Centurion Aerospace Village has nothing to show for $7m spent

Posted on 22 Sep 2015 by Aiden Burgess
A screen grab from a video showing an architects mock-up of the Centurion Aerospace Village, which is still yet to be realised despite millions being spent on the project since 2008.

When the Centurion Aerospace Village (CAV) was launched in 2008, it signified a South Africa that was moving forward into the 21st century with a project to grow its aerospace and aviation industries.

Now, seven years later, it has been revealed that despite 95m South African Rand ($7.1m, £4.5m, Aud$9.9)  being spent on the project, there remains no commercial activity nor any of the 1,000 jobs which were promised at the site. The Centurion Aerospace Village was first initiated by South Africa’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in…

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