artefacts.
• The Union Buildings in Pretoria was the venue for the
inauguration of presidents Mandela, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob
Zuma.
Capital: Johannesburg
Principal languages:
isiZulu 21,5%
Afrikaans 14,4%
Sesotho 13,1%
English 12,5%
Population: 12 272 263 (Census, 2011)
% share of the total population: 23,7%
Area: 17 010 km2
% of total area: 1,4%
(Acknowledgement: Pocket Guide to South Africa, Published by
the Government Communication and Information System)
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DESTINATION JOBURG Tourism is a vital part of the city’s economic growth agenda and plays an important role in encouraging the development of the SMME sector. It stimulates the growth and development of a vibrant second economy, in line with Johannesburg’s Growth and Development Strategy, the Joburg 2040 (www.joburg.org.za/gds2040).
The City’s leadership remains focused on positioning Johannesburg not only as the continent’s leading business hub and vibrant all year round leisure and lifestyle destination, but also offering plenty of opportunities as a base for viable tourism investments.
The Lanseria precinct and Midrand Business District are just two key tourism investment areas which have been identified for this purpose. Significant projects include the development opportunities of:
• World-class accommodation facilities• State-of-the-art meeting venues• Professional hospitality services encompassing transport, training, amenities, suppliers, entertainment, gambling and cuisine
For more information contact the City’s Economic Development team via email: Reginald Pholo [email protected]
www.joburgtourism.com [email protected]
Tel: +27 11 214 0700
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ohannesburg’s reputation as a premier
destination for international business
conferences and exhibitions will
be reinforced this year as it hosts
three global summits. As one of the
fastest-growing commercial cities in Africa,
Johannesburg boast world-class conferencing
facilities and ITC infrastructure. In association
with stakeholders, the Johannesburg Convention
Bureau and the Johannesburg Tourism Company
is aiming to grow business tourism through the
hosting of global summits in the city.
The C40 Summit on Climate change will take
place in June 2013, bringing together global
leaders, activists and innovators to discuss
environmental issues relating to the urban
environment. C40 is a group of 59 major
cities which share knowledge and experience
on the environment, climate change and the
sustainable management of resources. It is
currently chaired by New York Mayor Michael
Bloomberg and supported by the Clinton
Climate Initiative.
Mayors and decision-makers from the world’s
largest cities will converge in Johannesburg
this year for the annual meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Metropolis organisation.
The meeting of Metropolis will be the most
important gathering yet of representatives
of major metropolitan areas to discuss issues
regarding the impact of urbanisation on the
world. The five-day event will take place in July
2013 and coincide with a meeting of the Forum
of Metropolitan Mayors.
In October this year, Joburg will play host to
the One Young World Summit, a global forum
of young leaders which is expected to attract
some 1 000 delegates from every continent. One
Young World was established in 2010 to ensure
issues affecting the youth are receiving global
attention. Among its patrons are Archbishop
Desmond Tutu and former UN Secretary-
General, Kofi Annan. Young leaders can now
apply to attend the next One Young World
Summit, which takes place in Johannesburg,
South Africa, 2-5 October 2013. One Young
World delegates are 18-30 years old and have
demonstrated their leadership potential. Many
have already had an impact in their home
countries on a range of issues, including the role
of business in society, transparency in business
and government, the impact of climate change
and global health and hunger relief. Visit www.
oneyoungworld.com for more details.
This year, the City of Johannesburg’s
Department of Economic Development is
also organising the first Buy Sell Invest Visit
Conference and Expo in April 2013.
“Johannesburg is continuing to grow as one
of the preferred conferencing and investment
destinations and as part of the City of
Johannesburg’s 2040 Strategy, we will remain
to grow business tourism and conferencing as
a key investment area,” said Mr Ruby Mathang,
MMC for Economic Development, City of
Johannesburg.
Other conferences lined-up for Johannesburg
include:
2013
• World Credit Congress (14 - 16 May)
• Pan-African Franchise Federation Conference
(9 - 10 May)
• Pan Pacific Association Business Congress
(3 - 6 June)
• Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants (CIMA) Global Challenge
(26 – 30 August)
• 59th Commonwealth Parliamentary
Association Congress
(28 August - 6 September)
• 26th International Council of Management
Consulting Institutes (23 - 28 September)
• World Agility Championships
(10 – 13 October)
• WADA (World Anti Doping Agency)
Congress (9 - 6 November).
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Washed by the warm Indian Ocean, it stretches from Port Edward
in the south, and northwards to the Mozambique boundary.
In addition to the magnificent coastline, the province also boasts
sweeping savanna in the east, and the majestic Drakensberg
mountain range in the west.
Visitors to KwaZulu-Natal can disembark at the King Shaka
International Airport, which opened in April 2010. Alternatively,
they can make use of the extensive national road network.
The forestry, wood and wood products sector enables KwaZulu-
Natal to participate in various associated businesses such as
furniture-making.
TOURISM
Also known as the Zulu Kingdom, KwaZulu-Natal is a combination
of natural wonders, fascinating culture and ultramodern facilities.
Durban’s Golden Mile skirts the main beaches of the Indian Ocean.
Drawcards include an amusement centre, paddling pools, paved
walkways and fountains.
Key attractions
• The uShaka Marine World theme park comprises an oceanarium,
dolphinarium and oceanographic research institute situated on
Durban’s Point.
• Spot dolphins or laze the days away on the coastline between
the Umdloti and Tugela rivers – the Dolphin Coast.
• The Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, one of the largest gameparks in
South Africa, is home to the Big Five, as well as cheetah and
wild dogs.
KwaZulu-Natal is one of the country’s most popular holiday destinations. This verdant region includes South Africa’s lush subtropical east coast.
KWAZULU-NATAL
PROVINCES
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• The eMakhosini Valley, birthplace of King Shaka, and the
Valley of Zulu Kings give visitors insight into the Zulu
nation’s history and culture.
• The iSimangaliso Wetland Park is one of the highest
forested dunes in the world, and has an abundance of fish
and birds.
• The Royal Natal National Park offers many scenic
highlights, including the Amphitheatre, Mont-aux-Sources
and the Tugela falls.
• The Battlefields Route in northern KwaZulu-Natal has the
highest concentration of battlefields and related military
sites in South Africa.
• Every year around June or July, millions of sardines
leave their home on the Agulhas banks and move up to
the coast of Mozambique. Thousands of dolphins, Cape
gannets, sharks and game fish follow the “sardine run”
northwards.
www.kznonline.gov.za
WEBSITE:
PROVINCES
Capital: Pietermaritzburg
Principal languages:
isiZulu 80,9%
English 13,6%
Afrikaans 1,5%
Population: 10 267 300 (Census 2011)
% share of the total population: 19,8%
Area: 92 100 km2
% of total area: 7,6%
(Acknowledgement: Pocket Guide to South Africa, Published by the
Government Communication and Information System)
Named after the Limpopo River that flows along its northern
border, the province is rich in wildlife, spectacular scenery and a
wealth of historical and cultural treasures.
This province is in the Savanna Biome, an area of mixed
grassland and trees, which is generally known as bushveld. The
province’s natural resources include more than 50 provincial
reserves, as well as several private game reserves. The largest
section of the Kruger National Park is situated along the eastern
boundary of Limpopo with Mozambique.
TOURISM
Limpopo is well endowed with cultural diversity, historical sites
and tourist attractions, and is an excellent destination for get-
away-from-it-all luxury holidays in the bush.
Key attractions
• The Mokopane vicinity has several nature reserves. The Arend
Dieperink Museum offers a fine cultural-historical collection,
while the Makapan caves are famous for their fossils. The
Makapan Valley is the only cultural-heritage site of its kind. It
reflects the history of the Ndebele people and resistance wars
Taking its name from the mighty Limpopo River, this is South Africa’s northernmost province. Mining is alarge part of the economy, as istourism and the cultivation ofsubtropical fruits.
PROVINCES
LIMPOPO
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dating back 151 years. The fossil hominid sites of Sterkfontein
include Makapan Valley.
• With its outstanding game reserves, the Thabazimbi district is
one of the fastest-growing ecotourism areas in South Africa.
• Bela-Bela is well known among South Africans, and
increasingly foreigners, for its hot-water springs, fun water
slides and scenery.
• The Waterberg mountain range is rich in indigenous trees,
streams, springs, wetlands, birdlife and dramatic vistas.
• The Modjadji Nature Reserve, north of Tzaneen, is named
after the legendary rain queen, Modjadji, who inspired Rider
Haggard’s She.
• Phalaborwa has one of the country’s top-rated golf courses –
just watch out for animals on the fairways.
• The Schoemansdal Voortrekker Town and Museum, a short
drive west of Makhado, are built on the site of an original
Voortrekker village and depict their lifestyle in the mid-18th
century. www.limpopo.gov.za
WEBSITE:
PROVINCES
Capital: Polokwane
Principal languages:
Sesotho sa leboa 52,1%
Xitsonga 22,4%
Tshivenda 15,9%
Population: 5 404 868 (census, 2011)
% Share of the total population: 10,98%
Area: 123 910 km2
% of total area: 10,4%
(Acknowledgement: Pocket Guide to South Africa, Published
by the Government Communication and Information System)
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The area has a network of excellent roads and railway connections,
making it highly accessible.
Because of its popularity as a tourist destination, Mpumalanga is also
served by a number of small airports, such as the Kruger Mpumalanga
International Airport.
Mbombela (Nelspruit) is the capital of the province, and the
administrative and business centre of the Lowveld. Other important
towns are eMalahleni (previously Witbank), Standerton, Piet Retief,
Malelane, Ermelo, Barberton and Sabie.
Mpumalanga falls mainly within the Grassland Biome. The escarpment
and the Lowveld form a transitional zone between this grassland area
and the Savanna Biome.
TOURISM
Mpumalanga lies in the north-eastern part of South Africa, bordered
by Mozambique to the east and the Kingdom of Swaziland to the
south-east. Scenic beauty and wildlife are abundant.
Key attractions
• Historical sites and villages, old wagon routes and monuments
mark the lives of the characters who came to Mpumalanga seeking
their fortune. The town of Pilgrim’s Rest is a living monument
reflecting the region’s gold-fever period.
• The Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve near Graskop has striking
rock formations and a rich diversity of plants.
• Within the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, the Bourke’s Luck
potholes were formed by river erosion and the action of flood
water. The spectacular Blyde River Canyon is a 26-km long gorge
carved out of the face of the escarpment. It is the world’s third-
largest canyon and the only green canyon.
Mpumalanga means “Place Where the Sun Rises”. Due to the province’s spectacular scenic beauty and abundance of wildlife, it is one of South Africa’s major tourist destinations.
MPUMALANGAPROVINCES
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• The region includes the southern section of the Kruger National
Park, which draws a million visitors yearly.
• An annual frog-watching festival is held at Chrissiesmeer, South
Africa’s largest freshwater lake.
• Dullstroom is popular with trout- and fly-fishing enthusiasts.
Capital: Mbombela (Nelspruit)
Principal languages:
siSwati 30,8%
isiZulu 26,4%
isiNdebele 12,1%
Population: 4 039 939 (Census, 2011)
% share of the total population: 7,8%
Area: 79 490 km2
% of total area: 6,5%
(Acknowledgement: Pocket Guide to South Africa, Published by
the Government Communication and Information System)
www.mpumalanga.gov.za
WEBSITE:
PROVINCES
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NORTHERN CAPE
The Northern Cape is the largest province in South Africa, (slightly
bigger than Germany) – taking up almost a third of the country’s total
land area.
The province is noted for its San rock art, diamond diggings, 4x4
safaris and the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. It is a vast stretch of
semi-desert land.
The distance from the capital, Kimberley, on the eastern border to
Springbok in the west, is more than 900 km. It is a large, dry region of
fluctuating temperatures and varying topographies.
The Northern Cape lies to the south of the Orange River, which
provides the basis for a healthy agricultural industry.
Away from the Orange, the landscape is characterised by vast arid
plains with outcroppings of rock piles.
The province is renowned for its spectacular display of spring flowers,
which, for a short period every year, attracts thousands of tourists.
Agriculture is one of the mainstay sectors of the Northern Cape’s
economy and is therefore critical in economic planning.
TOURISM
The Augrabies Falls National Park, with its magnificent falls
pressing through a narrow rock ravine, remains the main
attraction of the Northern Cape. Game drives reveal a variety of
birdlife and animals such as klipspringer, steenbok, wild cats and
otters.
Key attractions
• The Kimberley Mine Museum is South Africa’s largest full-
scale open-air museum. Underground mine tours are a big
attraction. The Freddy Tate Golf Museum at the Kimberley
The Northern Cape, the largest and leastpopulated of South Africa’s nine provinces is famous for its diamonds. An extensive fishing industry occurs on the Atlantic coast.
PROVINCES
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www.northern-cape.gov.za
WEBSITE:
PROVINCES
Golf Club was the first golfing museum in Africa. The Kimberley
Ghost Trail has become a popular tourist attraction.
• The Robert Sobukwe House in Galeshewe was once the residence
of Sobukwe, an important figure in South African history and a
major role player in the rise of African political consciousness.
• The Orange River Wine Cellars Coop in Upington offers
wine-tastings and cellar tours. The South African Dried Fruit
Cooperative is the second-largest in the world.
• Moffat’s Mission in Kuruman is a tranquil place, featuring the
house of missionary Robert Moffat, whose son-in-law was
explorer David Livingstone.
• Namaqualand, the land of the Nama and San people, puts on a
spectacular show in spring when its floral splendour covers vast
tracts of desert in a riot of colour.
• A cultural centre at Wildebeestkuil outside Kimberley features
!Xun and Khwe artwork for sale and a tour of rock engravings by
these indigenous people.
• The 100-m high, 9-km long and 2-km wide white sand dune at the
Witsand Nature Reserve near Postmasburg should not be missed.
Capital: Kimberley
Principal languages:
Afrikaans 68%
Setswana 20,8%
isiXhosa 2,5%
Population: 1 145 861 (Census, 2011)
% share of the total population: 2,2%
Area: 361 830 km2
% of total area: 29,7%
(Acknowledgement: Pocket Guide to South Africa, Published by the
Government Communication and Information System)
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NORTHERN CAPE DIAMOND STRATEGY
The intent of the diamond strategy is to localise maximum benefit of the diamond pipeline and to render services to enable Africa to fulfil its socio-economic responsibilities. The objective is to establish a Centre of Excellence for:
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KIMBERLEY DIAMOND AND JEWELLERY HUB
The purpose of the Hub is to create a competitive advantage for local beneficiation in an incentivised area that will attract local and foreign beneficiators who will cut and polish diamonds and manufacture jewellery for export and local markets. The Hub will provide the industry with an internationally competitive, serviced, secure and incentivised facility in Kimberley. Investment OpportunitiesKimberley International Diamond and Jewellery Academy
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NORTHERN CAPE DIAMOND STRATEGY
The intent of the diamond strategy is to localise maximum benefit of the diamond pipeline and to render services to enable Africa to fulfil its socio-economic responsibilities. The objective is to establish a Centre of Excellence for:
• DiamondCuttingandPolishing• JewelleryManufacturing• IndustryRelatedServices
KIMBERLEY DIAMOND AND JEWELLERY HUB
The purpose of the Hub is to create a competitive advantage for local beneficiation in an incentivised area that will attract local and foreign beneficiators who will cut and polish diamonds and manufacture jewellery for export and local markets. The Hub will provide the industry with an internationally competitive, serviced, secure and incentivised facility in Kimberley. Investment OpportunitiesKimberley International Diamond and Jewellery Academy
• ToestablishaResearch,TechnologyandInnovationcentre• ToestablishaDiamondandJewelleryincubationcentre• Jointventurepartnershipsintermsofspecialisttrainers(mastercutters)
Kimberley Diamond and Jewellery Hub• CuttingandPolishingforexportandlocalmarkets• Jewellerymanufacturingforexportandlocalmarkets• DiamondTrading• DiamondandJewelleryrelatedservices
www.experiencenortherncape.com
Private Bag X6108, Kimberley, South Africa, 8300 TEL:+27(0)538394067•FAX:+27(0)538311141Contact Felicity Links - E-mail: [email protected]
According to the latest Merrill Lynch and Capgemini annual report, sub-Saharan economies are currently amongst the fastest growing in the world. The Northern Cape Province is the largest province in South Africa and offers create investment opportunities in various thriving industries, including mining and mineral processing, agriculture and agro-processing, fishing and mariculture, manufacturing and value-added processing.
It is located in the western part of South Africa and borders in the north-west with Namibia. It consists of five district municipalities and 26 local municipalities. The geo-graphical area of the province is 362 591.41square kilometres, covering just over 30% of South Africa.
MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSINGThe vibrant mining and agricultural industries in the Northern Cape are the dominant economic contributors with the mining sector responsible for 26,1% of the provincial GDP, while the agricultural sector remaining the biggest employer and generating 7,4% of the GDP for the Northern Cape.
The vast mineral wealth of the Northern Cape continues to create extensive development and mineral beneficiation opportunities with major mining expansion on the cards for the John Taolo Gaetsewe district. In the previous financial year, the province allocated R26-million to the development of the Kimberley Diamond and Jewellery Hub. Kimberley remains the diamond capital of the country with 95% of diamond production passing through the city and almost all of South African alluvial diamond mining activities take place within a 200km radius of the City of Diamonds.
The recent opening of the Kimberley International Diamond and Jewellery Academy promises to have huge ramifications for the industry, both in terms of job creation and economic growth. The Northern Cape boasts significant percentages of the world’s total lead, iron ore and manganese deposits. Huge beneficiation and value-added production opportunities exist within the province in this sector, ranging from diamond cutting and jewellery manufacturing to iron reduction plants, establishing steel mills and various metal smelters.
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES• Manufacturingandprocessingofrawminingmaterialssuchaslead,iron,manganese,copperdiamonds,gemstones,ironoreandgranite• Beneficiationofpreciousandsemi-preciousstonesandmineralsfordiamonds,Tiger’sEye,sugilite,topaz,rosequartz,jasper,chrysoberyl,amethysts,agate, amazoniteandpicturestones.• Diamondcuttingandpolishingaswellasjewellerymanufacturing.
RENEWABLE ENERGYIn line with the national government’s priority to a green economy, renewable energy presents numerous exciting investment prospects. The province is actively exploring alternative sources of energy, specifically centred around solar, wind and nuclear sources. Plans are already underway to build a massive solar park capable of generating 8% of the country’s electricity needs near Upington. A pre-feasibility study has found that South Africa has one of the best solar resources on the planet and this solar park could change the region’s economic landscape from reliance on agriculture and mining to include other sectors such as renewable energy and the manufacturing of solar-related components. It is already estimated that this initiative could generate up to 800 permanent jobs and 3000 temporary construction jobs, which could positively counteract unemployment in the province.
Swift
Prin
t, 57
686
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIESAGRICULTURE AND AGRO-PROCESSINGThe vibrant agricultural and agro-processing industries also offer viable development scenarios in the food processing sector, irrigation development, crops and product range expansion for export and niche markets. The fishing and mariculture industries also present an ideal environment for growth and investment as the west coast of the Northern Province offers favourable biological conditions, excellent shore-based infrastructure and a strong research and development base for potential ventures.
TRADE AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES:HIGH IMPACT PROJECTS• UpingtonCargoHub • PortNollothDeepwaterHarbour • UpingtonAirportMothBalling • PortNollothandHondeklipBayHarbourandFishingProjects
TOURISM DEVELOPMENTThe Northern Cape provincial government has also identified the vibrant tourism sector as one of huge potential growth and has implemented strategies to expand their domestic and international markets as well as increasingly appealing to the adventure sports travellers and eco-tourists.
The Northern Cape provincial government has specifically addressed destination enabling conditions by improving infrastructure, investing in training and development of tourism service providers, setting stringent service standards and developing new tourism routes. The infrastructure of the province offers easy aerial access with two centrally located airports, including the Upington International Airport with one of the longest runways in the world and Kimberley airport. Direct flights are available, which are extremely important for chartered flights and incentive groups. The province has a well-establishednationalroadnetworklinkingmajoraccessroutesfromtheWesternCapeandGautengtoneighbouringcountriesNamibiaandBotswana.
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES• FurtherdevelopmentatVanderkloofDamNatureReserves,includingRolfontein,DoringkloofaswellasNamaqualandProvincialNatureReserveand Wildebeeskuil Rock Art Centre• Tourismdevelopmentopportunitiesatsevenpotentialtourismclusterscentredaroundculture,space,oasis,diamonds, outdoor adventures, rivers, grapes, the Atlantic ocean and wild flowers.
NORTHERN CAPE A LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES
• AdventureSport• Bloodhound• SKA-Meerkat• UpingtonSolarPark-RenewableEnergy• RooibosTeaPlantation
www.experiencenortherncape.com
Private Bag X6108, Kimberley, South Africa, 8300 TEL: +27 (0)53 839 4067 • FAX: +27 (0)53 831 1141Contact Felicity Links - E-mail: [email protected]
According to the latest Merrill Lynch and Capgemini annual report, sub-Saharan economies are currently amongst the fastest growing in the world. The Northern Cape Province is the largest province in South Africa and offers create investment opportunities in various thriving industries, including mining and mineral processing, agriculture and agro-processing, fishing and mariculture, manufacturing and value-added processing.
It is located in the western part of South Africa and borders in the north-west with Namibia. It consists of five district municipalities and 26 local municipalities. The geo-graphical area of the province is 362 591.41square kilometres, covering just over 30% of South Africa.
MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSINGThe vibrant mining and agricultural industries in the Northern Cape are the dominant economic contributors with the mining sector responsible for 26,1% of the provincial GDP, while the agricultural sector remaining the biggest employer and generating 7,4% of the GDP for the Northern Cape.
The vast mineral wealth of the Northern Cape continues to create extensive development and mineral beneficiation opportunities with major mining expansion on the cards for the John Taolo Gaetsewe district. In the previous financial year, the province allocated R26-million to the development of the Kimberley Diamond and Jewellery Hub. Kimberley remains the diamond capital of the country with 95% of diamond production passing through the city and almost all of South African alluvial diamond mining activities take place within a 200km radius of the City of Diamonds.
The recent opening of the Kimberley International Diamond and Jewellery Academy promises to have huge ramifications for the industry, both in terms of job creation and economic growth. The Northern Cape boasts significant percentages of the world’s total lead, iron ore and manganese deposits. Huge beneficiation and value-added production opportunities exist within the province in this sector, ranging from diamond cutting and jewellery manufacturing to iron reduction plants, establishing steel mills and various metal smelters.
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES• Manufacturingandprocessingofrawminingmaterialssuchaslead,iron,manganese,copperdiamonds,gemstones,ironoreandgranite• Beneficiationofpreciousandsemi-preciousstonesandmineralsfordiamonds,Tiger’sEye,sugilite,topaz,rosequartz,jasper,chrysoberyl,amethysts,agate, amazoniteandpicturestones.• Diamondcuttingandpolishingaswellasjewellerymanufacturing.
RENEWABLE ENERGYIn line with the national government’s priority to a green economy, renewable energy presents numerous exciting investment prospects. The province is actively exploring alternative sources of energy, specifically centred around solar, wind and nuclear sources. Plans are already underway to build a massive solar park capable of generating 8% of the country’s electricity needs near Upington. A pre-feasibility study has found that South Africa has one of the best solar resources on the planet and this solar park could change the region’s economic landscape from reliance on agriculture and mining to include other sectors such as renewable energy and the manufacturing of solar-related components. It is already estimated that this initiative could generate up to 800 permanent jobs and 3000 temporary construction jobs, which could positively counteract unemployment in the province.
Swift
Prin
t, 57
686
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIESAGRICULTURE AND AGRO-PROCESSINGThe vibrant agricultural and agro-processing industries also offer viable development scenarios in the food processing sector, irrigation development, crops and product range expansion for export and niche markets. The fishing and mariculture industries also present an ideal environment for growth and investment as the west coast of the Northern Province offers favourable biological conditions, excellent shore-based infrastructure and a strong research and development base for potential ventures.
TRADE AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES:HIGH IMPACT PROJECTS• UpingtonCargoHub • PortNollothDeepwaterHarbour • UpingtonAirportMothBalling • PortNollothandHondeklipBayHarbourandFishingProjects
TOURISM DEVELOPMENTThe Northern Cape provincial government has also identified the vibrant tourism sector as one of huge potential growth and has implemented strategies to expand their domestic and international markets as well as increasingly appealing to the adventure sports travellers and eco-tourists.
The Northern Cape provincial government has specifically addressed destination enabling conditions by improving infrastructure, investing in training and development of tourism service providers, setting stringent service standards and developing new tourism routes. The infrastructure of the province offers easy aerial access with two centrally located airports, including the Upington International Airport with one of the longest runways in the world and Kimberley airport. Direct flights are available, which are extremely important for chartered flights and incentive groups. The province has a well-establishednationalroadnetworklinkingmajoraccessroutesfromtheWesternCapeandGautengtoneighbouringcountriesNamibiaandBotswana.
INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES• FurtherdevelopmentatVanderkloofDamNatureReserves,includingRolfontein,DoringkloofaswellasNamaqualandProvincialNatureReserveand Wildebeeskuil Rock Art Centre• Tourismdevelopmentopportunitiesatsevenpotentialtourismclusterscentredaroundculture,space,oasis,diamonds, outdoor adventures, rivers, grapes, the Atlantic ocean and wild flowers.
NORTHERN CAPE A LAND OF OPPORTUNITIES
• AdventureSport• Bloodhound• SKA-Meerkat• UpingtonSolarPark-RenewableEnergy• RooibosTeaPlantation
www.experiencenortherncape.com
Private Bag X6108, Kimberley, South Africa, 8300 TEL: +27 (0)53 839 4067 • FAX: +27 (0)53 831 1141Contact Felicity Links - E-mail: [email protected]
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WESTERN CAPE
Cape Town, the legislative capital, is one of the world’s most
beautiful cities and is a must-see for tourists. Other important
towns in the province include Worcester and Stellenbosch,
known for their winelands; George, renowned for indigenous
timber and vegetable produce and for its world-class golf
courses; and Oudtshoorn, known for its ostrich products and
the celebrated Cango caves.
TOURISM
The Western Cape continues to be one of the destinations
most favoured by foreigners. Some attractions in Cape Town
are:
• the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront
• the Company’s Gardens
• the District Six Museum
• the houses of Parliament and the South African National Gallery
• a boat trip to Robben Island, the place where former
President Nelson Mandela spent most of his 27 years in jail.
Table Mountain is a popular site for visitors and provides a
majestic backdrop to the vibrant and friendly “Mother City”.
The top of the mountain can be reached by an ultramodern
cableway.
Cape Point, part of the Table Mountain National Park, offers many
drives, walks, picnic spots and a licensed restaurant. The park has a
marine protected area encompassing almost 1 000 km2.
Newlands is home to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
Hout Bay is well known for its colourful working harbour,
seafood outlets, round-the-bay trips to the nearby Seal Island,
and a harbour-front emporium that attracts many visitors.
The Cape winelands feature dramatic mountains, rolling
farmlands and peaceful vinyards. They are home to Rout 62, the
world’s longest wine route in the Western Cape.
The Western Cape’s natural beauty, complemented by its hospitality, cultural diversity, excellent wine and colourful cuisine, make the province one of the world’s greatest tourist attractions.
PROVINCES
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Superb accommodation is available in historic towns such
as Paarl, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek, as well as on
many estates and farms.
GARDEN ROUTE
The Garden Route has well-developed tourist
infrastructure, spectacular scenery and a temperate
climate, making the region popular all year round.
Key attractions
• The city of George is at the heart of the Garden Route
and the mecca of golf in the southern Cape. It is home
to the renowned Fancourt Country Club and Golf
Estate.
• Knysna, nestling on an estuary, is one of South Africa’s
favourite destinations, known for its indigenous forests,
lakes and beaches.
• Just 29 km from Oudtshoorn, the ostrich-feather capital
of the world, at the start of the Cango Valley, lie the
Cango caves, the only show caves in Africa that offer
a choice of tours in various languages. The remarkable
caves are a series of 30 spectacular subterranean
limestone caverns. The cave system is 5,3 km long.
CENTRAL KAROO
The Central Karoo forms part of one of the world’s most
interesting and unique arid zones. This ancient, fossil-rich
land, with the richest desert flora in the world, also has
the world’s largest variety of succulents.
Key attractions
• Matjiesfontein, a tiny railway village in the Karoo,
offers tourists a peek into the splendour of colonial
Victorian South Africa.
• Prince Albert is a well-preserved town, which nestles
at the foot of the Swartberg mountains. The Fransie
Pienaar Museum offers interesting cultural-history
displays, a fossil room and an exhibit of gold-mining
activities in the 19th century.
• The museum in Beaufort West, birthplace of heart
surgeon Prof. Chris Barnard, depicts the story of the
world’s first heart transplant.
• The Karoo National Park on the outskirts of the town
is also worth a visit.
www.westerncape.gov.za
WEBSITE:
PROVINCES
Capital: Cape Town
Principal languages:
Afrikaans 55,3%
isiXhosa 23,7%
English 19,3%
Population: 5 822 734 (Census, 2011)
% share of the total population: 10,45%
Area: 129 370 km2
% of total area: 10,6%
(Acknowledgement: Pocket Guide to South Africa, Published by
the Government Communication and Information System)
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NORTH WEST
The province boasts a year-round sunny climate, exciting wildlife
destinations such as the Pilanesberg National Park and Madikwe
Game Reserve, various cultural and historical attractions, as well
as popular tourist destinations such as Sun City.
North West is centrally located on the subcontinent with direct
road and rail links to all southern African countries, and with its
own airport near the capital city, Mahikeng (previously Mafikeng).
Most economic activity is concentrated in the southern region
(between Potchefstroom and Klerksdorp), Rustenburg, and the
eastern region, where more than 88,3% of gross domestic product
per region of the province is generated.
TOURISM
The province abounds with attractions, including wild animals and
fun nights at the famous Sun City and Lost City resorts, which
offer, among other things, gambling, golf and an artificial sea.
Key attractions
• The Historic Route of Mahikeng includes the town of Mahikeng,
which was besieged by the Boers during the Anglo-Boer/South
African War.
• The Groot Marico region, mampoer (moonshine) country, is
associated with author Herman Charles Bosman.
• The Hartbeespoort Dam and surrounds are popular for weekend
outings, yachting and golf.
• The Pilanesberg National Park is situated in the transition zone
between the Kalahari and the Lowveld. It is home to the Big
Five, an abundance of animals and over 300 bird species. It is
the fourth-largest park in South Africa.
North West lies in the north of South Africa, on the Botswana border, fringed by the Kalahari desert in the west, Gauteng to the east, and the Free State to the south. It is known as the “Platinum Province” for the wealth of the metal it has underground.
PROVINCES
• The Taung Skull Fossil Site is an extension of the
Sterkfontein hominid sites. The site marks the place
where the celebrated Taung skull – a specimen of the
species Australopithecus africanus – was found in 1924.
• Madikwe Game Reserve, one of South Africa’s largest
game reserves, is home to 66 large mammal species,
including the Big Five, and about 300 resident and
migrant bird species.
Capital: Mahikeng
Principal languages:
Setswana 65,4%
Afrikaans 7,5%
isiXhosa 5,8%
Population: 3 509 953 (Census, 2011)
% share of the total population: 6,8%
Area: 116 320 km2
% of total area: 9,5%
(Acknowledgement: Pocket Guide to South Africa,
Published by the Government Communication and
Information System)
www.nwpg.gov.za
WEBSITE:
PROVINCES
INVEST in NORTH WEST
I N V E S TN O R T H W E S T
S O U T H A F R I C A
... the heartbeat of trade and investment
“Invest North West is the Trade and Investment Promotion agency for the North West Province, focusing oninvestment promotion, trade and investment facilitation and by providing business retention and expansion services.”
t: 014 594 2570 • f: 014 594 2575 • www.inw.org.za • po box 6352, rustenburg, 0300
Invest North West Company profile Invest North West, the official trade and investment promotion agency for the North West Province, invites you to invest
in one of South Africa’s fastest growing provinces. Join other international and local major corporations by choosing the
North West Province as the preferred destination for your new business venture or to invest in many of the rewarding
investment opportunities available in various sectors of the economy.
The passionate and dedicated staff at Invest North West provide vision and direction to key growth sectors within the
North West by focusing on trade and investment facilitation, and the provision of proactive business retention and
expansion services to established local and international businesses.
Committed to providing the highest standard of service, the following services are provided to new and existing
investors in the province:
• Identifying and packaging viable investment opportunities
• Facilitating joint-venture and equity partnerships
• Providing information on financing options and investment incentives
• Providing advice on feasibility studies and business plans
• Assisting investors to obtain work and business permits
• Providing assistance in obtaining suitable land or factory space
• Assisting existing firms to expand and reinvest
• Assisting companies to find export markets for their products
• Promote products from the North West Province to increase exports
• Advocate investment conditions and environment conducive to growth
Visit our website to learn of available investment opportunities in the North West Province and to subscribe to our
quarterly e-newsletter: www.inw.org.za
Invest North West – the heartbeat of trade and investment.
+27 14 594 2570
Invest North West Company profile Invest North West, the official trade and investment promotion agency for the North West Province, invites you to invest
in one of South Africa’s fastest growing provinces. Join other international and local major corporations by choosing the
North West Province as the preferred destination for your new business venture or to invest in many of the rewarding
investment opportunities available in various sectors of the economy.
The passionate and dedicated staff at Invest North West provide vision and direction to key growth sectors within the
North West by focusing on trade and investment facilitation, and the provision of proactive business retention and
expansion services to established local and international businesses.
Committed to providing the highest standard of service, the following services are provided to new and existing
investors in the province:
• Identifying and packaging viable investment opportunities
• Facilitating joint-venture and equity partnerships
• Providing information on financing options and investment incentives
• Providing advice on feasibility studies and business plans
• Assisting investors to obtain work and business permits
• Providing assistance in obtaining suitable land or factory space
• Assisting existing firms to expand and reinvest
• Assisting companies to find export markets for their products
• Promote products from the North West Province to increase exports
• Advocate investment conditions and environment conducive to growth
Visit our website to learn of available investment opportunities in the North West Province and to subscribe to our
quarterly e-newsletter: www.inw.org.za
Invest North West – the heartbeat of trade and investment.
+27 14 594 2570
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he North West province of South Africa is characterised
by the perfect blend of rich stretches of fertile soil fit for
livestock, crop farming and agri-business and the bustle
of our main centra where mining, manufacturing and the
services sector abound.
We invite the serious investor to explore the many pioneering opportunities
that are ready for the taking in the North West province – a province of
rich potential and untapped opportunities in the sectors of manufacturing,
mining and mineral beneficiation, tourism, information technology,
agriculture, agribusiness, infrastructure development and renewable energy.
Its location is one of the North West province’s greatest natural
advantages. The North West province is bordered by Botswana to
the west and nestled against Gauteng to the east. The N4 highway
runs through the North West province and forms part of the Maputo-
Walvis Bay corridor connecting these ports and thus the east and
west coasts of southern Africa. The North West province is therefore
centrally located within the Southern African Development region
due to its strategic location, and offers great access for trade and
exports into the African continent.
During 2012, the North West province identified 10 key projects
which have the potential to set the province on a steady growth path
through industrialisation.
The 10 projects have been identified for the strategic investment
opportunities they offer, for their high comparative advantage
and the high growth performance indices of the identified sectors.
The North West province invites investors, especially those
seeking public-private partnerships to engage with the province
on the opportunities that exist for investing in the 10 projects of
infrastructure development; cattle beneficiation; maize milling; a
mining supply park; and six sector development zones in metal
fabrication, automotive components, platinum beneficiation, plastics
and chemicals, the electronic sector and the business processes
services sector.
I wish all BRICS Summit delegates and exhibitors a glorious and
fruitful stay in our beautiful country. We look forward to welcoming
you in the North West province in the near future.
MOJALEFA NALEACTING CEO INVEST NORTH WEST
Invest in the North West Province, South Africa
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