fDi Atlas logo

Enterprise Investment Programme (EIP) (manufacturing programme)

• Investment grants from 15-30% on qualifying assets.
• Expansion grants on qualifying assets
• Upgrading projects in the clothing and textile sectors.

Enterprise Investment Programme (EIP) (tourism support programme)

• Investment grants from 15-30% on qualifying assets.
• Expansion grants of up to 30%on qualifying assets.

Foreign Investment Grant

• A cash grant to a maximum of R10 million but the lower of
• 15% value of new machinery & equipment or
• Actual relocation cost of of new machinery & equipment.

Critical Infrastructure Programme

• A cash grant to a Maximum 30% of development cost of qualifying infrastructure

Industrial Development Zone

• Speedy and easy access to international markets (One stop shop)
• World class infrastructure
• Expedited customs procedures
• Duty free operating environments

Black Business Supplier Development Programme (BBSDP)

• 20% Entrepreneur
• 80% dti
• A cost sharing grant that enables black entrepreneurs to acquire training and mentorship to address skills gap

The Location Film & Television Production Incentive

• Large Budget Film and Television Production Rebate Scheme whereby an eligible applicant will be rebated a sum maximum of R10 million

The South African Film and Television Production and Co-production Incentive

• Financial assistance to S .African feature films, telemovies, television drama series, documentaries and animation.

South African Capital Goods Feasibility Study Fund

• The fund’s contribution is in the form of an advance up to a maximum of 50% of study costs for projects outside Africa and 55% for projects in Africa

BPO & O Investment Incentive

• The BPO&O Investment Incentive comprises an Investment Grant and a Training Support Grant towards costs of company-specific training. The incentive is offered to local and foreign investors establishing projects that aim primarily to serve offshore clients.
• The investment grant ranges from R37,000 and R60,000 per seat
• Training Support Grant towards costs of company-specific training up to a maximum of R12,000 per agent

Competitiveness Improvement Programme

Grants are to be used for the following interventions:

• Training
• Labour relations and employee wellness programmes
• Product related
• Supply chain integration
• Industrial engineering
• Competitiveness improvement
• Bottom line business processes
• A 65% grant for companies and a 75% grant for cluster initiatives.
• Grant support for each company will be limited to a cumulative ceiling of R2.5-million over the five-year period of the programme implementation.
• Grant support for each approved partnership will be limited to a cumulative ceiling of R25-million over the five-year period of the programme implementation.

Production Incentive (PI)

• The PI is a market-neutral incentive offered benefit equal to 10% for the year ending March 2011 of a company’s Manufacturing Value Addition (MVA).

Trade & Investment South Africa provides a service to investors by providing location suggestions, including identifying potential suitable property and site options.

The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Ltd (IDC) is a self-financing, national Development Finance Institution (DFI). The IDC offers financial instruments, including: equity, quasi-equity, commercial debt, wholesale finance, guarantees, export and import finance. The IDC:

• Provides and arranges funding (e.g. export and import finance, equity and loan funding)
• Shares project risk with the sponsors and financial partners
• Structures appropriate limited recourse funding packages by allocating project risk to the appropriate stakeholders
• The IDC's Public-Private Partnerships Strategic Business Unit (PPP SBU) provides debt and/or equity funding for key infrastructure projects in sectors such as power, water, telecommunications, information technology and transportation

1. Energy Sector
2. Business Process Outsourcing
3. Manufacturing and advanced manufacturing