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SECTION A: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7
1. OVERVIEW 8 2. LLM IDP PROCESS PLAN 9 2.2. ALIGNMENT 10 2.2.1. Liaison with Sedibeng District 10 2.2.2. Provincial and State Departments 10 2.2.3. Adjacent Municipalities 10 2.2.4. Sectorial Alignment within the Municipality 10 2.3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 11 2.4. RESPONSE TO THE MEC COMMENTS ON THE 2013/14 IDP 12 2.4.1. Cross-Cutting Issues 13 2.4.2. Municipal Specific Issues 15 2.5. COMMENTS BY COMMUNITY/ STAKEHOLDERS DURING IDP STAKEHOLDER FORUMS 2014 17
SECTION B: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS 23
1. BASIC FACTS AND FIGURES 24 1.1. LOCALITY, GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND REGIONAL CONTEXT 24 1.2. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE AND DENSITY 24 1.2.1. Size of the population 24 1.2.2. Population age distribution 26 2. SOCIO ECONOMIC TRENDS 27 3. SUMMARIZED WARD ANALYSIS RATIONALE 28 3.1.WARD 1 28 3.2.WARD 2 28 3.3.WARD 3 28 3.4.WARD 4 29 3.5.WARD 5 30 3.6.WARD 6 30 3.7.WARD 7 31 3.8.WARD 8 31 3.9.WARD 9 32 3.10.WARD 10 32 3.11. WARD 11 33 3.12. WARD 12 33 3.13.WARD 13 33 4. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS 35 4.1. KPA 1: MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT 35 4.1.1. Employment Equity 35 4.1.2. Organizational Design 36 4.1.3. Labour / Employee Relations 36 4.1.3. Training And Development 36 4.2. KPA 2: SERVICE DELIVERY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 40 4.2.1. Infrastructure Overview 40 4.2.2. Water Provisioning 40 4.2.3. Access to Sanitation 40 4.2.4. Refuse/ Waste Removal 42 4.2.5. Roads And Storm Water Drainage System. 43 4.2.6. Electrical Network 43 4.2.7. Human Settlement 44 4.2.8. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES 46 4.2.9. Health 48
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4.2.10. HIV AND AIDS 51 4.3. KPA3: LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 54 4.3.1. Economy and Employment 54 4.3.2. Production Profile 54 4.3.3. Economic Growth 54 4.3.4 Composition of the Economy 54 4.3.5 Employment Distribution 55 4.3.6 Employment Creation 55 4.3.7. Reinventing The Economy 55 4.3.8. Comprehensive Local Economic Development Strategy And Policies 57 4.3.9. Reviving Our Environment 58 4.3.10. RELEASING THE HUMAN POTENTIAL 63 4.2.11. SPATIAL AND LAND USE 65 4.3.12. TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING 66 4.4. KPA4. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND VIABILITY 67 4.4.1. OVERVIEW OF THE BUDGET PROCESS 67 4.4.2. Revenue 69 4.4.3. Expenditure 69 4.4.4. Capital Budget 70 4.2.5. Supply Chain Management 70 4.4.6. Investments 71 4.4.7. Indigent Policy 71 4.4.8. Billing of Debtors 71 4.4.9. Provision for Bad Debts 71 4.5. KPA5. GOOD GOVERNANCE & PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 72 4.5.1. Public Participation, Accountability and Transparency 72 4.6. KPA6. CROSS CUTTING ISSUES 74 4.6.1. Disaster management 74 4.6.2. Risk Management 76 4.6.3. Integrated Environmental Management 79 4.6.4. Environmental Health 81 4.6.5. Environmental Pollution Control 83 4.6.6. Lesedi Local Municipality Sports, Recreation, Arts And Culture Development Programme 84 4.6.7. Safety, Security, Traffic and Fire Services 88
SECTION C: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES 91
1. LESEDI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY VISION AND MISSION 92 1.1 VISION 92 2. NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL FRAMEWORK 93 2.1. NATIONAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE 93 2.2. NATIONAL OUTCOMES ON SERVICE DELIVERY 94 2.3. PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 95 2.4. SEDIBENG GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY: SECOND GENERATION 96 3. LESEDI STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES & INDICATORS 98 3.1. STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES 98 3.3. SUMMARY OF WATER SERVICES OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES 99 3.3.1. WATER SERVICES DEVELOPMENT PLAN (WSDP) 99 3.3.2. WATER CONSERVATION AND WATER DEVELOPMENT PLAN (WC/WDM) 99 3.3.3. INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN (IWMP) 99 3.3.4. WASTE WATER RISK ABATEMENT PLAN (W2RAP) 99
SECTION D: SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 101
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1 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND ISSUES 102 1.1. DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES 103 1.2 THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND MAJOR LAND USES 103 1.3 THE PROPOSED URBAN EDGE 105 1.4 PRIORITY INTERVENTION ZONES 105 1.5. GREATER HEIDELBERG SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 106 CONCLUSION 109
SECTION E: IMPLEMENTATION PLAN 111
1. INTRODUCTION 112 2. THE APPROACH TOWARDS SELECTION OF PROJECTS 112 3. PROJECT PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA 113 4. CAPITAL PROJECTS 114 5. 2014/15 PROJECTS 115
SECTION F: FINANCIAL PLAN 117
1. FINANCIAL STRATEGY 118 1.1. BACKGROUND 118 1.2. REVENUE RAISING STRATEGY 118 1.3. ASSET MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 118 1.4. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY 120 1.5. OPERATIONAL AND CAPITAL FINANCING STRATEGY 120 1.5.1. Operational Financing Strategy 120 1.5.2. Capital Financing Strategy 121 1.6. COST-EFFECTIVENESS 121
SECTION G: ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE 122
1. OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS 123
SECTION H: ANNUAL OPERATION PLAN 127
1. SDBIP 128 1.1. CORPORATE SERVICES 128 1.1.1. MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 128 1.1.2. LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 130 1.1.3. FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND MANAGEMENT 130 1.1.4. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 131 1.2. INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES 133 1.2.1. MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 133 1.2.2. BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY 134 1.2.3. FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND MANAGEMENT 135 1.2.4. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 136 1.3. COMMUNITY SERVICES 138 1.3.1. MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 138 1.3.2. BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY 139 1.3.3. FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND MANAGEMENT 141 1.3.4. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 142 1.3.5. CROSS CUTTING ISSUES 143 1.4. LED AND PLANNING 144
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1.4.1. MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 144 1.4.2. BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY 144 1.4.3. LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 145 1.4.4. FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND MANAGEMENT 146 1.4.5. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 147 1.4.6. CROSS CUTTING ISSUES 149 1.5. FINANCE 150 1.5.1. MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 150 1.5.2. BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY 151 1.5.3. LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 151 1.5.4. FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND MANAGEMENT 152 1.5.5. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 154 1.6. OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER 156 1.6.1. MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 156 1.6.2. FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND MANAGEMENT 157 1.6.3. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 158
SECTION I. METROPOLITAN SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE 161
1. PREAMBLE 162 2. BACKGROUND 162 2.1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 163 2.2. CURRENT INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 163 2.3. OPERATIONAL COLLABORATION 164 3. RATIONALE 164 3.1. FACTORS INFLUENCING THE CHOICE OF MUNICIPAL INSTITUTIONS 164 3.2. FACTORS SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF A METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT 164 3.3. THE CASE OF SEDIBENG REGION FOR METROPOLITAN STATUS 165 3.3.1. Civil Society Formations 165 3.3.2. Geographic integration 165 3.3.3.Economic integration 165 3.3.4. Other factors 165 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VAAL METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY 166 4.1. THE MUNICIPAL DEMARCATION BOARD (MDB) 166 4.2. SECTION 14(5) Notice 166 5. TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 166 5.1. COMMITTEES 166 5.1.1. The Political Steering Committee (PSC) 167 5.1.2. The Technical Steering Committee 167 5.1.3. Procedures and Operations 168 5.1.4. Timeframe and Milestones 168 6. THE BENEFITS OF THE VAAL METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY 168 7. GOING FORWARD 169
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Mayor’s Foreword
The Integrated Development Plan is aimed at outlining Promoting public participation and Good Meaningful municipality’s plans and programmes over a five year period. Governance Each financial year it is revised to reflect plans for that particular Improving compliance and building stakeholders confidence year. In revising the IDP we are required by law to consult with residents and different stakeholders to ensure that all our people Improving Municipal Planning and spatial development have a say in the development of their own communities. This Improving community health and safety IDP for 2014/2015 is a product of engagements with all our stakeholders in Lesedi Local Municipality (LLM). Through Our municipality experienced violent protests that led to consultation processes we managed to interact with our people, destruction of properties. As a result the municipality’s cash flow shared the vision with them and agree on development priorities. was negatively affected due to distribution losses in water and electricity and non-implementation of the Credit Control Policy. Our strategic obectives that guide our performance and service delivery among others include: We are working hard with the administration team led by the Improving our organisation, capacity, knowledge and Municipal Manager to turn the situation around. All residents are transformation. encouraged to play their role in paying for services they consume in order for the municipality to continue providing quality Promoting a good organisation culture and image services. Improving performance and efficiency levels We remain committed to working together with all our people to Reducing water and electricity distribution losses ensure that we remain a people centred and performance driven Increasing access to municipal service municipality. Improving economic viability Increasing earnings potential of Lesedi citizens
______Cllr LeratoFranscina Maloka Executive Mayor
SECTION A: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Section A: Executive Summary
1. OVERVIEW
Lesedi Local Municipality is a local municipality situated in the Sedibeng District Municipality of Gauteng, South Africa. Heidelberg is the seat of the municipality and during the first war of independence, Heidelberg served as capital of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek, from 1880 to 1883. The figure below shows the map of Gauteng with Lesedi Local Municipality highlighted;
Lesedi spans an area of ±1430km², which is largely rural, with two towns situated with within it, namely Heidelberg/Ratanda in the western part, and Devon Impumelelo on its eastern edge. The area can be described as mostly agricultural, with Heidelberg and Devon being the primary service centers for the surrounding agricultural areas.
As far as its sub-regional context is concerned, Lesedi is situated approximately 56km southeast of Johannesburg and is traversed by two national roads, namely the N17 and the N3, which create future economic development potential. Lesedi Local Municipality can be described as a primarily rural area, the major urban concentration located in According to Census (2011), the current population of Lesedi is Heidelberg/Ratanda, which is situated along the N3 freeway at its intersection with Provincial Route R42, east of the Suikerbosrand estimated at 99 520, which reflects a population increase of about 27 652 since 2001. Therefore, the total population of Lesedi Nature Reserve. Devon/Impumelelo, which is situated on the eastern edge of the Municipal area, abutting the N17 freeway on accounts for only 10.9% of the total population of the district. Approximately 74.9% of the total population of Lesedi resides in the north is a significant rural settlement, while Vischkuil/ Endicott east of Springs abutting Provincial Route R29 is a the urban areas of Heidelberg/ Ratanda and Devon/Impumelelo, while the rest 25.1% is categorized as rural. smaller rural centre. The following map indicates places found in Lesedi Local Municipality as well as the major transport routes: Municipalities Total Population 2011
Emfuleni Local Municipality 721 663
Lesedi Local Municipality 99 520
Midvaal Local Municipality 95 301 Population as per municipal area (Source: Census 2011)
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Section A: Executive Summary
2. LLM IDP PROCESS PLAN
The LLM Process Plan formulated and adopted detailed outlines The process commenced July 2013 and will be completed in May aimed at helping Lesedi to embark on its own focused IDP Review 2014. The Process Plan outlines the time frames of scheduled Process. events, structures involved and their respective roles and responsibilities.2.1. LLM Review Structures
The following are structures set-up to guide the IDP Review Process:
Actor Roles/Responsibility
Draw a code of conduct for representative Forum and Steering committee
Council/Speaker Approve Process Plan Adjust IDP to MEC’s requirements and adopt Answerable to the community
Decides on the process of the IDPs Overall management Mayoral committee/Executive Mayor Political co-ordination and monitoring Approval of nominated persons to run the IDP process Recommend to the council
Manage and co-ordinate the process Implement the IDP Answerable to council and officials Municipal Manager/ Executive Manager: DP/ IDP Coordinator represents the council at district level in the IDP co-ordination committee ensure that all HODs and officials are capacitated and involved in the IDP process chairperson of the Steering Committee responsible to establish Project Task Team
consists of HODs and officials
IDP Steering Committee chaired by Municipal Manager fully involved in the planning and implementation process of the IDP provides technical inputs
consists of relevant HODs, officials, Ward Councilor, project liaison officers and consultants/contractors Projects Task Team provides project-oriented inputs assist in project management
Ensures that priority issues of their constituents are considered. Ensures that annual business plans are based on the reviewed IDP. Participates and be part of the decision-making within the Representative forums. Representative forum Is involved in the designing of reviewed projects proposals. Discusses and comments on the reviewed IDP. consists of all organized formations including service providers nominates representatives to the Projects Task Team
identify specific needs Ward Committees addresses them at the Representative Forum nominates their representatives to the representative Forum
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Actor Roles/Responsibility
participates in the IDP process at all levels assist with capacity building District Council/Sedibeng fund the IDP process ensure alignment provide the district framework
National, Provincial Government Departments and ensure alignment Service Providers participate in the stakeholder forum
facilitate the IDP process
IDP Task Team formulate the IDP document provide analysis, strategies, identify projects and integrate the plans or programs continuously liaise with the Steering Committee
2.2. ALIGNMENT
Vertical and Horizontal Alignment has been achieved as follows:
2.2.1. LIAISON WITH SEDIBENG DISTRICT have been addressed as comprehensively as possible within the budget and time constraints. Provincial Departments were invited to attend the Representative Forum meetings. The Lesedi Local Municipality is represented in the Sedibeng Intergovernmental Relations Forum. Meetings are held with the Sedibeng District Municipality. Interim documentation has been 2.2.3. ADJACENT MUNICIPALITIES forwarded to Sedibeng on a regular basis, while the relevant officials and Councilors of Lesedi attended Sedibeng Steering Committee meetings as and when required. One-on-one Adjacent municipalities were invited to attend the Representative meetings were also held when the need arose, while the Forum meetings and were consulted on any cross-border issues Executive Managers regularly attended their relevant cluster or projects, which may arise. The Lesedi Local Municipality has meetings at the District. An intersectoral forum consisting of regular meetings with the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality various provincial sector departments has been set up for on cross border issues e.g. the project of the Transnet-Pipeline purposes of IDP engagements. that takes place at the area that is covering both the Municipalities.
2.2.2. PROVINCIAL AND STATE DEPARTMENTS 2.2.4. SECTORIAL ALIGNMENT WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY
Local development strategies and programs are informed by National and Provincial development policy, strategies and Alignment between the different sectoral plans, programs and initiatives. Specific attention has been given to comments from projects has been achieved during the Steering Committee Provincial Departments on Lesedi 2013/14 IDP - these comments Meetings, as well as inter-departmental liaison throughout the process.
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2.3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
The main structure for public participation was the IDP The Lesedi Local Municipality funded the facilities needed for the Representative Forum and Community Based. public participation process. Financial support for traveling costs was considered on merit basis. Meetings were held in Ratanda, The database of stakeholders in the IDP Representative Forum Heidelberg and Devon/ Impumelelo to cater for people around was updated in 2014 and these stakeholders were invited in rural areas. Scheduling of meetings took place to meet the writing to the meetings. Notices of Forum meetings were put up, requirements of the majority of participants and was scheduled in inviting stakeholders’ organizations to nominate members to the evenings. IDP material is in English, translation will be attend such meetings through the media. provided as, and when the need arises.
PROCESS OVERVIEW: STEPS AND EVENTS The steps and events in Lesedi Local Municipality 2014/15 IDP review process are summarized in the table hereunder:
Steps and Events Major Activities Time Frames
This was undertaken in conjunction with the Municipal Manager and Executive July - August Formulation of Process Plan Managers at the outset of the project and was submitted to Council and Sedibeng District 2013
A technical review of the existing 2012/13 IDP was undertaken, including the following aspects: Review of comments from the Provincial Departments - adjustments to documentation where necessary. Review of strategies, programmes and projects pertaining to each priority issue, including: Project progress reports; Assessment and adjustment of development programmes [project time-frames, budgets, addition/deletion of projects]. September – Internal Review Review of PMS and integration with IDP’s. The format of project progress October 2013 reports was developed in consultation with the IDP Core Team, the Executive Managers and other relevant officials. Aspects, which were addressed in these reports, include the status of funding, actual [measurable] progress to date, problems and concerns if applicable, and revised budgets and time frames if applicable. The results of the progress reports were incorporated into revised formats for the Project Information Sheets, the Summary List of Identified Projects and the Operational 3 Year Action
IDP Steering Committee The presentation of the status quo (current situation) and projects to HOD’s 11 February 2014 Meeting 20 February IDP Political Forum The presentation of the status quo (current situation) and projects to politicians 2014 IDP Stakeholders 26 February Representative Forum – Presentation of the status quo and projects to the public 2014 Ratanda Old Hall IDP Stakeholders 27 February Representative Forum – Presentation of the status quo and projects to the public 2014 Shalimar Ridge Hall 05 March 2014 IDP Stakeholders Presentation of the status quo and projects to the public Representative Forum - Devon
Council Draft Approval Submission of the Draft IDP to Council for approval 25 March 2014
IDP Political Forum Report on issues and comments from various provincial sector departments 29 April 2014
IDP Stakeholde