A01Envelope and splitR225 billion in constant 2026 rand is allocated across the programme. R96 billion, 43 percent, goes directly into production plants. The rest is power, water, logistics, parks, supplier finance, skills, worker housing and a R15 billion contingency.
The R200 Billion Factory
A concrete industrial deployment scenario at the scale of the grant programme.
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Study record · GSX:SRD-005
What industrial deployment does a scenario at the scale of the grant programme describe?
Evidence status: Modelled. Counterfactual. Version 1.0. Peer review: none. The paragraph under the title is the published summary.
Conditional answer · GSX:SRD-005:C01
A credible R225 billion programme could establish 34 industrial modules and, in the central case, support about 11,100 direct operating jobs, roughly 10,000 supplier jobs and R108 billion of annual sales.
Evidence status: Modelled. Sensitivity: high. Depends on GSX:SRD-005:A01, GSX:SRD-005:A02. The numbers are scenarios, not quotations or forecasts. Success depends more on utilisation and execution than on the number of ribbon cuttings. The programme takes close to a decade.
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Related questions
- What does a factory programme at R200 billion scale contain?
- How is grant-scale public money represented as industrial plant?
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Assumptions
Assumptions
These are the registered model assumptions. A result stays conditional on the ones a claim names.
A02Modular production coreThe production core is 34 modules across manganese-battery materials, PGM-hydrogen components, vanadium storage and shared machinery or recycling.34 industrial modules
A03Utilisation hingeAt 40 percent average use the portfolio creates almost no local value after its fixed burden. Above 70 percent the case becomes materially stronger.70 percent average capacity use
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Model
Model
The registered model statement. It is a scenario model, and the manuscript remains the full specification.
M01Physical allocation of R225 billionThe model turns R225 billion in constant 2026 rand into sites, utilities, 34 production modules, skills, supplier finance and logistics, using stylised plant assumptions from the mineral papers.GSX:SRD-005:M01
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Results
Results
Modelled scenario results. They are not forecasts.
R0111100 direct operating jobsIn the central case the programme supports about 11,100 direct operating jobs, roughly 10,000 supplier jobs, R108 billion of annual sales, 700 MW of reliable power demand and 12 million cubic metres of annual industrial water demand.Central case, after construction
R0240000 peak direct construction jobsConstruction employment peaks near 40,000 direct jobs and is temporary. Only R96 billion of the R225 billion goes directly into production plants.Construction phase
Sensitivity
- High · 1
- Moderate · 1
- Low · 0
Limitations
The numbers are scenarios, not quotations or forecasts. Success depends more on utilisation and execution than on the number of ribbon cuttings. The programme takes close to a decade.
A plant without power, water, logistics, skills, working capital or customers is not productive capital. Presenting the construction peak as permanent employment would misstate the model.
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Claims
Claims
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C01GSX:SRD-005:C01A credible R225 billion programme could establish 34 industrial modules and, in the central case, support about 11,100 direct operating jobs, roughly 10,000 supplier jobs and R108 billion of annual sales.Modelled · high sensitivity
C02GSX:SRD-005:C02More than half of the envelope enables production rather than buying production equipment. Peak construction employment near 40,000 direct jobs is not permanent operating employment.Modelled · moderate sensitivity
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