EMAKHAZENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011-2016 2nd Revision 2013/14 1 Table of Contents FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................................................. 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................................................................ 6 1. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................... 9 2. THE PLANNING PROCESS ......................................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Institutional Arrangements ................................................................................................................ 10 2.2 Process Overview: The Event-Centred Approach .............................................................................. 11 2.3 Self Assessment: Planning Process .................................................................................................... 12 3. THE SITUATION ......................................................................................................................................... 32 3.1 Basic Facts and Figures ....................................................................................................................... 32 3.2 Spatial Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 44 3.3. Economic Analysis ............................................................................................................................... 46 3.4 Environmental Analysis ....................................................................................................................... 47 3.5 Institutional Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 50 3.6. Summary of Priority Issues ................................................................................................................. 51 4. BROAD DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ...................................................................................................... 52 4.2.1 Government Outcomes ........................................................................................................................ 53 4.2.2 National Growth Path .......................................................................................................................... 59 4.2.3 Mpumalanga Growth and Development Strategy ............................................................................. 61 4.2.4 Millennium Development Goals: Vision 2014 .................................................................................... 62 4.2.5 State of the Nation Address: 2013 ..................................................................................................... 65 4.2.6 State of the Province Address ............................................................................................................. 66 4.3 NSDP and the National Key Performance Areas ................................................................................ 72 4.4. Development Priority Areas of Intervention of the Draft Mpumalanga Economic Growth and Path73 4.5 Nkangala District Municipality’s Key Focus Area ............................................................................... 74 5. PRIORITY ISSUES, OBJECTIVES, STRATEGIES AND PROJECTS............................................................. 75 5.1. Service Delivery and Infrastructure ................................................................................................... 75 5.1.1. Issue 1: water and sanitation ................................................................................................................... 75 5.1.2. Issue 2: Electricity Supply ........................................................................................................................ 84 5.1.3. Issue 3: Roads and Storm Water .............................................................................................................. 87 5.1.4. Issue 4: Spatial Restructuring ................................................................................................................... 91 5.1.5. Issue 5: Land Reform and Restitution ....................................................................................................... 96 5.1.6 Issue 6: HUMAN SETTLEMENT AND PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT ................................................................. 98 5.1.7. Issue 7: Culture, Sports and Recreation .................................................................................................. 102 5.1.8. Issue 8: Health ...................................................................................................................................... 115 5.1.9. Issue 9: Emergency Services .................................................................................................................. 119 5.1.10 ISSUE 10: TRAFFIC, SAFETY, LICENSING AND SECURITY ........................................................................ 123 5.1.11. ISSUE 11: ENVIRONMENTAL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ........................................................................ 134 5.1.12 ISSUE 12: SOCIAL WELFARE .................................................................................................................. 146 5.1.13. ISSUE 13: EDUCATION .......................................................................................................................... 148 5.2. ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................... 152 5.2.1. Issue 14: local economic Development ................................................................................................... 152 5.2.2. Issue 15: poverty alleviation AND Job Creation ........................................................................................ 154 5.2.3. Issue 16: Tourism AND INVESTMENT ..................................................................................................... 156 5.2.4 ISSUE 17: YOUTH, GENDER AND DISABLED .......................................................................................... 159 5.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................... 163 5.3.1. Issue 18: Financial Viability .................................................................................................................... 163 5.4. INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND TRANSFORMATION ......................................................... 177 5.4.1. ISSUE 19: POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS ....................................................................................... 177 5.4.2 Promulgation of By-laws ........................................................................................................................ 183 5.4.2. Issue 20: organisational design .............................................................................................................. 189 5.4.3. Issue 21: employment equity ................................................................................................................. 200 5.4.4. Issue 22: skills development................................................................................................................... 202 5.4.5. Issue 23: performance management....................................................................................................... 206 5.5. GOOD GOVERNANCE......................................................................................................................... 209 5.5.1. Issue 24: CORPORATE Governance ........................................................................................................ 209 5.5.2. Issue 25: public PARTICIPATION ............................................................................................................ 214 6. INTEGRATED SECTOR/ OPERATIONAL PLANS ..................................................................................... 222 6.1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 222 6.2. Integrated Infrastructure Development Plan ................................................................................. 223 6.3. Local Economic Development Strategy ........................................................................................... 224 6.4. Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP) ................................................................................ 225 6.5. Emakhazeni Local Municipality (ELM) Environmental Management Framework (EMF) .............. 226 6.5.1 Structure of the Emakhazeni Environmental Management Framework ........................................ 227 6.6. Disaster Management Plan (DMP)................................................................................................... 228 6.7. Financial Plan and Capital Programme ........................................................................................... 229 6.7.1 Financial Plan ................................................................................................................................... 229 6.8. Spatial Development