When unrest flared up in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng from 9 to 18 July 2021, ultimately resulting in 200 shopping centres being looted and/or damaged, with a R50 billion knock on the national gross domestic product, leading Pan-African professional real-estate services provider Broll Property Group knew it had to act quickly.

Ten potential special economic zones, at least one in each province, had been identified and would be subjected to feasibility studies in the coming months, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said in Parliament Friday.