Msinga Municipality Spatial Development Framework 2020
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MSINGA MUNICIPALITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK DRAFT STATUS QUO REPORT JUNE 2020 MSINGA MUNICIPALITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2020 Contents CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT 1 1.3 WHAT IS A SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2 1.4 LEGAL AND POLICY IMPERATIVES 3 1.5 RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PLANS 4 1.6 DEFINING THE STUDY AREA 5 1.7 STRUCTURE OF THIS DOCUMENT 9 1.8 STUDY OBJECTIVES/ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED 9 1.9 MUNICIPAL SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT INFORMANTS 11 CHAPTER 2: STATUS QUO OF MSINGA MUNICIPALITY 12 2.1 LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT 12 2.1.1 SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION AND PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (NO. 108 OF 1196) ..................................................................................................................................... 12 2.1.2 MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACT (NO. 32 OF 2000) ........................................................................... 12 2.1.3 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (NO. 107 OF 1998) ................................... 14 2.1.4 SOCIAL HOUSING ACT (NO.16 OF 2008) .................................................................................. 14 2.1.5 THE KWAZULU-NATAL HERITAGE ACT (NO 4 OF 2008) ........................................................... 16 2.1.6 SPLUMA (NO 16 OF 2013) ........................................................................................................ 17 2.2 POLICY ENVIRONMENT 21 2.2.1 PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY .......................................................... 21 2.2.2 NATIONAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK .................................................................. 25 2.2.3 NEW GROWTH PATH................................................................................................................ 26 2.2.4 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2030 .................................................................................... 28 2.2.5 THE COMPREHENSIVE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FRAMEWORK .......................... 31 2.2.6 SOCIAL HOUSING POLICY ......................................................................................................... 32 2.2.7 PROVINCIAL SPATIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PSEDS) .................................... 34 2.2.8 PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY .......................................................... 35 2.2.9 STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS JUNE 2019(SONA) ............................................................... 38 2.2.10 STATE OF THE PROVINCE ADDRESS JUNE 2019 (SOPA) ......................................................... 40 2.3 CONCLUSION 44 CHAPTER 3: THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 45 3.1 THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT/ STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT 45 ii | P a g e MSINGA MUNICIPALITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2020 3.1.1 TOPOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................... 45 3.1.2 SLOPE ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................................... 45 3.1.3 GEOLOGY .................................................................................................................................. 46 3.1.4 SOILS ........................................................................................................................................ 50 3.1.5 WATER CATCHMENT ................................................................................................................ 52 3.1.6 CLIMATE ................................................................................................................................... 54 3.1.7 OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION .......................................................................................... 58 3.1.7.1 BIODIVERSITY SECTOR PLAN 58 3.1.8 VEGETATION ............................................................................................................................ 63 3.2 THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT 67 3.2.1 LAND TENURE .......................................................................................................................... 67 3.2.2 POPULATION DENSITY ............................................................................................................. 69 3.2.2.1 POPULATION GROWTH 69 3.2.2.2 NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS 69 3.2.2.3 AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZE 70 3.2.2.3 GENDER DISTRIBUTION 70 3.2.2.4 INCOME LEVELS 72 3.2.2.5 EDUCATION LEVELS 72 3.2.2.6 POPULATION DENSITY 73 3.2.3 HUMAN FOOTPRINT ................................................................................................................ 75 3.2.4 BROAD MUNICIPAL LAND USE ................................................................................................. 75 3.3 INFRASTRUCTURE 78 3.3.1 ELECTRICITY NETWORK ............................................................................................................ 78 3.2.2 TRANSPORTATION ................................................................................................................... 80 3.3.3 ACCESS TO WATER ................................................................................................................... 83 3.3.4 ACCESS TO SANITATION ........................................................................................................... 86 3.4 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 88 3.4.1 ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FACILITIES ........................................................................................ 88 3.4.2 ACCESS TO EDUCATION FACILITIES .......................................................................................... 88 3.4.3 ACCESS TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES ........................................................................................ 89 3.4.4 ACCESS TO POLICE STATION FACILITIES ................................................................................... 92 3.5 HUMAN SETTLEMENT 97 3.5.1 PREDOMINANTLY SCATTERED LOW-DENSITY RURAL SETTLEMENTS ...................................... 98 3.5.2 PERI-URBAN AND SEMI-URBAN SETTLEMENTS ....................................................................... 99 iii | P a g e MSINGA MUNICIPALITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2020 3.5.3 URBAN SETTLEMENTS .............................................................................................................. 99 3.6 FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT 101 3.6.1 KZN DEPENDENCY RATIO ....................................................................................................... 102 3.6.2 KZN DEPRIVATION INDEX ....................................................................................................... 104 3.6.3 AGRICULTURE......................................................................................................................... 106 3.6.4 MANUFACTURING .................................................................................................................. 107 3.6.5 TOURISM ................................................................................................................................ 108 3.6.6 PUBLIC/CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ................................................................. 112 3.7 PROVINCIAL SDF 113 3.7.1 PRINCIPLE OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ......................................................................... 116 3.7.2 PRINCIPLE OF ECONOMIC POTENTIAL ................................................................................... 117 3.7.3 PRINCIPLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING ......................................................................... 117 3.7.4 PRINCIPLE OF SUSTAINABLE RURAL LIVELIHOODS ................................................................ 117 3.7.5 PRINCIPLE OF SPATIAL CONCENTRATION .............................................................................. 118 3.7.6 PRINCIPLE OF LOCAL SELF-SUFFCIENCY ................................................................................. 118 3.7.7 PRINCIPLE OF CO-ORDINATED IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................ 118 3.7.8 PRINCIPLE OF ACCESSIBILITY .................................................................................................. 118 3.7.9 PRINCIPLE OF BALANCED DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................. 119 CHAPTER 4: SPATIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE IDP 120 4.1 MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT VISION 120 4.1.1 STATUS OF THE IDP ON DISTRICT AND LOCAL LEVELS 120 4.1.2 SPATIAL INTERPRETATION OF THE IDP VISION 120 4.1.3 SPATIAL ALIGNMENT BETWEEN DISTRICT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT VISION 121 4.2 MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT MISSION 121 4.3 MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIES 123 4.4 LONG TERM SPATIAL VISION 129 4.5 SPLUMA SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES 129 4.5.1 SPATIAL JUSTICE 129 4.5.2 SPATIAL SUSTAINABILITY 133 4.5.3 SPATIAL EFFICIENCY 139 4.5.4 SPATIAL RESILIENCE 140 4.5.5 GOOD ADMINISTRATION 142 4.6 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES 145 4.7 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY LAND 146 iv | P a g e MSINGA MUNICIPALITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2020 CHAPTER 5: DELINEATION OF THE URBAN EDGE 155 5.1 UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT 155 5.2 CONCERNS COMMONLY UNDERPINNING URBAN EDGE POLICIES 157 5.2.1 ERADICATING SPRAWL AND PROMOTING URBAN COMPACTION 157 5.2.2 PROTECTING IMPORTANT ELEMENTS WITHIN URBAN SETTLEMENTS 159 5.2.3 PROMOTING SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURE 159 5.2.4 MANAGING URBAN WASTES 159 5.2.5 ISSUES OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RECYCLING 160 5.2.6 CO-ORDINATION OF LINE AND POINT BULK SERVICES TO ACHIEVE EFFICIENCIES 160 5.2.7