The tabling of the new Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Bill is an admission by government that the existing Industrial Development Zones (IDZs) have failed to attract enough investment to justify the R5.3 billion spent on them, says Democratic Alliance shadow trade and industry minister Tim Harris

AN independent study by Stellenbosch-based Maritime Education Research and Information Technology (MERIT) has found that the Port of Ngqura is viable without the Coega Industrial Development Zone and more importantly, that South Africa needs a deepwater container facility at the port of Ngqura.