1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE BACKGROUND 2. THE KEY PRIORITY ISSUES 3. THE MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT VISION 4. THE MISSION STATEMENT 5. THE DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES 6. THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES 7. THE PRIORITY PROJECTS 8. THE OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS TABLE 9. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF IMPLEMENTATION 10. STRATEGIC PLANS 1 2 1. BACKGROUND All municipalities are required to undertake IDP Reviews on annual basis. In terms of section 34 of the Local Government : Municipal Systems Act ( Act No. 32 of 2000), “ a municipal council must review in accordance its Integrated development plan – (i) annually in accordance with an assessment of its performance measurements in terms of section 41; and (ii) to the extent that changing circumstances so demand; and may amend its IDP in accordance with a prescribed process plan. The basic mandates and requirements for the 2006/2007 IDP Review are as follows: (a) Alignment of the budget and PMS to the IDP (b) Incorporation of the MEC’s comments (c) Inclusion of the required Sector Plans (d) Inclusion of the weaknesses and shortcomings identified through the self-assessment 2 3 2. THE KEY PRIORITY ISSUES Based on the 2005/2006 IDP Situational Analysis, the following issues were prioritised as major concern to the Indaka Development 2.1 INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICE DELIVERY With the exception of the Limehill Complex and Ekuvukeni, in the North eastern part of Indaka, the geographical topography of the other remaining areas of the municipality contributes negatively to the distribution of infrastructure and settlement patterns. However, over the past few years, Indaka municipality with the support of uThukela DM has engage itself in a radical water and sanitation service delivery to these remaining areas. As part of this IDP Review, Indaka has to engage the sector departments and service providers to such as uThukela DM to provide their Sector Plans and MTEF budgets for the next financial years. 2.1.1 SPATIAL FRAMEWORK DEVELOPMENT This issue was prioritised both in 2003/2004 and 2004/2005 Indaka IDP Review. The clear spatial framework is required to provide existing levels of economic development and assist for future economic development planning by identifying areas where services should be concentrated. It must indicate the Indaka development strategic economic development nodal points. More than all, the local spatial framework should be aligned to the Provincial Growth and Development Strategy. It is therefore important that the SDF developed by SIVEST in 2003/2004 be implemented. 2.1.2 HOUSING AND SECURITY OF TENURE In terms of the National Housing Act of 1997, Section 1 (v) spells out that housing development as the government belief that every residents should have access to decent housing in a reasonable environment, in areas allowing convenient access to economic opportunities, health, education and social amenities in which all citizens and permanent residents of the Republic will, on the a progress basis, have access to: Permanent residential structures with ownership of the site on which their houses is built. Clean water and adequate sanitary facilities as well as waste disposal and electricity. 3 4 The housing scheme can be used to address other infrastructure and service delivery problems that currently face the Indaka municipality. The table below illustrates the municipality’s plans to address the issues associated with the housing sector: The housing backlog at Indaka is estimated to 19 500 where families are living in informal houses. However, Indaka municipality has introduced the Housing Programme that aims: To provide or give access to 21 households of Indaka municipality To ensure skills transfer to the communities To ensure that policy guidelines of Dept. of Housing, Dept of Health , DistrictMunicipality, Dept of Labour, Dept of Education and Dept of Environmental Affairs , etc are adhered to. The amount of R672 million has been allocated for a five year capital expenditure, from 2004/5 to 2008/9 financial years. More than 1 500 houses should be provided for each of ten wards by the end 2008/9. In the year 2004/5 an estimate of R128,043,000 is allocated for building a total of 4820 dwelling units which means 480 dwelling units for each ward except for ward five where only 500 dwelling units will be provided. By the end of 2008/9 financial year a total of 21,162 households will be delivered with proper service houses. The table below also illustrates the description of works and major milestone. On the previous IDP Review, the lack of the security of tenure for communities both in tribal and state-owned land was strongly highlighted. The lack of proper housing was also depicted in the 2001 census demographics. It is however, understood that INDAKA LM has engaged itself on the housing projects implementation through the provincial housing grants. It is therefore important that in this IDP Indaka must liaise with the DLA to find out the progress on the processing of land claims in Indaka and also to include all Housing projects that have been prioritised for implementation. 4 5 2.1.3 THE SAFETY AND SECURITY In the past, the limited presence of the police has compromised the safety and security of the area. Indaka has initiated a number of Anti-Crime initiatives in 2003/04 and 2004/05 financial years. The extent of this issue on this financial (2006/2007) year needs to be reviewed through the statistics from the local SAPS so as to inform the 2006/2007 municipal planning. 2.1.4 COMMUNITY FACILITIES Recreational facilities such as multi-purpose community halls and Sports facilities are very unevenly distributed with most of the well-developed facilities located on the North eastern block of the municipality. Indaka municipality cannot afford to effectively distribute evenly the same level of sport facilities to all deserving areas; the most cost-effective approach is to streamline the sports development programs. It is therefore suggested that starting in 2005/06, the municipality must establish a Sport Development Program (SDP) which will inform the municipality about the required sports development outputs and outcomes and how are to be achieved with less available resources. 2.1.5 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT To address illegal dumping problems and the provision of health and clean environment in all areas, particular public places, densely populated areas and areas of economic activities as per national requirements and standards in terms of waste management. 2.1.6 HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT The cholera outbreak of 2001/2002 was caused mainly by the poor and limited provision of appropriate water and sanitation to the affected areas. It is however doubtful whether this is still a primary issue. Indaka LM needs to confirm the extent of this issue with the department of Health based on the 2004/05 cholera outbreak statistics within Indaka LM. The prevalence of Dongas, soil erosion, and soil impoverishment are the major indications of poor environmental management within the municipality. This poor environment protection within Indaka is very sensitive as the communities depend mainly in agriculture for food. This is a priority issue across the province and the whole country. It is targeting impoverished areas like Indaka. Indaka needs to develop an Indaka HIV/AIDS policy that will be in line with the national and provincial HIV/AIDS strategic plans. 5 6 The impact of HIV/AIDS is also becoming evident. These phenomenons are experienced equally in both rural and urban areas. In the view of an increasing rate of HIV/AIDS in the province, population growth rate within the next 5 to 25 years is expected to be negligence. The HIV/AIDS pandemic is likely to have a significant impact on the population of the Indaka Municipality. It is likely to cause a slowing of the population growth rate in the municipality. Women are particularly vulnerable to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and a great number of women than men will die of this disease. Since women make up the largest number of the municipality’s population, they will be hardest hit when it comes to the Aids epidemic, thus the gender composition of the Indaka municipal area will change. However, it must be noted that the number of Aids related deaths could be reduced through behavioral changes and the provision of affordable effective medication. The attached copy of HIV/AIDS Business Plan shows that the municipality has initiated some projects to assist the community, annexure 1. The table below illustrate the plans to address the problems issues related with HIV/AIDS. 2.1.7 ROADS Indaka Municipality does not have any national roads running through it. The major road that runs through the area is the Helpmekaar road which runs from Ladysmith town past the Limehill settlement web and joins the Dundee-Pomeroy road (MR 32). The Mhlumayo complex is linked to the rest of the region by the gravel main road that extends beyond the municipality through to the Tugela Estate as Weenen in the Umtshezi Local Municipality. The rest of the road networks in the area is all gravel. The major issue with regards to roads in the area is one common to the re s t of the Province and the continual erosion of the budget allocated to the construction and maintenance of Provincial Roads (Totman:2000). The issue of access roads will haunt the Indaka municipality for a number of years to come. This is because most of the community access roads are in a very bad condition, some now only exist as tracks. Given the impact that HIV/AIDS will have it is argued that a demand for access roads will increase as more people will be requiring cars to collect the sick from the settlement that are currently not accessible.