SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK FOR THE ZULULAND DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK April 2012 MARCH 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 STUDY OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 STUDY APPROACH ................................................................................................................... 2 1.4 DELINEATION OF STUDY AREA .................................................................................................... 2 2 LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................... 2 2.1 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................................. 2 2.1.1 SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTITUTION AND PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENY (NO. 108 OF 1196) ....... 2 2.1.2 MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACTT (NO. 32 OF 2000) ................................................................................... 3 2.1.3 NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT (NO. 107 OF 1998) ................................................... 3 2.1.4 SOCIAL HOUSING ACT (NO.16 OF 2008) ........................................................................................... 4 2.1.5 ACCELERATED AND SHARED GROWTH INITIATIVE (ASGI-SA) .................................................................. 5 2.1.6 THE KWAZULU-NATAL HERITAGE ACT (NO 4 OF 2008) ....................................................................... 5 2.1.7 SPLUMA (NO 16 OF 2013) ........................................................................................................... 5 2.1.8 KZN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT (NO 6 OF 2008) ................................................................... 7 2.2 POLICY ENVIRONMENT .............................................................................................................. 7 2.2.1 PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ........................................................................... 7 2.2.2 NATIONAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ............................................................................... 10 2.2.3 NEW GROWTH PATH ..................................................................................................................... 12 2.2.4 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2030 ............................................................................................. 13 2.2.5 THE COMPREHENSIVE RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FRAMEWORK .............................................. 15 2.2.6 SOCIAL HOUSING POLICY ................................................................................................................ 16 2.2.7 PORVINCIAL SPATIAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PSEDS) .................................................... 17 2.2.8 PROVINCIAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (PGDS) ............................................................. 19 2.2.9 INDUSTRIAL POLICY ACTION PLAN .................................................................................................... 20 2.3 LEGISLATION IMPACTING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS ................... 22 2.4 DISTRICT POLICIES .................................................................................................................. 25 2.4.1 VISION AND MISSION OF THE ZULULAND DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY ......................................................... 25 2.4.2 LED STRATEGY .............................................................................................................................. 25 2.4.3 WSDP STRATEGY .......................................................................................................................... 28 3 CURRENT REALITIES .............................................................................................................. 28 3.1 NATURAL RESOURCES ............................................................................................................. 29 3.1.1 LOCALITY...................................................................................................................................... 29 3.1.2 ELEVATION ................................................................................................................................... 31 3.1.3 TOPOGRAPHY AND SLOPE ANALYSIS ................................................................................................. 31 3.1.4 WATER CATCHMENT AREAS ............................................................................................................ 34 3.1.5 LAND COVER ................................................................................................................................ 34 Zululand District – Draft Spatial Development Framework | Background & introduction March 2018 3.1.6 LAND CAPABILITY AND AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL .............................................................................. 38 3.1.7 PROTECTED & CONSERVATION WORTHY AREAS ................................................................................. 43 3.2 HUMAN RESOURCES ............................................................................................................... 45 3.2.1 POPULATION ................................................................................................................................ 45 3.2.2 AGE& GENDER DISTRIBUTION ......................................................................................................... 46 3.2.3 HOUSEHOLD SIZE .......................................................................................................................... 47 3.2.4 POPULATION DENSITY AND GROWTH ................................................................................................ 47 3.3 SOCIAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................................ 48 3.3.1 LAND TENURE ............................................................................................................................... 48 3.3.2 SETTLEMENT PATTERN ................................................................................................................... 52 3.3.3 HOUSING ..................................................................................................................................... 52 3.3.4 HEALTH FACILITIES ......................................................................................................................... 54 3.3.5 EDUCATION FACILITIES ................................................................................................................... 58 3.3.6 LEVELS OF EDUCATION ................................................................................................................... 61 3.3.7 LIBRARIES ..................................................................................................................................... 63 3.3.8 POLICE SERVICES ........................................................................................................................... 64 3.3.9 COMMUNITY HALLS ....................................................................................................................... 67 3.4 PHYSICAL RESOURCES ............................................................................................................. 67 3.4.1 TRANSPORTATION NETWORK .......................................................................................................... 67 3.4.2 MODE OF TRANSPORTATION ........................................................................................................... 73 3.4.3 WATER SERVICES........................................................................................................................... 74 3.4.4 SANITATION SERVICES .................................................................................................................... 78 3.4.5 ELECTRICITY NETWORK ................................................................................................................... 82 3.5 FINANCIAL RESOURCES ............................................................................................................ 82 3.5.1 INCOME DISTRIBUTION ................................................................................................................... 82 3.5.2 BUSINESS SECTOR ANALYSIS ............................................................................................................ 85 3.5.3 MINING SECTOR ............................................................................................................................ 87 3.5.4 LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................... 88 3.5.5 BORDER POSTS – ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES .................................................................................... 89 4 SPATIAL OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES .................................................................................. 89 4.1 SPATIAL PRINCIPLES ............................................................................................................... 89 4.1.1 PRINCIPLES FROM SPLUMA ..........................................................................................................