Garden Route Special (Regional) Economic Zone (SEZ)

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Petrochemical Agri-Processing Oceans Economy
Upstream and downstream activities for
PetroSA
Ostrich Ocean
Biomass to Syngas Diary Adventure Tourism
Biofuels fruits and vegetables Marine Aquaculture
Aviation fuels Footwear Processing
Speciality kinds of paraffin Flowers / Honeybush Fish meal/leather
Ethylene and derivatives Wine and grapes Minor ship repairs
Commodity chemicals Nuts Boatbuilding
Alcohols Bees/honey Small harbour
Fertilizer Aloe industry Development
Oxygen/Nitrogen/CO² Spekboom
Propylene Crops and livestock
Waste reduction and recycling waste to
energy, refuse-derived
Fuels
Biogas
Name and background of
applicant / developer
Garden Route District Municipality, George Municipality and Mossel Bay Municipality supported by the Western Cape Provincial Government
Core focus sector Economy
Total project investment
ZAR50 billion
Source of funding
Public, private or donor funding
Possible incentives available
Preferential 15% corporate tax, employment incentives, building allowance, access
to the National Department of Tourism Transformation Fund and other Department of Trade and Industry incentive schemes
Project status Local, provincial and national government study responsibilities mapped out; steering committee appointed to manage process. The GRDM, George and Mossel Bay Municipalities’ individual and combined strategic agendas and readiness with regard to its Integrated Development Plans, Spatial Development Frameworks and LED &
Tourism strategies are in place.
Partnerships
Local, provincial and national government.
Garden Route District promotes all forms of partnerships.
Full contact details of project lead Richard Dyantyi, +27 44 803 1300;
rdyantyi@gardenroute.gov.za
Potential jobs created
Thousands of jobs to be created

A concept note for a specifically focused effort and drive to attract new investment to the Garden Route focusing primarily on the petrochemical (Mossel Bay) and agro-processing (George) industries and secondarily on the oceans economy (Mossel Bay and the greater Garden Route), has been tabled.

THE FOLLOWING OUTCOMES WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE SEZ:

  • Employment opportunities across a variety of disciplines with poverty alleviation as a result
  • Human capital development through knowledge sharing by international partners and technical spill-over to the rest of the region
  • Small and Medium Enterprise Development and local preferred procurement implementation
  • Food security through agro-processing, marine aquaculture and fish processing
  • Multiplier effect into other secondary and tertiary industries
  • Attracting foreign and domestic direct investment through international trade opportunities and using the existing infrastructure (port, airport and rail system) to better effect
  • Accelerating export and economic growth for the Garden Route and even cross-boundary into the Eastern Cape Province and other districts.
  • Balanced regional development with the SEZ halfway between Atlantis on the West Coast and Coega in the Eastern Cape and allowing access to the SEZ by the Overberg and the Central Karoo Districts

THE SEZ WILL FOCUS ON THE FOLLOWING SECTORS:

  • Petrochemical/pharmaceutical
  • Ocean economy/aquaculture
  • Small boat harbours
  • Boatbuilding
  • Ship repairs
  • Fish processing
  • Agro-processing
  • Waste conversion solutions

THE SEZ WILL BE A COMBINATION OF:

  • A free port (Port of Mossel Bay and George Airport)
  • A free trade zone (including one or more areas within the port area), the tank farm and the Mossdustria (Mossel Bay) and Gwayang (George) industrial areas
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