DIPALESENG LOCAL MUNICIPALITY IDP REVIEW FOR 2014/15 18 JUNE 2014 The MEC Department of Corporate Governance & Traditional Affairs Private Bag X 11310 NELSPRUIT 1200 ATTENTION: MR T TSHWARELO INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2014/15 CYCLE OF REVIEW: DIPALESENG MUNICIPALITY Pursuant to section 32 of the local Government Municipal Systems Act of 2000 reads as follows: “[1] [a] The Municipal Manager of a municipality must submit a copy of the integrated development plan as adopted by the council of the municipality, and any subsequent amendment to the plan, to the MEC for local government in the province within 10 days of the adoption or amendment of the plan. [b] The copy of the Integrated Development Plan to be submitted in terms of paragraph [a] must be accompanied by: I. A summary of the process referred to in Section 29[1]. II. A statement that the process has been complied with, together with any explanations that may be necessary to amplify the statement, and III. In the case of a District and a local municipality a copy of the framework adopted in terms of section 27” The Dipaleseng Municipality embarked on the process to review its Integrated Development Plan [IDP] as provided for in Section 34 of the Local Government Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000. For this purpose a process plan as provided by in Section 28 of the said Act was adopted by the Council. It was noted that the process followed in reviewing the IDP as referred to in section 32[1][b][1] of the Act as quoted above included: Various internal meetings held by management of Dipaleseng Municipality. Various Technical IDP meetings held with Municipal Managers of Local Municipalities and IDP Managers Technical meetings held with the Municipal Managers of local municipalities and their IDP Managers and representatives of the various Provincial Departments, Parastatals and NGO’s. Community participation meetings and Councillors workshop Details of the meetings held are included in the Municipal Process Plan The process plan referred to above was also published for public notice and comments in the local circulated papers [herald] It can therefore be categorically stated that the Dipaleseng Municipality complied with the requirements of the said Act by adopting a process plan as required by section 28 and the consultation as explained above. A copy of the process plan referred to above is also included herewith for your perusal and information. It is also confirmed that the Council of Dipaleseng Municipality adopted the reviewed Integrated Development Plan per Resolution C166/06/ 2014 dated 12 June 2014. In terms of section 32 of the said Act a copy of the reviewed Integrated Development Plan of Dipaleseng Municipality is attached hereto for information and perusal. It will be appreciated if the Honourable MEC can acknowledge receipt of the Integrated Development Plan on the attached copy of this letter. Kind regards ___________ DV NGCOBO MUNICIPAL MANAGER I--------------------------------------------------herewith acknowledge receipt of the Reviewed Integrated Development Plan of Dipaleseng Municipality. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NO. 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 PURPOSE ............................................................................................................................... 2 1.2 INTRODUCTION TO DIPALESENG MUNICIPALITY ............................................................................ 2 1.3 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................................................. 3 1.3.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN .......................................................................... 3 1.3.2 SCOPE OF THE DIPALESENG IDP ...................................................................................................... 4 1.3.3 APPROACH ..................................................................................................................................... 4 1.3.4 BUDGET PROCESS PLAN FOR 2014/2015 MULTI-TERM BUDGET ................................................ 8 1.4 KEY DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES ............................................................................................... 12 1.5 LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT VISION ........................................................................................... 14 1.6 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ........................................................................................................ 14 1.7 INTENDED IMPACT ................................................................................................................. 16 1.8 PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT ................................................................................................ 17 2 POLICY REVIEW .................................................................................................................... 19 2.1 NATIONAL POLICY FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................ 19 2.1.1 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN ...................................................................................................... 19 2.1.2 NATIONAL OUTCOMES ................................................................................................................... 21 2.1.3 LOCAL GOVERNMENT OUTCOME 9 ................................................................................................... 22 2.1.4 THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS (SONA) - 2013 .......................................................................... 22 2.2 PROVINCIAL POLICY FRAMEWORK .............................................................................................. 26 2.2.1 PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ......................................................................... 26 2.2.2 THE STATE OF THE PROVINCIAL ADDRESS (SOPA) - 2013 ..................................................................... 27 2.2.3 OPERATION CLEAN AUDIT - 2014 .................................................................................................... 32 2.2.4 OPERATION PHEZOKOMKHONO ............................................................................................... 32 3 STATUS QUO ANALYSIS ........................................................................................................ 35 3.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE....................................................................................................... 35 3.1.1 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE ................................................................................................................. 35 3.1.2 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE ............................................................................................................. 40 3.1.3 GENERAL ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES ................................................................................................ 47 3.2 SPATIAL ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................. 52 3.2.1 DISTRICT CONTEXT ........................................................................................................................ 52 3.2.2 REGIONAL AND LOCAL ROAD NETWORK ............................................................................................ 53 3.2.3 SETTLEMENT PATTERN ................................................................................................................... 54 3.2.4 IMPACT OF POST-APARTHEID SPATIAL PLANNING ............................................................................... 57 3.2.5 LAND USE MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................... 58 3.2.6 SPATIAL TRENDS AND PATTERNS ...................................................................................................... 58 3.2.7 LAND REFORM PROGRAMME AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ................................................................ 59 3.2.8 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ................................................................................................................ 62 3.2.9 WATER QUALITY ........................................................................................................................ 63 3.2.10 GROUNDWATER...................................................................................................................... 65 3.2.11 BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................................... 66 3.3 MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT .............................................. 67 3.3.1 MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION ........................................................................................................ 67 3.3.2 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................... 71 3.3.3 POWERS AND FUNCTIONS ............................................................................................................... 71 3.4 SERVICE DELIVERY AND INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT .................................................................. 78 3.4.1 WATER ........................................................................................................................................ 78 3.4.2 SANITATION .................................................................................................................................