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Manufacturing 36 The OR Tambo Aerotropolis is attracting manufacturing.

Tourism 38 Tourism operators are determined to rise again.

ICT 40 Financial services is leading the way in ICT investment.

Banking and financial services

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Development finance and SMME support

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Education and training

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Banks are looking at insurance and funeral policies. Government pledges to spend R4-billion with SMMEs annually. Skills training is a public and private priority.

References Key sector contents

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Index

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Overviews of the main economic sectors of Gauteng.

ABOUT THE COVER: Arnold Petersen/iStock by Getty Images. Sandton at night. With the Liberty Group among the financiers, Sandton City shopping centre, with 50 000m² of lettable space, opened in 1973 and sparked fantastically fast growth around it, transforming farmland to the richest square mile in Africa. Several new corporate headquarters have been built in recent years in the town that drew its name from two of its well-known suburbs, Sandown and Bryanston.

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