Game-changing auto plant investment in Tshwane
This is one of five special economic zones planned for Gauteng.
THE MULTIBILLION-rand Tshwane automotive special economic zone project in Silverton – described as a game-changer in a community that sorely needs jobs – is well on track, Premier David Makhura has said.
When completed, neighbouring township of Mamelodi will not be the same again, he said. “It is a game-changing investment directly in a community that needs development, economic advancement, economic inclusion and jobs,” he said during a visit to the site on Tuesday.
Makhura said the special economic zone, a Ford Motor Company investment, would be the first of its kind in Africa. It would integrate Mamelodi, a township, with an industrial area to build a new city.
President Cyril Ramaphosa officiated at a sod-turning ceremony at the site in November 2020.
It is anticipated that the industrial hub, being developed on 162 hectares of land, will attract automotive component manufacturing companies and create more than 20 000 jobs.
“Mamelodi will never be the same again,” Makhura said. The economic zone would involve close to 50% participation of SMMEs. The project would give opportunities for SMMEs to venture into the mainstream economy.
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