Agri-hub seen as key post-mining-economy jobs driver in west Gauteng

An ambitious plan to develop Gauteng’s West Rand into an agri-industrial hub, primarily producing high-value crops for domestic and export markets, is starting to take shape and is expected to be officially launched during the first quarter of 2019. The initiative has been branded ‘Bokamoso Ba Rona’, Sesotho for “Our Future”, and included as one of the flagship projects unveiled as part of the Presidential Jobs Summit framework agreement, released in October.