Local Economic Development Strategy for Jozini Municipality
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JOZINI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY (KZ272) INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (IDP) 2019/20 REVIEW ANNEXURE D: ADOPTED LED STRATEGY ADOPTED: 29TH MAY 2019 Prepared by Jozini Local Municipality Circle Street, Bottom Town, Jozini 3969 Tel: 035 572 1292 Fax: 035 572 1266 Website: www.jozini.gov.za TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................... 2 LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................................6 LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................................. 9 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................10 1.1 BACKGROUND TO PROJECT ..................................................................................................10 1.2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES............................................................................................................10 1.3 UNDERSTANDING LED ............................................................................................................11 1.4 METHODOLOGY .......................................................................................................................12 1.5 LOCATION MAP.........................................................................................................................14 1.6 STRUCTURE OF REPORT .......................................................................................................16 2 JOZINI 2009 LED STRATEGY REVIEW ...........................................................................................17 2.1 OVERVIEW OF 2009 LED STRATEGY FOR JOZINI MUNICIPALITY ......................................17 2.2 PROJECTS AND REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF LED ....................................................17 2.3 REVIEW OF LED IMPLEMENTATION IN JOZINI .......................................................................20 2.4 JOZINI LED: INTERNAL STRUCTURE REVIEW ........................................................................22 3 LED POLICY ENVIRONMENT ..........................................................................................................24 3.1 REVIEW OF NATIONAL POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND FRAMEWORK DOCUMENTS .........24 3.1.1 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN ..................................................................................... 24 3.1.2 NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA (2014 – 2019) 25 3.1.3 NEW GROWTH PATH...........................................................................................................26 3.1.4 REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY .................................................... 28 3.1.5 INDUSTRIAL POLICY ACTION PLAN (IPAP) ..................................................................... 28 3.1.6 MICRO-ECONOMIC REFORM STRATEGY ........................................................................29 3.2 REVIEW OF PROVINCIAL POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND FRAMEWORK DOCUMENTS .....30 3.2.1 PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND PLAN (PGDS AND …..30 3.2.2 KWAZULU-NATAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (IDS) ...............................31 3.2.3 KZN INVESTMENT STRATEGY ..........................................................................................32 3.2.4 KZN EXPORT STRATEGY ..................................................................................................33 3.2.5 KZN SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY .................................................34 3.2.6 PROVINCIAL TOURISM MASTER PLAN ............................................................................35 3.2.7 KZN OPERATION PHAKISA ................................................................................................36 3.3 REVIEW OF DISTRICT AND LOCAL DOCUMENTATION ........................................................37 3.3.1 DISTRICT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN (DGDP): UMKHANYAKUDE…………..37 3.3.2 INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (IDP): DC27………………………………………… . 38 3.3.3 UMHLOSINGA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY STRATEGY (2014 – 2019) ..............................39 3.3.4 UMHLOSINGA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: DC27 CLUSTER CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT MASTER PLAN .............................................................................................................................40 3.3.5 JOZINI SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK.............................................................. 41 2 JOZINI LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY – 2019 3.3.6 JOZINI INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (IDP) (2014-2015) ..............................................43 3.3.7 JOZINI MUNICIPALITY INFORMAL TRADING CENTRE STUDY ...............................................45 3.3.8 JOZINI TOURISM STRATEGY (2010) AND NDUMO TOURISM STRATEGY (2014) .................46 4 JOZINI SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND SECTOR ANALYSIS ............................................................................48 4.1 JOZINI SPATIAL DYNAMICS ...............................................................................................................48 4.1.1 DELINEATION OF LOCAL AREA ................................................................................................48 4.1.2 MICRO AND MACRO ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENTS ................................................................48 4.1.3 KEY DEVELOPMENT NODES ....................................................................................................51 4.2 POPULATION AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS ......................................................................................52 4.2.1 DEMOGRAPHICS ........................................................................................................................52 4.2.2 ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................60 4.2.3 IMPLICATIONS FOR LED STRATEGY .......................................................................................69 5 KEY ECONOMIC SECTORS ANALYSIS .................................................................................................. 71 5.1 AGRICULTURE ....................................................................................................................................71 5.2 MANUFACTURING ............................................................................................................................. 73 5.3 TOURISM .............................................................................................................................................74 5.4 RETAIL, COMMERCE AND THE INFORMAL ECONOMY ...................................................................75 6 SURVEY FINDINGS – ECONOMIC SECTORS .........................................................................................77 6.1 AGRICULTURE ....................................................................................................................................77 6.1.1 THE SIZE OF FARMING ACTIVITY OF JOZINI ..........................................................................78 6.1.2 ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES FACED BY FARMERS IN JOZINI ..............................79 6.1.3 BUSINESS DURATION ................................................................................................................79 6.1.4 SOURCE OF THE PRIMARY INPUTS ........................................................................................80 6.1.5 PERMANENT STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED ......................................................................80 6.1.6 TEMPORARY STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED ......................................................................81 6.1.7 BUSINESS EXPANSION IN THE LAST THREE YEARS BY STAFF...........................................81 6.1.8 PLAN TO EXPAND THE BUSINESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE ....................................................82 6.1.9 IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS TO HAVE ACCESS TO SUITABLE MARKETS……………………………………………………………………………………82 ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6.1.10 TRANSPORT METHOD CURRENTLY USED FOR GOODS ......................................................83 6.1.11 CONDITION OF THE ACCESS ROADS USED IN DELIVERY ...................................................83 6.1.12 SUGGESTIONS ON SUPPORTING TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY .............................................................................................................84 6.1.13 EXPORT OF PRODUCTS ............................................................................................................84 6.1.14 PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WITH THE EXPANSION PROCESS OF THE BUSINESS ..........84 6.1.15 THOUGHTS ON GOVERNMENT’S IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY GARDENS FOR FAMILIES FOR OWN CONSUMPTION AND POSSIBLE COMMERCIAL MARKETS ..........................85 6.1.16 PARTNERING WITH EMERGING FARMERS/ COOPERATIVES TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY GARDENS EXPAND FOR COMMERCIAL MARKETS ...................................................85 6.1.17 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DARD) SUPPORT TO JOZINI FARMING COMMUNITY ..........................................86 3 JOZINI LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY – 2019 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1: INTEGRATED LED PLANNING ........................................................................................10