KwaZulu-Natal

The mission of Trade and Investment KwaZulu-Natal (TIKZN) is to identify and package investment opportunities in KZN, brand and market KZN as an investment destination, link opportunities to the developmental needs of the KZN community, and ensure easy access to investment and export trade opportunities. The Entity aims to deliver effective services and support to its clients and stakeholders through job creation, spatial development, sector development and rural development. This will be achieved through attracting, developing and retaining high-performing employees who have the skills and competencies required to manage key internal business processes, including the marketing of TIKZN as an investment promotion agency; enhancing the research and knowledge capabilities of TIKZN and making use of technology as an enabler for TIKZN's business; ensuring compliance with corporate governance and financial reporting standards; and advocating for a conducive business environment in KZN and marketing the province as a premier business destination.

The mission of the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) is to provide a conducive environment that attracts appropriate investment for sustainable economic development. The Zone's strategic goals are to: promote good governance and ensure legislative compliance; establish a world-class IDZ infrastructure; establish a sustainable IDZ; and attract fixed investment in export-orientated manufacturing and services industries. The purpose of proclaiming the RBIDZ was to: facilitate the creation of an industrial complex having strategic economic advantage; provide the location for the establishment of strategic investments; enable the exploitation of resource-intensive industries; take advantage of existing industrial capacity, and promote integration with local industry and value-added production; create employment and other economic and social benefits in the region in which it is located; be consistent with any applicable national policies and laws, as determined by appropriate environmental, economic and technical analyses; develop and operate an IDZ in the area designated in the operator permit; provide quality services infrastructure to attract internationally competitive, export-orientated manufacturing businesses; take ownership of the assets and affairs of the Zone and be responsible for ongoing management and maintenance thereof; establish a one-stop service centre and provide commensurate human resources capacity, expertise and suitable technologies; make arrangements for and mobilise requisite resources for the development of the Zone; and operate in a manner that recognises that the shareholder is prioritising development, socio-economic improvement and long-term sustainability, rather than financial profit.

The vision of Moses Kotane Research Institute is to be an internationally recognised institute driving economic development through research in KwaZulu-Natal. Its mission is to provide relevant and innovative research supported by expert advice for the realisation of inclusive and sustainable economic growth in KwaZulu-Natal. The Institute's mandate is to conduct world-class research to respond to the needs of the provincial economy. Its values are professionalism, quality, integrity and ubuntu.

The KZN Growth Fund Agency (KGFA) is an unlisted entity of the EDTEA. It was initially set up in 2008 as an initiative of the KZN Government's Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDT), currently EDTEA, and was structured as a debt fund. The KGFA, which became operational in 2009, finances medium- to large- scale private sector projects throughout the KZN province. The main objective for the establishment of the entity was to provide competitive and innovative solutions to private sector investments that propel socio-economic growth in the KZN province. The EDTEA is the sole beneficiary of the KGFA. The KGFA's objectives are in line with the provincial Growth and Development Strategy as well as the New Growth Path Framework and various sector priorities.

KwaZulu-Natal Tourism and Film Authority is responsible for the development, promotion, and marketing of tourism into and within the province.Our mission is to initiate, facilitate, coordinate, and implement strategic tourism marketing and demand-driven tourism development programmes; to grow tourism, transformation of the province’s tourism sector, and provide economic benefits to all stakeholders.

The vision of the KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board Maritime Centre of Excellence (KZN Sharks Board) is to offer environmentally sensitive bather protection against sharks. The mission of the Board is to strive to be a leader in environmentally sensitive protection of bathers against sharks and in capacity building in the maritime sector. The KZN Sharks Board conducts biological research on sharks, educates the public about the activities of the KZN Sharks Board, informs the public about the role of sharks in the marine environment, and contributes immensely towards beach tourism in KwaZulu-Natal.

The legislative mandate of the KwaZulu-Natal Economic Regulatory Authority (KZNERA) is to provide for the regulation and economic empowerment of the liquor and gambling industries in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. The legal mandate of the KZNERA is to implement both the KZN Liquor Licensing Act 6 of 2010 (Liquor Licensing Act) and the KZN Gaming and Betting Act of 2010 (Gaming and Betting Act).

The KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute (The Institute) is the provincial heritage resources authority (PHRA) for KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Amafa, the predecessor to The Institute, was established as a statutory body in terms of the KZN Heritage Act of 1997, replaced by the KZN Heritage Act of 2008. The Institute became the official PHRA on 14 December 2018 when the new KwaZulu-Natal Amafa and Research Institute Act 5 of 2018 was Gazetted. The new Council of The Institute was appointed by the Premier of KZN and will took up office in 2019. The Institute fell under the portfolio of the MEC of Arts and Culture from April 2019 and is funded through a grant from the Legislature through the same department. The Institute has offices in Pietermaritzburg (head office) and Ulundi, and manages several major heritage projects such as the Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift Battlefields, Border Cave archaeological site and the KwaZulu Cultural Museum. All compliance processes for development, structural/visual changes to protected buildings and archaeological and battlefield sites in KZN are administered from the Pietermaritzburg office.

Ithala SOC Limited, a licensed financial services and registered credit provider, is a 100% owned subsidiary of Ithala Development Finance Corporation Limited, and is listed as a public entity in terms of Schedule 3 of the PFMA. Our purpose is to provide financial services to the people of KwaZulu-Natal, thereby contributing to the province's socio-economic development. Our physical footprint spans the entire province of KwaZulu-Natal and, in some rural areas, we still remain the only financial institution with a physical presence.

The mission of the Ithala Development Finance Corporation Limited is to drive economic development and empowerment, whilst remaining financially sustainable. The nature of their business includes: business finance, industrial and commercial property development and management, retail banking services, home loan products, and insurance services. The Corporation's strategic objectives are to mobilise financial resources and provide financial and supportive services; plan, execute, finance and monitor the implementation of development projects and programmes; promote, assist and encourage the development of human resources and social, economic, financial and physical infrastructure; promote, encourage and facilitate private sector investment and the participation of private sector and community organisations in development projects and programmes, and in contributing to economic growth and development; and act as the government's agent for performing any development-related tasks and responsibilities that the government considers may be more efficiently or effectively performed by a corporate entity.

Dube TradePort Corporation is the operator of the Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone, a world-class commercial and industrial precinct. Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is one of the leading investment destinations located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It provides fully serviced industrial precincts and offers private-sector investors the opportunity to access African markets efficiently. Dube TradePort SEZ operates several businesses: Dube Cargo Terminal - an airfreight terminal directly linked to King Shaka International Airport; Dube AiRoad - a fleet of trucks and commercial vehicles that are used as last-mile links to airfreight for dry and refrigerated cargo; Dube TradeZone - a light industrial manufacturing, assembly, and logistics precinct within the King Shaka International Airport precinct; Dube City - a modern commercial centre catering to offices and retail; Dube AgriZone - an integrated perishables supply chain precinct with world-class glass greenhouses, packhouses, and distribution centres. It also houses a specialised tissue culture laboratory (Dube AgriLab); and Dube iConnect - a provider of voice and data services to developments within the precinct, as well as cloud computing and disaster recovery solutions to organisations around South Africa.

The Agribusiness Development Agency (ADA) strives to promote, establish, facilitate and support the growth of black owned and managed agricultural enterprises along agricultural value chains in KwaZulu-Natal through partnerships with individuals, communities, private sector and other public sector institutions in order to achieve a transformed agribusiness sector in KwaZulu-Natal. The vision of the ADA is of a diverse, deracialised, prosperous and sustainable agribusiness sector in KwaZulu-Natal.

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