FORMULATION OF AN INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND
STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT:


SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS



TABLE OF CONTENTS: SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS



INTRODUCTION 1
1. INSTITUTIONAL 6
     
1.1 CURRENT AREA OF JURISDICTION 6
     
1.2 AMALGAMATION ENTITIES AND NEW MUNICIPALITY 8
     
1.3 INTERNAL ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND CAPACITY 8
  1.3.1 List of services delivered by the uMhlathuze Municipality to it's Clients  
     
1.4 FINANCIAL CAPACITY 13
  1.4.1 Empangeni Municipality 13
  1.4.2 Richards Bay Local Council 15
  1.4.3 uThungulu Regional Council 18
  1.4.4 Consolidated Capital Projects 2000/2001 19
  1.4.5 Strategic Budget Framework: City of uMhlathuze 2001/2001 20
     
2. SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS 22
     
2.1 POPULATION 22
  2.1.1 Total Population 22
  2.1.2 Population Composition 22
     
2.2 HIV/AIDS 24
     
2.3 INCOME LEVELS AND POVERTY 25
     
2.4 EDUCATION 26
     
2.5 EMPLOYMENT 27
     
2.6 GROWTH PROJECTIONS AND TRENDS 27
     
2.7 ECONOMIC CONDITIONS 28
  2.7.1 Contribution to Gross Geographic Product 32
     
2.8 DIFFERENTIATIONAL ANALYSIS 34
  2.8.1 Population Differentiation 34
3. INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICE LEVELS (BULK AND INTERNAL) AND GAPS 40
     
3.1 WATER 41
  3.1.1 Standards 41
  3.1.2 Bulk Water Provision and Capacity 41
  3.1.3 Internal Water Provision and Capacity 46
  3.1.4 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 47
  3.1.5 Resource Opportunities and Constraints 50
     
3.2 SANITATION 52
  3.2.1 Standards 52
  3.2.2 Bulk Treatment Works and Capacity 53
  3.2.3 Internal Reticulation and Capacity 53
  3.2.4 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 53
     
3.3 ELECTRICITY 54
  3.3.1 Standards 54
  3.3.2 Bulk Treatment Works and Capacity 54
  3.3.3 Internal Reticulation and Capacity 55
  3.3.4 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 55
     
3.4 TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS AND LINKS 55
  3.4.1 Road and Stormwater Network 55
  3.4.2 Railway Network 57
  3.4.3 Airports and Harbour 57
  3.4.4 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 58
     
3.5 SOLID WASTE 59
  3.5.1 Standards 59
  3.5.2 Solid Waste Collection 59
  3.5.3 Projects Recently Completed / Currently Underway 59
  3.5.4 Resource Opportunities and Constraints 60
     
3.6 HOUSING 65
  3.6.1 Standards 65
  3.6.2 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 66
     
4. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT 69
     
4.1 HEALTH 69
  4.1.1 Services and Facilities 69
  4.1.2 Standards and Backlogs 69
  4.1.3 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 70
     
4.2 WELFARE 71
  4.2.1 Services and Facilities 71
  4.2.2 Standards and Backlogs 72
  4.2.3 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 73
     
4.3 EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 73
  4.3.1 Services and Facilities 73
  4.3.2 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 76
     
4.4 COMMUNITY FACILITIES 77
  4.4.1 Services and Facilities 77
  4.4.2 Standards and Backlogs 77
  4.4.3 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 78
     
4.5 SPORTS, ARTS, CULTURE AND RECREATION 78
  4.5.1 Services and Facilities 78
  4.5.2 Standards and Backlogs 78
  4.5.3 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 79
     
4.6 CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIUMS 79
  4.6.1 Services and Facilities 79
  4.6.2 Standards and Backlogs 80
  4.6.3 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 80
     
4.7 SAFETY AND SECURITY 80
  4.7.1 Services and Facilities 80
  4.7.2 Standards and Backlogs 81
  4.7.3 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 81
     
4.8 POST AND TELECOMMUNICATION 82
  4.8.1 Services and Facilities 82
  4.8.2 Standards and Backlogs 82
  4.8.3 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 83
     
4.9 TOURISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 83
  4.9.1 Services and Facilities 83
  4.9.2 Standards and Backlogs 85
  4.9.3 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 85
     
5. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 87
     
5.1 CLIMATE AND ATMOSPHERE 87
  5.1.1 Resource Opportunities and Constraints 87
     
5.2 PHYSIOGRAPHY 89
  5.2.1 Topography, Soils and Mineral Potential 89
  5.2.2 Resource Opportunities and Constraints 90
  5.2.3 Hydrology and Drainage 91
  5.2.4 Resource Opportunities and Constraints – Marine and Coastal System Resources 92
     
5.3 BIODIVERSITY 93
  5.3.1 Fauna and Flora 93
  5.3.2 Agriculture 94
  5.3.3 Sensitive Environments 95
  5.3.4 Pressures 97
  5.3.5 Responses 97
  5.3.6 Legislative and Policy Considerations 97
  5.3.7 Key Issues and Information Gaps 98
     
5.4 GEOLOGY AND MINERAL POTENTIAL 98
   
5.5 MARINE AND COASTAL SYSTEM RESOURCES 99
  5.5.1 Oceanographic Features 99
  5.5.2 Sandy Shore 99
  5.5.3 Utilisation of the Shoreline 99
  5.5.4 Rare, Vulnerable, Sensitive and/or Endangered Species/Ecosystems 100
  5.5.5 The Marine Environment Off Richards Bay 100
  5.5.6 Resource Opportunities and Constraints 100
     
5.6 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSETS, PROBLEMS, RISKS AND THREATS 101
  5.6.1 Air Quality 101
  5.6.2 Land 102
  5.6.3 Water Resources 103
  5.6.4 Biodiversity 103
  5.6.5 Marine Environment 104
  5.6.6 Waste Management 104
     
6. PHYSICAL ANALYSIS 105
     
6.1 SPATIAL STRUCTURE 105
  6.1.1 Background and Origin 105
  6.1.2 Structural Elements 106
  6.1.3 Trends and Tendencies 107
  6.1.4 Projects Recently Completed and Currently Underway 107
     
6.2 LAND USES 108
  6.2.1 Residential 108
  6.2.2 Commercial 109
  6.2.3 Industrial Development 110
  6.2.4 Community Facilities and Open Spaces 111
  6.2.5 Open Space System 111
  6.2.6 Land Use Management 113
     
6.3 LAND REFORM AND SPATIAL RESTRUCTURING 114
  6.3.1 Resource Opportunities and Constraints 115
     
6.4 SPATIAL DIMENSION OF DEVELOPMENT ISSUES 117
     
6.5 SUMMARY OF PRIORITISED NEEDS DIFFERENTIATED BY LOCATION, SOCIAL CATEGORIES AND GENDER 118
     
7. AGGREGATE PRIORITIES AND IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF PRIORITY ISSUES 118
     
7.1 SUMMARY OF MUNICIPALITY-WIDE PRIORITY ISSUES 118
  7.1.1 Institutional Sector 118
  7.1.2 Socio-Economic Sector 118
  7.1.3 Engineering Infrastructure 119
  7.1.4 Social Development 119
  7.1.5 Environmental Management 119
  7.1.6 Physical Development 120
     
7.2 SUMMARY OF COMMUNITY-SPECIFIC PRIORITIES 121
     
7.3 KEY PRIORITIES 122
7.4 ANALYSIS – NATURE OF PROBLEMS, CAUSE, IMPACT, CONTEXTS, DYNAMICS, PROBLEM-SOLVING POTENTIAL AND INITIATIVES 122
     
8. SYNTHESIS 122
     
9. INFORMATION SOURCES 123
 
SERIES OF PLANS
  1. BASE PLAN
  2. UTHUNGULU DISTRICT
  3. FORMER ENTITIES
  4. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
  5. ECONOMIC SECTOR ACTIVITIES
  6. WATER AND SANITATION
  7. LANDFILL SITES AND CEMETERIES
  8. DISTRICT MOVEMENT PATTERNS
  9. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
  10. HEALTH FACILITIES
  11. COMMUNITY FACILITIES
  12. ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN
  13. LAND USE PLAN
  14. METROPOLITAN OPEN SPACE SYSTEM
  15. SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
  16. PROJECTS AND AREAS OF INTERVENTION (Map)
  17. PROJECTS AND AREAS OF INTERVENTION (Project Description)
ANNEXURES        

ANNEXURE A PROGRAMMES AND INTERVENTIONS
ANNEXURE B FINANCIAL PLAN
ANNEXURE C CAPITAL ESTIMATES
ANNEXURE C CAPITAL ESTIMATES DETAIL
  1. BASE PLAN
  2. UTHUNGULU DISTRICT
  3. FORMER ENTITIES
  4. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
  5. ECONOMIC SECTOR ACTIVITIES
  6. WATER AND SANITATION
  7. LANDFILL SITES AND CEMETERIES
  8. DISTRICT MOVEMENT PATTERNS
  9. TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
  10. HEALTH FACILITIES
  11. COMMUNITY FACILITIES
  12. ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN
  13. LAND USE PLAN
  14. METROPOLITAN OPEN SPACE SYSTEM
  15. SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
  16. PROJECTS AND AREAS OF INTERVENTION (Map)
  17. PROJECTS AND AREAS OF INTERVENTION (Project Description)


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