UMLALAZI LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY REVIEW 2018-2023 STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK REPORT – June 2018 SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: uMlalazi Municipality LED Strategy Review – Strategic Framework Report June 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................................. 1 LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.1 PROJECT RATIONALE ...................................................................................................................................... 6 1.2 THE MAIN AIM OF THE PROJECT .................................................................................................................... 7 1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT ......................................................................................................................... 8 1.4 GUIDING PRINCIPLES ..................................................................................................................................... 8 1.4.1 EQUALITY ............................................................................................................................................... 8 1.4.2 EFFICIENCY ............................................................................................................................................. 8 1.4.3 VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION .......................................................................................... 9 1.4.4 FAIR AND GOOD GOVERNANCE ........................................................................................................... 10 1.4.5 SUSTAINABILITY ................................................................................................................................... 10 1.5 UNDERSTANDING LED .................................................................................................................................. 10 1.6 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................... 11 1.6.1 SHARED AND SECTORAL SPATIAL APPROACH ..................................................................................... 11 1.6.2 DIAGRAMMATIC METHODOLOGY ....................................................................................................... 12 1.7 REPORT STRUCTURE .................................................................................................................................... 15 2 LED POLICY ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................................................................... 17 2.1 REVIEW OF NATIONAL POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND FRAMEWORK DOCUMENTS ......................................... 17 2.1.1 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2035 ................................................................................................ 17 2.1.2 NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA (2014 – 2019) . 18 2.1.3 NEW GROWTH PATH ........................................................................................................................... 20 2.1.4 REGIONAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (RIDS) .................................................................. 21 2.1.5 INDUSTRIAL POLICY ACTION PLAN (IPAP) ............................................................................................ 22 2.1.6 MICRO-ECONOMIC REFORM STRATEGY .............................................................................................. 23 2.2 REVIEW OF PROVINCIAL POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND FRAMEWORK DOCUMENTS ...................................... 23 2.2.1 KZN OPERATION PHAKISA .................................................................................................................... 23 2.2.2 PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PGDS) 2035 ................................................. 25 2.2.3 PROVINCIAL SPATIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PSEDS) ................................................ 26 2.2.4 KWAZULU-NATAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (IDS) ......................................................... 27 2.2.5 KZN INVESTMENT STRATEGY ............................................................................................................... 28 2.2.6 KZN EXPORT STRATEGY ........................................................................................................................ 29 2.2.7 KZN SMALL ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ........................................................................... 30 2.2.8 PROVINCIAL TOURISM MASTER PLAN ................................................................................................. 31 2.2.9 RADICAL AGRARIAN SOCIO ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION (RASET) ................................................. 32 2.3 REVIEW OF DISTRICT POLICIES, STRATEGIES AND FRAMEWORK DOCUMENTS ........................................... 33 2.3.1 DISTRICT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN (DGDP): KING CETSHWAYO DISTRICT ........................ 33 2.3.2 KING CETSHWAYO DISTRICT INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (IDP) 2017 ...................................... 34 2.3.3 KING CETSHWAYO SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2015 ........................................................ 35 2.3.4 KING CETSHWAYO DISTRICT INVESTMENT PROMOTION AND FACILITATION STRATEGY ................... 36 2.3.5 AGRI-PARKS MASTER PLAN .................................................................................................................. 37 2.3.6 REVISED TOURISM STRATEGY FOR UTHUNGULU DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY, 2009 .............................. 38 2.3.7 KIND CETSHWAYO DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY LED STRATEGY ............................................................... 39 2.3.8 CETSHWAYO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW .............................................................. 40 2.4 REVIEW OF LOCAL DOCUMENTATION ......................................................................................................... 41 2.4.1 UMLALAZI INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (IDP) 2017 .................................................................. 41 1 uMlalazi Municipality LED Strategy Review – Strategic Framework Report June 2018 2.4.2 UMLALAZI SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK .............................................................................. 42 2.5 ROLES OF GOVERNMENT IN LED .................................................................................................................. 43 2.5.1 NATIONAL GOVERNMENT ................................................................................................................... 43 2.5.2 PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT ................................................................................................................. 44 2.5.3 LOCAL GOVERNMENT .......................................................................................................................... 44 3 REVIEW OF THE 2013 LED STRATEGY ............................................................................................................ 47 3.1 UMLALAZI STRATEGY PROJECTS (2013) ............................................................................................................. 47 3.2 IDENTIFIED CHALLENGES RELATED TO LED PROJECTS’ IMPLEMENTATION ........................................................ 49 4 UMLALAZI SPATIAL DYNAMICS .................................................................................................................... 51 4.1 PRIMARY CORRIDORS .................................................................................................................................. 52 4.2 SECONDARY CORRIDORS ............................................................................................................................. 53 4.3 TERTIARY CORRIDORS .................................................................................................................................. 53 4.4 DEVELOPMENT CENTRES ............................................................................................................................. 54 4.4.1 ESHOWE ............................................................................................................................................... 54 4.4.2 GINGINDLOVU ..................................................................................................................................... 54 4.4.3 MTUNZINI ............................................................................................................................................ 55 4.5 LOWER SECONDARY CENTRES ..................................................................................................................... 55 4.6 TERTIARY CENTRES ....................................................................................................................................... 56 4.7 OTHER AREAS OF POTENTIAL