Kwadukuza IDP 2011 - KZN Development Planning

KwaDukuza LED Strategy focuses on both propoorand pro-growth LED strategies. Amongstthe issues that KwaDukuza is focusing on, are:• The attraction of investment throughencouraging Industrial Development:KwaDukuza has developed working relationshipswith Trade & Industry KwaZulu Natal so thatthe latter can identify foreign investors who canbe convinced to come to KwaDukuza. But theMunicipality on its own is also encouraging localindustries to come and invest in KwaDukuza.During the next five years, KwaDukuzaMunicipality will be enhancing its businessretention & attraction strategy.• Encouraging of local procurement: This willbe done through ensuring that the municipalitybuys from local business as much as possible.• Supporting the informal sector: That will bedone through information dissemination as wellas the provision of resources & facilities wherepossible.• Promotion of Waste Recycling: KwaDukuzaMunicipality will encourage this through educatingthe communities about the opportunities providedby this sector.• Promotion of Subsistence Farming & UrbanAgriculture: KwaDukuza Municipality hasdeveloped an agricultural Development Plan whichseeks to promote agricultural and subsistencefarming. The KwaDukuza LED Directorate isstill exploring the possibility of encouraging the“1-ward-1-product” programme, the aim of this1-ward-1-product programme will be to ensurethat the ward communities are encouraged topromote one agricultural product in their ward sothat they can sell the product not only to externalmarkets but to other wards as well.• Formalization and regularization of Bed &Breakfast business throughout KwaDukuzaincluding township based tourism.6.3. KwaDukuza LED Focus AreasAs part of the broad economic vision for KwaDukuzawhich will ultimately contribute to the attainment ofKwaDukuza Vision 2030, KwaDukuza Municipalityhas identified a number of focus areas that willassist in attainment of its holistic vision for economicdevelopment. These LED focus areas further reinforceKwaDukuza vision to adopt Economic Developmentand Infrastructure Development as the main drivers forKwaDukuza Integrated Development Plan.6.4 Land and Building DevelopmentThis focus area is aimed at acquiring land for botheconomic development and housing delivery. It mustbe mentioned that KwaDukuza Municipality does nothave enough financial resources to acquire land forthis purpose, but it has already had discussions withHousing Development Agency with an aim of enteringinto agreement with HDA to buy land for KwaDukuza,especially for housing delivery. To ensure that landthat is already owned by KwaDukuza Municipalityis used wisely, in 2010, KwaDukuza Municipalityadopted a Land Banking Policy by which it wasdiscouraging the disposing off of land but encouragingthe acquiring of more land for purposes of botheconomic and housing development. It is the intentionof KwaDukuza Municipality to ensure that pockets ofland that are owned by KwaDukuza and those whichhave been purchased through Land Banking Policy,are fully serviced and ready to be utilised for economicdevelopment purposes.KwaDukuza LED strategy is also encouraging thegrowth of Small Medium and Micro Enterprises(SMME’s) by identifying the need to provide workshopsand small industrial premises especially for the benefitof the nascent SMME’s that will ultimately graduateinto big business.As part of this LED focus area, urban regenerationprogramme is already underway and this programmeis aimed at stimulating economies by developingeconomic centres around KwaDukuza. To this end,KwaDukuza Municipality has already developedKwaDukuza CBD Regeneration Study , BallitoNode Precinct Plan Shakaskraal Node Urban andDevelopment Design Framework Ballito CBD UrbanDesign Framework. Plans to develop Darnall PrecinctPlan, uMhlali Urban Design and DevelopmentFramework Plan and other similar plans are also oncards.Land suitable for agriculture shall also be used for thisfunction as Agriculture as one of the strong economicsectors in KwaDukuza.Chapter 649