SENQU MUNICIPALITY IDP 2017- 2022 Draft. Adopted 31 March 2017 1 Contents MAYORS FOREWORD.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 CHAPTER ONE: SPATIAL & DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS ..................................................................................................................................... 12 SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA .................................................................................................... 12 Table 1: Spatial Characteristics ............................................................................................................................................................................. 12 ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS & CHALLENGES ................................................................................................. 14 PROTECTION OF NATURAL ASSETS ............................................................................................................. 15 CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY ..................................................................................................................... 17 DEMOGRAPHIC/ POPULATION ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................... 18 Table 2: Average Household Size ......................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Table 3: Sex ratio 1996, 2001 and 2011. .............................................................................................................................................................. 19 Chart: 1 Population pyramid .................................................................................................................................................................................. 20 Table 4: Dependency ratios ................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Table 5: Female headed households .................................................................................................................................................................... 21 Table 6: Child headed households ........................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Table 7: Race Groups by sex................................................................................................................................................................................. 22 Table 8: Population growth rates ........................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Table 9: indicating projected population growth .................................................................................................................................................... 22 Chart 2: HIV & AIDS Estimates ............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 Table 10: Population issues and efforts to mitigate .............................................................................................................................................. 24 Table 11: MDG ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 CHAPTER TWO: SOCIO – ECONOMIC AND LED ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................................ 27 ECONOMIC OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 27 Table 12: Annual Growth rate ............................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Table 13: Regional Gross Value added (GVA -R )2 ............................................................................................................................................. 27 ECONOMIC INDICATORS ..................................................................................................................... 28 Table 14 : Summary of Local Economic Indicators, 2000-2010 .......................................................................................................................... 28 Chart 3: Employment by Main Sector and area, 2010 Global insight 2010 ................................................................................................. 30 EMPLOYMENT ....................................................................................................................................... 33 Table 15: Senqu Formal Employment and GVA Contribution (2010) and Growth (2000-2010) ....................................................................... 33 COMPARATIVE AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES ........................................................................... 34 CHALLENGES ....................................................................................................................................... 37 2 SKILLS AND EDUCATION LEVELS ...................................................................................................... 39 Chart 4: Education levels ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 Table 16: No of persons aged 5-24 attending educational facilities ...................................................................................................................... 40 EMPLOYMENT RATES ................................................................................................................................ 41 Table 17: Official employment status Age 15-64 .................................................................................................................................................. 41 Table 18: Unemployment and youth unemployment rate .................................................................................................................................... 41 HOUSEHOLD INCOME AND POVERTY LEVELS .................................................................................. 41 Table 19: Income categories ................................................................................................................................................................................. 41 Table 20 :HDI ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Table 21: Gini coefficient ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT .................................................................................................................... 42 INVESTMENT ATTRACTION, SMALL TOWN REVITALISATION AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ....................................... 43 EXPANDED PUBLIC WORKS & COMMUNITY WORKS PR OGRAMME ................................................................. 43 LED PRIORITIES & SPATIAL REALITIES ............................................................................................ 45 ALIGNMENT BETWEEN THE NSDP, SDF, NGP & LED STRATEGY ........................................................................ 47 Table 22: Alignment between the NSDP, SDF, NGP & LED Strategy ................................................................................................................ 47 LED STRATEGY ......................................................................................................................................... 48 LED IM P LEMENTATION PLAN & ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL & PROVINCIAL PLANS ................ 57 Table 23: LED Implementation Plan ..................................................................................................................................................................... 57 CURRENT LED UNIT STAFFING AND BUDGE T .................................................................................. 57 CHAPTER THREE: BASIC SERVICE DELIVERY ..................................................................................................................................................... 58 SLA’s AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS ....................................................................................... 58 SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND RATIONALE ............................................................................................................ 58 Table 24: Main Settlements, their Primary