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STATS SA ISIBALO SYMPOSIUM, 10-11 OCTOBER 2013, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE PROVINCE

STATS SA ISIBALO SYMPOSIUM, 10-11 OCTOBER 2013, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE PROVINCE. Presenter: Mr Dumile Nana Email: dumilenana@yahoo.com Cell: 0715953669 05 Loop Street, Ladybrand , 9745 Tel: 051-924-0965/ Fax : 051-9242777 Cell: 082 902 8651/ 079 615 7055 Website: www.fridayms.co.za

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STATS SA ISIBALO SYMPOSIUM, 10-11 OCTOBER 2013, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE PROVINCE

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  1. STATS SA ISIBALO SYMPOSIUM, 10-11 OCTOBER 2013, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE PROVINCE Presenter: Mr Dumile Nana Email: dumilenana@yahoo.com Cell: 0715953669 05 Loop Street, Ladybrand, 9745 Tel: 051-924-0965/ Fax: 051-9242777 Cell: 082 902 8651/ 079 615 7055 Website: www.fridayms.co.za Email: libaid@lantic.net

  2. USE OF STATS SA DATA IN THE REVIEW OF LEJWELEPUTSWA DISTRICT MUNICIPAL LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 2013/14 • The structure of the presentation is as follows: • Brief overview of the L.E.D concept • Legislative & policy framework of the L.E.D • Brief overview of the situational analysis in relation to L.E.D • Economic potential analysis • Development thrusts/economic development focus areas

  3. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE LED CONCEPT • The aim of LED is to create employment opportunities for local residents, alleviate poverty and redistribute resources and opportunities to the benefit of all local residents. • In order for Local Economic Development (LED) to be effective, a community needs to identify and consider its own economic strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and agree on a shared strategy.

  4. Continues • LED is characterised by the following objectives: • Establishing a job-creating economic growth path; (b) Embarking upon sustainable rural development and urban renewal; and (c) Bringing the poor and disadvantaged to the centre of development

  5. LEGISLATIVE & POLICY FRAMEWORK OF THE L.E.D • LED Strategies cannot stand alone, but need to, within its larger context, conform to and take into consideration many national, provincial and local government policies, programmes and initiatives.

  6. Continues… • The most relevant national policies and legislation applicable to the LED process are: (a) The Constitution the RSA of 1996 (b) The National Development Plan (NDP 2030) (c) The New Growth Path & the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) (d) The National Spatial Development Perspectives (NSDP of 2006) (e) Local Government Municipal Systems Act (MSA) (f) Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) (g) Regional Industrial Development Strategy (RIDS) (h) LDM (DTI) LED Strategy of 2009 (i) LDM Integrated Development Plan 2012/2013 (j) Reviewed Free State PGDS of May,2012

  7. BRIEF OVERVIEW OF LEJWELEPUTSWA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY • The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of the key social, spatial and demographic trends, challenges and opportunities within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality

  8. DEFINING THE AREA OF ANALYSIS

  9. Continues… REGIONAL CONTEXT LOCAL CONTEXT A quarter of the Free State population resides in District; drawn by the Mining sector which commenced in the late nineteenth century. National Roads - The N1 runs through Matjhabeng and Masilonyana LMs), the N5 (through Masilonyana and the N8 runs through the southern portion of Tokologo LM and the N12 runs along the western border of the District. • Located on the western border of the Free State Province • Bordered by the Northern Cape Province to the west and the North West Province to the North West and seven other District Municipalities as illustrated by Map

  10. Continues… REGIONAL CONTEXT LOCAL CONTEXT The Phakisa freeway, a multi-purpose motor sport facility, runs between Welkom and Odendaalsrus. The roads in the District are in need of repair (LDM Integrated Development Plan, 2012-2017). • District Municipality covers a surface area of 31 976 square kilometres (Quantec Research) • The nearest airport is in the Northern Cape in Kimberly, therefore the District is most easily accessible by road.

  11. TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE DISTRICT

  12. Continues…. • Lejweleputswa District Municipality is accessible by road from Cape Town, Johannesburg, Klerksdorp and Kimberly through the national N1 highway. • There is a fairly good network of main roads in the District except in Tokologo LM whose main road density is less than that in the rest of the District. • Unlike in Johannesburg, there is no congestion on the roads, vehicles travel at a comfortable speed with many traffic circles controlling traffic. • There is no railway line network in Tokologo, while the other four LMs have at least one railway line.

  13. Continues… • The district is one of the five district municipalities in the Free State. The other four are Mangaung Metro, which is located in south east; Thabo Mofutsanyana in the north east; FezileDabi in the north as well as Xhariep in the south east. • The district is predominantly known as the Free State Goldfields which forms a part of the larger Witwatersrand basin. • The spatial planning for Lejweleputswa indicates that the district has 3 190 855 hactares of area which constitutes about 26.4% of the total provincial land area of approximately 12 969 028 hactares.

  14. Mode of transport to School or Work (Percentage of total population) SOURCE: 2011 Census

  15. POPULATION PER MUNICIPALITY

  16. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE & HOUSEHOLDS BY GEO TYPE PER MUNICIPALITY

  17. Distribution of the population aged 20 years and older by level of education attained, sex and municipality – 1996, 2001 and 2011

  18. Distribution of households by tenure status and municipality – 2001 and 2011

  19. HOUSEHOLDS PER MUNICIPALITY; SOURCE: CENSUS 2011

  20. HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOME BELOW R2300 PER MUNICIPALITY

  21. Distribution of the population by age and sex, Lejweleputswa – 1996, 2001 and 2011

  22. POPULATION GROWTH RATES PER MUNICIPALITY – 1996, 2001 and 2011

  23. Distribution of the population aged 15–64 years by employment status and municipality – 1996, 2001 and 2011

  24. Dependency ratios by district municipality – 1996, 2001 and 2011

  25. Highest level of education attainedDistribution of the population aged 20 years and older by highest level of education attained and district municipality– 1996, 2001 and 2011

  26. School attendance Distribution of the population aged 5-24 years attending school by district municipality – 1996, 2001 and 2011

  27. Labour marketUnemployment rateUnemployment rate (official definition) by district municipality – 1996, 2001 and 2011

  28. ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE DISTRICT • The district has economic activities and development opportunities within the main economic sectors, namely Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities & Construction, Transport & Communication, Trade, Finance and Social/Community Services, as well as Tourism. • Each sector will be briefly described in terms of its local context and its potential for development

  29. AGRICULTURE • The agricultural products that are common to all five Local Municipalities within the District are: Maize, Sunflower, Wheat, Groundnuts(except in Masilonyana) Cattle, Poultry & Small scale vegetable farming. • The following products are unique to various Local Municipalities:

  30. Continues… • The following opportunities, which have not yet been implemented, can be explored:

  31. MINING • Mining activity is located mostly within Masilonyana Local Municipality and Matjhabeng Local Municipality. • The solid minerals mined are Gold and Diamonds. These are precious metals with many uses mainly in jewellery manufacturing. • The gold is mined in Theunissen and Welkom and the Diamonds are mined in Theunissen. The exploration of methane gas was approved in 2007 (Goldfields, 2007). • If sufficient methane gas reserves are found, this could be a valuable source of energy for MasilonyanaMunicipality; where the exploration is likely to take place.

  32. Continues… • Opportunities that may be explored in the mining sector include:

  33. MANUFACTURING • This sector is broadly defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or compounds into new products. • Manufacturing in the District is not a dominant sector and it has a low location quotient showing that Lejweleputswa District Municipality (LDM) does not have a comparative advantage. The Manufacturing sector is mainly made up of the few abattoirs in the District. • However, the Free State Development Corporation, in line with national goals has targeted the following sectors for foreign direct investment: farm machinery and equipment, leather tanning and finishing, gold jewellery and beneficiation and petrochemicals.

  34. Continues… • These are opportunities that can be exploited for attracting domestic and foreign investment especially in Food Processing as well as in the Bio-fuel production. However, since there are ongoing debates about how the production of bio-fuels may affect the supply of food for human beings, this project may rather be exploited by National fuel corporations.

  35. ELECTRICITY AND WATER (UTILITIES) • The water infrastructure consists mostly of reservoirs and pipelines of Sedibeng Water which supply the Goldfields region and the mines with Vaal River water. There are main reservoirs east of Allanridge, at Welkom, north and south of Virginia. • There are pump stations east of Allanridge and at Virginia. There is a purification plant at Virginia. All the District towns rely on ground water extraction for the water supply. Eskom serves all the mines in the District and most of the electrical network is within Matjhabeng Local Municipality. • It was noted that it would be expensive for the local municipalities within the District to electrify the rural area and farming areas as a result of reduced Eskom-government subsidies.

  36. Continues… • Possible project to be explored:

  37. CONSTRUCTION • The District has a comparative advantage in the Construction sector, however, the actual production in the construction sector is relatively low. • The Construction sector in the District is made up of activities such as Construction of homes, plumbing, electrical contracting, building installations, and painting and decoration. • Projects to be explored:

  38. TRANSPORTAND COMMUNICATIONS • Projects to be explored in the sector includes:

  39. TOURISM • The District’s Tourism sector comprises of attractions such as the Willem Pretorius Game Reserve (Ventersburg) Erfenis Dam Nature Reserve (Theunissen) and the Sandveld Nature Reserve (Hoopstad).

  40. Continues… • Projects/activities include but not limited to:

  41. DEVELOPMENT THRUSTS • In order to achieve that growth, there is a need for structural changes that show visible effects at micro-economic level. The narrowing of the spatial as well as first and second economy differences is of pertinence in the South Africa setting. • This can be done by providing sufficient infrastructure and services, involving communities wherever possible in leveraging strengths in each area. All these factors, including data from Stats SA, were utilised in proposing the following six thrusts:

  42. continues • All these factors, including data from Stats SA, were utilised in proposing the following six thrusts: • 1. Primary Sector Expansion • 2. Industrial Development • 3. Infrastructure Development • 4. SMME Development and Support Centre • 5. Human Resource Development • 6. Tourism Development

  43. CONCLUSION • I THANK YOU

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