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Hessequa 3Rd IDP Review - Concept 2010 - 2011 Hessequa 3rd IDP Review - Concept Cover to be replaced by Custom Design for Final Hessequa Municipality Document 1 | Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Figures ................................................................................................................... c Preface .................................................................................................................................. i Foreword by Executive Mayor ......................................................................................... i From the Office of the Municipal Manager................................................................... ii Hessequa 3rd IDP Review – 2010/2011 ............................................................................... 1 State of Hessequa ........................................................................................................... 1 Geographical Overview & Political Stability ............................................................. 1 Statistical Overview ..................................................................................................... 3 Public Participation Overview .................................................................................... 8 Ward Profiles .............................................................................................................. 11 Housing Need ............................................................................................................ 27 Environmental Overview ........................................................................................... 28 Regional Plans ............................................................................................................... 31 Integrated Development Planning .......................................................................... 31 Financial Management ............................................................................................ 38 Local Economic Development ................................................................................ 42 Tourism Development ............................................................................................... 46 Social Development ................................................................................................. 46 Community Safety & Disaster Management Framework ...................................... 46 Bulk Services Snapshot .............................................................................................. 58 Streets, Stormwater, Parks and Resorts .................................................................... 61 Human Resource Management .............................................................................. 72 Sustainable Human Settlements............................................................................... 75 Spatial Development Framework & Biodiversity Study ........................................... 76 Ward Plans ..................................................................................................................... 81 Ward 1 – Gouritsmond, Bitouville, Stillbay East & Melkhoutfontein ........................ 81 Ward 2 - Albertinia ..................................................................................................... 84 Ward 3 – Stillbay West, Jongensfontein & Vermaaklikheid .................................... 87 Ward 4 – Slangrivier, Witsand & Joe Slovo............................................................... 90 Ward 5 - Heidelberg .................................................................................................. 93 2 | Page Ward 6 - Riversdale ................................................................................................... 94 Ward 7 – Riversdale, Garcia & Kwanokuthula ........................................................ 96 Ward 8 - Riversdale ................................................................................................... 97 Combined Ward Projects ......................................................................................... 99 b | Page TABLE OF FIGURES Figure 2 - Gender Profile .................................................................................................... 3 Figure 1- Demographic Profile ........................................................................................... 3 Figure 3 - Primary Language .............................................................................................. 4 Figure 4 - Age Breakup....................................................................................................... 4 Figure 5 - Educational Levels ............................................................................................. 5 Figure 6 - Form of Employment .......................................................................................... 5 Figure 7 - Disabalities .......................................................................................................... 6 Figure 8 - Grant Recipients................................................................................................. 6 Figure 9 - Household Income/Month ................................................................................ 7 Figure 10 - Map of Ward 1 ............................................................................................... 11 Figure 11 - Map of Ward 2 ............................................................................................... 14 Figure 12 - Map of Ward 3 ............................................................................................... 16 Figure 13 - Map of Ward 4 ............................................................................................... 18 Figure 14 - Map of Ward 5 ............................................................................................... 20 Figure 15 - Map of Ward 6 ............................................................................................... 22 Figure 16 - Map of Ward 7 ............................................................................................... 24 Figure 17 - Map of Ward 8 ............................................................................................... 26 Figure 18 - The major vegetation types in Hessequa. .................................................... 29 Figure 19 - The 3 Dimensions of the Alignment Model ................................................... 33 Figure 20 - Analysis of Relationships between Processes ............................................... 34 Figure 21 - Core Planning components .......................................................................... 35 Figure 22 - Hessequa Critical Biodiversity Map ............................................................... 79 c | Page PREFACE FOREWORD BY EXECUTIVE MAYOR Once again we are at a place where we need to prepare ourselves for the coming year of implementation of services to our communities and where we are looking back at the past year of service delivery within the area entrusted to us as a local municipality. This year has been unique in the sense that it was a year where we were challenged on different levels of the organisation by different realities and I would like to reflect on some of them. Firstly and by far the biggest challenge that we faced and are even still facing, is the drought that took a very large toll on most of our communities. One feels helpless in the face of nature when a natural resource that we all in general took for granted became a very precious substance that needs to be protected and well managed. Except from the physical challenges it created, the drought also challenged our relationship we have with our communities as we needed to enforce regulations even in communities that wasn’t touched directly by the drought and it was a test to us all to see how dependant we are on one another as fellow residents of a Hessequa region. It seems however that we are on the road of recovery and we are overjoyed by the additional sources of groundwater that was located. Secondly I would like to highlight this year as a year where it was important for us to take stock of where we are in terms of our service delivery mandate in an evaluative mindset. Our people are still struggling to make ends meet and the economy isn’t making things easier for the poorest of the poor. Grant dependency is a big matter of concern and once again we are overwhelmed by the task at hand. However I am proud of what we have accomplished as a Council and Administration until now and even though the need out there is an infinite measure, we are proud about the daily steps we are taking to move forward into the coming financial year as we worked hard to keep the priorities of the people of Hessequa in mind and constructively work towards a clean and accountable government. I am proud about the fact that Hessequa Municipality for the first time received an unqualified audit report from the Auditor General of South Africa. My final point that I would like to make is looking towards the future. Even though the past might have been darkened by clouds of challenges and successes seemed few, we are better positioned than ever to deliver services to our communities in a sustainable manner. Our communities are becoming proud of being part of Hessequa as we do stand out above a lot of municipalities in the Western Cape. We can be proud of our area and we need to make sure that we hand it over to the following generation in a better condition than
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