SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS - Department of Agriculture and ...

UKDM ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK
Three towns have been identified as primary nodes in the district: Mtubatuba, Hluhluwe
and Mkhuze. Mtubatuba in the south is the largest town, followed by Hluhluwe. Mkhuze is
the administrative seat of the District Municipality. It should be noted that on a provincial
level these towns are quaternary nodes, which are mainly centres which should provide
services to the local economy and community needs. The urban area of Mtubatuba is
893ha in extent, Hluhluwe is 550ha and Mkuze 129ha. These main centres are
characterised by:
Central Business Districts incorporating public sector, business (offices), wholesale
and retail outlets and limited area allocated to manufacturing and processing. Most of
the commercial and industrial uses of the district are concentrated in these centres.
Industries are linked to tourism and agriculture Retail provide both low and high order
goods and wholesale is linked with rural traders;
Informal commercial activities such as fruit traders and taxi’s;
Formal residential areas including upper and middle income housing as well as
subsidised housing for low income earning households;
Informal housing in pockets in and around the towns; and
Townships inclusive of lower income households.
Planning and development have not kept up with the new demands created by the fast
growth of these towns.
Jozini, Mbazwana, Manguzi, Hlabisa and have been identified as secondary nodes.
According to the District SDF, ‘these are generally bustling local services centres each
with a distinctive character. They tend to be substantially smaller than the primary centres
with a single main street, a focus on wholesaling and retailing outlets both formal and
informal and limited formal residential’. Manguzi and Jozini, and, to a lesser extent,
Mbazwana are growing rapidly and have attracted a variety of services including social
and welfare and limited support services.
All four towns have also been identified as quaternary nodes in the Provincial Strategy.
According to the Strategy, these nodes are mainly centres which should provide services
to the local economy and community needs. There is a need to put planning in place to
accommodate the growth of these nodes.
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