Joe Gqabi District Municipality INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2015/16 Financial Year CONTENTS CONTENTS.............................................................................................................................................................................. I LIST OF TABLES .....................................................................................................................................................................III LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................................................... V ACRONYMS ......................................................................................................................................................................... VI FOREWORD BY THE EXECUTIVE MAYOR ...................................................................................................................VIII PREFACE BY THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER ....................................................................................................................IX SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN............................................................................................ 1 1.2 ADOPTION OF IDP FRAMEWORK AND PROCESS PLAN ..................................................................................................... 1 1.3 MATTERS CONSIDERED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDP ...................................................................................... 1 SECTION 2: VISION, MISSION AND VALUES................................................................................................... 2 2.1 VISION AND MISSION..................................................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 VALUES OF JOE GQABI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY .............................................................................................................. 3 SECTION 3: BRIEF SOCIO-ECONOMIC OVERVIEW ..................................................................................... 4 3.1 GEOGRAPHY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS...................................................................................................................... 4 3.1.2 DEMOGRAPHY............................................................................................................................................................ 5 3.2 HOUSEHOLD SERVICES................................................................................................................................................... 9 3.3 HOUSING ....................................................................................................................................................................14 3.4 EDUCATION ................................................................................................................................................................15 3.5 ECONOMY ...................................................................................................................................................................17 SECTION 4: SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ...............................................................................26 4.1 ADOPTION OF THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ..............................................................................................26 4.2 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS..............................................................................................................................26 4.3 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT RATIONALE .............................................................................................................................31 4.4 RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES ...............................................................................................................42 4.5 CLIMATE CHANGE ........................................................................................................................................................44 4.6 FUTURE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES.........................................................................................45 SECTION 5: LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................46 5.1 ADOPTION OF LED STRATEGY ......................................................................................................................................46 5.2 DISTRICT PLANNING FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................................46 5.3 PLATFORMS FOR STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ................................................................................46 5.4 ROLE OF JOE GQABI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ..............................................................................................47 5.6 COMPETITIVE AND COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE ............................................................................................................49 5.7 LAND REFORM.............................................................................................................................................................50 5.8 LED MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION .....................................................................................................................51 5.9 SMME AND COOPERATIVES ........................................................................................................................................51 5.10 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ................................................................................................................................51 5.11 BUSINESS RETENTION STRATEGY ...............................................................................................................................52 5.12 EXPANDED PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY WORKS PROGRAMME ..........................................................................52 5.13 DEVELOPMET OF THE DISTRICT AGRIPARK...................................................................................................................52 SECTION 6: SERVICE DELIVERY AND INFRASTRUCTURE ...................................................................53 6.1 WATER AND SANITATION PLANNING ............................................................................................................................53 6.2 ELECTRIFICATION .........................................................................................................................................................67 6.3 ROAD MAINTENANCE ..................................................................................................................................................68 i | P a g e 6.4 RAILWAYS ...................................................................................................................................................................69 6.5 WASTE MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................................................................70 6.6 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT PLANNING AND BACKLOG ERADICATION ........................................................................73 6.7 MUNICIPAL HEALTH SERVICES ......................................................................................................................................73 6.8 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE .............................................................................................................................................74 6.9 PUBLIC FACILITIES ........................................................................................................................................................80 SECTION 7: DISASTER MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................81 7.1 DISASTER MANAGEMENT .............................................................................................................................................81 7.2 FIRE FIGHTING .............................................................................................................................................................82 7.3 DISASTER RISK ASSESSMENT .........................................................................................................................................83 7.4 DISASTER AND FIRE SERVICES INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS .......................................................................................83 7.5 DISASTER BYLAWS........................................................................................................................................................84 SECTION 8: OTHER OPERATIONAL PLANS AND STRATEGIES ........................................................85 SECTION 9: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND VIABILITY PLAN...........................................................99 9.1 STATUS OF THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF JOE GQABI ......................................................................................................99 9.2 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGY .........................................................................................................................102