e T h e k win i eThekwini Municipality Portfolio of Sustainability Best Practice ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY d 2 r ETHEKWINI MUNICIPALITY o w e r o M F ayor’s The people of the eThekwini Municipality have a key role to play in addressing the social, economic and environmental needs of our communities so as to ensure a healthy environment, a meaningful quality of life and social equity for existing and future generations. Sustainable development is a critical challenge for Durban, and we are constantly looking for new opportunities and solutions that will help us achieve this ideal. The Municipality's Integrated Development Plan's (IDP) desired outcomes in terms of sustainable development are to establish: "prosperous and vibrant economic areas that are the foundation for economic growth; viable and quality built environments that support the social and economic needs of all citizens; and quality a natural environments and resources that provide the basis for both b economic prosperity and social well-being". a l This Sustainability Best Practice Portfolio showcases key projects m where the Municipality has been a partner. These projects have set the City firmly on the path to sustainable development and helped . establish Durban as a world leader in this field. By actively addressing t the social, economic, environmental and institutional challenges facing the city, local government is effectively fulfilling the mandate of both d the Local Agenda 21 and Local Action 21 strategies endorsed at the e Earth Summit in 1992 and at the World Summit for Sustainable b Development in 2002. o r yo MAYOR OBED T. MLABA a m 3 Mayor's Foreword Pg 2 Introduction to Durban Pg 4 C Map of Municipal Area Pg 5 o Introduction to Portfolio Pg 6-7 n t Economic Sustainability e Muthi Nursery Pg 8 Sibu Mkhwanazi: Tel: +27 31 312 4466 n ts Landfill Conservancy Pg 9 Raymond Rampersad: Tel: +27 31 203 7002 eThekwini Online Pg 10 Angela Spencer: Tel: +27 31 3111925 Waste Water Education Pg 11 Teddy Gounden: Tel: +27 31 302 4667 CONTENTS Water Recycling Pg 12 John Harrison: Tel: +27 31 302 4665 Rural Water and Sanitation Pg 13 Neil Macleod: Tel: +27 31 302 4911 Recycling Buy-back Centres Pg 14 Mari van der Merwe: Tel: +27 31 303 1665 Beach Restoration Pg 15 Andrew Mather: Tel: +27 31 300 2281 Adopt-a-spot Pg 16 Mari van der Merwe: Tel: +27 31 303 1665 Ecological Sustainability Open Space Planning Pg 17 Dr Debra Roberts: Tel: + 27 31 300 2527 Sliding Scale of Tariffs Pg 18 Neil Macleod: Tel: +27 31 302 4911 Chemical Cleaner Production Pg 19 Sandra Redelinghuys: Tel: +27 31 3024685 Waterloss Management Pg 20 Simon Scruton: Tel: +27 31 302 4744 Energy Efficient Lamps Pg 21 Sandile Maphumulo: Tel: +27 31 300 1006 Dune Rehabilitation Pg 22 Dr Debra Roberts: Tel: + 27 31 300 2527 Waste Management Education Pg 23 Ntombilezi Ngulunga: Tel: + 27 31 303 1665 Social Sustainability Blue Flag Beach Pg 24 Alan Pembroke: Tel: +27 31 362 4271 Warwick Junction Pg 25 Richard Dobson: Tel: +27 31 202 5785 Cato Manor Redevelopment Pg 26 Soobs Moonsammy: Tel: +27 31 3002558 AIDS Strategy Pg 27 Bheki Zuma: Tel: +27 31 300 3104 Community Police Forums Pg 28 Ismail Nxumalo: Tel: +27 31 3375500 TB Management Pg 29 Dr Ayo Olowolagba: Tel: +27 31 300 3116 Governance & Institutional Sustainability South Durban Basin Multi Point Plan Pg 30 Siva Chetty: Tel: +27 31 211 4000 Chameleons Pg 31 Soobs Moonsammy: Tel: +27 31 3002558 South Durban Air Quality Monitoring Pg 32 Siva Chetty: Tel: +27 31 211 4000 Flood Line Study Pg 33 Andrew Mather: Tel: +27 31 3002188 Rabies Pg 34 Gama Ngqulunga: Tel. +27 31 300 3035 How Long Community Park Pg 35 Grahame Steele: Tel: + 27 31 205 1408 Sustainability Rating Table Pg 36-37 Acknowledgements Pg 38 s Icons to represent excellence in Sustainability Best Practice t n South Africa National Accreditation System First for South Africa Compliance with international convention e t n o c 4 INTRODUCTION TO DURBAN Durban is an African city that embraces the full range of global sustainable development challenges. n a b The Place country's seven biomes, seven broad vegetation types, and more than 2000 plant species. The r The eThekwini municipal u value of the natural resources provided by the D area (EMA) is located on the open space asset of the EMA is estimated to be eastern seaboard of South Africa, in R3,1 billion. As a coastal city, Durban is the province of KwaZulu-Natal. The EMA representative of the environment in which the currently covers an area of 2297 km2 whereas majority of the world's population lives and the pre-1996 municipal area covered only 300 works. Lessons learned here can be taken and km2. The municipality has an annual budget of applied to facilitate the implementation of R9,2 billion and employs a staff of 18 500. While sustainable best practice elsewhere. the total area represents only 1,4% of the entire area of KwaZulu-Natal, it contains just over a third of the population of the province (3 million The Plan people) and accounts for 60% of its economic activity. Similarly, only 35% of the area is urban In 1994, Durban was the first city in South Africa in character and yet it supports 80% of the to accept the Local Agenda 21 mandate as a population. Durban is home to rural and tribal corporate responsibility, and to use it as the communities as well as the urbanised and framework for the development of an over- technologically-dependent. It houses the rich arching Environmental Management System for and the poor and is challenged by the largest the city. Similarly it became the first city in South informal settlements in the country. Nationally Africa to accept the Local Action 21 mandate significant petrochemical industries exist side- emanating from the World Summit on Sustainable by-side with residential communities, creating Development. This mandate identified the need complex social and environmental challenges for to focus on implementation, this being a key the municipality. requirement for local governments wanting to achieve sustainable development. The Economy The People Durban harbour is the largest and busiest port on Africa's east coast. As such, it is a logistics A politically and ethnically diverse city, Durban hub which handles in excess of 80 000 containers now faces the challenge of effecting a smooth each month, and is also the second-largest transition to an effective and representative industrial hub after Gauteng. With the four administration. Durban's ethnic diversity is largest sectors of the economy being unequalled by any other city in South Africa. Its manufacturing, tourism, finance and transport, cultural richness renders a unique juxtaposition Durban has a strong presence in the "advanced" of beliefs and traditions which adds vibrancy to sectors. Manufacturing, which is located to the everyday social interactions. The Black African south of the CBD in the South Durban basin, community makes up the largest sector (65%) contributes about 30% to the local economy. of the population followed by the Asian Tourism adds 24% and is concentrated along the community (21%), with the Coloured and White coast, with emerging eco- and cultural-tourism communities being the smallest sectors. All of opportunities in the western areas. EThekwini this provides a backdrop for its greatest challenge n Municipality was awarded an AA+ rating in the to date: its role as the HIV/Aids epicentre of 2001/2002 financial year in the "financially sound South Africa, located in a province with an infection o and stable municipality" category. rate of 32%, one of the highest in the world. i Rather than being daunted by these challenges, t the Durban community has constructively worked The Ecosystem towards achieving a more sustainable future for c Situated within an area of high biodiversity on all its people. Words such as 'innovator', 'inventor', u the east African coast, Durban has a global duty 'transformer', 'revolutionary' and 'trendsetter' all d to protect its vital natural resource base. South describe the city that has unquestionably become Africa is the third most biodiverse country in South Africa's leader in the field of sustainable o the world, and Durban contains four of the development implementation. tr n i 5 e T h e k wi Map of eThekwini Municipal Area n i To Richards Bay To Johannesburg Verulam Link City Kwa Mashu Pinetown Mariannhill Suncoast Casino Warwick Port Durban SDB South Durban Industrial Basin Airport Umlazi " ETHEKWINI MUNICIPAL AREA To Cape Town s p DURBAN a m 6 n INTRODUCTION TO PORTFOLIO o i t c of global sinks such as the oceans and atmosphere. u Defining d Sustainable It recognises the intrinsic value of the natural I o Development environment. Specifically, the following criteria n tr were assessed: Projects • Promotion of energy efficiency and addressing Determined efforts were made to identify climate change projects which represented a broad range of • Maintaining biodiversity departments and city stakeholders, geographic spread and scale of impact. Projects were deemed • Promotion of the use of renewables to be best practice if they profiled key issues • Maintaining air and water quality, or minimising and areas of the city activity and displayed a high waste and pollution degree of innovation. These projects were then measured against sustainability criteria. Economic Sustainability: The definition of 'sustainable development' is not fixed and for the purposes of this portfolio, economic viability and four principles have been defined. These relate integrity to the issues of social, ecological, economic and This principle focuses on economic growth that institutional sustainability.