THEMBISILE HANI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY DRAFT 2016/2017 REVIEWED INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2. GUIDING PARAMETERS ....................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2.1. National Development Plan ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2.2. Mpumalanga Vision 2030 (Provincial Development Plan) .................................................................................. 2 1.2.3. The 2011 Local Government Manifesto ........................................................................................................................ 2 1.2.4. Government Outcomes ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.2.5. Integrated Support Plan for accelerated Municipal Services Delivery ........................................................... 3 1.2.5.1. Task for the next phase of transformation .................................................................................................................. 4 1.2.5.2. Back to basics ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4 1.3. MUNICIPAL VISION AND MISSION .................................................................................................................................. 5 1.3.1. Vision Statement ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.3.2. Mission Statement .................................................................................................................................................................. 5 1.3.3. Municipal Values and Principles ...................................................................................................................................... 5 1.4. SWOT ANALYSIS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6 1.5. DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................................................ 7 1.6. KEY DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES .................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1. LEGAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 2.1.1. Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (Act 108 of 1996) ......................................................................... 8 2.1.2. Municipal Systems Act (Act 32 of 2000) ....................................................................................................................... 8 2.1.3. Municipal Finance Management Act (Act 56 of 2003) ........................................................................................... 9 2.1.4. White Paper on Local Government (1998).................................................................................................................. 9 2.1.5. Performance Management Systems ............................................................................................................................ 10 2.2. ESTABLISHMENT IN TERMS OF LEGISLATION ..................................................................................................... 10 2.3. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 10 2.4. IDP PROCESS OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.4.1. IDP Organisational Arrangements................................................................................................................................ 12 2.4.2. IDP and Public Participation ........................................................................................................................................... 13 2.5. STRATEGIC OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 2.5.1. Audit Outcomes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 13 3.1. MUNICIPAL LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................ 14 3.1.1. Main Roads .............................................................................................................................................................................. 14 3.1.2. Main Areas............................................................................................................................................................................... 16 3.1.3. Municipal Wards .................................................................................................................................................................. 17 3.2. DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE ................................................................................................................................................. 17 3.2.1. Population Size ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.2.2. Population Composition ................................................................................................................................................... 17 ii 3.2.2.1. The gender composition ................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.2.2.2. The age structure ................................................................................................................................................................. 18 3.2.3. Socio-Economic Development ........................................................................................................................................ 19 3.2.3.1. Employment and unemployment indicators ........................................................................................................... 19 3.2.3.2. Poverty rate ............................................................................................................................................................................ 20 3.2.3.3. Individual Income ................................................................................................................................................................ 21 3.2.3.4. Education Indicators .......................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.2.3.5. Blue Drop and Green Drop Performance ................................................................................................................... 22 4.1. SPATIAL RATIONALE ......................................................................................................................................................... 24 4.1.1. Legislative and Policy Context ........................................................................................................................................ 24 4.1.2. Spatial Location and Description .................................................................................................................................. 28 4.1.3. Settlement Pattern ............................................................................................................................................................... 29 4.1.4. Land Ownership and Land Use Composition........................................................................................................... 29 4.1.5. Land Claims ............................................................................................................................................................................ 30 4.1.6. Illegal Land Occupation and Informal Settlements ............................................................................................... 33 4.1.7. Transport Networks ........................................................................................................................................................... 34 4.1.8. Strategic Development Areas ......................................................................................................................................... 35 4.2. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................................... 36 4.2.1. Topography, Hydrology and Climate .........................................................................................................................