The first phase of the project to upgrade the Phuthaditjhaba Industrial Park was recently completed at a cost of R50 million.
The initiative forms part of the Department of Trade and Industry’s (dti) Revitalisation of Industrial Parks Programme, which aims to revive State-owned industrial parks across the country to promote industrialisation and increase their contribution to job creation and the country’s economic growth. The project included the upgrading of security infrastructure including fencing, street lighting, installation of boom gates, pedestrian gates, installation of CCTV cameras and control room, as well as the refurbishment of high mast lights.An important milestone
Commenting at the handover the Deputy Director-General of the Special Economic Zones and Economic Transformation division at the dti, Sipho Zikode, said the event marks an important milestone in the implementation of the revitalisation programme. “We are witnessing the fruits of the importance of collaboration and using the expertise available in government and its affiliates. The Industrial Parks and the dti have collaborated with the Development Bank of Southern Africa, who are our technical partners, the Free State Provincial government as well as the Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality.“We are looking forward to the next milestone when the national and provincial political leaders launch the park officially. Thereafter, we will be embarking on the second phase of the revitalisation programme,” said Zikode.
