Draft 2014/15 Financial Year JOE GQABI DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY CONTENTS FINAL ................................................................................................ ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. INTEGRATED ...................................................................................................................................... I DEVELOPMENT PLAN ....................................................................................................................... I 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR ................................................................................................................. I LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................................................. VI LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................................................................... VIII ACRONYMS ....................................................................................................................................................... IX SECTION 1: LEGISLATIVE IMPERATIVE ..................................................................................................... 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 ADOPTION OF IDP FRAMEWORK AND PROCESS PLAN ........................................................................................... 1 1.3 MATTERS CONSIDERED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDP ............................................................................. 1 SECTION 2: BRIEF SOCIO-ECONOMIC OVERVIEW .................................................................................... 2 2.1 GEOGRAPHYAND POPULATION DYNAMICS .......................................................................................................... 2 2.1.1 Geography ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 2.1.2DEMOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................................ 3 2.1.2.1 Population ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1.3.2 Gender and age distribution ........................................................................................................................... 3 2.1.2.3 Household dynamics ....................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1.2.4 HIV and AIDS ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 2.1.2.5 Migration Patterns ........................................................................................................................................... 5 3.1.2.6Demographic implications ................................................................................................................................ 6 2.2 HOUSEHOLD SERVICES ................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2.1 Types of dwellings ............................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2.2 Access to portable basic water services ............................................................................................................. 7 2.2.3 Access to sanitation services............................................................................................................................... 8 2.2.4 Access to electricity ............................................................................................................................................. 8 2.2.5 Refuse Removal ................................................................................................................................................... 9 2.2.6 Access to the higher service levels ................................................................................................................... 10 2.3 HOUSING ................................................................................................................................................... 11 2.4 EDUCATION ............................................................................................................................................... 12 2.5 ECONOMY ................................................................................................................................................. 13 2.5.1 Gross Value Added ........................................................................................................................................ 13 2.5.2 Sectoral Performance ........................................................................................................................................ 14 2.5.3 Employment by Sector ...................................................................................................................................... 15 2.5.4 Employment and income status ....................................................................................................................... 16 2.5.5 Poverty and inequality ...................................................................................................................................... 17 2.4.6 Human development index ............................................................................................................................... 17 SECTION 3: SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK ................................................................................ 18 3.1 ADOPTION OF THE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK .................................................................................... 18 3.2 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................ 18 3.3 SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT RATIONALE ............................................................................................................ 22 3.3.1 Priority programmes and Areas of High Potential .......................................................................................... 22 3.3.2 Senqu Sustainable Development Plan ............................................................................................................. 22 3.3.3 Spatial Development objectives and strategies .............................................................................................. 26 i | P a g e JGDM: 2013/14 Financial Year 3.3.4 Development nodes and corridors ................................................................................................................... 27 3.3.5 Local municipal spatial development frameworks ....................................................................................................... 29 3.3.6 Land for future development............................................................................................................................ 31 3.4 RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................... 32 3.4.1 Recycling initiatives ........................................................................................................................................... 32 3.4.2 Small towns revitalisation ................................................................................................................................. 32 3.4.2 Environmental Management ............................................................................................................................ 32 3.5 CLIMATE CHANGE ........................................................................................................................................ 33 3.6 FUTURE SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES ............................................................................... 34 SECTION 4: LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ...................................................................................... 35 4.1 ADOPTION OF LED STRATEGY ........................................................................................................................ 35 4.2 DISTRICT PLANNING FRAMEWORK .................................................................................................................. 35 4.3 PLATFORMS FOR STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ........................................................................ 36 4.4 LED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ........................................................................................................................ 36 4.6 COMPETITIVE AND COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE ................................................................................................. 40 4.7 LAND REFORM ............................................................................................................................................ 41 4.8 LED MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION ......................................................................................................... 41 4.9 SMME AND COOPERATIVES .........................................................................................................................