FINAL IDP 2020/21 REVIEWED TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................................... 1 MAYOR’S FOREWORD ....................................................................................................................................... 15 1. MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ................................................ 15 2. BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ....................................................... 16 3. SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .............................................................................................. 18 4. GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION .............................................................................. 18 5. MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL VIABILITY AND MANAGEMENT ........................................................................ 19 6. CROSS CUTTING INTERVENTIONS.......................................................................................................... 20 7. MUNICIPAL POLITICAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ............................................................................... 21 8. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ........................................................................................................................ 22 9. WARD COUNCILLORS ............................................................................................................................. 23 10. PR COUNCILLORS ............................................................................................................................... 24 11. ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE ................................................................................... 25 MUNICIPAL MANAGERS OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 26 THE STRUCTURE OF UMHLABUYALINGANA IDP ............................................................................................... 27 SECTION A: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................... 32 1. WHO ARE WE? ....................................................................................................................................... 32 1.1. SPATIAL LOCATION WITHIN KZN ................................................................................................... 33 1.2. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE ................................................................................................................ 33 1.3. NUMBER OF WARDS AND TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY AREAS ....................................................... 34 1.4. ECONOMIC PROFILE ...................................................................................................................... 36 1.5. HOW WAS THIS PLAN (IDP) DEVELOPED? ..................................................................................... 36 1.6. WHAT ARE OUR KEY CHALLENGES AND INTERVENTIONAL MEASURES? ...................................... 42 1.7. LONG TERM VISION ....................................................................................................................... 44 1.8. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO UNLOCK AND ADDRESS OUR KEY CHALLENGES? .................... 44 1.9. WHAT COULD YOU EXPECT FROM US? ......................................................................................... 47 SECTION B: PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES, GOVERNMENT POLICIES & IMPERATIVES .............. 50 2. PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES ........................................................................................ 50 2.1. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING IDP OBJECTIVES ............................................. 50 2.2. INTERNATIONAL POLICY DIRECTIVES: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ............................... 54 2.3 PARIS AGREEMENT .............................................................................................................................. 59 2.4. NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING AND POLICY DIRECTIVES ..................... 60 1 2.5. THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN............................................................................................ 61 2.6. THE NEW GROWTH PATH .............................................................................................................. 61 2.7. THE 2004 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ............................ 62 2.8. OUTCOME EIGHT: SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF HOUSEHOLD LIFE ....................................................................................................................................... 62 2.9. NATIONAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE (2003) NSDP ................................................... 63 2.10. REVISED 2016, PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PGDS) ....................... 63 2.11. SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS (PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL) ................................ 64 2.12. THE CABINET LEKGOTLA ............................................................................................................ 65 2.13. UMHLABUYALINGANA MUNICIPALITY’S ROLE IN CABINET RESOLUTIONS ............................... 66 2.14. THE DISTRICT LEKGOTLA ............................................................................................................ 66 2.15. THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS 2020 .............................................................................. 66 2.16. STATE OF THE PROVINCE ADDRESS ........................................................................................... 67 2.17. PROVINCIAL SPATIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (2017) ....................................... 68 2.18. PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN – DISTRICT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN 73 2.19. UMKHANYAKUDE DISTRICT GROWTH AND DVELOPMENT PLAN (2015) AND INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN ................................................................................................................................. 73 2.20. SPATIAL PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT ACT (SPLUMA), 2013 .............................. 75 2.21. INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ......................................................................................... 77 2.22. INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLANNING IN UMHLABUYALINGANA ......................................... 77 2.23. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT WITH GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES ....................................................... 78 2.24. ALIGNMENT WITH GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES .......................................................................... 79 2.25. GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES ........................................................................................................ 80 2.26. ALIGNMENT WITH BACK TO BASICS .......................................................................................... 81 SITUATION ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................................... 84 3. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................... 84 3.1. DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................ 85 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE ......................................................................................................................... 93 3.2. CROSS CUTTING ISSUES ................................................................................................................. 94 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS .......................................................................................................................... 98 Agricultural Potential ..................................................................................................................................... 99 SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................................................................. 104 DESIRED SPATIAL FORM AND LAND USE ..................................................................................................... 113 Umhlabuyalingana Disaster Management Plan ...................................................................................... 117 2 INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY FOR DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT.................................................................. 119 MUNICIPAL DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK ............................................................. 120 MUNICIPAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN ............................................................................................... 120 DISASTER RISK ASSESSMENT ....................................................................................................................... 121 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION ............................................................................ 124 4. MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT .................................... 129 4.1 Human Resources Strategy and Human Resources Plan ........................................................ 130 4.2 Council Approved Organizational Structure ................................................................................. 131 POWERS AND FUNCTIONS (INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS)......................................................... 138 4.3 Filling of Critical