Kwadukuza IDP 2011 - KZN Development Planning

The name KwaDukuza epitomizes the historicalbackground of the area being the home to King ShakaGravesite and Memorial. The town KwaDukuza is built onthe original site of King Shaka’s Royal settlement calledDukuza. The KwaDukuza museum is situated oppositethe site of King Shaka Memorial and is dedicated to thesugar industry and colonialism, the cultural heritage ofthe early settlers of the town Stanger. The populationdynamics of KwaDukuza Municipality is highly diversedue its multi-racial composition and rich settlementhistory. KwaDukuza has a distinct eastern flavour andis linked to the earlier settlement of Indian families whowere imported to work on the sugar cane farms of the bigsugar barons such as Sir Liege Hullet.In terms of settlements, the existing urban developmentis located in the formally established towns ofKwaDukuza, Ballito, uMhlali, Shaka’s Kraal, Prince’sGrant, Blythedale Beach, Tinley Manor, Zinkwazi aswell as portions of Groutville. Peri-urban to semi-ruralsettlement occurs throughout much of the centre of themunicipality, extending from the northern boundary viaKwaDukuza, Groutville and uMhlali to the southern edgeabutting eThekwini. It must be noted that densities anddevelopment qualities vary significantly. Although somerural settlement occurs in the Groutville area, much ofthe rural and traditional settlement is concentrated in thenorth-western Ingonyama Trust areas. A variety of newhousing areas are in the process of being establishedthroughout the municipality from Ballito in the south toDarnall in the north.• KwaDukuza has a significant number ofgazetted land claims that occur in bandfrom Blythedale Beach to KwaDukuza Townand westwards, which may influence thepotential phasing of development;• Most of the social facilities are locatedin urban and peri-urban areas, with theexception of basic education facilities, thereis expected to exist a backlog in the ruralareas;• Commercial local level activities are locatedin all urban and peri-urban areas; the majorcommercial development is located in theKwaDukuza and Ballito areas;• Industrial manufacturing investments inKwaDukuza include the Stanger Sappi PaperMill and Sugar Mills in Darnall and Gledhow.The Isithebe Industrial Estate in theMandeni area is of significance in the northand the uThongathi/Maidstone industrialareas in eThekwini in the south. Smallerscale light industrial activities exist north ofBallito and in the Groutville area;• Agriculture is the dominant economic sectorin KwaDukuza contributing 23% of thetotal gross domestic product. The dominantagricultural product is sugar cane. There arehowever also other agricultural productssuch as vegetables, flower and sub-tropicalvegetables. The majority of the commercialfarming areas consist of large-scale activities.The municipality also accommodates areasof afforestation and related paper mills atMandeni and KwaDukuza; and• Recreation has significant potential andthe municipality has identified the need toenhance and extend the sector. Primary factorsattracting tourist to the area include beaches,culture and wildlife.Chapter 111