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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
