APPROVED IDP DOC 2011-16.BA PHALABORWA.pdf

Based on the environmental scan, the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities that prevail were
identified through a SWOT Analysis exercise. The strategic intent of the Municipality was confirmed,
without changes, by reviewing the vision and mission statements as well as the guiding principles (values).
A set of strategic goals (broad goals) was developed and strategies formulated over the short to long term
period. It was agreed that the strategic goals be refined and aligned to at least the following strategic
documents:
• The Provincial Development Growth Strategy (PGDS);
• The Medium Term Strategic Framework (MTSF);
• The Municipal Turn Around Strategy (MTAS); and
• The Outputs of Outcome 9 in the Minister of COGTA’s Delivery Agreement.
C2. 2009/2010 IDP Implementation Report
A shift in strategic focus can be seen from 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 through the following:
The 2008/09 vision statement was amended during the previous (2009) strategic session from “Growing
the economy and creating employment through tourism” to read “Best tourist destination in Limpopo by
2020”. The mission was expanded to include focus on the mining industry and Ba-Phalaborwa as a
destination of choice and an additional value (continuous learning) was identified and included in the
strategic values.
Annual Performance
Performance in the implementation of the strategic objectives as contained in the strategy map was as
follows:
Under the community perspective, Community well-being reached target and the perspective and
objective scored 3. Under the financial perspective, two objectives, Facilitate the growth of the local
economy and to provide for mobility and access, did not reach targets and scored, respectively, 2.46 and
2.78. Become financially viable exceeded target and scored 3.14 and the financial perspective in total
scored 2.77 and therefore did not reach target. All four strategic objectives in the institutional processes
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