Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a premier investment location. Located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, it offers fully serviced industrial precincts and provides opportunities for private sector investors seeking access to markets, efficiencies and seeking a safe and convenient location to serve the African continent.
Dube TradeZone 1 is fully operational and has become a hub for nearly 50 investors, including renowned international companies such as Samsung, Mahindra, DHL, Chem Energy, and PepsiCo-Futurelife.
These manufacturers are some that have leveraged the precinct’s prime location and multi-modal connectivity to service the sub-Saharan African market, as well as markets in Asia, Europe, and the United States.
In May 2024, Dube TradePort launched the second phase of its industrial precinct by securing seven private sector investors; four of these investors have already commenced construction of their facilities, bringing the total private sector investment secured by the zone to R4.6-billion.
Dube TradePort SEZ provides long-term notarial leasehold contracts to help commercial property developers lower upfront land costs and establish a lasting public-private partnership. This ensures that Dube TradePort SEZ remains invested in each development as the organisation grows over time.
Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone operates several businesses, namely:
- Dube Cargo Terminal: The most secure cargo terminal in Africa, which is directly linked to both King Shaka International Airport and Dube TradeZone. The terminal, through Dube AiRoad, also operates a fleet of dry and refrigerated trucks as well as commercial vehicles to bridge the last mile between road and airfreight.
- Dube TradeZone is a light industrial manufacturing, assembly, and logistics precinct. Providing an enabling environment for aerospace and aviation-linked manufacturing and related services; electronic manufacturing and assembly; medical and pharmaceutical production and distribution; clothing and textiles; and automotive component manufacturing.
- Dube City is a modern business and commercial centre within the King Shaka International Airport precinct.
- Dube AgriZone is Africa’s first integrated perishables supply chain, with world-class glass greenhouses, packhouses, and distribution centres. The precinct caters to: agriculture and agro-processing operators, including horticulture, aquaculture, and floriculture. It also houses a specialised tissue culture laboratory (Dube AgriLab).
- Dube iConnect provides voice and data services to developments within the precinct, as well as cloud computing solutions to businesses throughout South Africa.
King Shaka International Airport, owned and operated by Airports Company South Africa, has the longest sea-level runway (3.7 km) in South Africa and is capable of accommodating the latest-generation wide-bodied aircraft.
