BELA BELA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY FINAL 2018/19 – 2021/22 IDP REVIEW TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6 CHAPTER ONE: BELA-BELA VISION, MISSION AND VALUES .......................................................................................................................................... 10 FOREWORD BY THE MAYOR .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BY THE MUNICIPAL MANAGER ................................................................................................................................................... 14 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14 ROLE OF BELA BELA IN THE REGIONAL CONTEXT ......................................................................................................................................................................... 14 BELA BELA’S INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (IDP) ................................................................................................................................................................. 16 CHAPTER TWO: THE PLANNING PROCESS ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17 2.1. IDP Context ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17 2.2. Content of the IDP ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 2.3. Policies and Legislative Framework ............................................................................................................................................................................ 21 2.4. Key Aspects of the 2017 SONA and SOPA ................................................................................................................................................................ 28 2.5. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 36 2.6. MUNICIPAL PRIORITIES ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 37 2.7. IDP PROCESS PLAN ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 39 1 | P a g e BELA BELA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY FINAL 2018/19 – 2021/22 IDP REVIEW 2.8.3.1. Proposed Approach to Public Participation ................................................................................................................................................................. 52 2.8.4. Mechanisms and Procedures for Alignment ........................................................................................................................................................... 55 2.8.5. Legisltative and Planning Requirements ................................................................................................................................................................. 57 2.8.6. Institutional Arrangements for IDP Process ................................................................................................................................................................ 60 CHAPTER THREE: MUNICIPAL PROFILE ............................................................................................................................................................................ 62 3.1. Geographic Description of the Municipal Area ............................................................................................................................................................ 62 3.2. DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................................................... 65 3.3. Unemployment and Poverty Analysis ......................................................................................................................................................................... 70 3.4. Education Profile and Literacy Levels .............................................................................................................................................................................. 73 3.5. Language Profile.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 74 3.6. People with Disability ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 74 CHAPTER FOUR: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS........................................................................................................................................................................ 76 Municipal LGMIM Status ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 76 L4.1. Municipal Spatial Rationale .................................................................................................................................................................................... 77 4.1.1. Hierarchy of Nodes and Growth Points ....................................................................................................................................................................... 82 4.2. Social Analysis - Housing: Integrated Human Settlements ....................................................................................................................................... 103 2 | P a g e BELA BELA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY FINAL 2018/19 – 2021/22 IDP REVIEW 4.2.1. Informal Settlements and Illegal Occupation of Land ................................................................................................................................................ 103 4.2.2. Identified strategically located Land owned by the Municipality (within the Urban Edge and Adjacent to existing Settlements) ................................. 113 4.2.1. HOUSING PROJECTS PLANNED/ IN PROCESS TO ADDRESS INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS ............................................................................... 114 3.1.2.1. Current Housing Needs, Demands and Provision ................................................................................................................................................... 115 4.3. Environmental, Social and Economic Analysis ......................................................................................................................................................... 124 4.3.1. Three Principles of Sustainable Development ...................................................................................................................................................... 124 4.3.2. Municipal Environmental Analysis .................................................................................................................................................................... 125 4.4. Economic Analysis .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 169 4.4.2.6. SMME Development and the Second Economy ............................................................................................................................................... 182 4.5. Basic Services .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 193 .6. Financial Viability ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 218 4.6.5. Municipal Wide Challenges ................................................................................................................................................................................... 241 4.7. Good Governance and Public Participation .............................................................................................................................................................. 243 4.7.1. Municipal Governance ......................................................................................................................................................................................