EAST LONDON IDZ

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EAST LONDON IDZ

• Creating a world class IDZ
• Offering world class infrastructure and services

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IDZ PHASED EXPANSION
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MILESTONES 2001

• Buffalo City agrees to transfer land to ELDZC
• Environmental Impact Assessment approved by
  Province
• Intention to Designate confirmed by Department of
  Trade and Industry
• Extensive Public Participation and Stakeholder
  support process

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MILESTONES 2001

• Internal Audit of Environmental Management System
• Rezoning of land for industrial purposes approved
• National Ports Authority commissions feasibility
  study on extension of Port
• Earthworks start for the first two manufacturers.

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ENVIRONMENT

• Environmental Management System
• ISO 14001 certification due 2002
• Environmental Design Manual
• Construction Environmental Management Plan
• Tenants Review Procedure

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SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
Proposed Coast-to-Coast Corridor
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SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES

• Inherent economic potential
• Crowding in of investment
• Investment cluster configuration
• PPP Public-Private-Partnerships
• Political commitments and
• Rapid planning and delivery (momentum).

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CRITICAL FACTORS FOR SUCCESS

• Human Resource Skills
• World Class Logistics
• Strategic Investments
• Responsible Environmental Management

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ELDZC BOARD REPRESENTATION

• National Government
• Provincial Government
• Buffalo City (Local Government)
• East Cape Development Corporation
• Airports Company of South Africa
• National Ports Authority
• Business
• Labour

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THE PORT OF EAST LONDON
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NATIONAL PORT AUTHORITY AND OPERATIONS OBJECTIVES

• National Ports Authority (NPA) to provide a
  seamless service, by
• Optimising port related logistical processes, and
  thereby
• Enabling port users to maximise their supply to
  international and local markets and
• NPA to redress past tariff imbalances.

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VEHICLE TERMINAL CHARACTERISTICS

• Dedicated Multi-level Port Car Terminal
• Strategically Positioned
• World Class Facility
• Safe Storage
• Capacity for Growth.

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CURRENT LAYOUT AND FUTURE PORT EXTENSION
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OVERVIEW

• For IDZ to succeed, the port needs regular calls
  to and from all continents and an upgraded rail
  link to Gauteng.
• To achieve this, traffic through the port needs
  to be increased substantially
• DCSA expansion has assisted in dramatic increase
  in traffic
• ELIDZ is facilitating implementation of the
  strategy to attract manufacturers from the
  Pretoria Metropole to utilise the Port of East
  London
• Further increases in traffic to be created by
  exports of, amongst others, timber related
  products, kaolin products and black granite
• NPA commissioned a study to investigate a new
  container terminal on the West Bank or an
  extension of the Port.
• Spoornet has commissioned a study to accommodate
  Gauteng Motor Industry Imports and Exports.

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HOW DOES THE ELIDZ CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROCESS?

• Being a principal motivator behind the current
  process
• Developing an Industrial Development Zone on the
  West Bank in East London
• With Free Zone status and the concomitant
  benefits to be realized for industrialists
• Implementing local and national incentives
• Providing world class infrastructure
• Providing a One Stop efficient business regime
• Creating an Export Orientated
• regime.

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BENEFITS OF IDZ

• Estimated combined turnover by year 10 Eleven
  Billion Rand
• Estimated taxation generation 1.459 Billion
• Estimated Buffalo City Municipal revenue 192
  Million
• Estimated job creation Thirty Eight Thousand

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REQUIRED SUPPORT

• East London Port as Motor Industry Hub for South
  Africa.
• Investments into East London IDZ to create
  equitable growth between East London and Port
  Elizabeth.
• Strategy to upgrade rail line and port extension.

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CONCLUSION

• Phase 1 has two projects valued at Three
  Hundred Million
• Phase 1a and 1b will be operational by January
  2004