Integrated Development Plan 2017/2018
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c INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2017/2018 “FIRST IDP FOR THE FOURTH IDP GENERATION” uThukela District Municipality Prepared By: The Office of the Municipal Manager: IDP Unit P a g e | 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 7 1.1.1 PURPOSE ......................................................................................................................................... 7 1.1.2 WHO ARE WE .................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1.3 WARDS AND TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY ....................................................................................... 10 1.1.4 ECONOMIC PROFILE ...................................................................................................................... 10 1.2 LONG TERM VISION ............................................................................................................................... 12 1.3 HOW THE IDP WAS DEVELOPED ............................................................................................................ 12 1.3.1 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ................................................................................................................. 15 1.3.2 SECTOR DEPARTMENT INVOLVEMENTS ....................................................................................... 17 1.3.3 ALIGNMENT WITH THE FAMILY OF MUNICIPALITIES .................................................................... 18 1.4 KEY CHALLENGES FACED BY UTHUKELA AND ITS FAMILY OF MUNICIPALITIES .................................................. 19 1.5 WHAT THE UTHUKELA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY IS DOING TO UNLOCK THE KEY CHALLENGES ................................. 22 1.6 WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE DISTRICT, IN TERMS OUTPUTS, OUTCOMES AND DELIVERABLES, OVER THE NEXT (5) FIVE YEARS…………....................................................................................................................................................... 24 1.7 HOW PROGRESS WILL BE MEASURED ................................................................................................... 24 2 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES .......................................................................................... 26 2.1.1 NSDP PRINCIPLES .......................................................................................................................... 26 2.1.2 CRDC PRINCIPLES .......................................................................................................................... 26 2.1.3 BREAKING NEW GROUND – HUMAN SETTLEMENTS .................................................................... 26 2.1.4 SPATIAL PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT ACT (SPLUMA) ............................................ 27 2.2 GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND IMPERATIVES ......................................................................................... 31 2.2.1 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN .................................................................................................. 31 2.2.2 THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS 2015 ........................................................................... 33 2.2.3 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTS GOALS (SDG’s) ............................................................................ 34 2.2.4 ALIGNMENT OF PGDP GOALS WITH SDG’s ................................................................................... 35 2.2.5 STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMME (SIPS) ..................................................................... 36 2.2.6 THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS – 2017 ............................................................................... 37 2.2.7 STATE OF THE PROVINCE ADDRESS - 2017 ................................................................................... 48 2.2.8 THE 14 NATIONAL OUTCOMES ..................................................................................................... 52 2.2.9 LOCAL GOVERNMENT OUTCOME 9 .............................................................................................. 56 2.2.10 THE PROVINCIAL GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PGDS) ................................................ 57 2.2.11 OPERATION SUKUMA SAKHE (OSS)............................................................................................... 59 2.2.12 BACK TO BASICS POLICY ................................................................................................................ 60 2.2.13 GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND IMPERATIVES AND HOW THE MUNICIPALITY APPLIES THEM ....... 78 3 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................... 80 3.1.1 DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................... 80 3.1.2 TOTAL POPULATION AND GROWTH RATE .................................................................................... 80 3.1.3 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION ......................................................................................................... 81 3.1.4 POPULATION GROUPS .................................................................................................................. 82 3.1.5 AGE STRUCTURE & GENDER ......................................................................................................... 83 3.1.6 MIGRATION (INTERNAL / EXTERNAL) ........................................................................................... 83 3.1.7 DEPENDENCY RATIO ..................................................................................................................... 84 2 | P a g e P a g e | 3 3.1.8 HIV/AIDS ....................................................................................................................................... 85 3.1.9 MORTALITY RATE .......................................................................................................................... 87 3.1.10 EDUCATION PROFILE ..................................................................................................................... 89 3.1.11 INCOME LEVELS ............................................................................................................................ 92 3.1.12 GVA CONTRIBUTION PER SECTOR ................................................................................................. 94 3.1.13 EMPLOYMENT PROFILE ................................................................................................................. 94 3.1.14 POVERTY LEVELS ........................................................................................................................... 96 3.1.15 KEY FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................ 97 3.2 SPATIAL ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................... 98 3.2.1 REGIONAL CONTEXT ..................................................................................................................... 98 3.2.2 ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITIES ......................................................................................................... 100 3.2.3 TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES AREAS ............................................................................................ 101 3.2.4 STRUCTING ELEMENTS ................................................................................................................ 102 3.2.5 EXISTING NODES AND CORRIDORS ............................................................................................. 104 3.2.6 STATUS OF LAND REFORM .......................................................................................................... 110 3.2.7 LAND OWNERSHIP PATTERN ...................................................................................................... 111 3.2.8 PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................... 112 3.2.9 PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND .................................................... 115 3.2.10 LAND USE PATTERN .................................................................................................................... 116 3.2.11 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................... 119 3.2.12 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA) ..................................................................... 128 3.2.13 SPATIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRENDS ................................................................................... 129 3.2.14 SPATIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL: SWOT ANALYSIS ..................................................................... 130 3.2.15 DISASTER MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................... 132 3.3 MUNICPAL TRANSFORMATION AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ............................................... 139 3.3.1 MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION .................................................................................................. 139 3.3.2 ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................. 139 3.3.3 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE / ORGANOGRAM .....................................................................