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Ugu District Municipality Environmental Management Framework Final Status Quo Report September 2013 Ugu District Municipality Ugu District Municipality Environmental Management Framework 307215 SSA ECN 1 3 Ugu EMF SQR September 2013 Final Status Quo Report Ugu District Municipality Environmental Management Framework Final Status Quo Report September 2013 Ugu District Municipality 28 Connor Street, Port Shepstone, 4240 Mott MacDonald, 635 Peter Mokaba Ridge (formerly Ridge Road), Durban 4001, South Africa PO Box 37002, Overport 4067, South Africa T +27 (0) 31 275 6900 F +27 (0) 31 275 6999 W www.mottmac.com Ugu District Municipality Environmental Management Framework Final Status Quo Report Issue and revision record Revision Date Originator Checker Approver Description Standard 01 12 April 2013 J. Brislin P.Govender S. Koch Draft for comment J. Randall F. Majola 02 5 September 2013 J. Brislin P.Govender S. Koch Draft, comments J. Randall amended F. Majola A. Geer 03 December 2014 J. Brislin P.Govender S. Koch Final J. Randall F. Majola A. Geer This document is issued for the party which commissioned it and We accept no responsibility for the consequences of this for specific purposes connected with the above-captioned project document being relied upon by any other party, or being used only. It should not be relied upon by any other party or used for for any other purpose, or containing any error or omission any other purpose. which is due to an error or omission in data supplied to us by other parties. This document contains confidential information and proprietary intellectual property. It should not be shown to other parties without consent from us and from the party which commissioned it. 307215 /SSA/ECN/1/3 September 2013 Ugu EMF SQR Ugu District Municipality Environmental Management Framework Final Status Quo Report Contents Chapter Title Page Executive Summary i 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Overview _________________________________________________________________________ 1 1.2 EMF Project Objectives ______________________________________________________________ 1 1.3 EMF Process ______________________________________________________________________ 2 1.4 Purpose of the Status Quo Phase ______________________________________________________ 3 1.5 Stakeholder Engagement during Status Quo Phase ________________________________________ 3 1.5.1 Identification of Interested and Affected Parties ____________________________________________ 3 1.5.2 Advertisements and Distribution of Background Information Documents _________________________ 3 1.5.3 Workshops ________________________________________________________________________ 4 2 Study Area 5 2.1 Overview _________________________________________________________________________ 5 2.2 Land Use Management ______________________________________________________________ 6 2.2.1 Water Management Areas ____________________________________________________________ 9 2.3 Overview of District-Wide Environmental Risks, Threats and Trends____________________________ 9 2.4 Overview of Biophysical Features within Local Municipalities ________________________________ 10 2.5 Socio-Economic Background _________________________________________________________ 13 2.5.1 Social Profile _____________________________________________________________________ 13 2.5.2 Transport Corridors ________________________________________________________________ 16 2.5.3 Settlement _______________________________________________________________________ 16 2.5.4 Major Economic Trends and Patterns __________________________________________________ 17 2.6 Socio-economic Drivers at the Local Municipal Level_______________________________________ 18 2.7 Climate Change ___________________________________________________________________ 20 3 Legal and Institutional Overview 23 3.1 The Institutional Environment _________________________________________________________ 23 3.2 Enabling Law _____________________________________________________________________ 23 3.3 Key Governmental and Departmental Mandates in the Environmental Sector ____________________ 24 3.3.1 National Department of Environmental Affairs ____________________________________________ 25 3.3.2 National Department of Water Affairs ___________________________________________________ 25 3.3.3 National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries __________________________________ 26 3.3.4 National Department of Mineral Resources ______________________________________________ 27 3.3.5 National Department of Arts and Culture ________________________________________________ 28 3.3.6 National Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs _______________________ 28 3.3.7 KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government __________________________________________________ 29 3.3.8 Local Government _________________________________________________________________ 29 3.4 Key Governmental and Departmental Role-Players within the Ugu DM _________________________ 31 4 Overview of Planning Tools and Relevant Sector Plans 33 4.1 Key National Plans _________________________________________________________________ 33 307215 /SSA/ECN/1/3 September 2013 Ugu EMF SQR Ugu District Municipality Environmental Management Framework Final Status Quo Report 4.1.1 National Development Plan __________________________________________________________ 33 4.1.2 The Twelve National Outcomes _______________________________________________________ 34 4.1.3 National Strategy on Sustainable Development 1 _________________________________________ 35 4.2 Key Provincial Plans ________________________________________________________________ 36 4.2.1 KZN Provincial Growth and Development Strategy ________________________________________ 36 4.2.2 KZN Provincial Spatial Economic Development Strategy (PSEDS) ____________________________ 40 4.3 Key Local Plans ___________________________________________________________________ 44 4.3.1 Ugu Growth and Development Strategy _________________________________________________ 44 4.3.2 Ugu Infrastructure Audit _____________________________________________________________ 45 4.3.3 Integrated Waste Management Planning ________________________________________________ 54 4.3.4 Umdoni Integrated Waste Management Plan _____________________________________________ 54 4.3.5 Umzumbe Integrated Waste Management Plan ___________________________________________ 55 4.3.6 Hibiscus Coast Integrated Waste Management Plan _______________________________________ 56 4.3.7 Ugu Coastal Development Plan _______________________________________________________ 56 4.3.8 Umdoni SEA ______________________________________________________________________ 58 4.3.9 Umuziwabantu SEA ________________________________________________________________ 58 4.3.10 Umzumbe SEA ____________________________________________________________________ 58 5 Coastal Management 59 5.1 Introduction _______________________________________________________________________ 59 5.1.1 Importance of Coastal Areas _________________________________________________________ 61 5.1.2 Coastal Access Land _______________________________________________________________ 62 5.1.3 Coastal Set-back Lines ______________________________________________________________ 62 5.2 National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act, 2008 (Act No. 24 of 2008) 63 5.3 Strategic Plan for the Environmental Sector 2009 – 2014, Marine and Coastal Management ________ 64 5.4 Coastal Pollution __________________________________________________________________ 68 5.5 Blue Flag ________________________________________________________________________ 69 5.6 Coastal Vulnerability Index ___________________________________________________________ 70 5.6.1 Coastal Vulnerability Assessment for the Ugu District Municipality ____________________________ 70 5.7 Coastal Agriculture _________________________________________________________________ 78 5.8 Coastal Geology ___________________________________________________________________ 79 5.9 Coastal Biodiversity ________________________________________________________________ 79 5.9.1 Estuaries and wetlands _____________________________________________________________ 79 5.9.2 Coastal Management Responses Required ______________________________________________ 82 5.10 Coastal Heritage ___________________________________________________________________ 83 5.11 Conclusion _______________________________________________________________________ 83 6 Specialist Studies 84 6.1 Overview ________________________________________________________________________ 84 6.2 Biodiversity Specialist Study __________________________________________________________ 85 6.2.1 Objectives ________________________________________________________________________ 85 6.2.2 Methodology ______________________________________________________________________ 85 6.2.3 Results __________________________________________________________________________ 86 6.2.4 Recommendations _________________________________________________________________ 95 6.3 Agricultural Specialist Study __________________________________________________________ 97 6.3.1 Objectives ________________________________________________________________________ 97 6.3.2 Methodology ______________________________________________________________________ 97 307215 /SSA/ECN/1/3 September 2013 Ugu EMF SQR Ugu District Municipality Environmental Management Framework Final Status Quo Report 6.3.3 Results __________________________________________________________________________