{"id":47547,"date":"2026-10-08T09:26:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=47547"},"modified":"2026-10-08T09:26:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T07:26:44","slug":"sa-province-to-launch-catalytic-investment-industrialisation-project-with-chinese-investors","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-province-to-launch-catalytic-investment-industrialisation-project-with-chinese-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Province to launch Catalytic Investment, Industrialisation Project with Chinese investors\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The Free State province in South Africa (SA), is set to launch the Catalytic Investment and Industrialisation Project in Maluti-a-Phofung Local Municipality this Friday, in partnership with Chinese investors Joy Long-YJC.<\/div>\n<div id=\"x_ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>With $6 billion of investments, the project will focus on automotive assembly, electric-mobility technologies, solar batteries, energy systems, logistics and skills development while creating about 7000 permanent jobs.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>SA\u2019s \u00a0President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the keynote address during the signing ceremony. Speaking to the media in Free State province on Wednesday, Maluti-a-Phufong Special Economic Zone (MAPSEZ) Chief Executive Officer Professor Mooketsi Mosola, explained the economic benefits of the project to the community in particular the youth.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Channel Africa is on the ground to witness this ground breaking investment milestone.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\u2014ChannelAfrica\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":47556,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-47547","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"SA\u2019s \u00a0President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the keynote address during the signing ceremony.","published_date":"","news_description":"SA\u2019s \u00a0President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to deliver the keynote address during the signing ceremony.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47548,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/47547\/revisions\/47548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=47547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}