ECONOMIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT

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ECONOMIC GROWTH DEVELOPMENT EMPLOYMENT
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Potential per districtValue-adding

• Motheo - Innovation, research and
  development
• Lejweleputsa - Gold mining products (jewellery)
• Leather tanning (SMMEs)
• Bio fuel production (sust??)
• Fezile Dabi Mining beneficiation (granite)
• Leather tanning
• Thabo Mof - Agro processing
• Water processing
• Xhariep - Leather tanning weaving (wool
  products, e.g. carpet making) Wine
  production

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Potential per districtManufacturing

• Motheo- Brick and tile
• Sandstone Textiles
• Agric products (canning) traditional herbs
• Lejweleputswa- Jewellery manufacturing
• Fezile Dabi- Pharmaceuticals
• Export processing zone
• Thabo Mof- Furniture coffin manufact
• Xhariep- Wines

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Potential per districtTourism

• Motheo- Health (Universitas) Edu
  (Universities) Sports tourism
• Historical (political) tourism
• Shopping malls
• Lejweleputswa- Nature reserve
• Historical tourism (Mining House of Me.
  Madikizela Mandela)
• Sports tourism (Phakisa)
• Fezile Dabi- Vredefort Dome
• Vaal River Corridor
• Thabo Mof- Casino
• Water sports
• Xhariep- Lake Gariep Big Hole

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Potential for all districtsAgriculture

• Research of alternative product ranges,
• Cross-cutting e.g. commonage development and
  hydroponics
• Irrigation schemes
• Alternative medicines (herbs- traditional plants
  production)

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Potential per districtAgriculture

• Lejweleputswa- Paprika production
• Xhariep- Ostrich farming

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Potential per districtMining

• Motheo- Sandstone
• Lejweleputswa- Gold mining
• Salt mining
• Diamond mining
• Fezile Dabi- Diamond mine (Kroonstad)
• Coal in Sasolburg
• Xhariep- Diamond mining

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Potential per districtTransport

• Motheo- Road transport
• Fezile Dabi- Cargo Airport
• Lejweleputsa- Cargo Airport
• Thabo Mof- Logistical Hub
• Xhariep- N8 Route development

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Potential per districtAdvanced enabling
infrastructure

• All enabling infrastructure, e.g. ITC centres,
  need to be looked into seriously by all districts.

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• Motheo- N8 Corridor
• ???Taxi rank (1km from Lesotho)
• Lejwelep- ???Cargo Airport
• Jewellery manufacturing Hub
• Fezile Dabi- Vredefort Dome/ Vaal River Tourism
  Corridor
• Chemcity
• Revival of rail transport
• Thabo Mof- Harrismith Logistical Hub
• Maluti Transfrontier Corridor
• Fresh Produce Market
• Xhariep- Lake Gariep initiative
• Koffiefontein diamond mine