Ten potential special economic zones, at least one in each province, had been identified and would be subjected to feasibility studies in the coming months, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said in Parliament Friday.

The industrial development zones that have not had the up take government had expected

Government plans to lower the cost of doing business in former homelands and other poor areas under drafts it will submit to the cabinet in the next few months.

South Africa's first multi-modal logistics platform, the Dube TradePort, as well as the King Shaka International Airport will be fast tracked, says Transport Minister Jeff Radebe.

Focus on economic foundations required

Good staff needed.

Strategically situated in the heart of the Border / Ciskei / Transkei region, East London - or Buffalo City - is becoming a major service centre of growing importance, a factor which has created a strong demand for both commercial and residential property in the area says Gwyn Bassingthwaighte who heads up the commercial property division of Pam Golding Properties East
London office.

Johannesburg-The e3.39 billion (R28.6 billion) hostile bid for Pechiney, the world's fourth-biggest aluminium maker, by Alcan, the global number two player, could have serious implications for Coega, the flagship industrial development zone 20km northeast of Port Elizabeth.

The Eastern Cape government would have invested R963 million in the province's two industrial development zones (IDZs) by the end of the 2003/04 fiscal.

Three years after strategy unveiled, only one IDZ is operating