JOZINI MUNICIPALITY IDP 2019/20 REVIEW JOZINI LOCAL MUNICIPALITY (KZ272) INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN (IDP) 2019/20 REVIEW ANNEXURE B: ADOPTED SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK (SDF) ADOPTED: 29TH MAY 2019 Prepared by Jozini Local Municipality Circle Street, Bottom Town, Jozini 3969 Tel: 035 572 1292 Fax: 035 572 1266 Website: www.jozini.gov.za 1 JOZINI MUNICIPALITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE............................................................................... 1 1.1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................1 1.1.2 PURPOSE OF THE REPORT.............................................................................................1 1.1.3 WHAT IS A SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK......................................................1 1.1.4 LEGAL AND POLICY IMPERATIVES ................................................................................2 1.1.5 RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PLANS .............................................................................2 1.1.6 DEFINING THE STUDY AREA ..........................................................................................3 1.1.7 STRUCTURE OF THIS DOCUMENT .................................................................................3 1.1.8 STUDY OBJECTIVES/ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED .......................................................8 1.1.9 MUNICIPAL SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT INFORMANTS ....................9 CHAPTER 2: STATUS QUO OF JOZINI MUNICIPALITY ............................................................. 10 2.1 LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT …........................................................................................ 10 2.1.1 SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION AND PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (NO. 108 OF 1196) .......................................................................................10 2.1.2 MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACT (NO. 32 OF 2000) ............................................................ 10 2.1.3 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (NO. 107 OF 1998) ................... 12 2.1.4 SOCIAL HOUSING ACT (NO.16 OF 2008) .....................................................................12 2.1.5 ACCELERATED AND SHARED GROWTH INITIATIVE (ASGI-SA) ...............................14 2.1.6 THE KWAZULU-NATAL HERITAGE ACT (NO 4 OF 2008) ............................................15 2.1.7 SPLUMA (NO 16 OF 2013) .............................................................................................15 2.1.8 KZN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT (NO 6 OF 2008) .......................................18 2.2 POLICY ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................................... 19 2.2.1 PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY .........................................19 2.2.2 NATIONAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ..................................................24 2.2.3 NEW GROWTH PATH .....................................................................................................25 2.2.4 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2030 .......................................................................27 2.2.5 THE COMPREHENSIVE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FRAMEWORK ......30 2.2.6 SOCIAL HOUSING POLICY ............................................................................................31 2.2.7 PROVINCIAL SPATIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PSEDS) ..............33 2.2.8 PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ........................................ 34 2.3 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................36 CHAPTER 3: THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT..............................................................................37 3.1 THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT/ STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT ...............37 3.1.1 TOPOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................... 37 3.1.2 SLOPE ANALYSIS ..........................................................................................................37 3.1.3 GEOLOGY .......................................................................................................................38 JOZINI MUNICIPALITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2019 3.1.4 SOILS...............................................................................................................................44 3.1.5 WATER CATCHMENT ....................................................................................................46 3.1.6 CLIMATE .........................................................................................................................48 3.1.7 OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION ...........................................................................52 3.1.8 VEGETATION ..................................................................................................................58 3.2 THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT ...............................................................................................60 3.2.1 LAND TENURE ................................................................................................................60 3.2.2 POPULATION DENSITY .................................................................................................62 3.2.3 HUMAN FOOTPRINT ......................................................................................................68 3.2.4 BROAD MUNICIPAL LAND USE .....................................................................................68 3.3 INFRASTRUCTURE ...............................................................................................................71 3.3.1 ELECTRICITY NETWORK ..............................................................................................71 3.2.2 TRANSPORTATION ........................................................................................................71 3.3.3 ACCESS TO WATER ......................................................................................................75 3.3.4 ACCESS TO SANITATION ..............................................................................................79 3.4 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................................83 3.4.1 ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE FACILITIES .......................................................................83 3.4.2 ACCESS TO EDUCATION FACILITIES ..........................................................................83 3.4.3 ACCESS TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES .........................................................................84 3.4.4 ACCESS TO POLICE STATION FACILITIES .................................................................84 3.5 HUMAN SETTLEMENT ..........................................................................................................92 3.5.1 PREDOMINANTLY SCATTERED LOW-DENSITY RURAL SETTLEMENTS .................93 3.5.2 PERI-URBAN AND SEMI-URBAN SETTLEMENTS .......................................................93 3.5.3 URBAN SETTLEMENTS ................................................................................................ 94 3.6 FINANCIAL/ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................96 3.6.1 KZN DEPENDENCY RATIO ............................................................................................98 3.6.2 KZN DEPRIVATION INDEX ..........................................................................................100 3.6.3 AGRICULTURE .............................................................................................................102 3.6.4 MANUFACTURING .......................................................................................................103 3.6.5 TOURISM ......................................................................................................................104 3.6.6 PUBLIC/CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT ................................................109 3.6.7 SWOT Analysis ..............................................................................................................110 JOZINI MUNICIPALITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2019 3.7 PROVINCIAL SDF ................................................................................................................110 3.7.1 PRINCIPLE OF SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ..........................................................113 3.7.2 PRINCIPLE OF ECONOMIC POTENTIAL ....................................................................114 3.7.3 PRINCIPLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING ...........................................................114 3.7.4 PRINCIPLE OF SUSTAINABLE RURAL LIVELIHOODS ..............................................114 3.7.5 PRINCIPLE OF SPATIAL CONCENTRATION ..............................................................114 3.7.6 PRINCIPLE OF LOCAL SELF-SUFFCIENCY ...............................................................115 3.7.7 PRINCIPLE OF CO-ORDINATED IMPLEMENTATION ................................................115 3.7.8 PRINCIPLE OF ACCESSIBILITY ..................................................................................115 3.7.9 PRINCIPLE OF BALANCED DEVELOPMENT .............................................................116 CHAPTER 4: SPATIAL REPRESENTATION OF THE IDP ..........................................................117 4.1 MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT VISION .................................................................................117