Development Facilitation
Tshwane Automotive City

The TAC is a long term 50-year planned strategic infrastructure programme aimed to stimulate automotive vehicle assembly and component manufacturing in the Rosslyn region which is situated within the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality. TAC will service four (4) vehicle assemblers making it the largest automotive city in the world. This infrastructure project will be developed through Public and Private partnerships and the strategic goals align with all spheres of government. The TAC development aims to emulate well established motor cities such as Shanghai Automotive City in China, ‘The Autostad’ in Germany and Toyota Automotive City in Japan. TAC development will include:
1. Logistics Node: An advanced logistics and supply chain network in partnership with Transnet
2. Commercial and Recreation Node: Retail and Shopping malls, banks and restaurants
3. Community and Civic Node: This will include residence, parks and public environment and links.

Impact

The Automotive activities in the City of Tshwane region remains one of the priority sectors within the Gauteng and South Africa’s economy. Potential investment into TAC is estimated at R50 Billion with the ability to create 18 000 direct jobs across the value chain. In the development pipeline of the TAC as part of the Commercial node, Rosslyn Hub development has been launched with two main phases:
Phase 1: 2018-2021- R 1.6 billion
• 250 high density rental apartments.
• Crèche, primary and high school.
• Convenience shopping centre, value centre and filling station.
• Logistics park and vehicle distribution centre, with access to the new Logistics Hub
• Truck staging area and truck stop.
This is anticipated to generate 1850 direct jobs & a total of 8 500 jobs, including indirect and induced.
Phase 2: 2021-2025- R 1.4billion
• Hospital and clinic.
• Motor showrooms and motor retail.
• Regional shopping centre with a hotel and conference centre and outdoor automotive pavilion.
This is anticipated to generate 1350 direct jobs & a total of 6 500 jobs, including indirect and induced.