The Amajuba district municipality covers three municipalities: Newcastle, Danhauser and Utrecht. The economy is concentrated in Newcastle-Madadeni-Osizweni and Umnambithi/Ladysmith axis. The economic activities of this area are very skewed as the majority of people live in rural areas and rely heavily on government social services. Economically this district is the fifth largest contributor to the provincial GGP, standing at 3%. Statistically there are 468 037 people living in this district of which 72 332 are employed with a total labour force of 284 595.
Manufacturing sector is the largest contributor to the district economy. Amajuba manufacturing sector involves automotive, chemicals and plastics, pharmaceuticals, clothing and textiles, food and beverages, leather and footwear.
Tourism sector is one of the key potentials for economic development in the district. The district has natural and historical attraction such as battlefields, cultural events, and fishing, bird watching and game reserves.
The agricultural activities in the district are crop farming (i.e. Soya, maize, wheat, dried tomatoes and varied
vegetables and seedling production), diary production, aquaculture, poultry and livestock.
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Amajuba District Municipality is situated within the north western corner of the KwaZulu-Natal. The district has abundant water, a reliable labour force, well developed transport infrastructure, first world educational, medical and community services, internationally-acclaimed tourism attractions, and an enviable lifestyle. It comprises of three local municipalities namely Newcastle, Dannhauser and Utrecht. The district’s economy was historically focused on coal mining but colliers have closed. The municipality is predominately urban and the largest concentration of people occurs in the Newcastle, Madadeni, Osizweni areas.
Nodes and Development Corridors for KZN for the next five years.
The eThekwini / uMhlatuze Corridor, focusing primarily on development opportunities being presented as part of the La Mercy/DTP Development and creating opportunities for linking and strengthening the second and first economy. |
eThekwini/Msunduzi / uMngeni Corridor, focusing primarily on establishing inter-municipal planning processes to ensure that the development opportunities presented in this region are optimised. |
Umhlatuze/Ulundi/Vryheid (P 700) Corridor as a new link between the Richards Bay harbor and Gauteng, focusing primarily on the section between Ulundi and the Cengeni Gate of Umfolozi Game Reserve, and the Ulundi Airport. |
Lebombo SDI Corridor, focusing primarily on Developments along the southern and eastern sections of the Pongola Poort Dam, tourism facilities along the new SDI Route to Mozambique, large scale agricultural development and enhancing the development opportunities related to the Greater St Lucia Wetland Park. |
Port Shepstone/St Faiths/Ixopo Corridor, focusing primarily on Developing a direct link between the Southern Drakensberg and the Coastal areas to expand the basket of tourist destinations and spending options. |
Battlefields Route Corridor (Umzinyathi), focusing primarily on the route between Dundee and Greytown via Msinga, as a priority for the further development of the battlefields routes of the Province. |
Livestock farming - develop livestock farming opportunities in Trust land |
Support land reform beneficiaries - livestock, game farming & explore others |
Develop Chelmsford Dam agricultural complex (serviced by Vryheid node) |
-Battle fields routes: development of linkages to benefit previously disadvantaged
Drakensberg eco-tourism: develop cultural tourism opportunities with bordering communities
Newcastle Industrial townships: provision of world class infrastructure, improve linkages to ports |
Provide adequate affordable housing and related services |
Bio-diesel production |
Coal mining - extension of life of mines and/or development of alternative opportunities |
Finally, the Agrarian Revolution Strategy has clearly identified targeted Districts for 2006/7 which should each receive approximately R35m of Siyavuna funding . Each district will have specific targeted commodity focus areas that respond to the Provincial Agricultural Framework, areas of identified Hunger, and the priority areas identified by the Provincial Government and the Premier for 2006/7 specifically.
COMPANY NAME | SOURCE COUNTRY | WEBSITE |
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Andina Group South African Calcium Carbide – [SACC] | Spain | www.andinagroup.com |
Arcelor Mittal | Luxembourg | www.arcelormittal.com |
Siemens | Germany | www.siemens.co.za |
Amajuba District Municipality is situated within the north western corner of the KwaZulu-Natal. The district has abundant water, a reliable labour force, well developed transport infrastructure, first world educational, medical and community services, internationally-acclaimed tourism attractions, and an enviable lifestyle. It comprises of three local municipalities namely Newcastle, Dannhauser and Utrecht. The district’s economy was historically focused on coal mining but colliers have closed. The municipality is predominately urban and the largest concentration of people occurs in the Newcastle, Madadeni, Osizweni areas.
Local Municipality | Telephone | Facsimile | |
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Newcastle | 034 328 7600 /1 | 034 312 7089 | mm@newcastle.gov.za |
Madlangeni | 034 331 3041 | 034 331 4312 | stephaniej@emadlangeni.gov.za |
Dannhauser | 034 621 2666/7/3080 | 034 621 3114 | municipalmanager@dannhauser.gov.za |
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http://www.kwazulunatal.gov.zaDespite the fact that KwaZulu-Natal covers such a small portion of South Africa's land area, a significant percentage of the country's small-scale farmers are based here. Agriculture in KwaZulu-Natal is extremely diverse and is reflected in the patterns of its topography. Most of the world's agricultural activities can be practised here. Due to the good reliable rainfall and fertile soils, the region's agricultural sector has become very productive, and is known for its specialist capability in several types of farming. The Province has a total of 6.5 million hectares of land for farming purposes of which 82% is suitable for extensive livestock production and 18% is arable land.
The agricultural sector is focused mainly on the following:
Crops: Sugar, Maize
Horticulture: Sub-tropical fruits especially pineapples and bananas, Cashew nuts, Potatoes, Vegetables
Animal Husbandry: Beef, Sheep (mutton and wool), Pigs, Poultry
Forestry: SA Pine, Saligna, Black Wattle, eucalyptus, poplar,
There is tremendous potential for agricultural expansion in KwaZulu-Natal. It has been conservatively
estimated that if the agricultural natural resources were optimally managed, the present production yield
could be increased dramatically, thus unlocking the full agricultural production potential of KwaZulu-Natal.
The social programs and the government/private sector joint projects that have been facilitated and implemented by the sugar industry bear testimony to the industry's conscious commitment to the socio-economic and welfare upliftment of its employees. The key challenge for the sugar cane industry remains the maintenance of competitiveness in relation to other world-class producers and industries.