Dube trade port corporate report electronic version

An aerial view of the new King Shaka International Airport with a 3,7km runway,
able to accommodate the world’s largest aircrafts
DUBE AGRIZONE PHASE TWO...
14 LOOKING AT OPTIONS
DUBE AGRILAB IN COMMERCIAL
15 AGRICULTURAL R & D
SIZE AND COMPLEXITY
IN PIONEERING REHABILITATION
MESSAGE FROM MEC
02 MR MICHAEL MABUYAKHULU (MPP)
ON A FASTER TRACK
04 CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
A NEW FOCUS FOR SUCCESS:
06 CEO’S MESSAGE
CLAWING BACK A SHARE OF
08 AFRICA’S AIR CARGO MARKET
ACHIEVING TOP MARKS
10 FOR SERVICE
INDUSTRIAL LAND SALES FLY
11 AT DUBE TRADEPORT
LOOKING AT RAPID
OFFICE GROWTH
A modern airbridge connects Dube TradeZone
to the Dube Cargo Terminal
Dube TradePort, the largest Greenfield Airport
development in Africa
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STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL
17 PLANNING
CLOUD OFFERING GIVES SMALL
18 BUSINESSES AN EDGE
A BASE FOR KWAZULU-NATAL’S
19 IT RESELLERS TO GROW
LEARNING AND ENVIRONMENT
20 USED TO HELP COMMUNITIES
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MESSAGE FROM MEC FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND TOURISM, MR MICHAEL MABUYAKHULU (MPP) 02
MEC for Economic Development and Tourism, Mr Michael Mabuyakhulu at the breaking ground
ceremony of Dube TradePort’s first private sector investor, Shree Property Holdings
In our Province we have a destination
ideally suited to investment and
business development.
In line with the National Development Plan,
KwaZulu-Natal has initiated a Provincial
Growth and Development Plan with a bold
vision; to position our Province as the
gateway to Africa by 2030.
Our Growth and Development Plan inspires
economic growth, encourages local and
foreign investment and improves market
access. In essence, we are intent on
creating an operating environment geared to
sustainable economic development and the
creation of new employment opportunities.
Our strategic coastal location and world-class
infrastructure have resulted in our
Province being widely regarded as an idyllic
tourism location and a leading conferencing,
business and investment destination,
mirrored in the fact that KwaZulu-Natal is the
country’s leading domestic tourist attraction
and home to South Africa’s second
largest economy.
Infrastructural
development is key
to KwaZulu-Natal’s
significant - and growing
- status as a strategically
important region. We enjoy
considerable comparative
advantages; advantages
we are developing in
realising our vision and
providing the stage for
effective trade within
South Africa and around
the world.
We have two of Africa’s major seaports -
Durban and Richards Bay - and manufacture
a high proportion of South Africa’s exports
here. Durban is Africa’s busiest port, while
Richards Bay handles the biggest volumes
of cargo in the country. The Strategic
Infrastructure Programme 2: Durban-Free
State-Gauteng Logistics and Industrial
Corridor provides a fast-track link to South
Africa’s primary economic hub, while the
proposed Durban Dig-Out Port, south of
Durban, will become a critical infrastructural
asset, seriously expanding our import and
export capacity.
KwaZulu-Natal is
emerging as an economic
powerhouse for 21st
century business in
South Africa.
The MEC at the official launch of Dube TradePort
on 8 March 2012
Dube TradePort Report Card 2013/14
Construction of Watson Highway link road

Central to all our infrastructural expansion
efforts is Dube TradePort - home to our new
and ultra-modern King Shaka International
Airport. Our biggest Provincial infrastructure
development project to date is creating the
platform for an expansion of trade, economic
development, employment creation, export
diversification and increased levels of
investment. This airport city development
is key to accelerated economic growth and,
given its proximity to our seaports, is a
catalyst for global trade and the gateway to
improved connectivity between the Province
and the world.
Dube TradePort is a purpose-planned airport
city lying at the very heart of an emerging
aerotropolis in KwaZulu-Natal and is a
development poised to cement our position
as a major player in the global supply chain.
Our world-class infrastructure and new
developments serve to improve market
connectivity, grow the business environment
and position the region for an increased
share of the global market, transforming
KwaZulu-Natal into a crucial
business gateway.
Unquestionably, the advent of Dube
TradePort - coupled with our international
airport, expanding seaports, leading
manufacturing hub and key logistics corridor
to the hinterland - is successfully positioning
KwaZulu-Natal as Southern Africa’s premier
logistics hub; a hub with an enviable future
for our business community.
In line with the National
Development Plan,
KwaZulu-Natal has
initiated a Provincial
Growth and Development
Plan with a bold vision; to
position our Province as
the gateway to Africa
by 2030.
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The MEC officially opens the new AgriLab and Farmwise facilities
at Dube AgriZone, August 2013
The MEC being interviewed at the Shree Property Holdings
launch - a private sector investment of R460 million
The MEC, together with lab staff at the Dube AgriLab launch
MEC Mabuyakhulu, Minister Gigaba, National Minister of Public
Enterprises, and Cllr Nxumalo, eThekwini Mayor, launch the
Durban-Harare route in June 2013

ON A FASTER TRACK
CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT 04
Chairperson of Dube TradePort Corporation’s Board, Dr Gasa, delivering her welcome message at the
AgriLab/Farmwise launch in August 2013
Dube TradePort, conceptualised some 13
years ago as the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial
Government’s contribution to enabling trade
expansion, economic development, increased
private and Foreign Direct Investment and
job creation, was implemented in 2009/10,
with the operationalisation of the new airport,
during one of the world’s worst economic
recessions. In spite of such challenges at
inception, Dube TradePort’s appeal is clearly
evidenced by keen private sector interest and
a high level of investment in the four short
years since.
“Dube TradePort has made enormous
strides in this short period, demonstrating
most welcome and rapid progress as there
exists a number of projects with very long
lead times,” says Dr Bridgette Gasa, Dube
TradePort Corporation’s Chairperson of
the Board.
A keen new focus and
ambitious drive, initiated
during 2013 across
Dube TradePort’s five
business areas has
produced truly excellent
results and generated
renewed impetus as a
positive consequence of
heightened interest shown
by the province’s business
and industrial sectors.
The exciting game-changer on the horizon, is
the eagerly anticipated declaration of Dube
TradePort as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ).
The Special Economic Zones Bill has
successfully passed through the National
Council of Provinces and is proceeding to
Parliament, with endorsement by Cabinet
imminent. Thereafter, the final decision about
Dube TradePort’s SEZ status vests in our
President to gazette into law.
“The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government
delivered a number of submissions related
to the establishment of industrial economic
hubs within the Province. Work on this
front is ongoing and we, of Dube TradePort
Corporation, look forward with anticipation
to forming synergistic relationships with
the identified Industrial Economic Hubs,”
Gasa says.
Being an SEZ would significantly heighten
Dube TradePort’s status because the
programme, already an integral part
of the National Government’s Strategic
Infrastructure Project 2, would immediately
elevate it to national status. In essence, this
would mean that Dube TradePort would
benefit from a variety of income streams, in
addition to its own income earnings.
Dube TradePort
Corporation’s 60-year
Masterplan for the
development of Dube
TradePort, home to King
Shaka International Airport,
is poised to be realised
sooner than originally
anticipated.

Dr Gasa with staff at the Dube AgriLab and Farmwise
Packhouse launch
Dr Gasa, Ms Mendes, MEC Mabuyakhulu and Cllr Mdabe at the
official opening of Dube AgriLab
Mr Ntshanga, Dr Gasa, MEC Mabuyakhulu, Minister Gigaba and
Cllr Nxumalo launch the SA Express Durban-Harare route
Dube TradePort Corporation Board members, standing:
Mr V Mtshali, Ms S van Coller, Mr G Muller and seated:
Mr M Ramgobin, Dr B Gasa, Ms C Sibiya
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government
would continue to own Dube TradePort
Corporation and retain oversight of
its operations.
“Tax rebates are among the many benefits
for companies establishing themselves within
an SEZ. There will be rebates for creating
employment within specific age groups, as
well as for various industrial sectors. Tax
rebates are much sought-after by global
investors seeking to maximise returns for
every Rand invested,” she says.
Gasa believes that the pace of development
at Dube TradePort would be much quicker
if it were not for the ‘frustratingly slow pace’
of mission-critical Environmental Impact
Assessment approvals, which are essential
before progress can be made.
“This had affected the development progress
of Dube City, which is yet to show signs of
construction activity, although this is ‘not for
the want of trying.’ On a more positive note
and in spite of the challenges faced, Dube
TradePort Corporation is indefatigable in its
immediate quest; that is to sign-up a hotel
operator,” said Gasa.
“Although environmental approval
delays had also affected progress within
Dube TradeZone, the organisation was
exceptionally pleased with the phenomenal
speed in the uptake of land here. Looking
to fast-track matters, Dube TradePort
Corporation has engaged with Government
to assist in the need for environmental
approvals. The National Department of Water
and Environmental Affairs and the eThekwini
Municipality are working with Dube TradePort
Corporation to get these processes resolved,”
said Gasa.
The organisation is understandably upbeat
about the seven new industrial developments
which are currently taking shape in the
TradeZone, with manufacturing in the
electronics sector, packaging and logistics
forming the core of the latest investments.
This has prompted the introduction of a
specialised clustering approach.
Dube Cargo Terminal has recently progressed
by ‘leaps and bounds’ and was ahead of
its planned milestones. With a lot more
expected, the facility is now likely to achieve
its intended outcomes far sooner than
anticipated in the Masterplan.
Further assisting in this regard was the
recent announcement of a new airfreight
carrier which is forging additional cargo links
into Africa.
“This prospect adds impetus to existing
cargo tonnage and already-forged inter-regional
links, which is fantastic,” said Gasa.
Turning to Dube AgriZone which has also
progressed exceptionally well, Gasa’s keen
interest lies in ensuring that the local farming
community in the Ilembe District benefits
from the existence of Dube TradePort.
Partnerships with neighbouring farmers are
being forged in the creation of an agricultural
logistical chain to the advantage of
the community.
“This is important because we cannot have
this beautiful airport city centre of excellence
in a relatively poor geographical area without
uplifting the entire Ilembe nodal point. The
focus is on agriculture and the ICT capacity
of Dube TradePort to influence and position
the neighbouring areas and environment,”
she said.
Dube TradePort has invested heavily
in the development of internet and
telecommunications connectivity through
Dube iConnect. There is now a need to
realise a Return on Investment from the
provision of this strategic and world-class
infrastructure. iConnect’s cloud offering is
the only one of its kind in KwaZulu-Natal and
holds immense potential for local business.
“As Government shapes up for an election,
there is reassurance for business: Dube
TradePort will remain true to the letter of
the Masterplan and the plan will not change
whether or not there is a change in the
political field or governing boards,”
says Gasa.
Another benefit for Dube TradePort, as a national
priority, would be its ability to access the
provisions of the new Infrastructure Development
Bill, also currently before Parliament.
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A NEW FOCUS FOR SUCCESS:
CEO’S MESSAGE 06
This is the mantra of Saxen van Coller, Dube
TradePort Corporation’s Chief Executive
Officer (CEO), and the daily focus for staff.
Van Coller was appointed CEO in March
2013. The Dube TradePort Corporation
Board says van Coller’s strength lies in
her ability to turn around battling businesses
and to take thriving businesses to new
levels of success. Her secret lies in her
talent of bringing operations, strategy and
people together.
In terms of Dube TradePort Corporation, van
Coller stresses that her appointment was
more about taking a great existing business
model and 10 years of planning and turning
Dube TradePort into a serious player and
key stakeholder in KwaZulu-Natal’s
business environment.
Since taking up the reins, van Coller
has focused on the precinct’s 60-year
Masterplan and positioning Dube TradePort
as KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government’s
flagship project, illustrating that private-public
partnerships do work.
Theoretically the Government-owned Dube
TradePort is playing in a private sector
business space. The challenge for van Coller
has been to instil in all members of staff a
private sector business approach to their
every action and activity.
“Vital for a successful and
sustainable public-private
partnership venture are
sound business principles,
good corporate governance,
water-tight procurement
processes and clean
audits,” says van Coller.
From a business point of view, Dube
TradePort offers a number of competitive
advantages. A major differentiating factor is
that this is a purpose-planned ‘Greenfield’
project. It enjoys excellent positioning
surrounding King Shaka International Airport,
is a 10-minute drive to two burgeoning areas
- Ballito and Umhlanga - and has excellent
infrastructure. This, coupled with an
organisation’s intent on fulfilling its mandate
and focused on facilitating development,
has to be an ideal business proposition for
any investor.
“It is precisely this competitive advantage
that Dube TradePort is selling and that
businesses and investors are buying into,”
says van Coller.
Dube TradePort’s five business focus areas,
Dube City, Dube TradeZone, Dube Cargo
Terminal, Dube AgriZone and Dube iConnect
have, in varying degrees, all enjoyed a
successful 2013/14 financial year.
“We will be successful
in this endeavour. We
are a vehicle to bring the
private and public sectors
together.”
Top: Saxen van Coller at the Shree Property Holdings launch
Bottom: The CEO, together with part of the Dube TradePort
Corporation team
CEO of Dube TradePort Corporation, Ms Saxen van Coller

It is, therefore, not surprising that AgriZone
Phase one is almost sold-out and Phase two,
set to be an energy-efficient zone, is already
at an advanced planning stage.
The local business community is showing
tremendous appetite for the A-grade office
space on offer in Dube City. About 60% of
the available development sites have been
taken up and, as soon as the Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) process is
complete, earthworks will start.
Business take-off at the Cargo Terminal,
a singular cargo hub housing all the state
entities required to process and protect
import and export cargo, has until the
2013/14 financial year, been somewhat
slow. However, a new focus, combined with
competitive and cost-effective pricing and an
aggressive search for freight partners is now
paying dividends. Cargo revenue has grown
8% and, during the next three years, new
African cargo routes will open, while
efforts to encourage international
carriers continue apace.
A three to five-year window exists for
Dube TradePort to see real results that will
enhance its position as a major force
in the economy. Its success is about
service delivery and the execution of
world-class infrastructure.
In the longer five to 10-year time-frame, the
goal is to ensure that Dube TradePort is at
the heart of a successful aerotropolis and
that the facilities that have been built are
an excellent match for the environment. To
achieve this, van Coller is categorical that the
facilities need to be sustainable, synergistic
and supportive of business, while being
environmentally sensitive and capable of
enhancing the local communities within the
Province’s northern development belt.
This period, in particular, has realised
significant private sector business uptake in
both Dube TradeZone and Dube AgriZone,
effectively beginning the overall precinct’s
transformation from an infrastructural
development to a highly competitive
business operating environment.
“The TradeZone has been an absolute
catalyst and a win for Dube TradePort,” says
van Coller. Phase one of the TradeZone is
expected to yield as much as R1 billion
in private sector investment. All this has
been achieved within the space of just
24 months.
Its success and the demand for industrial
land have resulted in Phase two of Dube
TradeZone being brought forward by as
much as a year. Although not yet launched,
Dube TradePort is already in talks with
potential developers, which has resulted in
40% of the zone being reserved.
Dube AgriZone, described as a forward-thinking
agricultural business model by
van Coller, includes a mix of tenants and
infrastructure that positions it as an end-to-end
facility from laboratory plant propagation
and greenhouses, to on-site produce
packaging and refrigerated air and
road transport.
Dube iConnect, Dube
TradePort’s infrastructure
data centre providing
cloud storage, is unique
to KwaZulu-Natal and
keen private sector use of
the facility has placed it
in an improved financial
position in 2013/14.
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Top: View of Dube TradeHouse
Bottom: Dube TradePort’s CEO with some of their
key stakeholders who have contributed to the
Corporation’s vision
Dube TradePort Corporation’s Head Office, 29 o South

CLAWING BACK A SHARE OF
AFRICA’S AIR CARGO MARKET 08
Emirates increases its capacity by 50%, with the introduction of the Boeing 777 aircraft
The organisation’s persistence, during the
past three years to open African skies to
KwaZulu-Natal’s air cargo, is paying dividends.
First there was Emirates, a daily passenger
and cargo flight to Dubai, then an agreement
with South African Express and Air Mauritius
and now newcomer, Khuphuka Kings
Airways has announced its introduction of
cargo flights to Zambia and the Democratic
Republic of Congo. And more routes are on
the cards.
Khuphuka Kings Airways will fly two ILyushin
76 aircraft, capable of carrying 46 tonnes
of cargo and one Antanov – AN12 aircraft,
capable of carrying 20 tonnes of cargo.
These aircraft provide sufficient carrying
capacity to transport any cargo into Africa.
Kenya Airways, in its global planning, has
scheduled a route to Durban for the 2016/17
financial year.
These achievements are
challenging South Africa’s
air cargo status-quo.
“We are starting to see
increasing interest in the
direct routes to Africa from
Dube TradePort, especially
from cargo owners and
exporters. Business is
asking questions about
why cargo needs to be
transported to Gauteng
when it can be freighted
from KwaZulu-Natal.”
Africa is acknowledged as the world’s
second-fastest-growing region and, according
to McKinsey and Company, poverty in
Africa is falling, while around 90 million
of its households have joined the world’s
consuming classes - an increase of
31 million in a little more than a decade.
In the past year this was the only region in
the world, other than the Far East, where
air cargo has shown substantial growth.
According to the International Air Transport
Association’s (IATA) 2012/13 Annual Report,
airfreight flows within Africa saw one of the
strongest expansions, followed by trade lanes
between Africa and the Middle East and Asia.
Annually 47 million tonnes
of goods are transported
globally as air cargo, and
Dube TradePort Corporation
is determined to capture a
greater share of the African
air cargo growth.

According to the report, robust economic
growth and investment in these regions
and the recent development of new trade
lanes on an extended version of the central
Asia market assisted in boosting regional
airfreight flows in 2012.
“We will focus on this growth on our
doorstep in terms of growing cargo and
passengers to and from KwaZulu-Natal,”
says Petko Atanassov, Dube TradePort
Corporation’s Senior Manager: Cargo
Development, Operations and Security.
This is far easier said than done. During the
2012/13 financial year, air cargo volumes at
Dube Cargo Terminal shot up 36%. Volumes
on the main Durban-Dubai route were 8%
below budget during the 2013/14 year and
are expected to remain at this level until
2015. Nevertheless revenue for the year
ending 2014 is up 23%.
Key to success is breaking existing
perceptions within the industry and finding
alternatives to the formation of tight alliances
between major carriers.
Dube TradePort Corporation’s clearly
defined cargo strategy focuses on attracting
non-alliance airlines to fly dedicated air-freighters
from King Shaka International
Airport, creating specific cargo routes and
providing local business with efficient time
and price-sensitive air cargo opportunities,
thus bringing the rightful air cargo share to
the Province.
Currently Dube TradePort Corporation has
21% of the perceived KwaZulu-Natal air
cargo market. Close to 80% of the Province’s
air cargo is freighted through OR Tambo
International Airport because of KwaZulu-
Natal’s lack of air connectivity, especially to
sub-Saharan Africa.
This puts businesses in KwaZulu-Natal at a
disadvantage in terms of both time efficiency
and higher logistics costs for import and
export cargo, which must be trucked, flown
or railed to OR Tambo International Airport.
Local products become less competitive,
creating a case for business to relocate
to Gauteng which, ultimately creates a
disadvantage for economic growth and job
creation in KwaZulu-Natal.
The enormous growth in passengers from
KwaZulu-Natal on Emirates is also an
example of people voting not to pay the cost
of the additional travel leg to Johannesburg
to connect to international flights.
The focus on air cargo is not being
undertaken at the expense of increasing
passenger numbers.
Rather, the thinking, says Atanassov, is
to seek routes which could, in future, be
converted to mixed-use operations, including
passengers, which would be an added
advantage for the Province in terms of
business travel and tourism.
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Modern equipment results in the efficient handling of cargo
and fast turn-around times at Dube Cargo Terminal
In a scenario where global economic growth
is strengthening, powered primarily by
robust emerging markets, aviation’s role
as a catalyst for economic growth has never
been clearer.
Developed economies desperately need
economic growth. It is the only way out of the
fiscal crises they face and aviation is a critical
link to facilitate trade with economies that are
expanding, says the IATA.
In KwaZulu-Natal, Dube TradePort
Corporation is driving this critical
air connectivity.
PerformanCe
SCore
Building air connectivity
Creating business
development opportunities
Providing investment
opportunities for local
business
Job creation
A 54 tonne acid cooler loaded on an AN-124 Antonov at Dube Cargo Terminal

ACHIEVING TOP MARKS
FOR SERVICE 10
PerformanCe
SCore
Job creation
Creating world-class
infrastructure
ensuring service delivery
Driving business growth
With the African aviation industry’s less than
satisfactory record, this may seem like quite
a statement to make, but the records speak
for themselves.
Measured on a variety of parameters,
including safety and security of cargo, import
and export processes and cargo turn-around
time, Dube Cargo Terminal continues to
achieve 100% satisfaction on its Service
Level Agreements with airline operators.
To date it is the only station in Africa with
this achievement and it has maintained a
proud record of zero pilferage and theft since
opening in 2010, says Petko Atanassov,
Dube TradePort’s Senior Manager: Cargo
Development, Operations and Security.
Atanassov says the intention is to make
Dube Cargo Terminal the preferred facility
for importers and exporters in the Southern
African region. The Cargo Terminal is one of
the most technologically advanced facilities
of its kind in Africa. It is the only cargo
facility in Africa specifically designed and
operated with air cargo security in mind,
provides a seamless operation which meets
global operational standards and which
is directly linked to major commercial
centres by a dedicated trucking service,
Dube AiRoad.
Further enhancing Dube TradePort
Corporation’s reputation as a centre
of aviation excellence is the planned
development of a Dube TradePort
airside platform.
This will comprise an aircraft Maintenance
and Repair Operations (MRO), which will
enable operators to maintain aircraft in
Durban rather than flying to OR Tambo
International Airport; a corporate/business
aviation hub managed by a soon-to-be-appointed
fixed-based operator, hangars and
a helicopter pad. Every effort is being made
to fast-track this airside facility, which forms
part of the development of Dube TradeZone
Phase two.
An extension to the Cargo Terminal, enabling
the processing of 20ft air containers and
larger consignments - which is an important
part of the freight operation - is complete and
ready to handle these air containers.
Another major project presently underway
is the construction of a taxiway, which will
connect Dube TradePort’s airside platform
with King Shaka International Airport’s
taxiway network and runway.
KwaZulu-Natal-based exporters, who use
Dube Cargo Terminal enjoy a competitive
advantage, created through a well-located,
planned and dedicated freight-handling
facility. These include planned increased
access to markets through an air cargo
strategy, lower land transport costs through
Dube AiRoad, quicker delivery times and
shorter dwell times which lower inventory
costs, as well as increased security of
consignments as a consequence of the
design and operation of the Cargo Terminal.
In addition to excellent security, Dube Cargo
Terminal provides for a one-stop, on-site
regulatory services environment, comprising
Port Health, Customs, Border Police, the
Department of Agriculture, South African
Police Services and Perishables Products
Since its inception four Export Control Board.
years ago, Dube TradePort
Corporation’s 14 000
square metre Dube Cargo
Terminal, located close to the
airport’s passenger terminal,
has continued to exceed
customer expectation.
Keeping to its stated intention to
pay greater attention to the needs of
shippers, with a view to re-pricing
their lift out of Dube Cargo Terminal,
Dube TradePort Corporation’s cargo
handling charges are still 30% lower
than its competitors, in spite of an
8% increase during 2012,
says Atanassov.
Petko Atanassov, Senior Manager: Cargo Development, Operations and Security,
together with some of the Dube Cargo Terminal team

INDUSTRIAL LAND SALES FLY
AT DUBE TRADEPORT 11
This was all achieved within the space of 24
months. The greater than expected take-up
of land and the extent of Foreign Direct
Investment has encouraged the organisation
to fast-track its future land releases.
Moreover, six months ago there was one
crane working at TradeZone Phase one. Now
24 sites are under construction.
As an interim measure, an already zoned
smaller four-hectare site is being serviced
and will be brought to the market towards
the end of 2014, while the zoning process for
the 183-hectare Dube TradeZone Phase two
and Ushukela Precinct (Phase three) has
been brought forward by a year.
Although the launch of TradeZone Phase
two is still a year away, 20 hectares of it
has already been reserved for the planned
second phase expansion of an international
manufacturing facility.
“Seven new developments in major
industries are setting-up in the TradeZone.
We are very pleased that we were able to
secure the investment we did. It is a strong
indicator of the value of Dube TradePort
Corporation’s investment proposition,”
says Hamish Erskine, Dube TradePort
Corporation’s Property Sales Executive.
Manufacturing in the electronics sector,
packaging and logistics have been the
focus of the latest investments, causing a
swing in the approach being taken to the
development of Dube TradeZone.
A sector clustering approach is underway.
This concentrates on encouraging and
supporting inter-firm collaboration,
institutional development and support in
targeted industrial sectors that offer the most
local economic development potential.
“We are currently investigating the
development of an electronics cluster. A
number of key electronic investments are
coming into the zone and, with the potential
of Special Economic Zone status, we are
exploring the supplier linkages in this sector
across a wide range of businesses, with an
emphasis on export and air freight usage,”
says Erskine.
Within the electronics sector two, 12 000
square metre facilities under roof - with room
to expand - have been leased to international
companies. One of these is involved in a
Joint Venture with a South African company
for the manufacture and assembly of
components.
Adjacent to this, a 25 000 square metre
site, with 15 000 square metres under roof,
has been taken up by a major European
freight forwarding and logistics company on
a long lease to a South African developer
constructing the warehousing.
Two packaging companies have established
themselves in Dube TradeZone, providing
the possibility for the creation of a packaging
and repackaging cluster around this major
value-adding sector.
Consumer product manufacturing is another
opportunity being explored.
In 2012 Durban-based, Shree Property
Holdings, a property development and
logistics business, leased 23 sites, totalling
125 000 square metres in Dube TradeZone
Phase one and invested more than R475
million in facilities. It also intends to invest
extensively in the second phase.
To date Shree Property Holdings has
completed a 12 000 square metre logistics
warehouse, which will be occupied by the
Imperial Group, as well as a 2 500 square
metre facility for Rossi. It is also currently in
the process of completing a 12 000 square
metre manufacturing facility which will
be followed shortly by a second
similar development.
Erskine believes Dube TradeZone’s position
close to King Shaka International Airport
and Dube Cargo Terminal, combined with
potential Special Economic Zone status,
makes Dube TradePort the ideal location
for companies importing materials for
manufacturing and exporting
finished products.
In spite of the intention to create sector
clusters, this does not preclude other
suitable businesses from finding a home
in Dube TradeZone, as sufficient land is
coming on-stream to cater for all-comers in
the future.
With sold out signs on Dube TradeZone
Phase one, Dube TradePort Corporation
has turned to bedding-down the zone. “It is
important to get a well-functioning precinct
going. We are nurturing relationships
between existing clients and creating
synergies where possible,” says Erskine.
“We want to establish Dube TradeZone
as a zone of choice by providing
excellent long-term support for our
investors,” he says, making it clear that
Dube TradePort Corporation should not
be regarded as a generalised property
developer, but rather an enabler
of development.
Interest from local and
international listed manufacturing
enterprises has driven demand for
industrial land at Dube TradePort,
with investment topping R1 billion
already earmarked for Dube
TradeZone Phase one.
Warehouse facility at Dube TradeZone
Dube TradeZone provides prime real estate for
manufacture and warehouse facilities
PerformanCe
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attracting foreign Direct
Investment
opening business
opportunities
Job creation
Providing opportunities for
local business

LOOKING AT RAPID
OFFICE GROWTH 12
Hamish Erskine, Dube TradePort Corporation’s Property Executive, together with
Tim Hudson, Dube TradePort Corporation’s Senior Manager: Sales and Product Development
The 12-hectare Dube City is a vibrant,
cosmopolitan work, play and stay destination
just 1km from King Shaka International
Airport’s international passenger terminal,
3,3 km from the N2 and 1,8 km from the
R102. Offering fully serviced sites with
development rights, Dube City is zoned
Special Zone 10 (airport).
Special Economic Zones around the world
always include a central node with offices,
commercial outlets and hotels and this is
how Dube City is being positioned. It is a
priority for this zone to service the industrial
node, providing head office or regional office
space, for which there is a natural market
demand from a convenience point of view.
A clear example of this is Dube TradePort
Corporation’s head office, 29° South, which
is fully tenanted with three of the developers
from Dube TradeZone taking up office space.
It makes sense for developers and investors
in the TradeZone to establish their head
offices in Dube City, says Hudson.
Also in the tenant mix is the Calypso Group’s
300-seater conference centre, along with
a restaurant, coffee and wine bar. The
conference centre, which took six months
to bring to fruition, is a big improvement at
Dube City over the past 12 months. As a
destination venue, it is bringing in outside
people who not only use the facilities, but are
also discovering Dube City for the first time.
Pointing out that Dube City is halfway
between Durban’s two fastest growing
areas - Ballito and Umhlanga - has
burgeoning urbanisation behind it in Tongaat
and Verulam, through to Cornubia and
Phoenix, as well as some quality residential
developments on the eastern side of the M4,
Hudson says the positioning ‘right in the
centre of all of this is incredible.’
There is a lot on the cards and anticipation
is that 2014 will be a momentum shifter.
Hudson also believes that there will be some
relocation from Umhlanga Ridge by those
who are looking for a smaller node closer to
home and with less traffic.
But, the primary objective is to accommodate
growth from Dube TradePort-linked investments.
With Dube City consisting of just 10 blocks,
there is really not very much to develop.
Three of the sites are to be developed as
parkades, which enable developers to
supplement the bulk on their sites and
removes the need for developers to build
expensive underground parking. For Dube
City it is important to get one parkade in
place initially to provide public parking.
Dube TradePort is looking to invest some of
its own capital in lead infrastructure. To this
end, it has built its own head office block and
intends to build another as they attend to
people looking for space on a daily basis.
Of the remaining six blocks, a hotel is
earmarked for the site directly opposite
29° South. Late last year Dube TradePort
Corporation awarded a tender to a design
team to work on the drawings for the
double basement.
is under no illusion about
the difficulty that its Dube
City faces in competing with
the popular office estates of
Umhlanga Ridge. “However,
when people realise the
excellent facilities and great
position we have here, they
will be interested,” says Tim
Hudson, Dube TradePort
Corporation’s Senior
Manager: Sales and Product
Development.
View of 29 o South, Dube TradePort Corporation’s Head Office

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infrastructure
Investment
business growth
Creating space for new
developments
Smmes
The organisation’s R100 million investment in
this underground parking will provide it with
long-term annuity income, as well as land
lease income, whilst also kick-starting the
next major development in Dube City.
Assisting the hotel development process
still further, Dube TradePort Corporation, in
January, combined a design team, together
with the hotel development team, to work
on integrating the underground and top
structures. In terms of the hotel’s time-lines,
the plans for the double basement are to
be submitted to the Municipality in April
2014. The approval process is expected to
take around four months and the start of
construction is expected in August 2014.
Another three planned office developments
are progressing well with different developers
under a Memorandum of Understanding
or Reservation Agreement. The developers
have submitted proposals to Dube TradePort
Corporation and are looking for tenants. Final
agreements with the developers are being
negotiated so that they can ‘push the button’
with Dube TradePort as soon as anchor
tenants are signed-up.
In addition to the underground hotel
parking, Dube TradePort Corporation
is planning to invest in another office
block which could include a call
centre, for which there have been a
lot of requests. This would provide the
organisation with long-term annuity
income. “If we have the capital now to
invest, we can create an income stream
to ensure long-term self-sufficiency and
if the market is right, it makes sense for
us to do it,” says Hudson.
Dube TradePort Corporation’s new office
development has started as an internal
design process. A tender is soon to be issued
for a professional team to put life into its
vision and provide the ground work to take
the concept to the drawing and pricing stage.
“Dube TradePort is not just investing because
it has the money,” says Hudson. This will be
a commercially viable development as they
have completed a market study and business
plan to ensure that they know what the
returns will be.
He believes that the hotel and Dube
TradePort Corporation’s own office
development will be the catalyst for the
precinct. When people see the cranes for
the hotel construction and one of the other
blocks going up, it will create a lot
of momentum.
Dube TradePort Corporation’s Property Operations team, who
work diligently to ensure that Dube TradePort’s facilities and
equipment are in prime condition
Aerial view of Dube City: incredible potential for new business, leisure and
retail developments
The Dr JL Dube statue, in Dube Square, is an embodiment of the
legacy of the hero who worked audaciously at developing a future
for the people of KwaZulu-Natal

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DUBE AGRIZONE PHASE TWO...
LOOKING AT OPTIONS 14
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Investment
Job creation
Providing world-class
infrastructure
Creating opportunities for
local businesses
Mlibo Bantwini, Dube TradePort Corporation’s Executive: Dube AgriZone,
together with the Dube AgriZone nursery and rehabilitation teams
“Dube AgriZone has had some interesting
responses to its open call for proposals for
Phase two projects, but few have met the
stringent criteria,” says Mlibo Bantwini,
Dube TradePort Corporation’s Executive:
Dube AgriZone.
These criteria include concepts that differ
from those already developed in AgriZone
Phase one, require local economic
development of the surrounding local small-scale
farming community, are export-focused
and create employment.
One of the proposals being considered
is a four-hectare aquaculture production
enterprise which, when fully operational, is
expected to produce 300 tonnes of fish per
annum for export. The fully grown fish would
be harvested and packaged on site.
Bantwini says the potential operator has
raised some of the investment and has a
purchase agreement with a buyer from the
Far East. The project is a zero-waste concept
based on aquaponics, which is producing
crops and fish in a self-contained system.
Other proposals will be evaluated by the end
of the financial year.
“Design engineers for Dube AgriZone
Phase two were appointed last year
and the projects, once decided upon,
will inform the design of the zone
and feed into the EIA process,” says
Bantwini.
Also planned for AgriZone Phase two are
production facilities, plastic greenhouses
and tunnels that are not as high-tech as
those in Phase one, and will be leased on
a 30-year basis. The reason, according to
Bantwini, is they are temporary in nature
as they will be constructed on the site,
ultimately intended for the airport’s second
runway. Distribution and packaging facilities
similar to that being used in AgriZone Phase
one are also on the cards.
On the greening front, AgriZone Phase
two, in conjunction with an international
private sector company and the University
of KwaZulu-Natal, is investigating waste-to-energy
options. One of these options involves
the installation of an anaerobic digester
to compost green waste. On average, five
to eight tonnes a day of organic waste
material is produced in the 16-hectare
greenhouse operation.
“Green waste is by far the largest by-product
and costs our operation as we are paying to
have it transported to a composting site daily.
Savings could be had if this was processed
on site and produced energy,” says Bantwini.
The digester is a capital-intensive investment
and Dube AgriZone will need to partner with
other institutions should the project
prove feasible.
The challenges being faced by agriculture,
from higher labour and transport costs to
high input costs, such as that of fertiliser,
which has been affected by the Rand, have
impacted Dube AgriZone’s fresh produce
growers, which have seen crop
prices plummet.
However, the impact on Dube AgriZone
Phase one farmers could have been worse
had it not been for the solar energy system
powering the greenhouses, as well as the
rainwater harvesting and recycled irrigation
water system. In January alone one of the
operators saved R140 000 on electricity by
using solar energy, and the green initiatives
being considered for AgriZone Phase two will
further assist farmers.
Dube AgriZone Phase one constitutes an
end-to-end facility, inclusive of the Dube
AgriLab for plant tissue culture, greenhouse
production and a packaging station. The
highlight of its 2013 year was Farmwise,
a fresh produce and salad packaging
company, becoming fully operational.
Dube TradePort Corporation’s
90-hectare AgriZone Phase
two is readying for take-off
as soon as its Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA)
process is complete,
although only a third will be
developed to start with.

DUBE AGRILAB IN COMMERCIAL
AGRICULTURAL R & D 15
NovaCane®, one of the plant varieties
produced at Dube AgriLab
Mlibo Bantwini, Dube TradePort Corporation’s Executive: Dube AgriZone and Marieke Mendes,
Senior Manager: Dube AgriLab, with the Dube AgriLab team
Dube AgriLab, launched in 2013, is fully
operational and expecting an exciting
year, with a number of research
and development projects that have
enormous potential for the agricultural
industry.
Topping Dube AgriLab’s highlight list is the
bio-reactor unit it is installing to enhance
its plant culture capacity. This temporary
emersion system, on trial for the sugar
industry, is pioneering technology for South
Africa. “Although the technology has been
available world-wide for the past five years,
its use is scattered,” says Marieke Mendes,
Dube TradePort Corporation’s Senior
Manager: Dube AgriLab.
It should provide a faster and less labour-and
medium-intensive method of producing
plants, thus speeding up plant delivery while
reducing labour and input costs. If it proves
successful, it could be used on other
plant varieties.
“We are undertaking in-house research and
development for a new technology to grow
Macadamia nut trees from tissue culture.
The Macadamia has become very popular
and is currently the commodity showing the
biggest growth, especially in KwaZulu-Natal,”
says Mendes.
The concept is to take micro cuttings and
inoculate them in a special growth medium.
It is the recipe for this growth medium and
the sterilising of the plant that the AgriLab
is developing. For the commercial forestry
industry, the lab is also researching a
‘recipe’ for Eucalyptus and Pine tree culture.
“Breeders have selected new varieties of
these trees and we are useful for bulking-up
the young plants of these new varieties, after
which they will continue with the normal
practice of taking cuttings,” she says.
There is a lot of demand from high-value
clients, such as those in the forestry
industry. “A major project and one of the
most exciting in the pipeline that will provide
huge volumes for Dube AgriLab is that of
producing bamboo shoots for a biomass-to-energy
project,” says Mlibo Bantwini, Dube
TradePort Corporation’s Executive:
Dube AgriZone.
The project is being undertaken by a South
African company that intends to replace its
imports of the Indian-bred Beema Bamboo
cultivar, which is digested for the production
of power.
The bamboo is interesting in that it is a
high carbon sequestrator, meaning it uses
up carbon, thus contributing to the carbon
neutral status of those companies that grow
it. Dube AgriLab is expecting to grow 2,5
million bamboo shoots a year.
Growing young plants from tissue culture
for the banana industry is also on this year’s
project list. Bananas are one of those crops
that are very susceptible to disease and
for this reason most farmers have moved
to tissue culture to ensure they only use
disease-free plants. A limited number of
seasons can be had from a single crop of
plants before clean, disease-free material is
required and the AgriLab aims to supply this.
Dube AgriLab expects to produce a million
plants during the 2014/15 financial year,
doubling this capacity in 2015/16. When at
full capacity, the lab has the capability of
producing five million plants a year.
PerformanCe
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Investing in skills
development
infrastructure
Stimulating the agricultural
sector
Introducing cutting-edge
technology to South africa

SIZE AND COMPLEXITY
IN PIONEERING REHABILITATION 16
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environmental
preservation and
rehabilitation
The protection of
endangered wildlife
fostering public-private
participation
In all, there are at least 23 different species
of frogs in the Dube TradePort area, including
the critically endangered Pickersgill’s Reed
Frog, as well as the vulnerable Spotted
Shovel-nosed Frog.
According to environmental specialists
assisting the Dube TradePort Corporation, the
restoration and rehabilitation of 500 hectares
of its land probably rates as the largest, most
complex undertaking of its kind in KwaZulu-
Natal. Further, it has set the ecological bar
high with its proactive commitment to land
restoration, precinct-wide alien removal and
land rehabilitation.
“This programme is very complex in terms
of its size and range of habitats being
rehabilitated or restored. Many of the
things being done here have never been
done before, so pioneering work is being
undertaken,” says David Styles, Specialist
Botanist contracted to the project. The
programme encompasses three main
vegetation-types, including forest and
wooded areas, grassland and wetlands.
A major focus is restoring grassland.
Under Styles’ supervision, alien vegetation is
being cleared out, more than 180 different
indigenous plant species on the property
have been recorded and, with special
permission, seed collected and grown in both
AgriZone and Tongaat Hulett nurseries is now
ready for planting.
Indigenous tree planting has been ongoing
for 18 months and shortly the major part
of the organisation’s Rehabilitation and
Restoration Programme - the grassland
planting - will start.
Dube TradePort Corporation is waiting for
a specialised University of KwaZulu-Natal-designed
planter, which is being made for
the job, to be delivered. There is only one
other planter of its kind available in the
country, but it is being used in the
mining industry.
While rehabilitation is an ongoing aspect of
environmental compliance, the organisation’s
environmental team is being proactive
in driving the project and ensuring that
extensively more than the bare minimum
is achieved.
For Jeanne Tarrant, the rehabilitation
programme is a blessing for the
approximately 2 000 Pickersgill’s Reed
Frogs that inhabit the Mt Moreland wetland
as invasive alien species threaten the frogs’
natural habitat.
“Prior to the Dube TradePort development,
the vegetation was poor and degraded as a
result of previous farming. While it might be
argued that the infrastructure development
had detracted from the previous open space,
the natural habitat being re-developed is of
significantly better quality than that which
existed before construction,” says Styles.
“This project is so important. Not only will
it recreate habitat that once occurred, but
will add to the amount of better quality
grassland on the KwaZulu-Natal coast, where
it has been mostly destroyed and is now
endangered.
This project is, therefore, important
not only for Dube TradePort, but in a
Province-wide context. Dube TradePort
Corporation has made a considerable
investment in this programme and
is following through with these
commitments,” maintains Styles.
“Birds, in particular the Barn Swallows that
use the Mt Moreland wetlands as something
of a ‘motel’ for roosting only, are also
benefitting from the rehabilitation. Numbers
at the roost depend largely on the availability
of food. If there is no food the birds will
move on to richer areas,” says Angie
Wilken, Chairperson of the Mt Moreland
Conservancy Committee.
Wilken, who has raised the profile of the
barn swallows at Mt Moreland and is working
with Dube TradePort Corporation on its
rehabilitation programme says the clearing of
invasive aliens is having a brilliant effect. An
increased number of other birds - including
several rare birds in isolated numbers - and
butterflies have also been appearing on the
overall site.
All this may be attributed to the development
of the airport and surrounding Dube
TradePort development providing open
spaces/grasses and protection (security
fencing around the site).
Ultimately, the conservationists would like
to see more and may see some of their
wishes come true. Dube TradePort has
identified areas to rehabilitate off-site, as
all Dube TradePort land leads up to the
wetlands. A proposal and budget have been
submitted for extending the Rehabilitation
and Restoration Programme into the
Mt Moreland wetland area, home of the
endangered frogs, and additional land
around Lake Victoria has been purchased for
restoration purposes.
For thousands of frogs at
Dube TradePort, Friday,
28 February, a national frog
awareness day - Leap Day -
passed unnoticed. But that’s
not to say that nobody is
looking out for them.
The Dube Rehab team working on-site. Over 600ha of land
will be rehabilitated by 2015
Re-introducing indigenous vegetation to preserve the
precious ecosystems that support our wildlife

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL
PLANNING 17
To account for its environmental impacts,
in addition to mandatory environmental
compliance monitoring, the organisation
undertakes an Annual State of the
Environment Report to gain insight into the
state of its natural resources.
“In addition to all applicable South
African environmental legislation, Dube
TradePort Corporation, as an organisation,
applies international best practice for all
development applications,” says Owen
Mungwe, Dube TradePort Corporation’s
Executive: Development Planning
and Infrastructure.
Working with key strategic partners and
relevant authorities, such as Ezemvelo KZN
Wildlife and the Endangered Wildlife Trust,
DubeTradePort Corporation has been able
to identify key environmental issues and
potential mitigation measures. These include
environmental stewardship, mitigation off-sets
and indigenous landscaping.
“Responding to water supply issues and
climate change phenomena, Dube TradePort
Corporation has developed a Water Demand
and Consumption Plan, as well as a Carbon
Management Strategy, in addition to its
Rehabilitation and Restoration Programme.”
“In addition to key strategic partners
and relevant authorities, the organisation
recognises the importance of innovation
and research as pillars of sustainable
development. For this, we are working with
the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Department
of Environmental Engineering to develop
design tools for a Green Industrial Park
within the Dube TradeZone precinct,”
says Mungwe.
“While this is a new business concept,
climate change and the shift towards
a ‘green’ economy in South Africa
requires a systems approach to
development design. We are excited
with the potential collective benefits
for ourselves, investors, the University
and the community,” he says. With a
combined 520 hectares of commercial
and industrial land to bring to the
market in the next five years, Dube
TradePort Corporation’s environmental
performance is going to be a standard
by which the organisational business
performance is measured in terms of
sustainability indicators.
This will also depend largely on the
regulatory and statutory approvals for
the current Environmental Impact
Assessment applications.
The organisation has developed a
long-term Environmental Strategy that
includes its tenants and suppliers in terms
of integrated waste, water and energy
management and conservation.
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environmental preservation
and rehabilitation
Job creation and poverty
alleviation
Creating sustainable
developments
Building critical
infrastructure
Local community
engagement
Owen Mungwe, Dube TradePort Corporation’s Executive: Development Planning and Infrastructure,
breaks ground on new infrastructural projects
“From the very outset,
has upheld the need for
environmental sustainability.
In balancing corporate
gain and environmental
preservation, the organisation
is committed socially
and environmentally to
responsible development,”
says Saxen van Coller, Dube
TradePort Corporation’s Chief
Executive Officer.

CLOUD OFFERING GIVES
SMALL BUSINESSES AN EDGE 18
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ensuring service
delivery
Providing critical
resources to grow
business
King III-compliant
FIBRE-BASED
The data centre, or cloud infrastructure
service as it is also known, is available for
all companies and provides full visibility,
a 99,99% uptime Service Level Agreement,
data security, highly trained staff and
enables companies to meet King III
requirements for data recovery and
business continuity in the event of
a disaster.
Dube iConnect’s cloud meets the mandate
for local data storage in terms of the
King III Report and other legislation that
makes company CEOs and Boards liable and
accountable for their data. Storing it locally
gives them that control.
“The question always arises as to why Dube
TradePort Corporation provides a Data
Centre? The answer is simple... ICT, in terms
of infrastructure is the same as electricity,
water or road infrastructure,” says Hamish
Erskine, Dube TradePort Corporation’s
Executive: ICT.
“Nowadays, to have a property zone that
is competitive, able to attract the best
businesses and able to provide the best
operating environment, a developer needs
to ensure that it has invested in connectivity.
We chose the route of not outsourcing as we
believe this is a basic long-term offering in
the same way as we would roll-out any other
infrastructure,” he says.
For business, there is an enormous
requirement for secure data storage,
processing, back-up and disaster recovery
of data because so much of companies’
critical information is digitally secured today.
The rapid roll-out of broadband globally has
meant that there is less requirement for data
to exist on a device in the office, as it can be
managed from a centralised location.
During 2013, Dube iConnect,
primarily a telecoms, voice
and broadband internet
provider operating under
licence from ICASA and
aimed at Dube TradePort
tenants, launched its Data
Centre infrastructure
services.
A company can now choose to invest
heavily in its own data storage system or it
can choose to buy space on an operating
expenditure model, from a third party,
such as Dube iConnect with its
sophisticated infrastructure.
“The general trend of backing-up information
on the cloud is driving its use. For example,
Amazon Web Services is currently the
biggest cloud provider and they estimate that
as much as US$750 million uptake of cloud
data storage is expected in the US market in
2015,” says Erskine.
Dube iConnect recognises that many
companies have invested heavily in
in-house data storage and so aim to
offer businesses the opportunity to
migrate over a period of time. Dube
iConnect provides rack space for the
client’s equipment in its Data Centre
and when the client decommissions
the equipment, Dube TradePort
Corporation is able to offer a virtualised
environment and one in which the
customer may enjoy a substantial
cost saving. Dube iConnect’s aim is to
achieve full tier 3 accreditation so as to
offer the business community world-class
data storage services.
SERVICE PROVIDER
GATEWAYS

A BASE FOR KWAZULU-NATAL’S
IT RESELLERS TO GROW 19
The Dube iConnect team members who work tirelessly to ensure that they deliver
their promise of 99.99% uptime to their clients
Dube iConnect’s on-site equipment
“It is in this reseller market that Dube
iConnect is realising its growth which, for the
year ending March 2014, is 82,7%,” says
Steve Johnson, Dube TradePort Corporation’s
Key Accounts Manager: Dube iConnect.
The unique model enables resellers to
sell Dube iConnect data storage as a base
and enhance the offering with their own
specialised services.
“As an example, one reseller will, in March,
launch a product it has developed that
achieves a desktop in the cloud, so you can
run your entire office, including Pastel, from
your phone, Windows machine, iPad and so
on,” says Johnson.
“We were building this ICT infrastructure
for our own purposes. Dube iConnect was
providing voice and data and we predicted
where the market was going. Therefore,
the next logical choice was a data centre
equipped to meet the economic development
objective across the board in KwaZulu-
Natal,” says Hamish Erskine, Dube TradePort
Corporation’s Executive: ICT.
“Dube iConnect is now in a position to
empower small to medium enterprises to
deliver cloud-based services, while Dube
iConnect provides the infrastructure, so we
are not competing in the same space,”
says Erskine.
Two years ago, when Dube iConnect was
starting on its Data Centre journey, it met a
company planning to set up the same thing.
That company had R250 000 for hardware,
from which it planned to sell basic
cloud storage.
“We asked if they would like to see our Data
Centre and if they would like to become
a reseller. They did and they now have a
successful business without having to spend
that money. With the infrastructure that we
have, our resellers are able to see a
return immediately.”
“Our job is to stimulate the
KwaZulu-Natal economy and
this data centre has given us
the opportunity to encourage
businesses to flourish, creating
jobs and getting ahead of the
market,” says Erskine.
In the space of a year, Dube
TradePort Corporation’s
Dube iConnect operation
has assisted nine small- to
medium-sized reseller
enterprises to break into a
competitive environment,
offering services equal to
those of big data centres, at a
cost-effective rate.
PerformanCe
SCore
Small, medium and
micro-sized enterprises
Development of critical
ICT infrastructure
Job creation

LEARNING AND ENVIRONMENT
USED TO HELP COMMUNITIES 20
PerformanCe
SCore
Community upliftment
Public-private
participation
Skills transfer
Poverty alleviation
The main focus areas of the multi-faceted
programme are education and skills
development, environmental sustainability
and socio-economic development, which
is aligned to the National and Provincial
Government’s strategic goals, says
Bonginkosi Mthembu, Dube TradePort
Corporation’s Executive: Human Resources
and Support Services.
On a tertiary level, a bursary programme
for engineers, piloted with the University of
KwaZulu-Natal, is being extended to other
tertiary institutions in the Province, such as
Mangosuthu University of Technology and
the Durban University of Technology. When
graduates selected for the organisation’s
bursary programme complete their studies,
they will complete in-service training with
Dube TradePort Corporation. A one-year
internship programme which affords
unemployed graduates the opportunity to
gain work experience within the organisation
started last year. To date 16 unemployed
graduates have been employed as interns
across various business units in the
organisation, making them more marketable
and increasing their opportunities
for employment.
“Another major initiative is the R1,2 million
provision of solar power installations in six
schools with plans to extend this to two or
three more schools before the end of 2014.
This initiative seeks to ensure the continuous
supply of electricity, a hurdle with which
schools always battle,” says Mthembu.
At primary school level, a food-for-recyclables
project – paper, plastic and cans – has
been successfully implemented at five
schools in significantly disadvantaged areas,
where food security is a concern. Currently
fresh vegetables from the Dube AgriZone
greenhouses, as well as from a major fresh
produce retailer within the AgriZone, are
distributed every Friday by Dube TradePort
Corporation employees in exchange for
recyclable pollutants.
This project helps the children learn to care
about looking after their environment and
keeping it clean. The plan is to increase the
number of learners that are benefitting from
Bonginkosi Mthembu, Dube TradePort Corporation’s Executive: Human Resources and
Support Services, together with Solomon Nkosi, CSI Project Leader
the project. In 2013, food worth more than
R350 000 was distributed to four schools.
As part of its CSI success, the CSI team lists
a primary school in Tongaat which it assisted
with rainwater harvesting, solar power
installation and the food-for-recyclables
programme. These programmes have raised
environmental awareness amongst learners
and assisted the school to save on its water
and electricity bills.
In 2013, a total of 100 of the most vulnerable
learners at five schools received assistance
with school uniforms to the value of R450 per
learner. Dube TradePort Corporation intends
doubling the number of learners in 2014.
As many as 3 300
disadvantaged school children
in the area surrounding the
Dube TradePort precinct have
benefitted from the Corporate
Social Investment (CSI)
initiatives of Dube TradePort
Corporation, in the past year.
Two upcoming programmes
include the provision of more
rainwater harvesting units,
and science laboratory kits for
disadvantaged schools. While
some schools have laboratories
they are barely able to conduct
experiments because of a
shortage of appropriate laboratory
equipment, a situation Dube
TradePort Corporation plans to
rectify at some 10 local high
schools in 2014.
Dube TradePort Report Card 2013/14 www.dubetradeport.co.za

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IN AFRICA THE FIRST PURPOSE-BUILT AIRPORT CITY
77HECTARES
OF INDUSTRIAL LAND WITHIN 1 MIN OF
DUBE CARGO TERMINAL
3.7KM
SOUTH AFRICA
THE LONGEST
SEA-LEVEL
RUNWAY IN
701 KWP
CAPACITY TO GENERATE
ENERGY BY SOLAR PANELS
AT DUBE AGRIZONE
60DUBE TRADEPORT
THE MASTERPLAN FOR
DEVELOPMENT
YEARS
KZN
For your business to stay competitive in a fast-moving, green,
connected and virtual business world, it needs a premier logistics
platform. Dube TradePort was built with one purpose in mind:
to move your business forward.
DISTANCE FROM CBD: 30 MINS
TO UMHLANGA: 20 MINS
TO BALLITO: 15 MINS
TRADEZONE
120 GLOBAL
MORE
THAN
DESTINATIONS
ON DAILY
DBN-DUBAI
WEEKLY AT DUBE AGRIZONE 40
TONNES OF FRESH PRODUCE GROWN
16 527
OPPORTUNITIES SINCE 2007
DIRECT EMPLOYMENT
120 000 SQM
OF BULK AVAILABLE FOR
DEVELOPMENT IN DUBE CITY

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