Gauteng Provincial Government and its economic wing GEDA is totally committed to creating a welcoming climate for business people, entrepreneurs and investors from all over the world. Gauteng offers attractive incentives with its business friendly policies by assisting anyone wishing to share in the exciting investment opportunities available in Gauteng - South Africa’s smallest but richest province. The South African Government’s chief economic policy, is to provide opportunities to previously disadvantaged communities, so as to enable them these communities to share equitably in the resources of the country. The government has recognised the importance of investment in achieving this and has introduced measures to enhance and support trade and industrial development.

Policies aimed at attracting foreign investment include:

• Reducing the budget deficit
• Improving tax collections
• Privatising state assets
• Increasing government investment on infrastructure and,
• Promoting the development of small business

The benefits of doing business in South Africa and Gauteng in particular, include various incentive options, which may be broadly classified into the following categories:

• Development finance
• Empowerment
• Export facilitation
• Human resources and skills development
  
• Investment incentives
  
• Matching grants
  
• Small, medium and micro-enterprises
  
• Technology (research and development) and,
  
• Tourism

The good news for investors is that getting a business up and running in Gauteng is refreshingly uncomplicated.

Infrastructure
Gauteng’s aim is to become Africa’s smart province is supported by the quality of its infrastructure which includes:
Roads, railway and airlines, sophisticated telecommunication systems, educational institutions as well as research and development facilities.

Manufacturing
Gauteng is South Africa’s main manufacturing centre, with almost half of all the country’s factories located in the province.

Mining
Johannesburg is Africa’s third largest city. There are 159 mines (44 gold) in Gauteng that together produces a quarter of South Africa’s total mineral production. Most of the mining is for gold and accounts for 80 percent of Gauteng’s output.

Tourism
The country’s tourism infrastructure is sophisticated and developed, but key opportunities still exists. In Gauteng business tourism creates many jobs in the hospitality industry and is realising enormous revenue for the government.

Doing business in Gauteng
All of South Africa’s 11 official languages may be heard in Gauteng, but English is the language of business.

As South Africa’s most urbanised and industrialised province, Gauteng offers many attractive incentives that includes:

• Highly developed transport system
  
• Highly developed communication network
  
• Thriving commerce
  
• Ample natural and human resources
  
• A favourable climate
  
• Variety of conference and exhibition centres
  
• Plentiful accommodation
  
• Exciting shopping malls and entertainment venues
  
• Exceptional sports and recreational facilities