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INFRASTRUCTURE TO UNLOCK THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF LIMPOPO. October 2010. T able o f C ontents. Economic Structure Of Limpopo. Development Objectives. The Employment Crisis. 1. 2. 3. Mining Development Opportunities. Infrastructure Planning Model. Infrastructure Requirements.
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INFRASTRUCTURE TO UNLOCK THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL OF LIMPOPO October 2010
Table of Contents Economic Structure Of Limpopo Development Objectives The Employment Crisis 1 2 3 Mining Development Opportunities Infrastructure Planning Model Infrastructure Requirements Conclusion 4 5 6 7
National Development Priorities • Education & skills development • Provision of reliable health care • Make communities safer • Create decent work for all • Rural development and greater social cohesion • Create an effective, efficient and development orientated public service 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Employment Stats 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
GDP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Limpopo Mining Commodity Stats: 2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Platinum Mines 1 2 3 4 5 7
Platinum Production 1 2 3 4 5 7
Coalfields 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Coal Production 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Infrastructure Requirements: Lephalale Specific • Urban infrastructure and maintenance-existing node • Level of service in rural villages • Urban infrastructure- New town • Bulk Water • R33 • Southern Bypass • Railway Line • Social Infrastructure • Heavy Industrial Park • Maintenance plans 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Top Five Growth Points • Lephalale - Coal • Burgersfort - Platinum • Northam - Platinum • Mokopane - Platinum • Polokwane - Logistics & Services Hub 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Next Five Growth Points • Tzaneen – Horticulture • Phalaborwa – Magnetite • Groblersdal – Platinum • Makhado – Horticulture and Coal • Musina – Coal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Infrastructure For Rest Of Limpopo: Water • Nandoni • Flag Boshielo • De Hoop Dam • Crocodile West Augmentation For Lephalale • Rooipoort • N’wamitwa • Raising Of Tzaneen Dam 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Other Critical Infrastructure Issues • Roads & Transport • Energy (Renewable & Non Renewable ) • ICT • Waste Management • Government Buildings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Projects 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Proposed Infrastructure Planning Process 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Include indicators for energy, ICT, waste management and government buildings
Conclusion • Limpopo could have 400,000 unemployment persons in 20 years time and 300,000 discouraged work seekers. • It is a social time bomb • The province has the resource potential to reduce this number significantly. • The resource potential is spatially concentrated in a number of growth points. • Infrastructure is one of the prerequisite to unlock the resource potential and achieve the national development priorities. • Limpopo urgently requires an infrastructure master plan to accelerate the provincial development process. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7