Rural Spatial Development Framework – Phase 1 DIPALESENG MUNICIPALITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2010 Prepared by: Approved in terms of Council Resolution _______ dated _________2010 Page 1 RURAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK/LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 .................................................................................................................................... 10 1 Forward by Executive Mayor ................................................................................................ 11 2 Background .......................................................................................................................... 11 3 Institutional framework .......................................................................................................... 11 CHAPTER 2 .................................................................................................................................... 13 4 Phase 1 ................................................................................................................................ 14 5 Municipality in context .......................................................................................................... 14 5.1 Contextual overview ...................................................................................................... 14 5.2 Population ..................................................................................................................... 14 5.3 Resources ..................................................................................................................... 15 5.4 Engineering infrastructure ............................................................................................. 16 6 Pressing needs ..................................................................................................................... 19 6.1 District needs ................................................................................................................ 19 6.2 Local needs ................................................................................................................... 19 7 Municipal Vision ................................................................................................................... 20 7.1 District municipality vision .............................................................................................. 20 7.2 Local municipality vision ................................................................................................ 20 7.3 Local municipality mission ............................................................................................. 21 7.4 Interrelationship of visions ............................................................................................. 21 8 Spatial implication of municipal vision ................................................................................... 21 9 IDP principles and strategies ................................................................................................ 22 10 IDP projects ...................................................................................................................... 23 11 Synopsis of spatial interpretation of municipal IDP ............................................................ 27 11.1 Provision of services ..................................................................................................... 27 11.2 Local economic development ........................................................................................ 28 12 Synopsis of phase 1 .......................................................................................................... 28 CHAPTER 3 .................................................................................................................................... 31 13 Phase 2 ............................................................................................................................ 32 14 Institutional analysis .......................................................................................................... 32 14.1 Institutional background ................................................................................................. 32 14.2 South African Constitution and Principles of Sustainable Development ......................... 33 14.3 Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, Act 117 of 1998 ...................................... 33 2 RURAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK/LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN 14.4 Local Government: Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000 .................................................. 33 14.5 Municipal Planning and Performance Management Regulations, 2001 ......................... 34 14.6 The Development Facilitation Act 67 of 1995 ................................................................ 34 14.7 National Environmental Management Act, 1998 ............................................................ 37 14.8 The Land Use Management Bill, 2001 ........................................................................... 37 14.9 Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (AsgiSA) .............................. 38 14.10 Transformation of Certain Rural Areas Act (1998) ..................................................... 38 15 Alignment with national development perspectives ........................................................... 39 16 Alignment with provincial perspectives .............................................................................. 54 17 Alignment with district development perspectives ............................................................. 58 18 Alignment with local development perspectives ................................................................ 70 19 Other initiatives ................................................................................................................. 72 19.1 Maputo Development Corridor Flagship Programme ..................................................... 72 19.2 Mpumalanga Terrestrial Biodiversity Assessment ......................................................... 72 20 Spatial analysis and implication ........................................................................................ 74 20.1 Regional context ............................................................................................................ 74 21 Environment...................................................................................................................... 75 21.1 Climate .......................................................................................................................... 75 21.2 Topography ................................................................................................................... 76 21.3 Geology ......................................................................................................................... 76 21.4 Agriculture crop potential ............................................................................................... 78 21.5 Conservation areas ....................................................................................................... 79 22 Demographic characteristics ............................................................................................. 80 22.1 Population size .............................................................................................................. 80 22.2 Population dependency ratio ......................................................................................... 81 22.3 Employment sector ........................................................................................................ 82 22.4 Household income ......................................................................................................... 84 22.5 Population age and gender composition ........................................................................ 85 22.6 Education levels ............................................................................................................ 86 22.7 Impact of HIV/Aids ......................................................................................................... 88 23 Movement and linkages .................................................................................................... 90 24 Development trends .......................................................................................................... 91 24.1 Structuring elements ..................................................................................................... 91 24.2 Land use and settlement patterns ................................................................................. 92 3 RURAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK/LAND DEVELOPMENT PLAN 24.3 Proposed future projects/land uses ............................................................................... 97 24.4 Vacant land analysis ..................................................................................................... 98 24.5 Urban-rural spatial relationship ...................................................................................... 99 24.6 Heritage features ........................................................................................................... 99 25 Economic activity ............................................................................................................ 100 25.1 Agriculture 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