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5.7.2 Role
Section 35(2) of the MSA No. 32 of 2000, stipulates that the SDF, as contained in the lOP,
will prevail over a plan defined in section 1 of the Physical Planning Act No. 125 of 1991
alias the old guide plans. The SDF therefore has statutory power once the IDP is adopted by
Council and will guide all land use management within the municipal area. The purpose of
the SDF is not to infringe existing land rights but to guide future land uses. No proposals in
this plan create any land use right or exempt anyone from hislher obligation in terms of any
other act controlling land use. Private ownership is thus retained, but in the case of vacant
farms, the willing-buyer, willing-seller principle applies nationwide.
5.7.3 Spatial development principles
The spatial development framework (SDF) is also based on spatial development principles,
which have been deriVed from the Development Framework Acts and other relevant
legislations. The SDF responds to the spatial analysis and principles by identifYing a spatial
structure that is designed to support the district's economy and to provide improved services
to people throughout the district. A central concern ofthe SDF is to indicate priority areas for
different types of investment by government departments and other service providers, NGOs
and the private sector. The SDF has four main components:
• Nodes and concentrations ofsettlement or economic activities.
• Transport networks and communication linkages both within and beyond the
district. The National Roads Agency together with the Department of
Transport provides funding for roads infrastructure development. This funding
is however not channelled through the municipality, but is directly channelled
down from provincial level to implementation in different municipalities.
• Areas ofparticular potential or need.
• Institutional arrangements for ensuring spatial integration of all development
initiatives on a sustainable basis.
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