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AMAJUBA FAMILY OF MUNICIPALITIES. FINAL REPORT MARCH 2010. DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES. AGRICULTURE & AGRO PROCESSING DAIRY SOYA & MAIZE VEGETABLE CONTROLLED HYDROPONICS AQUCULTURE & AQUPONICS MANUFACTURING CLOTHING & TEXTILE LEATHER & FOOTWEAR CHEMICAL TANNERY
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AMAJUBA FAMILY OF MUNICIPALITIES FINAL REPORT MARCH 2010
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES • AGRICULTURE & AGRO PROCESSING • DAIRY • SOYA & MAIZE • VEGETABLE • CONTROLLED HYDROPONICS • AQUCULTURE & AQUPONICS • MANUFACTURING • CLOTHING & TEXTILE • LEATHER & FOOTWEAR • CHEMICAL • TANNERY • BIO FUEL & SOYA MEAL
DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES • MINING • ICT • ICT FORUM • ICT DIGITAL COMMUNITY HUBS • CALL CENTRE • TOURISM NODES • IMPLEMENTATION OF NODAL PLANS • SKILLS DEVELOPMENT • FIVE YEAR PLAN DEVELOPED AT DISTRICT LEVEL • ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIVATE FET
KEY INTERVENTIONS IN PLACE • LED PLAN & STRATEGY • MANAUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT PLAN • AGRICULTURAL PLAN • TOURISM PLAN • TOURISM ROUTE DEVELOPMENT • TOURISM SIGNAGE DEVELOPMENT PLAN • BATTLEFIELDS DEVELOPMENT PLAN • ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN • INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME • INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMNET PLAN • PUBLIC TRANSPORT PLAN • HIV/ AIDS PLAN • IRRIGATION AND STORAGE PLAN
KEY INTERVENTIONS IN PLACE • DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN • AREA BASED PLAN • MOUNTAINOUS AREAS NODAL STUDY • SDF
Amajuba Forum for LED Amajuba DM Newcastle LM Utrecht LM Dannhauser LM AFLED 60 Stakeholders Private Sector Public Sector ALEDTT Agricultural 45 Members WSAs Nat and Prov Govt DACs Agric Unions Co-ops Officials and councillors Commerce and Industry 13 members Organised Business Manufacturing Trade Mining Construction Tourism 22 Members Councillors Officials Operators Product Owners Prov Govt
Amajuba Development Toolkit IGR Forum / ExCo’s IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION EXCO Secondary Co-ops + … MFMA + SCM + PPP + …. Municipal Manager & Directorates Infrastructure Workgroups Economic Development AFLED Sub-Committees (ADMDA)* Water / Agri Workgroup Agriculture Sub-Committee Coordination Workgroup Investment Workgroup Trade / Industry Sub-Committee Power / Mining Workgroup AmaSkills& SEDA Dev Corridor Workgroup Tourism Sub-Committee Networked Amajuba Service Authority NASA Information Centre
INTERVENTIONS RECOMMENDED • IGR FROM LOCAL – DISTRICT – PROVINCE – NATIONAL NEEDS TO BE STRENGTHENED • ICT DEVELOPMENT POLICY ( BROADBAND) • INFORMAL TRADE POLICY • POVERTY ALIVIATION POLICIES FOR LMs • GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS MUST INTERACT WITH MUNICIPALITIES
FAMILY’S CHALLENGES • EMADLANGENI DO NOT HAVE DEDICATED LED STAFF • EMADLANGENI DOES NOT HAVE A LED PLAN • DANNHAUSER DO NOT HAVE DEDICATED STAFF AND THEREFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LED PLAN IS HAMPERED • NEWCASTLE IS UNDERSTAFFED IN THE LED DEPARTMENT • PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT HAMPERED DUE TO NON DELIVERY BY PROVINCIAL DEPARTMENTS CAUSING DEVELOPMENT TO STALL AND LOSS OF JOBS IE. ROADS DEPT. • ROAD NETWORK LEADING INTO AMAJUBA ALMOST NON EXISTANT DUE TO POTHOLES • HIV/ AIDS LOSS OF SKILLED LABOUR • RURAL LOCATION, LOW SALARIES, NOT ATTRACTIVE TO HIGHLY QUALIFIED LABOUR