Lekwa Local Municipality 2013/14 - Co-operative Governance and ...

“To be the leading, people centered municipality excelling in economic growth, development and governance”budget based on request for allocation by municipalities themselves. Given the capacity constraints ofmunicipalities to manage housing projects, the PDoH performs the function of being a developer.The Municipality is certainly at the coalface of housing development as it has to keep an up-to-date waiting listfor households requesting government provided housing. In this regard, the Municipality has to identifyhousing needs and capture housing projects in its IDP. The Municipality also play a key role in engaging theProvince for the budgetary allocation to meet housing needs in its area of jurisdiction.Currently, the Housing Unit in Lekwa municipality falls under the Corporate Services. The Lekwa Municipalitystrengths which are key to household delivery programme, amongst others as reflected in the SWOT Analysis(IDP; 2007-2011) are:a) Competent and committed management and staff.b) Financial viability.c) Adequate basic infrastructure.It should also be noted that one of the main for the municipality’s threat is high turn-over of staff. It would behelpful if the District municipality, Gert Sibande and the private sector could assist in building the capacity ofthe housing component of the Municipality. The structure for Housing Unit is shown below:Housing Priority IssuesThe following Table catalogues some of the key housing issues that need to be addressed in efforts to deliveryhouses in the context of creating sustainable human settlements in the Lekwa Local Municipality:Table : Key Housing IssuesIssuesISSUE 1: Rural/farmhousingISSUE 2: Urban landavailabilityISSUE 3: InformalsettlementsISSUE 4: Replacementof hostels with familyUnitsCommentThere is urgent need to quantify housing needs and develop a beneficiary list forfarm workersNeed to address farm worker housing needs.Has limited own land that can be used for housing development, especiallyaround urban areas.Lekwa Local Municipality to drive well located land identification and release inorder to better manage urban development and creation of integrated,sustainable human settlements.There is great expansion of informal settlements around urban and major ruralcentres.It is noted that the municipality owns the land on which most informalsettlements are located and the process of township establishment is doneNeed to finalise the geo-tech and EIA in these informal settlements to begin theInformal Settlement Upgrading Programme in the Municipality and link toeconomic and social services.There are people occupying hostels ( 258) which need to be upgraded intoCommunity Residential Units80 | P a g e - D r a f t i n t e g r a t e d D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4