atlantis sez for green technologies · ‒introduction: greencape (francis jackson) and sedic...

Atlantis SEZfor Green Technologies

September 2018

Agenda▪ 09h00-11h30

‒ Introduction: GreenCape (Francis Jackson) and SEDIC (Pierre Voges)

‒ Briefing on SARS Tax Incentives and the SARS Preferred Trader Programme

▪ 11h30-12h30

‒ Issues and Concerns of Business and / or investors

Recap of roles in SEZ development▪ The DTI – Policy principal and overall SEZ lead

▪ Western Cape Provincial Govt – Applicant for the SEZ in Atlantis and responsible for the

application, setting up a Provincial entity and governance, through Wesgro

▪ City of Cape Town – Providing Land, Infrastructure and Immediate support

▪ GreenCape – Project Management Unit responsible for preparing the application, and working

on creating the context for the SEZ to succeed.

▪ Additional partners along the way: Labour, Business, NGOs, Media, Business Incubators,

School Children, and a range of stakeholders

Mission statement

✓To facilitate the development of a green technology cluster in Atlantis and to

contribute to urban renewal and community up-liftment

Goals and Objectives

✓To grow the greentech sector in the Western Cape and South Africa

✓To further the country’s objective of realising Atlantis as a key industrial node

in South Africa

✓Drive high impact industrialisation in Green Technology

Why Atlantis: GreenTech is a great fit for Atlantis

Heavy metal engineeringElectronicsBoat building

Wind Towers

Smart meter / PV panels / Inverters

Wind blades

Historic strengths Vision

Good road accessLarge, serviced, greenfield sites which are perfectly located on the R27, N7.

Infrastructure MyCiti, Electricity, Water, Fibre

Atlantis is well located between 2 Ports

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We are here.

▪ Atlantis SEZ Gazetted June 2018

▪ Processes underway to

operationalise:

‒ Final Gazette by DTI, Treasury

‒ Establishing the SEZ Entity

‒ Developing infrastructure plan

▪ Ongoing

‒ Investment facilitation

‒ Skills and Enterprise

Development

‒ Community engagement

A long road since 2010…

…still some road to go.

Today we discuss investment incentives

Out of the suite of incentives and enabling mechanisms:

‒ SARS

‒ DTI

‒ IDC

‒ City of Cape Town

Today we discuss investment incentives

Out of the suite of incentives and enabling mechanisms:

‒ SARS

‒ DTI

‒ IDC

‒ City of Cape Town

Focus on SARS suite of incentives

Thank Youthe GreenCape SEZ team

francis@greencape.co.za

021 811 0250

@FrancisBJackson