Economic blow for Springs

The whole country is trying by all means to increase job opportunities, but in Springs which is having high number of unemployment which resulted in high rate of crime, is doing the opposite.
Ringrollers a mojor manufacturer and exporter of forged rail tyres that has operated in Springs for almost 40years, has been forced to leave S[rings due to council red tape. Established in 1972 on two hectare property in selection park industrial area. The company identified a need to expand in 2005, to meet increasing demand for its products, including forged rail tyres for locomotive industry and flanges for petrochemical and industrial sector.They negotiated for the undevolped land directly across from its current site in pienaar road, ideal for itd goal, the company aproached real estate agency iProp, owner of the land, for possibility of building extra facilities.With the land not being zoned for industrial devolopment at that time, iProp initiated a rezoning process with the Metro.
Years of red tape, including a moratoruim on council owned land before and after the 2010 fifa world cup to prevent foreing land grabs,envetually saw the company looking somewhere on the eastrand for suittable land, based four non negotiable criteria.Unable to find suitable land on the eastrand, the company looked further afield,indentifying a pontential site, incidentally, next to parent company DCD Dorlby, along the R59 Vereening highway in 2009,the site was ideal. however, at the tlme , the owner told them that he planning to develop thethe land into mini factories.After two years later, was suprised by the owner inviting an offer after all an opportunity that the company did not have to think twice about, and the sale was formalised in August 2010, all along they tried to talk to Springs Metro about the avalable site in Selection park and they failed.
They say that the company, having been established and grown to Springs, would have been preferred to stay in its hometown, particularly for the sake of its workforce. They first choice was to stay in Springs but lack of cooperation from the metro has forced them to seek property elsewhere.The company is currently employing 180 people, and the company has already arrange for emplyees daily to and from Springs,to lessen the burden,while others are considering relocation to Vereeniging.
Attemps to secure interview with mmc fotr city planning and economic development Bennet Nikani through the metro, however no further communication had been received from metro media, we are still trying to secure a meeting with them, to make sure  a bad thing like this does not happen again.
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MESHACK MBANGULA