DRAFT 2019/2020 IDP 1 Contents Chapter 1: Executive Summary ............................................................................................................. 10 1.1 Who Are We? ........................................................................................................................ 10 1.1.1 Demographics Overview .............................................................................................. 13 1.2 How was this IDP Developed? .................................................................................................... 13 1.3 Our Key Development Challenges .............................................................................................. 15 1.3.1 Basic Services ....................................................................................................................... 15 1.3.2 Municipal Transformation and Institutional Development ................................................. 15 1.3.3 Local Economic Development .............................................................................................. 16 1.3.4 Municipal Financial Viability and Management ................................................................... 16 1.5 What will we do to unlock and Address our Key Challenges? .................................................. 16 1.5.1 Basic Services ....................................................................................................................... 16 1.5.2 Municipal Transformation and Institutional Development .................................................... 16 1.5.3 Local Economic Development ............................................................................................. 16 1.5.4 Municipal Financial Viability and Management ................................................................. 17 1.5.5 Good Governance and Public Participation ....................................................................... 17 1.5.6 Cross Cutting Issues ............................................................................................................. 17 1.6 What could you expect from us in the next five years? ........................................................... 17 1.7 How will our progress be measured? ........................................................................................ 18 1.7.1 Two Level Scorecard ............................................................................................................ 18 1.7.2 Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................................................................. 19 Chapter 2 Government Priorities ......................................................................................................... 20 2.1 Sustainable Development Goals ................................................................................................ 20 2.1.1 Applicability to Ugu ............................................................................................................. 21 2.2 National Development Plan: 2030 ............................................................................................. 21 2.2.1 Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF) ...................................................................... 21 2.2.2 State of the Nation Address ............................................................................................... 22 2.2.3 Applicability to Ugu District ................................................................................................ 23 2.3 KZN Provincial Growth Development Strategy ......................................................................... 23 2.3.1 State of the Province Address ............................................................................................. 24 2.3.2 Applicability to Ugu District ................................................................................................. 25 2.4 Local Government Back to Basics Programme ..................................................................... 25 2.4.1 Applicability to Ugu .............................................................................................................. 26 2.5 Ugu District Growth and Development Plan ............................................................................. 28 2.5.1 Applicability to Ugu ............................................................................................................. 28 2.6 Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act ..................................................................... 28 2 CHAPTER 3: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ................................................................................................... 31 3.1 Cross Cutting Interventions ....................................................................................................... 31 3.1.1 Regional Context ................................................................................................................. 31 3.1.2 Administrative Entities ........................................................................................................ 31 3.1.3 Existing Nodes and Corridors .............................................................................................. 33 3.1.4 Broad Land Use Patterns ..................................................................................................... 37 3.1.5 Land Ownership ................................................................................................................... 42 3.1.6 Land Reform ......................................................................................................................... 44 3.1.7 Land Potential ...................................................................................................................... 44 3.2 Environmental Management Analysis ........................................................................................ 46 3.2.1 Key Hydrological features .................................................................................................... 47 3.2.2 Protected areas .................................................................................................................... 49 3.2.3 Management Effectiveness and Pressures Facing Protected Areas .................................... 51 3.2.4 Biodiversity........................................................................................................................... 54 3.2.5 Households located in hazardous areas .............................................................................. 54 3.2.6 Vegetation ............................................................................................................................ 55 3.2.7 Climate Change .................................................................................................................... 58 3.3 Environmental Health Services (EHS) ......................................................................................... 61 3.3.1 Food Control ........................................................................................................................ 61 3.3.2 Water Quality Monitoring .................................................................................................... 61 3.3.3 Communicable Diseases Control ......................................................................................... 62 3.3.4 Vector Control ...................................................................................................................... 62 3.3.5 Hazardous Chemical Substances .......................................................................................... 62 3.3.6 Disposal of the Dead ............................................................................................................ 63 3.3.7 Surveillance of Premises ...................................................................................................... 63 3.3.8 Environmental Health Education ......................................................................................... 63 3.3.9 Environmental Pollution ...................................................................................................... 64 3.3.10 Waste management control .............................................................................................. 64 3.4 Spatial and Environment Trend Analysis .................................................................................... 65 3.5 Spatial and Environment SWOT Analysis .................................................................................... 66 3.6 Disaster Management ................................................................................................................. 67 3.6.1 Municipal Institutional Capacity .......................................................................................... 67 3.6.2 Risk Assessment ................................................................................................................... 69 3.6.3 District Vulnerability to Disaster Risk 2016/2017 Information ............................................ 70 3.6.4 Risk Reduction and Prevention ............................................................................................ 71 3.6.5 Status of the Disaster Management Plans ........................................................................... 71 3 3.6.6 Response and Recovery ....................................................................................................... 71