Spatial economic development in South Africa: an overview and evaluation of the platinum spatial development initiative

Ewert Kleynhans, Willem Naude and Stefanus van der Merwe

Development Southern Africa, 2003, vol. 20, issue 5, 617-631

Abstract: The Platinum Spatial Development Initiative (Platinum SDI), located in the North West province of South Africa, is examined in this article. The article commences with a historical synopsis of industrial policy and regional industrial development policy in South Africa. Thereafter the trade and industrial policies of the North West Provincial Government are discussed in the contexts of its economic development strategies 'North West 2001' from 1997, and the 'North West Economic Development and Industrialisation Strategy' from 2002. Various arguments for and against the viability of the Platinum SDI are put forward.

Date: 2003
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