Ehlanzeni District Municipality's Final Idp and Budget
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2017 -2022 EHLANZENI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY’S FINAL IDP AND BUDGET The Best Performing District of the 21st Century Contents CHAPTER 1 ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15 1.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15 1.2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................................ 16 1.3 Ehlanzeni Strategic Direction for 2017-2022 .................................................................................................................... 17 1.4 MACRO, MICRO POLICY AND PLANNING ............................................................................................................................ 18 2 THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESS ..................................................................................... 22 2.1 THE IDP FRAMEWORK PLAN ................................................................................................................................................ 22 2.2 Structure of the IDP ....................................................................................................................................................................... 23 2.3 THE IDP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS ....................................................................................................................................... 24 2.3.1 ANALYSIS PHASE ........................................................................................................................................................................... 27 2.3.2 STRATEGY PHASE .......................................................................................................................................................................... 27 2.3.3 PROJECT PHASE .............................................................................................................................................................................. 28 2.3.4 INTEGRATION PHASE .................................................................................................................................................................. 28 2.3.5 APPROVAL PHASE ......................................................................................................................................................................... 28 3 CHAPTER 3 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 3.1 LOCATION OF EHLANZENI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY ................................................................................................. 29 3.2 DEMOGRAPHICS ............................................................................................................................................................................. 30 3.3 ECONOMIC PROFILE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 33 3.3.1 AGRICULTURE ................................................................................................................................................................................. 36 3.3.2 MINING ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 3.3.3 FORESTRY ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 3.3.4 MANUFACTURING AND AGRO-PROCESSING .................................................................................................................... 38 3.3.5 TOURISM ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 39 3.3.6 ECONOMIC GROWTH ................................................................................................................................................................... 39 3.3.7 UNEMPLOYMENT AND JOB CREATION ............................................................................................................................... 40 3.3.8 THE MAPUTO DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR ........................................................................................................................ 40 3.4 RURAL DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................................................................... 40 3.4.1 COMMUNITY PRIORITIES OF THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ..................................................................................... 43 3.5 MUNICIPAL SWOT ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................................... 57 3.6 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................................. 60 4 CHAPTER 4 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 83 4.1 DISTRICT GOALS AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................. 83 4.2 STRATEGY MAP .............................................................................................................................................................................. 83 5 CHAPTER 5 ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 87 5.1 SPATIAL ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 87 5.1.1 LOCATION OF EHLANZENI DISTRICT .................................................................................................................................. 87 5.1.2 PROTECTED AND SENSITIVE AREAS.................................................................................................................................... 88 5.1.3 CLIMATE ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 89 5.1.4 NATURAL ECOLOGY ..................................................................................................................................................................... 89 2 The Best Performing District of the 21st Century 5.2 Spatial Context of the District ................................................................................................................................................ 103 5.2.1 Land uses and Development .................................................................................................................................................. 103 5.2.2 Land Use Patterns ....................................................................................................................................................................... 103 5.2.3 Spatial Economic Development Initiatives ...................................................................................................................... 104 5.2.4 The Maputo development Corridor .................................................................................................................................... 105 5.2.5 THE MBOMBELA –PHALABORWA SDI .......................................................................................................................... 105 5.2.6 THE LIMPOPO TRANS FRONTIER PARK ...................................................................................................................... 106 5.2.7 THE TOURISM AND BIODIVERSITY CORRIDOR ...................................................................................................... 106 5.2.8 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES .......................................................................................................................... 107 5.2.9 LOCAL MUNICIPAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................... 109 5.3 BASIC SERVICES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 109 5.3.1 WATER ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 109 5.3.2 SANITATION .................................................................................................................................................................................