MMSEZ SMART PRECINCT

The Northern Site of the MMSEZ in Antonvilla will be the first smart precinct in the smart city that will improve the economy and create jobs.

• A green industrial estate where one can live, work, play.

• Investments into light manufacturing, retail, trade, freight and logistics warehousing, and agro-processing will be sought.

• Innovation and incubation of new businesses to work on latest technology in electronics and other industries will be promoted.

• The buildings and management of the precinct will use solar energy and conversion of waste to energy to ensure sustainability.

The Smart City Model will be implemented incrementally:

• First step: integrate the Northern Site of the MMSEZ, the Beitbridge border and the Musina town to form the Smart City.

• Second step: upgrade the N1 between Makhado and Beitbridge as part of the Smart City Corridor.

• Third step: promote strategic developments along the N1 Musina-Makhado Smart City corridor.

• Fourth step: renew and regenerate the towns of Musina and Makhado.

• Fifth step: implement the corridors, ensuring connectivity to villages and promote agriculture and tourism, activating the Smart Region.

• Parallel steps: development of roads for connectivity; work on telecommunication coverage; training of communities to use technology in partnership with the institutions of higher learning and through schools; building awareness on zero waste and low-carbon living. The work on the metallurgy complex at the Southern SEZ site will also be undertaken in parallel. A vibrant partnership with the University of Venda in co-creating the Smart City was launched on 16 September 2021, when the model was unveiled. The next step will be to develop the supply of skills needed for a Smart City and the ongoing operation of the SEZ.

A vision of the emergence of a Smart City in the land between Musina and Makhado energises the directors and staff of the MMSEZ company to perform to the best of their abilities from day to day and from year to year. It is this vision that shines a light on our path to build a platform from which the next generation will derive optimal economic benefits. We continue the relentless pursuit of this vision, while keeping our promise to do all we can to maintain an environment that our children and their children will happily inherit from us. What will emerge between these two northern-most towns of Limpopo province is a Smart City that will offer endless opportunities for all our people. It is a Smart City that will offer business, job, skill development and entertainment opportunities for the people of the Vhembe region, Limpopo Province and the nation. This will be a Smart City we will all be proud of.

Key:

1 Beitbridge border

2 Musina CBD

3 Antonvilla (Northern SEZ)

The Northern Site of the MMSEZ in Antonvilla will be the first smart precinct in the Smart City that will improve the economy and create jobs. A green industrial estate where one can live, work, play. Investments into light manufacturing, retail, trade, freight and logistics, warehousing and agro-processing will be sought. Innovation and incubation of new businesses to work on latest technology in electronics and other industries will be promoted. The buildings and management of the precinct will use solar energy and conversion of waste to energy to ensure sustainability.

Contact Details:

Mr Livhuwani Muligwe: MMSEZ Smart City Model Project Manager

Tel: +27 66 174 0798 | 93 Biccard Street, Polokwane, Limpopo Province, RSA