CHRIS HANI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY

POSTAL: Private Bag X7121, Queenstown, 5320 | PHYSICAL: 15 Bells Road, Queenstown TEL: 045 808 4600 | FAX: 045 838 1556 EMAIL: [email protected] | WEB: www.chrishanidm.gov.za

EXECUTIVE MAYOR SPEAKER MUNICIPAL MANAGER CLLR MXOLISI KOYO CLLR GEORGE XOSENI MR MOPPO MENE

VISION the repatriation and reburial of heroes fallen in Lesotho during the A people-centred developmental rural district municipality. apartheid era. The graves of Luvuyo Lerumo and Qonda Hoho have been rehabilitated as part of site development. MISSION Calata Route: Traversing the Inxuba Yethemba, Inkwanca and To coordinate governance for quality services and better Tsolwana Local Municipalities, the Calata Route begins at the busy communities through cooperative governance, socio-economic town of Cradock, where there are numerous heritage sites such as development, integrated development planning, and sustainable the Cradock Four Grave, the Flame of Hope and Liberation, and the utilisation of resources. Olive Schreiner House. The route passes through Middelburg and onto Molteno, where we find Heroes Park and the Nomonde Graves, VALUES among other interesting sites, and then on to for the • Commitment Higher Mission School and the Garden of Remembrance. The route • Honesty concludes at and its surrounds. • Respect Sisulu Route: This route falls within the Lukhanji Local • Integrity Municipality and leads around Queenstown and its surrounds, taking • Sincerity in the fascinating heritage sites of the area. Places such as the Ilinge, • Humanity Sada and Zibeleni Resettlements, landmarks of historical importance, • Accountability and birthplaces of iconic people such as Mongezi Feza and Unathi • Nurturing Mfeka all form part of the Sisulu Route. • Innovative Ndondo Route: The route includes the four local municipalities EASTERN of Emalahleni, Sakhisizwe, Ncgobo and Intsika Yethu, and features The Chris Hani District is, both geographically and figuratively, the heritage sites over a large area. From the outskirts of Queenstown, heart of the Eastern Cape, named after the heroic freedom fighter. through Lady Frere, Cala, Elliot, and finally on to Cofimvaba, The area has played its part in producing many of the giants of the this tour features some of the most important landmarks in the country’s liberation struggle. Their lives, and the values they stood Liberation Heritage Route. for, are well captured in the Chris Hani District Municipality (CHDM) liberation heritage route project. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE AGRI-PARK IN THE The district played a singular role in the struggle, and in almost CHRIS HANI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY every small town and remote rural area, one can find traces of local Following the pronouncement made by the country’s President heroes and heroines who made the ultimate sacrifice in the fight Jacob Zuma in his State of the Nation Address, the Chris Hani District for freedom. Municipality is set to establish its own agri-park. The initiative has Thus far, valuable milestones have been reached in various a national cash injection of R4 billion and will benefit 44 district projects, including the following: in Sabalele, Chris Hani’s birthplace, municipalities, which includes the CHDM. Designed against the the District has established a Development Centre with the intention backdrop of poverty alleviation, the agri-model seeks to improve of facilitating development needs and uplifting the standard of living on what the District already initiated years ago by revitalising its in and around Sabalele Village – various programmes and projects four functioning irrigation schemes. are taking place at the centre every day; the Museum and Heritage The development will also stimulate and attract scientific and Programme, which acts as a source for collection, storage and entrepreneurial innovation that can, in the long term, position exhibition of what the late Chris Hani stood for; the Food Security the Chris Hani region as a model case study of an inclusive agro- Programme, which facilitates issues related to access to markets, industrial development. An estimated 17 383 jobs will be created finance and technical support to improve productivity and reduce within the next five years, with a projection of 21 000 sustainable jobs poverty; the Arts, Crafts and Recreation Programme and Hospitality in the primary and secondary production created ten years thereafter. Programme; and the Early Childhood Development Programme, which gives children the opportunity to engage in a variety of OBJECTIVE OF THE AGRI-PARK PROGRAMME educational and social activities. Through this programme the CHDM hopes to develop capable small- The District is proud to have completed the Cradock Four scale farmers and producer groups through: Memorial Site in Cradock’s Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality. • commercialising sustainable small-scale farming enterprises The site boasts huge tourism potential and has been one of our • promoting the efficient farming of commodities sought after by flagship projects. different markets – local markets for food and nutrition security, as The Municipality has made it a priority to preserve the history well as external markets and heritage of the district, so that we may all remember our fallen • coordinating the activities of small-scale farmers so that market heroes and learn from them. The Municipality has just completed demand is sufficiently and satisfactorily addressed.

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Chris Hani.indd 90 2016/01/28 12:54 PM Chris Hani.indd 91 proposed SEZ. Queenstown was therefore selected asthelocation for the which hasastrong existing business andsupportservice base. Each oftheabovementioned corridors transverse Queenstown, • • • • defined asthe: Four majorcorridors have beenidentifiedandare municipalities assuppliers. but alsoinLMsoftheDistrict and,possibly, withadjacent district activities andjobcreation occur notonlyintheproposed SEZ, materials. This approach isinclusive anditensures that economic Queenstown SEZ) has an adequate quantity and quality of input raw yield primaryproduction sothat theAgro-Processing Hub(the under thejurisdictionofCHDMwillform sector nodesthat will just to thenorthofproposed location. Local municipalities under thespatial planningsection;theexistence ofalandfillsite rest ofthecountry. Onepossible constraint hasbeenidentified connection to theeconomic hubsoftheEastern Capeandthe works, electricitysupply, ICTinfrastructure, roads andrail infrastructure, suchaswater supplyconnection, waste management located neartheoldQueenstown industrial area. of theregion’s agricultural strengths. The proposed SEZwillbe biased towards theagro-processing sector andwilltake advantage inclusive ofthe eightLocal Municipalities(LMs). The SEZwillbe economic development instruments that are integrated and technological transfer. The Municipalityhasinvestigated various develop industries withintheDistrict; andupgrade skillsand private sector investment through export growth anddiversification; Sector Development Zones (SDZs). Processing Zones (EPZs), Industrial Development Zones (IDZs) or local municipalitieswilleitherbeFree Trade Zones (FTZs), Export Local Municipalitybeingtheeconomic huboftheDistrict. Other within thezone. This economic policy tool willseetheLukhanji certain incentives andbenefitsto businesses physically located geographically limited area administered by asinglebodyoffering an inspired SpecialEconomic Zone (SEZ).AnSEZisdefinedasa The ChrisHaniDistrict Municipalityhasreaffirmed itsreadiness for DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INTHECHRISHANI SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE –CATALYST FOR new nodesofindustrial activity. inhabited by agrowing professional class setto migrate into these transformation oftheseareas into attractive, modernhamlets to theareas concerned through theagri-parkwillleadto the foreseen that theattraction ofbusiness andprofessional operatives participate intheagro-value chainandmarkets. Furthermore, itis based production, usingmodern-day technology, andwill be established. Householdswillbeactively involved inhomestead- majority shareholders intheagri-parksmanagementcompany to Small-time farmers, workers andproducer homesteads willbe AGRI-PARK BENEFICIARIES through Queenstown to Molteno. North-South Corridor (Corridor 4),whichlinksSada/Whittlesea along theR61 along theN10, andthenCradock andTarkastad to Queenstown West Corridor (Corridor 3),whichlinksMiddelburg to Cradock Lady Frere to Queenstown alongtheR394 North-East Corridor (Corridor 2),whichlinksElliot,Calaand Ngcobo, Cofimvaba andTsomo to Queenstown East Corridor (Corridor 1),whichrunsalongtheR61 andlinks The suggested location hasalmost allthenecessary base The approval oftheSEZwillincrease foreign anddomestic Services, and SpecialProgrammes Unit. Planning andEconomic Development, Health andCommunity Budget andTreasury, Corporate Services, Engineering,Integrated members, whoare Portfolio Headsfor thefollowing directorates: elected (PR).The Executive Mayoral Committee ismadeupofsix The District Council comprises 40Councillors, 17ofwhomare directly CHRIS HANIDISTRICT COUNCIL Ncora Harvest Day. Harvest Ncora Parlour; Dairy Ncora Scheme; Irrigation Ncora top: from Above THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HANDBOOKSOUTH AFRICA2016 |091 SPONSORED PROFILE 2016/01/28 12:55 PM

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