Resource corridors are based on the Spatial Development Initiative (SDI) approach where opportunities that can be realised through investments, mainly the resource-based anchor projects and associated infrastructure (transport & power), in an identified area can spur private sector investments and sustainable development, particularly through the collateral impact on other sectors catalysed through access to the resource infrastructure. The SDI programme was conceived by the South African government in 1995 (after democratic elections of 1994) as an attempt to improve the functioning of government in targeted regions of the country, particularly in those areas where the greatest potential for growth existed (unrealised economic potential, generally resources-based). The SDI programme was aimed at enhancing the attractiveness for investment through the identification of investment opportunities, providing infrastructure and theremoval of a range of policy, legislative and institutional bottlenecks. This would then result in job creation in localised areas.