EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY 2013/14IDP TABLE OF CONTENTS PERSPECTIVE FROM THE EXECUTIVE MAYOR ................................................................................. I PERSPECTIVE OF THE SPEAKER ..................................................................................................... II PERSPECTIVE FROM THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER .......................................................................... III LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................................................. IV 1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 EMALAHLENI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY .............................................................................................. 1 1.3 INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN ............................................................................................... 3 1.3.1 THE IDP PROCESS ........................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 LEGISLATIVE MANDATE ............................................................................................................. 5 1.4.1 THE CONSTITUTION ......................................................................................................................... 5 1.4.2 THE MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACT ........................................................................................................... 6 1.4.3 THE MUNICIPAL PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS OF 2001 ........................... 7 1.4.4 THE MUNICIPAL FINANCE MANAGEMENT ACT, 56 OF 2003 (MFMA) .................................................... 8 1.4.5 THE MUNICIPAL PERFORMANCE REGULATIONS FOR MUNICIPAL MANAGERS AND MANAGERS DIRECTLY ACCOUNTABLE TO MUNICIPAL MANAGERS OF 2006 ......................................................................................... 9 1.4.6 THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACT, ACT 57 OF 2002, .......................................................................... 9 2 LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ................................................................................. 10 2.1 POLICY CONTEXT ............................................................................................................... 10 2.2 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN ................................................................................................ 10 2.3 NATIONAL OUTCOMES ............................................................................................................ 11 2.4 LOCAL GOVERNMENT OUTCOME 9 ............................................................................................. 12 2.5 MPUMALANGA VISION 2030 ................................................................................................... 13 2.5.1 BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................... 13 2.5.2 CHANGE DRIVERS .......................................................................................................................... 14 3 EMALAHLENI DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ............................................................................... 16 3.1 DEVELOPMENT VISION ............................................................................................................ 16 3.2 MISSION STATEMENT ............................................................................................................. 16 3.3 CORE VALUES ....................................................................................................................... 16 3.4 MUNICIPAL SHORT TO MEDIUM-TERM GOALS .............................................................................. 17 3.5 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................... 17 3.6 MUNICIPAL LONG TERM GOALS ................................................................................................ 18 3.7 KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS ................................................................................................ 19 4 DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE................................................................... 22 4.1 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE .................................................................................................... 22 4.2 POPULATION SIZE AND GROWTH ............................................................................................... 22 4.3 POPULATION GROWTH RATE ............................................................................................. 23 4.4 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY WARD ........................................................................................ 23 4.5 GENDER DISTRIBUTION ........................................................................................................... 24 4.6 LABOUR INDICATORS ......................................................................................................... 25 4.7 DEVELOPMENT & INCOME INDICATORS .............................................................................. 25 4.8 POVERTY & INEQUALITY .................................................................................................... 27 4.9 ECONOMIC INDICATORS .................................................................................................... 28 4.10 CONTRIBUTION TO MP ECONOMY .................................................................................... 28 4.11 ECONOMIC INDICATORS .................................................................................................. 29 4.12 INDUSTRY INDICATORS .................................................................................................... 29 4.13 EDUCATION INDICATORS ................................................................................................. 30 4.14 HEALTH PROFILE .................................................................................................................. 31 4.15 DISABILITY ....................................................................................................................... 32 4.16 SOCIAL GRANTS ............................................................................................................... 33 4.17 HOUSEHOLD SERVICES ..................................................................................................... 33 4.18 HOUSEHOLD SERVICES - HOUSING .................................................................................... 34 4.19 CONCLUSION ...................................................................................................................... 34 5 INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFORMATION ...................................................... 36 5.1 MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION .................................................................................................. 36 5.2 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE .................................................................................................. 37 5.3 CHALLENGES ......................................................................................................................... 38 5.4 HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................ 38 5.5 HUMAN RESOURCES STRATEGY ................................................................................................. 39 5.6 MUNICIPAL TURN-AROUND STRATEGY ....................................................................................... 39 5.7 EMPLOYMENT EQUITY ............................................................................................................ 68 5.8 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ..................................................................... 70 5.8.1 CURRENT STATUS QUO ................................................................................................................... 70 5.8.2 CHALLENGES ................................................................................................................................. 71 5.9 THE MUNICIPAL PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM .................................................... 71 5.9.1 OBJECTIVES OF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT .................................................................................. 71 5.9.2 DEVELOPING THE ORGANIZATIONAL SCORECARD AND OUTLINING THE SCORECARD CONCEPTS ................... 72 6 MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND VIABILITY ........................................................ 81 6.1 BACKGROUND ....................................................................................................................... 81 6.2 STRATEGY ............................................................................................................................ 82 6.3 FINANCIAL VIABILITY ......................................................................................................... 83 6.3.1 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET ................................................................................................... 83 6.4 REVENUE ............................................................................................................................. 89 6.4.1 RATES .........................................................................................................................................