{"id":1061,"date":"2022-04-27T15:06:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T15:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sorfund.org\/?page_id=1061"},"modified":"2022-08-01T14:24:24","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T14:24:24","slug":"economy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cwcbr.co.za\/?page_id=1061","title":{"rendered":"Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1061\" class=\"elementor elementor-1061\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d68cb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d68cb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76a2e2b\" data-id=\"76a2e2b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be1149c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be1149c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Economy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf1dec0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cf1dec0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-title\">Economy<\/h1><div class=\"pf-content\"><h5>THE MAIN SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY ARE:<\/h5><div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ade44ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ade44ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Agriculture \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>wheat, sheep and wine farming are important in terms of both the geographic product and employment. About 16% of employment in the Saldanha Bay district is in agriculture.<\/p><p><strong>Fishing and mariculture \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Fish processing plants are located in Saldanha Bay, St Helena Bay and Veldrift, while mussel and oyster farming are important in the Langebaan Lagoon. This sector accounts for about 10% of employment on the West Coast.<\/p><p><strong>Industry \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>This sector accounts for 25% of GNP in the Saldanha Bay area and 42% in Blaauwberg (now part of the City of Cape Town). This sector includes both heavy industry (such as Saldanha Steel) and specialised manufacturing, such as boat building and net-making.<\/p><p><strong>Tourism \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0This is a growing sector, dispersed over the CWCBR. In Cape Town this sector accounts for 13% of GNP and is dispersed over the area, with accommodation and activities in towns, on farms and nature reserves.<\/p><p><strong>Services and commercial\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 These sectors are also dispersed and are important in terms of the economy and employment.The economy of the southern part of the CWCBR is integrated into that of metropolitan Cape Town, with a significant proportion of residents working outside of the CWCBR<br \/><strong>Infrastructure-\u00a0<\/strong>Due to its location the CWCBR is already intersected by numerous infra structural elements. These include roads, railways, harbours, power lines, sub-stations and power stations. This infrastructure is vital for supporting the regional economy but also facilitates development with consequential land conversion.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Economy Economy THE MAIN SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY ARE: \u00a0 Agriculture \u2013\u00a0wheat, sheep and wine farming are important in terms of both the geographic product and employment. About 16% of employment in the Saldanha Bay district is in agriculture. Fishing and mariculture \u2013\u00a0Fish processing plants are located in Saldanha Bay, St Helena Bay and Veldrift,<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/cwcbr.co.za\/?page_id=1061\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1061","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwcbr.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwcbr.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwcbr.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwcbr.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cwcbr.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/cwcbr.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1846,"href":"https:\/\/cwcbr.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1061\/revisions\/1846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cwcbr.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}