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The Mbombela Business Portfolio 2011 The Mbombela Business Portfolio 2011 A directory of businesses in the Mbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga The Mbombela Business Portfolio 2011 A directory of businesses in the Mbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Index A C Access control 76 Cabling 48 Accommodation 108 Camping equipment 108 Accounting 64 Candles 30 Adult basic education and training 8 Car sales 176 Advertising 71 Car parts 171, 177 Agriculture 1 Car wash 171 Agricultural chemicals 1 Cardiologists 11 Agricultural research 1 Carpentry (construction) 40 Agricultural pumps 2 Carpets 146 Airconditioning 38 Cash registers 149 Aircraft 94 Casinos 26 Airports 94 Caterers 160 Alarms 76 Ceramics (sales) 24 Alcoholic drinks retail 157 Charities 30 Aluminium windows etc 40, 86 Child welfare 30 Architects 54 Cinemas 25 Art galleries 24 Civil construction 33 Art sales 24 Civil engineers 46 Attorneys 66 Cleaning services 73 Audiovisual equipment hire 24, 82 Coaches 95 Auditing 64 Clothes 91, 153 Avionics 94 Coffee shops 131 Colleges 5 B Comforters 91 Baby products 146, 153 Community services 30 Baking products 146 Compressors 48 Banks 61 Computers 56, 59 Bars 131 Computer training 7 Beads 24 Concrete products 39 Beauty salons 19 Conference centres 108 Bed and breakfasts 108 Construction 33 Beds 147 Construction equipment hire 82 Bicycle sales 181 Cookware 146 Blinds 86 Copiers 56 Boilermakers 85 Cosmetics 146 Bookkeeping 64 Couriers 101 Bottle stores 157 Costume hire 82 Bricks 34, 92 Credit 61 Builders 33 Curios 24 Building materials 33, 143 Curtains 91 Buses 95 Business finance 61 D Business stationery 89 Debt collection 74 Butcheries 158 Dentists 9 Dermatologists 11 Diesel equipment 48 ii Mbombela Business Portfolio Index Diesel sales 180 G Doors 40, 86 Game drives 95 Driving schools 6 Gardening services 2 Dry cleaning 17 Gas 53 Gates 40 E General practitioners 10 Education 5 Generators 39, 48 Electric fencing 76 Gift shops 24, 146 Electrical appliances 147 Glass (household) 40 Electrical engineers 46 Glazing 141 Electrical equipment sales 38 Granite 41 Electrical installation 29 Graphic design 71 Electricians 38 Grocers 160 Embroidery 24 Guesthouses 108 Employee benefit consulting 68 Gun shops 146 Engineering equipment 48 Gymnasiums 25 Engineers 46 Gynaecologists 12 Engraving 89 Entertainment venues 27 H Entrepreneurial support 62 Hair products 20 Environmental consultants 55, 68 Hair salons 19 Estate agents 79 Hardware retail 142 Event hire 82 Health spas 19 Event management 24 Helicopter hire 94 Express freight 101 High schools 5 Hire of transport equipment 81 F Hire of construction equipment 82 Fabrics (household) 24, 91 Home loans 63 Fast food 131 Hotels 108 Filters 92 Houseware 24 Financing 61 Human resources 68 Fire extinguishers 76, 78 Hydraulics 48 Firefighting 78 Fish retail 158 I Fleet management 101 Industrial cleaning 73 Florists 146 Industrial gases 53 Foodstuffs retail 160 Industrial machinery 48 Footwear 153 Information (tourist) 98 Foreign exchange 61 Import/export 107 Forestry 1 Internet cafes 56 Freight 101 Internet services 56 Fruit and vegetables retail 160 Insurance (short-term) 63 Fuel sales 180 Insurance brokers 63 Funerals 18 Irrigation 2, 51 Furniture 86 IT support and networks 56 Furniture retail 141 Furniture removals 101 Mbombela Business Portfolio iii Index J P Jewellery 146 PABXs 23 Junior schools 5 Packaging 75 Jungle gyms 89 Paint manufacture 92 Paint sales 38, 142 K Panelbeating 171 Kitchens 86 Paper mills 1, 93 Party organisers 24 L Pathology 14 Labour 74 Performing arts 28 Land surveyors 55 Pest control 78 Laundry 17 Pet products and sitting 146 Lawyers 66 Petrol stations 180 Leather goods 91 Pharmacies 13 Legal 66 Photocopiers 56 Life insurance 63 Photographic equipment 26 Linen 91 Polystyrene 92 Liquor stores 154 Project management 68 Litigation 66 Physicians 13 Loans 61 Physiotherapists 14 Locksmiths 143 Plumbing 40 Lodges 108 Pottery 24 Poultry retail 157 M Printing 89 Private schools 5 Management consultants 68 Property development 56, 79 Marketing 71 Property leases and sales 79 Measuring equipment 78 Psychologists 17 Meat retail 158 Pumps 48 Mechanical engineering 46 Pumps (water) 51 Media 19 Medical doctors 10 Q Medical specialists 11 Quantity surveyors 55 Micro loans 62 Mineral water 51 R Mortgage finance 63 Radio repair 23 Motorcycle sales 176 Rape counselling 30 Music sales 146 Real estate 79 N Recreation and cultural 24 Networks (IT) 58 Recruitment 74 Newspapers 19 Refrigeration 38 Nurseries 2 Restaurants 131 Roofing 38 O Office equipment 56, 146 S Old age homes 30 Safaris 95 Optometrists 16 Sawmills 1 Oxygen 53 Scaffolding 38 iv Mbombela Business Portfolio Index Scales 78 Toilet hire 82 Schools 5 Tourist information 98 Second-hand car sales 176 Town planning 56 Security 76 Transformers 92 Self-catering accommodation 108 Transport 94 Shoes 153 Training colleges 6 Shopping centrese 160 Transport equipment hire 81 Sightseeing 95 Transport: furniture 101 Signage 71 Trauma counselling Social services 30 Travel agents 95, 104 Soft drink distributors 160 Tree felling 1 Spas 19 Tours 95 Toys 153 Sports equipment and clothing 156 Transfers 95 Springs 78 Truck sales 176 Stationery 89, 146 Two-way radio 23 Steel product manufacture 84 Storage 104 U Structural engineering 46 Undertakers 18 Structural steel 84 Universities 6 Supermarkets 160 Surgeons 11 V Valves 48 Vehicle repair 171 T Vehicle sales 176 Taverns 131 Video rental 82 Taxis 94 Television repair 23 W Television stations 19 Water (drinking) 51 Tent/marquee hire 82 Water (supply) 51 Textiles 91 Website design 57 Welding 84 Theatre (live) 24 Windows 40, 86 Tiles retail 142 Tiling 38 Mbombela Business Portfolio v MPUMALANGA PROVINCE Mpumalanga – the place where the sun rises – Home to 3.6 million people, Mpumalanga is a shares borders with Mozambique and Swaziland province of great business sophistication with plus four other South African provinces. large towns and cities where every service is It is a region of almost mythical beauty and available, where first-class communications and variety, of people whose welcome is as warm as transport links are a given. the weather. Mpumalanga’s attractions include The Mpumalanga Development Corridor spans vast reserves where the great animals of Africa the entire subcontinent. Top-notch rail and road roam the pristine plains, canyons and caves, infrastructure make this corridor the natural drives through undulating forestlands, bush-clad conduit for moving goods around the region, as creeks where fat trout are to be caught, and well as attracting investment to Mpumalanga, tucked-away little towns and villages with cosy Mozambique and Swaziland. bars and top-notch restaurants. The provincial economy is diverse and robust, vi Mbombela Business Portfolio its manufacturing sector the fourth largest in iron and copper. South Africa. Mpumalanga is a leader in the Some 84 per cent of South Africa’s coal is petrochemicals and the wood and paper products produced from collieries in Mpumalanga. The industries while its natural beauty is the basis of region centred around Witbank has eleven coal- a booming tourism industry. Agriculture and agro- fired power stations which generate 70 per cent industries are remarkably widespread, ranging of the electricity produced by utility Eskom. from subtropical staples such as avocados and Potential investors will find the provincial bananas to maize, sheep, beef and dairy. authorities most accommodating; labour is The province’s mining and metals industry settled, skilled and productive, costs are low, and is extremely well developed and diverse. suppliers eager and willing, while the natural Minerals extracted from the province include and social environment make this beauty spot gold, the platinum group metals, nickel, chrome, the ideal place in which to live, relax and do magnesite, manganese, tin, zinc, granite, marble, business. Mbombela Business Portfolio vii Ehlanzeni District Municipality Ehlanzeni is one of three district municipalities Agriculture, forestry and tourism in Mpumalanga, covering the northeastern characterise land use in the Ehlanzeni area, part of the province. The district comprises with manufacturing being the largest single five local municipalities: Mbombela, Thaba contributor to gross value add. Major industrial Chweu, Umjindi, Nkomazi, and Bushbuckridge. centres in the area are Nelspruit, White River Ehlanzeni (the name means “Lowveld” and and Nsikazi, with construction, manufacturing refers to the municipality’s location) also and services boosting growth in Nelspruit and incorporates a District Management Area White River. covering the southern part of the Kruger The district has a mostly subtropical climate National Park. which makes it ideal for the cultivation of The district’s total area is some 28,000km2, subtropical, citrus and deciduous fruits. home to approximately 1.5 million people, or 43 The area also has great potential for sugar, percent of the total population of Mpumalanga. livestock and game farming while commercial The district municipality is responsible forestry and timber/pulp and paper production for the overall development planning of the are important contributors to the district area and building the capacity of its member economy. local councils. Ehlanzeni promotes bulk Gold has been mined in the district for infrastructural development and ensures an almost 140 years and there is consider- equitable distribution of resources between able chrome mining and ferrochrome municipalities. production in the