Msukaligwa Local Municipality 2008/09 - Co-operative Governance ...

• Economic Development (i.e. investment, job creation, business and tourism development and SMMEdevelopment)• Infrastructure Development (i.e. urban/rural infrastructure, housing and land reform)• Human Resource Development (i.e. adequate education opportunities for all)• Social Infrastructure (i.e. access to full social infrastructure)• Environmental Development (i.e. protection of the environment and sustainable development)• Good Governance (i.e. effective and efficient public sector management and service delivery).The municipality has ensured that community priorities are being informed by the PGDS though community needsdiffer from ward to ward as other wards within the municipality are fully serviced.South Africa as a Sovereign State is also guided by the International Community Targets, and thus the adoption ofVision 2014 which is derived from the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals.Vision 2014 provides a series of milestones to ensure progressive attainment of opportunities envisaged:- By 2008 no village household should be without clean potable water;- By 2010 there must be decent sanitation for all, and in Mpumalanga all bucket systems must be eradicated bythe end of 2006;- By 2012 there must be electricity in all households;- By 2014 poverty, unemployment and skills shortages should be reduced by 50% respectively; and- By 2014 improved services to achieve a better National Health Profile and a reduction of preventable causes ofdeath including violent crimes and road accidents, should be achieved.Vision 2014 is functionally part of the Mpumalanga Provincial Growth and Development Strategy (PGDS) and carehas been taken that planning in the municipal IDP has incorporated this vision.Msukaligwa Municipality: Integrated Development Plan 2007/2011 80