Ports, Rail
and Trade Zones
DUBE TradePort
to be fast tracked
Saxen van Coller, who took over as chief executive of Dube TradePort Corporation a year ago, believes the
proclamation of Dube TradePort as one of South Africas new Special Economic Zones will fast-track and elevate the
development to attract billions in foreign and local investment
D
ube TradePort’s development into a major new
She added that the SEZ bill was in the final stages of being
industrial hub, aerotropolis and trade gateway in
legislated, but Dube TradePort had also applied to the dti to
Africa would be fast-tracked through its imminent
become an Industrial Development Zone (IDZ).
proclamation as one of South Africa’s new Special
Economic Zones (SEZ) to boost industrialisation and exports.
This would see it attract “massive foreign and local investment to the tune of billions of rand”, says Saxen van Coller,
Dube TradePort Corporation chief executive.
She says the development would get a boost when it became
a fully-fledged SEZ, offering considerable tax and other incentives to foreign and local companies.
“I can even go as far as saying that Dube TradePort is likely
to secure over R10 billion in investment into its trade zone
This is to expedite the process, so that companies
wanting to invest can get the benefits offered by
existing IDZ legislation and their plans are not held
up depending on when the SEZ Bill is signed into
law