Intsika Yethu LM HSP 08_12.pdf - Provincial Spatial Development ...

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Encourage and enable poor people to access resources
Utilize spatial integration as a means of integrating communities
The ECPSDF notes further that there are three basic levels of approach for strategic
investment:
Level 1: Basic needs to all. Providing basic needs at a minimum level to all
communities based on available resources and the development of existing
infrastructure
Level 2: Capacity building. Developing local capacity through sound
management of public sector funding
Level 3: Targeted focus areas. Development zones, nodal areas and
corridors with economic development potential must be provided with adequate
development funding.
The above features of the ECPSDF form the building blocks of the Intsika Yethu SDF.
Urban Node Proposals: The following land development proposals for the two
identified urban nodes of Cofimvaba and Tsomo are noted in the SDF:
Cofimvaba:
Tsomo:
An area between the prison and “pilot housing” has been identified for
middle income housing
Across the river, to the south of the town, there is land suitable for
agricultural development to encourage small scale farming
Vacant municipal land adjacent to the old hotel is available for additional
industrial development. Additionally, land is set aside for industrial use to
the east of Ext.3 on the R61.
Housing, in the form of flats, mixed with business is recommended on
vacant municipal land on the road to Queenstown
Additional land for sewage ponds and a solid waste site needs to be
identified ( no sites identified in SDF)
Expansion of the existing cemetery has been proposed
The large area of land opposite the hospital has been identified for
institutional development
Densification ( residential ) will take place between Ext 3 and the existing town
The developing area between Ext 2 and the town will further densify
A taxi rank across the road from Ext 3 is recommended
The existing sewage ponds and solid waste site require engineering
investigations
Secondary Node Proposals: These are rural nodes where the focus is on
development planning for households dependent upon agricultural development. The
key target areas are land reform and rural housing projects:
Ncora
This area has a long agricultural development history and in the 1970‟s was
the subject of a major dam construction and previous irrigation projects.