GDED MORUO NEWSLETTER (April - May 2022 Issue)

MY BUSINESS | MY GAUTENG | MY ECONOMY ISSUE 38 | FREE COPY A NEW Dawn FOR THE TOWNSHIP ECONOMY 7BUDGET VOTE 8PROFILE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS R1,9 billion FOR WATER TREATMENT: Budget for GDED Tumi Nkatlo, Managing Director of BN-Aqua Solutions.

EDITOR’S NOTE In the past financial year, we The Growing Gauteng Together next financial year (2022/23FY). one of the 10 high-growth sector have had to readjust our plans, (GGT) 2030 guided the process All provincial departments have outlined in the GGT2030 plan of policies and programmes given of setting targets that need to be committed to the Framework action. the less-than-stellar macro- achieved by 2030. As such, the through budgets and programmes In conclusion, the Gauteng economic headwinds. province has broken down some that will ensure the effective Provincial Government is Of course, this is not unique to of these targets into measurable and efficient implementation expecting the implementation of the province but the cumulative targets that need to be achieved of the B-BBEE Act and Local the GPG B-BBEE and Local Content negative impact has been each financial year up to 2030. Procurement Accord (2011). and Production Compliance more prevalent in the Gauteng The provincial budget also Framework to deliver on the key province. This is the situation The process of achieving the identifies key programmes that provincial objectives (economic that prompted the Provincial set targets emanate from key will benefit from this budget growth, job creation and closing Executive Council (EXCO) to government strategies, policies, which will be targeted for the inequality gap). Based on the request the Gauteng Department budgets, and institutions. The compliance with local production GPG plan, all public and private of Economic Development (GDED) Industrial Policy Action Plan and content. sector institutions in the province to develop the GPG B-BBEE and (IPAP) provided the approach The implementation plan has should be implementing the Local Content and Production that needs to be followed in been developed and GDED will be framework starting from the Compliance Framework. growing the economy, where key monitoring all public institutions 2022/23FY until 2029/30FY. The Framework has been sectors of our province and the to ensure compliance starting The province is confident that developed using existing budget that is spent by public from 2022/23FY. the GGT2030 targets would strategies, policies, budgets, and institutions on those sectors are One of the seminal strategic be achieved based on the institutions, from the national targeted. instruments and platforms to commitments that have been and provincial governments. The enforce and implement is the GPG demonstrated by the public and importance of this framework The Local Procurement Accord War Room. The GDED established private sector institutions. for the GPG and its entities in of 2011 gives us a target of the War Room which is now a procuring locally manufactured 75% for local procurement by provincial structure that is meant THANK YOU! goods and services cannot be Government and the private to support the implementation underestimated. The Local sector that needs to be achieved of the framework. Content Framework is meant on locally manufactured goods. The War Room has built the to achieve our objectives to The Broad-Based Black Economic necessary capacity, using grow the economy, create job Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act the public and private sector opportunities and close the provided the support for institutions (knowledge and inequality gap that is currently previously disadvantaged experience) in the province. prevalent in our townships. The groups, which will enable them There are several work-streams World Bank has premised South to participate in the mainstream that have been established and Africa as the most economically of the economy. each workstream is focusing on unequal society in the world, and this is evidenced by many factors, In this sense, the GPG is planning particularly the Gini-coefficient. to start the implementation of the GPG B-BBEE and Local Content and Production Framework in the The War Room has built the necessary capacity, using the MR. PARKS TAU public and private sector institutions (knowledge and experience) in the province. Gauteng’s MEC for Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: MEC Parks Tau DESIGN AND LAYOUT: Papi Mthimkulu MANAGING EDITOR: Sabelo Ndlangisa PHOTOGRAPHY: Naledi Sibiya and Ndlelanhle Khuzwayo NEWS EDITOR: Ndlelanhle Khuzwayo PUBLISHER: Gauteng Department of Economic Development, EDITORIAL TEAM Boitshoko Mphelo, Siphiwe Hlope, Tendani Sibuyi, Naledi Sibiya Umnotho House, 56 Eloff Street, Johannesburg and Carol Mohlala Private Bag X 091, Marshalltown, 2107 CONTRIBUTORS: Bokang Vumbukani-Lepolesa, Sechaba Tebakang, Moyasi Mvelase, Gauteng Tourism Authority and GGDA Tel: 011 355 8000 | Fax: 011 355 8694 www.gauteng.gov.za EDITOR’S LETTER: [email protected] COPYRIGHT MORUO is a newsletter published by the Corporate Communication Unit of the Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED). All material published is copyrighted and can not be used without written permission of the publisher. 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WAR NEWS BRIEF ROOM GPG Boosts the Township Economy The Gauteng Provincial Government has spent more than R20 billion procuring goods and services from township-based enterprises between 2014 and 2019. This is part of the efforts by the provincial government to provide support to township businesses through the transformative public procurement policy. A total of R5.6 billion was spent on women-owned enterprises, R5.3 billion on youth-owned enterprises and R470 million on enterprises owned by people with disabilities. In addition, 3 198 township suppliers were trained on supplier development and 2 881 suppliers were trained on how to prepare tender documents and access government opportunities. Revamp of the Youth Programme The Gauteng Provincial Government is repackaging the Tshepo 1Million flagship programme into a bigger and wider integrated youth development intervention. In preparation for this new phase of a rebooted Tshepo programme and integrated initiatives, Gauteng Premier, David Makhura said he would soon appoint a civil-society led Youth Advisory Panel which will be supported by the Youth Directorate in the Office of the Premier. “Young people must be at the centre of helping government to respond to the current youth unemployment emergency,” said Premier Makhura. The first iteration of this Programme, Tshepo 500 000 ran from 2014 to 2016 and reached 211 642 young people. According to the Premier, the programme was too fragmented and it became clear that a much more systematic and integrated approach was needed. Between 2017 and 2021 the Gauteng Provincial Government then partnered with Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator to upscale the flagship programme to Tshepo 1 Million and this created demand-driven learning, earning and entrepreneurship opportunities to 718 636 young people in Gauteng in the past five years. New Board at Gauteng Gambling Board Gauteng Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Parks Tau recently announced the appointment of new board members for the Gauteng Gambling Board (GGB). Advocate Anthea Platt SC has been appointed as chairperson of the board and businessman Timothy Sukazi as her deputy. The appointment of the new board is part of measures undertaken by MEC Tau to strengthen governance and management at the Gauteng Gambling Board. MEC Tau has directed the new board to resolve matters of governance, including the appointment of the GGB’s executive management. “The GGB, which is responsible for regulating the gambling industry in the province, is critical to Gauteng’s economy. The gambling industry in Gauteng plays an important role in assisting the provincial government to create jobs and to grow the province’s economy,” said MEC Tau. Tshepo 1 Million AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 3 MY BUSINESS | MY GAUTENG | MY ECONOMY

SNAPSHOT MEC Tau Holds Engagements with Captains of Industry Gauteng Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Parks Tau held engagements with captains of industry from the 10 high-growth sectors. Each roundtable focused on discussion between a select group of leaders within each of the 10 high-growth sectors. 4 GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MY BUSINESS | MY GAUTENG | MY ECONOMY

GROWING GAUTENG TOGETHER A New Dawn for the Township Economy Following rigorous consultations intermediaries to run portfolios for Economic Development, every day. We encourage the private with stakeholders, the Gauteng of loans to SMME operating in the Environment, Agriculture and Rural sector to come on board to explore Township Economic Development township economy. Development, Parks Tau. and maximise opportunities in the Act was signed into law by Gauteng The Act is a significant regulatory “It is a progressive Act to set up backyard shacks economy which Premier, David Makhura on 29 April and policy instrument to affirm better procurement rules that allows is home to 4-million people so 2022 at Orlando Communal Hall, citizens and communities in the GCR government and contractors to buy that they can build flats and small Soweto. with meaningful classes of benefits. from large groups of township- businesses that eventually become This marks the beginning of a Overall, these instrumental benefits based firms. It is a progressive Act township high-streets,” said MEC momentous journey in affirming are geared towards, amongst others: to deploy a dedicated financing Tau. practically the citizens and mechanism to establish an SME Fund Additionally, the Township Economic communities of townships and (i) the promotion of inclusive to provide wholesale and blended Development Act is welcomed since informal settlements in the Gauteng human settlements by bringing finance to intermediaries that can it is a legislative and programmatic City-Region (GRC). The passing of people closer to economic de-risk lending to township-based policy mechanism to create thriving the Gauteng Township Economic opportunities, firms,” MEC explained. township enterprise zones. In these Development Act by the Gauteng “As the Gauteng Department of zones, there is space to implement Legislature is welcomed as an (ii) the development of a real Economic Development (GDED), “benefit stacking”. This means opportunity to rebuild progressively commuter economy that led by Premier David Makhura for township businesses, formal and the economic geography of uses taxi ranks and convert this 6th Administration, we urge informal, will be enabled to be townships and disadvantaged them into mini-business and the private sector to join us in fully-licensed to operate, to access communities. commercial districts, implementing Growing Gauteng benefits available in the mainstream The Gauteng Township Economic Together 2030 (GGT2030) plan of economy, to gain access to new Development Act provides a legal (iii) the integration of unused action, now enabled by this Act, to markets linked to both government mechanism for the promotion land, abandoned buildings and link township investment facilitation and big business. and development of the township forgotten industrial estates to value-chain transformation “As the Gauteng Provincial economy, and to ensure that there into township value chains to and SMME empowerment through Government, once again, we is a conducive, less bureaucratic turbo-charge the economic active enterprise development and welcome the passing of the environment for SMMEs to climb growth of the GCR, and supplier development.” Township Economic Development the economic ladder. In its wide The MEC emphasised that Act as indeed a new deal and implementation, the Township (iv) the creation of a new economic government needs tangible and legal mechanism to rebuild better Economic Development Act geography through the meaningful industry support township economies in this post- promises to unleash a Township township enterprise zones. to build an inclusive consumer pandemic trajectory,” said MEC Tau. Partnership Fund for township- economy in township areas to based businesses, support the “The Gauteng Township Economic collectively generate thousands TO DOWNLOAD THE ACT, PLEASE Taxi Rank economy, the Backyard Development Act is a game-changer of new employment opportunities VISIT: WWW.GAUTENG.GOV.ZA/ Real Estate developments, and that should be supported since even in the gig economy. DEPARTMENTS, CHOOSE THE the upliftment of township Retail it facilitates a multi-dimensional “We urge the private sector to DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC Businesses. The Partnership Fund way for the Gauteng Provincial partner with government to develop DEVELOPMENT TAB, AND THEN CLICK is an instrument to support SMMEs Government (GPG) to change the commuter taxi economy that ON PUBLICATIONS through blending government how townships are regulated and servicesaround6-millioncommuters money with private sector money governed so that they become working with smart platforms or areas of employment-creating commercial activity,” said MEC GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 5 MY BUSINESS | MY GAUTENG | MY ECONOMY

GROWING GAUTENG TOGETHER VIEWS ABOUT THEAct“The Gauteng Township Economic Development Act now compels provincial government and municipalities to procure goods and services from local township-based businesses owned by South Africans. It also encourages business to manufacture such goods locally so that jobs can be created in the townships. The Act will make it easy to release “This has not been a smooth road; it “It is a milestone that over the years, “We have been asked to pull in land for Township Economic has taken the province a very long signing off the bill into an Act should funds from other partners to make Development and lease such land on time to get to a point where we not be perceived or seen as an end. sure that this Township Economic a long-term basis to those township can final see the realisation of this It must be perceived in the context Development Act becomes a entrepreneurs who want to grow Township Economic Development of a new beginning of a new deal.” reality.” - Saki Zamxaka, CEO of GEP. food and expand their businesses.” Act.” - Mbali Hlope, MEC for Sport, - Elias Monage, Black Business - Gauteng Premier, David Makhura Arts, Culture and Recreation. Council. “Indeed to us it is a historic day, “It must resonate with us that we “Our cries have been heard, now the “I am a son of a spaza shop owner, I a watershed moment that we are must never be apologetic to be real work of implementation needs am a son of the township economy. gathering today to witness this. patriotic about township economic to be done. Unfortunately, so many Today I am lucky enough to work at As Soweto Business Collaboration, development, whether it is in polices and acts have been enacted Standard Bank and am passionate we will celebrate this every year Gugulethu or Tembisa, Soweto, since 1994 but few of them have about the work that the bank is doing because we see the apartheid Mamelodi and even the villages been able to yield the count of mass in supporting local development laws as a venom that left us out and rural areas. If we don’t put the and upliftment that the freedom of entrepreneurs. As the Standard of the economy. We see this as an initiatives ourselves, no one will charter has promised. Bank we often say; that Africa is anecdote that will allow to do what come from any part of the world to We as Gauteng Nafcoc applaud this our home and we drive the growth need to be done on the ground.” - save our people from poverty or even act and look forward to continue – and indeed the township is our Lucky Khetlela, Soweto Business improve their lives.” - Muvhango with our relationship.” Themba home and we aim to drive growth.” Collaboration. Lubusha: Black Management Forum. Ndlovu, NAFCOC, Soweto. - Khetha Mazibuko, Standard Bank. 6 GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MY BUSINESS | MY GAUTENG | MY ECONOMY

GROWING GAUTENG TOGETHER R1,9 billion BUDGET FOR GDED Gauteng MEC for Economic and R223.7 million in the respective (R1,488 billion) goes towards 94 percent of the revenue will be Development, Parks Tau, tabled the years,” said MEC Tau. funding the work done at the collected through Casino Taxes 2022/2023 Budget Vote Speech For the 2022/23 financial year, the Agencies’ and the Tshwane SEZ,” and 6 percent will be coming from at Gauteng Legislature on 20 May budget amounts to R1,9 billion. explained MEC Tau. Liquor Licences. 2022. The budget is costed and aligned to The GDED has put stringent controls Departmental Revenue Target for The Gauteng Department of the 2022/23 Departmental Annual to ensure that its Entities direct the 2022/23 financial is R1,153 billion Economic Development (GDED) Performance Plan. budget towards the attainment of and R1,083 billion is for the Gauteng has been allocated an Aggregated “Specifically, 15 percent of the the GGT2030 priorities and 1 percent Gambling Board while R70 million is Budget of R5,3 billion over the budget is allocated towards (R14,5 million) of the budget is for the Gauteng Liquor Board. 2022 Medium Term Expenditure Compensation of Employees allocated towards the procurement “Gauteng Department of Economic Framework (MTEF) budgeting cycle. (Funding of the wage bill, cost of of Machinery and Equipment. Development remain resolute and “The outer year budget allocation living adjustment and anticipated Furthermore, the Department has well on course to implement the (2023/24 and 2024/25) decreases public sector wage agreement for committed itself on collecting an GGT2030 plan of action so that, by 10 percent and 13 percent 2022), 10 percent is allocated to amount of R3,7 billion over the ultimately, we build back better on respectively, which translates to a Goods and Services, 75 percent 2022 MTEF cycle. Approximately our democratic gains,” said MEC Tau. nominal decrease of R200 million BU20V2D2/O23GTEET Gauteng Department of Economic Development MEC PARKS TAU (MPL) @GautengDED MEC for Economic Development, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Development gautengded1 www.gauteng.gov.za GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 7 MY BUSINESS | MY GAUTENG | MY ECONOMY

GROWING GAUTENG TOGETHER Applications FOR THE GAUTENG REBUILDING FUND The Gauteng Rebuilding Fund only COVID19/unrest. The All applications must be submitted divorce decree, if applicable. supports businesses that have evidence can include bank with the following documents: • Identity document. suffered losses due to COVID-19 statements, invoices and lease • Details of members, if and looting in July 2021. Funding agreements. • Business plan with five-year is available on a first-come, first- • Businesses should not projections or management applicable. served basis for those who qualify have applied for national accounts. • Additional info may be until they are exhausted. government insurance relief through SASRIA. • Previous three-years financial requested depending on the It is the applicant’s responsibility • Businesses from all sectors statements and current type of deal. to prove that they suffered losses may apply. management accounts (for through COVID-19 or looting and • The financial assistance existing businesses). Applications not related to COVID unrest. offered is 50/50 blend of loan 19 and the riots: and grant. • Purchase/Sales/Lease/ GEP continues to provide funding, Who can apply? The fund will not support: Franchise/ Licensing/ Agency business development support, • The applying business must be • Businesses that have claimed or any other agreements. and post-investment support to based in Gauteng. from insurance. start-ups, businesses seeking to • The business must • Financing for normal • Any other information scale up operations and businesses demonstrate the ability to expansions. supporting your proposal. with contract or financing needs. service the loan component • Payment of non-operational Entrepreneurs seeking this kind through a repayment plan. expenditure such as bonuses. • Company Registration of support may submit their • Businesses must provide • Financing of new enterprises. Document. applications to GEP. evidence that the enterprise was trading before the • Purchase Order/Contract / FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEND AN Subcontract. EMAIL TO E  [email protected] OR CONTACT US ON 0  87 057 2000 • Residential Address – Water and rates to be submitted. • Marriage certificate and GAUTENG PROVINCE RECORDED AN INCREASE OF EMPLOYMENT OF 56 000. 8 GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MY BUSINESS | MY GAUTENG | MY ECONOMY

PROFILE BY NALEDI SIBIYA TUMI NKATLO INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR WATER TREATMENT In this edition of Moruo, we chat to Tumi Nkatlo, Managing Director of BN-Aqua Solutions. Born in Welkom (Free State), Nkatlo is a chemical engineering graduate from the University of Johannesburg. Question 1: What inspired you to starting your own business? Question 5: What type of support and we conducted a number of tests start a business? TN: Funding is one of the challenges have you received from government? for potential mining clients. TN: I have heard a number of times to date. Penetrating the market is TN: We have entered a number of Currently, we are incubated by that water is a scarce resource and another one. We have already built competitions from 2016 to date: Lepharo (provided me with banners this is what inspired the formation a prototype at the CSIR which treats 2016 - Jozi My Beginning which was and business cards) and the Black of BN-Aqua Solutions. During my 20  000 litres per day to prove our run by the City of Johannesburg and Umbrellas (we won R15  000 during tenure as a metallurgist in the concept as we have successfully the Resolution Circle under the then Global Week Pitching Session and mining industry, I noticed the treated acid mine drainage from gold Mayor (MEC Parks Tau) where we also registered a Higher Certificate amount of contaminated acidic and coal mines, and the prototype received R 500k to build our first in Business Management) mine water found underground. result was drinking water. One of prototype, which then treated 35 00 Question 6: Who are some of the This water is highly acidic and the challenges is lack of confidence litres per day plant. people that inspired you to start a therefore not drinkable, and this is in SMMEs from the big corporates 2018 - The Innovation Hub: We business? where I have identified this problem to afford us an opportunity to solve were finalists on the green economy TN: I have drawn inspiration from and wanted to solve it by treating this water problem on an industrial project and the money (R100 000) the likes of the late Ntate Richard the contaminated mine water to scale. was used for the pilot test-run, Maponya and Ntate Patrice Motsepe drinking stage. Question 4: What are some of the milling of the slag and to create our as I have read their biographies. Question 2: What is unique about opportunities you have seen in the website (www.bnaqua.co.za). Question 7: What advise would you your business? business industry so far? 2018 - Technology Innovation give an aspirant entrepreneur? TN: On this project, we use a waste TN: Water availability is still a Agency: We received R650 000 TN: No one believes your story until product to treat the contaminated problem as we have experienced in order to expand the plant to it becomes a success, so you have a acidic mine water to drinking stage restrictions in South Africa. The 20  000 litres per day and conduct responsibility of making it a success and this waste slag is cheaper treated water can be used for mineralogy analyses to quantify by being persistent and believing in to procure and locally available. drinking, irrigation and agricultural saleable minerals (Gypsum, your dreams. This makes our treatment process purposes in order to increase our Magnetite and synthetic lime) found FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT cheaper and qualifies this project food security, so this water problem on the residual slag. BN-AQUA SOLUTIONS, PLEASE VISIT; for circular green economy as we has extended our scope to the 2019 - Indalo Inclusive: We were the WWW.BNAQUA.CO.ZA OR EMAIL use a waste product to treat another agricultural sector and beyond Seed award winner of R 100 k which [email protected] waste stream. since Covid 19 also requires us to was used for the laboratory analyses Question 3: What are some of the wash our hands regularly with clean challenges you have experienced in water. GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 9 MY BUSINESS | MY GAUTENG | MY ECONOMY

GROWING GAUTENG TOGETHER The Gauteng Provincial Government and the Government of the United States LAUNCH THE TRADE INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK The U.S. Consulate General in Johannesburg and the Gauteng Provincial Government jointly launched the Trade-Investment Framework. At the launch, Gauteng Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development MEC Parks Tau and the U.S. Consul General in Johannesburg, Vincent Spera, pledged to deepen cooperation and coordination to promote and increase bilateral trade and investment through various engagements, events, and high-level interactions. The Trade-Investment Framework The GPG and US government believe Trade-Investment Framework.” The economic relationship between will foster an equitable partnership the working group framework will the United States and Gauteng to pave the way for agency-to- help to provide structure to our Consul General Spera said, the Province is robust and growing. agency collaboration between the continued engagement, provide “Trade-Investment Framework In 2020, bilateral trade grew two governments, in the following greater growth and prosperity for builds on our strong relationship despite the COVID-19 pandemic key areas: both South Africa and the United with Gauteng and the U.S. and reached a record 21 billion States, and encourage policies that government’s commitment to USD last year. U.S. sourced foreign (1) Digital technologies and increase openness and competition increasing our already robust trade direct investment (FDI) has created information and communications within the region. and investment. We fully appreciate more jobs than any other country. technology (ICT) Speaking at the launch, MEC Tau the central role that Gauteng Hundreds of companies in Gauteng (2) Urban development/township said, “The United States is a key plays in driving South Africa’s export to the United States as part economy, tourism, and creative tourism and business market for economy. We also know that that of this reciprocal trade. Gauteng industries Gauteng, and the biggest source the Gauteng Province’s economic companies are also setting up (3) Transportation, infrastructure, of foreign direct investment (FPI) potential, increasing integration operations in the United States or and logistics for the Gauteng province, so I am into global markets and expanding forming commercial partnerships (4) Agriculture; and excited about the potential for infrastructure provide a remarkable with U.S. companies. The Trade- (5) Climate and energy. further investment and economic opportunity to enhance U.S. trade Investment Framework looks to growth for both regions through the and investment ties in South Africa build on these and many other past and across the continent.” successes. 10 GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MY BUSINESS | MY GAUTENG | MY ECONOMY

CONSUMER TIPS Know Your Rights Before Buying Products The Gauteng Office of Consumer Affairs (GOCA) has urged consumers to be vigilant and know their rights before buying products. Too often, consumers are misled by claims of good quality, unfair trade practices, flashy packaging, deceptive advertising and dubious items, and are unable to make rational decisions.  In addition, the Covid-19 pandemic on goods and services that leave a bring your bag to the store. water by fixing leaky taps; turning has had a significant impact on local smaller carbon footprint. Choose RECYCLE PROPERLY off the tap while you brush your consumer markets. One of GOCA’s to do business with suppliers that Recycle it if you cannot reuse it. teeth, collecting and using rainwater concerns is the rise in prices of support sustainability efforts. Buy Make sure you put garbage/rubbish for watering plants. goods and services to unjustified quality/durable products that are in the correct bins. Check with BUY LOCAL levels. Furthermore, consumers had built to last a long time and buy your municipality for drop-off sites Shop within the borders, support engaged in panic buying of some items that you need. If you need to and try to get your items to the local products, buy from local items (e.g. face masks, tissue paper, replace something you already own, proper disposal sites, for example, artists and retailers before you click soaps, sanitisers and groceries, etc.), try to have it repaired first. This will electronic appliances, batteries, etc. for that two-day shipping. Visit creating an environment that makes save you lots of money. CONSUME BETTER, SAVE ENERGY Proudly South Africa’s dedicated them vulnerable to abuse.  Conserve the energy and water online shopping platform on www. “The Gauteng Department of BUY ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS/ in your home. Use less electricity, rsamade.co.za. It is important to Economic Development, through MATERIALS AND REUSE purchase energy-efficient products think about the path your goods GOCA, is mandated to protect Save the environment and opt for and equipment; use energy- take to get to you. All that packaging and promote the consumer reusable and eco-friendly products efficient light bulbs (LED lights); combined with the fuel needed rights of Gauteng residents. This and materials such as eco-friendly turn your refrigerator down; turn for delivery takes a toll on the entails educating consumers and clothing, recycled products, unused appliances and equipment environment. Check out your local businesses about consumer rights chemical-free items/products, off; turn off the lights when not farmers ’market for freshly packaged and responsibilities,” said MEC chemical-free household cleaners, in use and unplug unused electric food, buy organic fruits and veggies. Parks Tau. etc. Reduce waste and protect the appliances. The use of energy- By buying local, we retain and may CHOOSE BETTER, CHOOSE WISELY environment, choose reusable efficient appliances in your home even re-create some of the jobs that Consumers have a right to choose products over single-use. Reuse helps save energy that can also have been shed over the last few where they spend their hard-earned products/materials as many times help reduce gas emissions and help months and put South Africa and cash. Spend your money wisely as possible before binning/ditching protect the environment. Use less South Africans back to work. them. Cut down on waste and invest in some reusable shopping bags and For more information, advice and consumer-related complaints, please contact the Gauteng Office of Consumer Affairs on (011) 355 8006 or email [email protected]. GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 11 MY BUSINESS | MY GAUTENG | MY ECONOMY

GROWING GAUTENG TOGETHER GDED GROUP CONTACT DETAILS GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (GDED) GAUTENG OFFICE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS (GOCA) Address: uMnotho House, 56 Eloff Street, Johannesburg. Address: uMnotho House, 56 Eloff Street, Johannesburg. Tel: 011 355 8000 Website: www.gauteng.gov.za Tel: 011 355 8006 /8019 Email: [email protected] Facebook: Gauteng Department of Economic Development Twitter: @GautengDED Website: www.gauteng.gov.za GAUTENG LIQUOR BOARD (GLB) GAUTENG ENTERPRISE PROPELLER (GEP) Address: 124 Main Street, Corner Main and Address: 124 Main Street, Marshalltown Johannesburg. Kruis Streets (opposite Carlton Centre) Johannesburg. Tel: 011 085 2001 Tel: 011 085 2245/ 223 Email: [email protected] Website: www.gauteng.gov.za Website: www.gep.co.za GAUTENG GAMBLING BOARD (GGB) Address: 125 Corlett Drive, Bramley, Johannesburg GAUTENG GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (GGDA) Address: 124 Main Street, Marshalltown, Johannesburg. Tel: 011 581 4800 Tel: 011 085 2321 Website: www.ggb.org.za Website: www.ggda.co.za Facebook: @ggdaofficial THE INNOVATION HUB (TIH) Address: The Innovation Centre, Mark Shuttleworth Street, Pretoria. AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (AIDC) Address: 30 Helium Road, Automotive Supplier Park, Rosslyn EXT 2, Tel: 012 844 0000 Email: [email protected] Pretoria. Website: www.theinnovationhub.com Tel: 012 564 5000 Email: [email protected] Facebook: @InnovHubZA Website: www.aidc.co.za Twitter handle: @InnovHub Facebook: Automotive Industry Development Centre (AIDC) Instragram: theinnovationhub GAUTENG INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ZONE (GIDZ) CONSTITUTION HILL (Con Hill) Address: Office NL 46, 3rd Floor North Wing OR Tambo International Address: 11 Kotze St, Johannesburg. Airport. Tel: 011 381 3100 Tel: 010 001 9120 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Website: www.constitutionhill.org.za Website: www.gidz.co.za Facebook: Constitution Hill (South Africa) CRADLE OF HUMANKIND HERITAGE SITE AND DINOKENG PROJECT Twitter handle: @VisitConHill Address: 124 Main Street Marshalltown, Johannesburg. Instragram: visitconhill Tel: 011 085 2500 Email: [email protected] Website: www.cradleofhumankind.net and www.gauteng.net/dinokeng GAUTENG TOURISM AUTHORITY (GTA) Address: 124 Main Street, Marshalltown, Johannesburg. Tel: 011 085 2500 Email: [email protected] Website: www.gauteng.net Facebook: @ilovegauteng Twitter handle: @visitgauteng Instragram: visitgauteng 12 GAUTENG DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MY BUSINESS | MY GAUTENG | MY ECONOMY

TOWNSHIP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT “Township Economic Development Act is a new deal and legal mechanism to rebuild back better township economies in this post-pandemic trajectory.” Parks Tau, MEC for Economic Development, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development.