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Useful Websites

Provincial Information Free State
http://www.brain.org.za/SUPPORT/provfs.html
Map of the Free State, Free State District and Municipalities.
http://www.fsgis.fs.gov.za/website/freestate/viewer.htm
Interactive map showing main roads, District Councils, Towns and Municipalities.
Free State Development Plan Free State Provincial Government
http://www.fs.gov.za/freestatedevplan/menu_main.htm

Entrepreneurship
http://www.brain.org.za/START/entrepreneurship.html
The Entrepreneurship Library
http://www.caycon.com/resources.php
Over 600 hand-selected resources created to help you, the entrepreneur, build and run your venture.

Business Opportunities
http://www.ebox24.co.za
Ebox24 is an independent emarketplace that specialises in the exchange of business services. The portal provides an opportunity for project providers to post their projects for free. In return, they receive quotations from a pool of registered service providers whose individual services are matched by a unique filtering mechanism.

Business Opportunities

Nutrition products from fish waste
A new type of fish flour derived from waste such as liver and the head is close to commercialization as a cheap source for the fortification of food products. The new fish flour is a non-oil source of omega-3 fatty acids necessary for brain development. Bulk production aimed at about R12/kg for school feeding schemes.
For more information contact: Timme
Tel: 021 689 9341, E-mail : etimme@csir.co.za
Source: www.developtechnology.com

Hand-operated pie lidder
A manufacturer of a pie lidder has brought out redeveloped equipment, which is ideally suited for the African market. The machine is rugged, maintenance free and hand-operated, needing no electricity. Manufactured from stainless steel and aerospace plastics, with high production capacity, enabling one company to produce up to 9 000 pies a day on one machine.
Source : www.developtechnology.com


Tractor based solutions for Africa
Stud Africa offers both four-wheeler, conventional tractor based solutions as well as two wheel versa-trac units. The tractors are strong and versatile. A range of single cylinder diesel engines drives them.
For more information contact: Tony Hobson, STUD Africa
Tel: 082 443 6875, Fax: 011-444 8826, E-mail: tony@studafrica.co.za
Website: www.studafrica.co.za, Source: www.developtechnology.com