2019/2020 ALFRED DUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2019/2020 ALFRED DUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALTY 0 INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2019/2020 Contents MAYORAL FOREWORD ............................................................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER 1 ............................................................................................................................................ 10 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................. 10 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ...................................................................................... 10 1.2 DOCUMENT OUTLINE .............................................................................................................. 11 1.3 THE MUNICIPALITY AT A GLANCE ........................................................................................... 12 1.4 INTEGRATED APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALFRED DUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY IDP 2019/2020 ...................................................................................................... 21 1.5 Institutional Arrangement .......................................................................................................... 37 1.6 Key Challenges of Alfred Duma Local Municipality .................................................................... 43 1.7 Strategies to address Municipal Key Challenges ........................................................................ 44 1.8 VISION ......................................................................................................................................... 44 1.9 MISSION ...................................................................................................................................... 45 1.10 MUNICIPAL STRATEGIC GOALS ................................................................................................. 46 1.11 ACCELERATION OF SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENT ......................................................... 47 1.12 SPATIAL TRANSLATION OF THE MUNICIPAL VISION ................................................................. 47 CHAPTER 2: PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, PRINCIPLES, GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND IMPERATIVES .. 49 2.1. INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS FRAMEWORK ................................................................... 49 2.2. POLICY CONTEXT ....................................................................................................................... 49 2.3. PROVINCIAL SPATIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PSEDS) ..................................... 50 2.4. THE PROVINCIAL GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PGDS) ............................................. 51 2.5. THE 2018 STATE OF NATION ADDRESS AS WELL AS THE STATE OF THE PROVINCIAL ADDRESS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING PRIORITIES WHICH REMAIN THE FOUNDATION OF OUR NDP AND PGDP: ................................................................................................................................................ 52 2.6. SPATIAL PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................................... 64 CHAPTER 3: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS .................................................................................................... 83 3.1. DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL FACTORS ...................................................................................... 83 3.1.1. POPULATION GROWTH ....................................................................................................... 83 3.1.2. POPULATION STRUCTURE ................................................................................................... 84 3.1.3. RACIAL DISTRIBUTION ......................................................................................................... 86 3.1.4. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION ............................................................................................... 86 3.1.5. HOUSEHOLD NUMBER ........................................................................................................ 87 3.1.6. INEQUITABLE ACCESS TO BASIC SERVICES .......................................................................... 88 3.1.7. LOW AFFORDABILITY LEVELS .............................................................................................. 92 3.1.8. ECONOMIC STAGNATION ................................................................................................... 93 ALFRED DUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALTY 1 INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2019/2020 3.1.9. EMPLOYMENT STATUS ........................................................................................................ 94 3.2 SPATIAL ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................................... 95 3.2.1 REGIONAL CONTEXT ............................................................................................................. 95 3.2.2 DISTRICT SPATIAL ECONOMY ............................................................................................... 96 3.2.3 REGIONAL TOURIST DESTINATIONS ..................................................................................... 96 3.2.4 UTHUKELA CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AREA ................................................................... 97 3.2.5 ADMINISTRATIVE ENTITIES .................................................................................................. 97 3.2.6 STRUCTURING ELEMENT ...................................................................................................... 97 3.2.7 NODES AND CORRIDORS ...................................................................................................... 99 3.2.8 TERTIARY CENTRES ............................................................................................................. 103 3.2.9. CURRENT LAND USE .......................................................................................................... 104 3.2.10 HUMAN SETTLEMENTS .................................................................................................... 104 3.2.11 Land Ownership ............................................................................................................... 105 3.2.12 TENURE UPGRADING ....................................................................................................... 107 3.2.13 LAND RESTITUTION .......................................................................................................... 107 3.2.14 LAND REDISTRIBUTION .................................................................................................... 108 3.2.15 LAND CAPABILITY ............................................................................................................. 108 3.3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL ANALYSIS ................................................................... 112 3.4 Protected Areas ........................................................................................................................ 136 3.5 DISASTER MANAGEMENT ......................................................................................................... 151 3.6 MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT ............................... 196 CHAPTER 4 .......................................................................................................................................... 204 4.1 MUNICIPAL VISIONS, GOALS AND STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ...................................................... 204 4.2 ELEMENTS OF THE VISION ........................................................................................................ 204 4.3 MISSION .................................................................................................................................... 204 4.4 MUNICIPAL STRATEGIC GOALS ................................................................................................. 205 4.4.1 GOAL NUMBER ONE: CREATING A CONDUCIVE ENVIORMENT FOR GROWTH DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................................................ 205 4.4.2 GOAL NUMBE TWO: FINANCIAL STABILITY ........................................................................ 205 4.4.3 GOAL NUMBER THREE: SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT .............................................................. 205 (CROSS CUTTING) ........................................................................................................................ 205 4.4.4 GOAL NUMBER FOUR: IMPROVE ON GOVERNANCE ......................................................... 206 4.4.5 GOAL NUMBER FIVE: BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE ................................................................. 206 4.4.6 GOAL NUMBER SIX: MUNICIPAL TRANSFORMATION AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................................................................... 206 ALFRED DUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALTY 2 INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2019/2020 CHAPTER 5: STRATEGIC MAPPING ...................................................................................................... 221 5.1 MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT VISION .......................................................................................... 221 5.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVES................................................................................................................ 222 5.3 SPATIAL PLANNING PRINCIPLES ...............................................................................................