Lekwa Local Municipality - Co-operative Governance and ...

131 SECTION A: EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis document is about the Integrated Development Plan, of which it’s a 5 year Strategic Plan which gives direction for alldevelopment initiatives in the municipality. It integrates communities and co-ordinates all development and needs of thecommunities. It’s a policy framework forPreparation of budgets - national, provincial & municipal project budgeting. It’s integrated and aligned with National & Provincialprogrammes. So it can be said that the IDP is the planning, budgeting & management instrument which guides a municipality to;• Provide an instrument which guides what and where investment should occur in order to speed up delivery & securethe buy-in of all relevant role players for implementation• Attract private investors and sector departments with a clear framework of the municipality’s development direction• Overcome apartheid legacy at local level by facilitating redistribution of resources in a consultative process• Promote intergovernmental co-ordination by facilitating a system of communication & co-ordination between local,provincial & national spheres of government.The document consists of ten sections. In expose it will start by the background on Review Process and National/ProvincialPlanning Framework affecting Municipalities, followed by an In-depth Situational Analysis of the Development within theMunicipality that include; Demographic Profile, Development Profile Economic Profile, Development Objectives, Strategies andKPIs as Per 5 Strategic Agendas, High Level Spatial Development Framework (SDF), Implementation Plan: 3 Year, AnnualOperational Plan – Business Plan, Financial Strategy, Organizational Performance Management and conclude by the SectorPlans.Lekwa Municipality was established on the 5 th of December 2000 after the amalgamation of 3 former Transitional Local Councilsnamely Standerton, Sakhile and Morgenzon. The Lekwa Municipality lies on large open plains of the Highveld region that ischaracterised by tall grass and it is transverse by the Vaal River which flows in a western direction. The municipality span over anarea of 4 586 km 2 which equates to 15% of the overall Gert Sibande District. The Municipality is named after the Vaal Riverwhich is commonly known as Lekwa (a Sotho name for Vaal River); the demarcation code is MP 305.Lekwa Local Municipality is one of seven municipalities within the Gert Sibande District Municipality in Mpumalanga Province; itis located in the South West of the Gert Sibande District Municipality; with immediate entrances to Kwa-Zulu Natal, Gauteng andFree State provinces, Newcastle, Heidelberg and Vrede are respective immediate entrances.The Municipality consists of Standerton which serves as an urban node, whilst Morgenzon which is 45km North East ofStanderton which serves as a satellite node. It is landlocked by the following local municipalities, Pixley ka Seme andMsukaligwa on the east, Dipaliseng on the west and Govan Mbeki on the north. The south edge is abutted by Mpumelelo LocalMunicipality which is in the northern part of the Free State Province.The Municipality is predominantly inhabited by Nguni speaking people, namely: Zulu, Siswati, Ndebele, Sotho and Xhosa andother race groups.Final Integrated Development Plan (IDP) 2010/2011 for Lekwa Local Municipality