Msukaligwa Local Municipality
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DRAFT IDP 2010/2011 ii Foreword by the Executive Mayor The Constitution, Act 108 of 1996 requires municipalities to „promote the social and economic development of the people and communities. We have been entrusted with providing basic services on continuous basis to both rural and urban areas, and also to ensure that development in these communities is sustainable. Our IDP takes a closer look at creating an enabling environment for local as well as international investors, thus contributing to economic growth and job creation. This is in line with the provincial growth and development strategy. The IDP is a key document on daily work and programme of the municipality. The Spatial Development Plan is an important part of the IDP. The SDP refer to the planning choices that municipality need to make when it comes to densification, the encroachment of development and the location of new settlement. The Municipality has embarked on a process of ensuring the implementation of key priority policies on Women, Youth and People with disabilities empowerment and Gender equity, HIV/AIDS, Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment, Employment equity and Transformation, Skills development and Good governance. All policies and relevant implementation framework have been drawn within the prescripts of national and provincial legislation. We acknowledge the challenges of service delivery in the last decade and that we have not been able to meet all the needs identified as priorities due to budgetary constraints. We however wish to mobilize all our resources in a focused, transparent and equitable manner in order to address the pressing service delivery challenges and also request for your participation and contribution. On behalf of Msukaligwa Municipality I endorse this IDP and hereby commit to ensure its implementation thereof. Yours Sincerely ____________________ Cllr. B. M. VILAKAZI EXECUTIVE MAYOR Msukaligwa Draft Integrated Development Plan 2010/2011 iii Overview by the Municipal Manager Msukaligwa municipality IDP review process has been conducted in accordance with the provision of Section 34 of the Municipal System Act. The process is by its very nature a challenging one. It does however, hold within it lessons that can only serve to assist the municipality in its endeavours to enhance efficiency in its service delivery initiatives. In undertaking this exercise we had to be more vigilant to the calls by the communities that we serve for accelerated delivery in respect of basic services. We have therefore endeavoured through the review of our IDP to focus our strategic programmes to respond to the challenges of service delivery while also ensuring improved institutional and individual performance. We have through the IDP, structured our projects and programmes to address the Key Performance Areas as contained in the Five-Year Local Government Strategic Agenda which forms the basis for institutional and individual performance management and monitoring. In response to the calls from both the national and the provincial spheres of government for a Turn-Around Strategy to transform local government to be more responsive to the needs of the communities that we serve our municipality has proactively taken the necessary steps to formulate the requisite turnaround strategy. The strategy will assist the municipality to address challenges that have in the past hampered our service delivery initiatives and help us ensure the delivery of a better life for all our people. The IDP is now partly informed by the turnaround strategy, a clear indication of our commitment as a municipality, to address the areas in which our service delivery efforts have, in the past, been found wanting. The medium Term Strategic Framework also provides guide on planning and resource allocation across all spheres of government which also formed the basis of our planning as it provides for priorities on which municipal planning and all spheres of government should be based on. Therefore consideration of the said strategies had been crucial in our IDP review process as well as other National, Provincial and District municipality Frameworks as contained in the IDP document. Our IDP document has further captured inputs from the local community as well as other stakeholders and such inputs had been aligned with the said frameworks. As a municipality, we shall strive within our available resources to provide for community needs in line with the priorities of MTSF and other applicable frameworks by taking necessary measures to speed up economic growth and transform the economy to create decent and sustainable livelihoods, develop comprehensive rural development strategy linked to land and agrarian reform and food security linked to land reform, fight against crime and corruption and build cohesive, caring and sustainable communities. While the Auditor General has returned an unqualified audit report for the 2009/10 financial year, we are quick to add that we have noted the matters for consideration raised in the report. We are taking immediate steps to address the matter raised in this regard with view to heeding the call for operation clean audit by 2014, as made by the national and provincial treasury. In closing, we wish to acknowledge the importance of the role that need to be played by all our stakeholders, including the communities that we serve, in making a success of our service delivery efforts and initiatives. Yours Sincerely _________________ MR. D.V. Ngcobo ACTING MUNICIPAL MANAGER Msukaligwa Draft Integrated Development Plan 2010/2011 iv ACRONYMS ABET Adult Based Education and Training AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome CBO’s Community Based Organisations HBC Home Base Care CMIP Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme DAC District AIDS Council DARDLA Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Administration DBSA Development Bank of South Africa DEDET Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism DRDLR Department of Rural Development and Land Reform DHS Department of Human Settlement DM District Municipality DME Department of Minerals and Energy COGTA Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs DPW Department of Public Works DTI Department of Trade and Industry DWEA Department of Water and Environmental Affairs ECA Environmental Conservation Act EHS Environmental Health Services EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EMP Environmental Management Plan EPWP Expanded Public Works Programme FBE Free Basic Electricity FBS Free basic Services FPA Fire Protection Association GIS Geographic Information System GSDM Gert Sibande District Municipality HDI Historically Disadvantaged Individuals HOD Head of Department IDP Integrated Development Planning IEM Integrated Environmental Management IGR Intergovernmental Relations IMEP Integrated Municipal Environmental Programme IS Information System IT Information Technology ICT Information and Communication Technology ITP Integrated Transport Plan IWMP Integrated Waste Management Plan IWSDP Integrated Water Services Development Plan KPA Key Performance Area KPI Key Performance Indicator LDO Land Development Objective LED Local Economic Development LM Local Municipality LRAD Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development LUMS Land Use Management System MAM Multi Agency Mechanism MEC Member of Executive Committee MFMA Municipal Finance Management Act MIG Municipal Infrastructure Grant MPCC Multi Purpose Community Centres MSIG Municipal Systems Improvement Grant NEMA National Environmental Management Act Msukaligwa Draft Integrated Development Plan 2010/2011 v NER National Electricity Regulator NGO Non Governmental Organization NSDP National Spatial Development Perspective PGDS Provincial Growth and Development Strategy PHC Primary Health Care PMS Performance Management System PPP Public Private Partnership REDS Regional Electricity Distribution System RSC Regional Service Council SABS South Africa Bureau of Standards SALGA South Africa Local Government and Administration SAPS South African Police Service SDF Spatial Development Framework SETA Sector Education Training Authority SLA Service Level Agreement TSC Thusong Services Centres WSA Water Services Authorities DCGTA Department of Corporative Governance and Traditional Affairs DCSR Department of Culture, Sport and Recreation DHS Department of Human Settlement Msukaligwa Draft Integrated Development Plan 2010/2011 6 Table of Contents 1 PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND CURRENT SITUATION 13 1.1 INTRODUCTION 13 1.2 POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT 16 1.2.1 REPORT OUTLINE .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 1.3 IDP PLANNING PROCESS 18 1.3.1 THE IDP PROCESS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 18 1.3.2 COMMUNITY CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ............................................................................................................................................................................ 20 1.3.3 COMMUNITY NEEDS PER WARD ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 1.3.4 SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDER INPUT .........................................................................................................................................................