The Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) was awarded the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Investment of the Year award at the second International Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Infrastructure and Investment Conference, hosted in KwaZulu-Natal, from July 16 to17. The conference was hosted by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), under the leadership of Minister Parks Tau, in partnership with the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development, Tourism and Environmental Affairs.