GGH3702
Assignment 1 Semester 1 2025
Unique #:
Due Date: 17 March 2025
Detailed solutions, explanations, workings
and references.
+27 81 278 3372
, SOUTH AFRICA’S ECONOMIC SECTORS AND THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION: AN ANALYSIS OF LINKAGES, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, AND
FUTURE PROSPECTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 3
2. MAIN ECONOMIC SECTORS IN SOUTH AFRICA ............................................... 3
2.1 Primary Sector: Mining and Agriculture ............................................................ 3
2.2 Secondary Sector: Manufacturing and Industrialization .................................... 4
2.3 Tertiary Sector: Services, Trade, and Finance ................................................. 4
3. LINKAGES BETWEEN ECONOMIC SECTORS ................................................... 5
3.1 Backward and Forward Linkages in Mining and Manufacturing ........................ 5
3.2 Agriculture’s Connection to Food Processing and Retail .................................. 5
3.3 Services Sector’s Role in Supporting Primary and Secondary Industries ......... 5
4. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA ....... 6
4.1. Gauteng: The Economic Powerhouse ............................................................. 6
4.2. Western Cape: Tourism, Agriculture, and Technology .................................... 6
4.3. KwaZulu-Natal: Trade, Industry, and Agriculture ............................................. 7
4.4. Eastern Cape: Automotive Industry and Rural Underdevelopment ................. 7
4.5. Limpopo and North West: Mining and Agriculture ........................................... 7
4.6. Mpumalanga and Free State: Coal, Energy, and Agriculture ........................... 8
4.7. Northern Cape: Mining and Renewable Energy .............................................. 8
5. FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK AND THE FOURTH
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ..................................................................................... 8
6. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................... 10
REFERENCES ........................................................................................................ 10
Varsity Cube 2024 +27 81 278 3372
Assignment 1 Semester 1 2025
Unique #:
Due Date: 17 March 2025
Detailed solutions, explanations, workings
and references.
+27 81 278 3372
, SOUTH AFRICA’S ECONOMIC SECTORS AND THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION: AN ANALYSIS OF LINKAGES, SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION, AND
FUTURE PROSPECTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 3
2. MAIN ECONOMIC SECTORS IN SOUTH AFRICA ............................................... 3
2.1 Primary Sector: Mining and Agriculture ............................................................ 3
2.2 Secondary Sector: Manufacturing and Industrialization .................................... 4
2.3 Tertiary Sector: Services, Trade, and Finance ................................................. 4
3. LINKAGES BETWEEN ECONOMIC SECTORS ................................................... 5
3.1 Backward and Forward Linkages in Mining and Manufacturing ........................ 5
3.2 Agriculture’s Connection to Food Processing and Retail .................................. 5
3.3 Services Sector’s Role in Supporting Primary and Secondary Industries ......... 5
4. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA ....... 6
4.1. Gauteng: The Economic Powerhouse ............................................................. 6
4.2. Western Cape: Tourism, Agriculture, and Technology .................................... 6
4.3. KwaZulu-Natal: Trade, Industry, and Agriculture ............................................. 7
4.4. Eastern Cape: Automotive Industry and Rural Underdevelopment ................. 7
4.5. Limpopo and North West: Mining and Agriculture ........................................... 7
4.6. Mpumalanga and Free State: Coal, Energy, and Agriculture ........................... 8
4.7. Northern Cape: Mining and Renewable Energy .............................................. 8
5. FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OUTLOOK AND THE FOURTH
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION ..................................................................................... 8
6. CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................... 10
REFERENCES ........................................................................................................ 10
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