POLOKWANE – The Seshego Industrial Park is one of six state-owned industrial parks nationally that has been selected for renovations by the Department of Trade and Industry.
The infrastructure upgrading of these industrial parks is part of the department’s Revitalisation of Industrial Parks Programme, and the provinces affected include Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, North West, Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape.
The department assessed the different parks last year to evaluate their condition and estimate how big the budget will be for the renovations, after which the industrial park received a budget determined by the evaluations.
The Seshego Industrial Park received a budget of R21 million for the needed renovations and maintenance.
Department spokesperson, Sidwell Medupe, said the project would consist of four phases, and if there were no interruptions and everything went according to plan, the minister for trade and industry, Dr Rob Davies, would announce the completion of phase one in May.
The first phase of the revitalisation project includes the upgrading and provision of security, electricity, road and bulk water supply and sewage treatment infrastructure.
The first phase must be completed in all provinces before the next phase can begin.
“The objective of the programme is to revitalise state-owned industrial parks across the country in order to promote industrialisation and increase their contribution to job creation and the country’s economic growth,” Medupe explained.
