INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN RENEWAL STRATEGIES DEPARTMENT OF PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND
URBAN RENEWAL STRATEGIESDEPARTMENT OF
PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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PURPOSE OUTLINE

• GENERAL UPDATE
• OUTLINE
• Mandate of Government
• Case for ISRDS and URS
• Status of URS
• Key elements of ISRDS
• Way Forward Issues

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MANDATE OF POST 1994 GOVERNMENT

• TACKLE LEGACY OF APARTHEID COLONIALSIM, POVERTY
  AND UNDER-DEVELOPMENT
• Profound imbalances in the space economy
• Gross disparities in the levels of social and
  human development
• Inequitable access to basic services
• High levels of unemployment
• 70 of SAs poor reside in rural areas.

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CASE FOR ISRDS AND URS

• Addresses and is informed by
• Continued persistence of massive socio-economic,
  infrastructure and spatial imbalances
• Renewed focus on micro and local economic
  development imperatives that aim to complement
  and sustain the existing levels of macro-economic
  stability
• Programmatic and developmental approach -
  informed by the lessons of 6 years of democractic
  government
• Decentralisation of decision making and the
  setting of priorities at a local level

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CASE FOR ISRDS AND URS

• Addresses and is informed by
• Greater focus on integration and acceleration of
  service delivery and development
• Necessity for development partnerships to ensure
  the success of each of the programmes
• Poverty targeting and alleviation is an explicit
  objective and
• New geographical map of development and
  under-development.

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URBAN RENEWAL STRATEGY

• Cities and metropolitan areas are engines of
  growth in South Africa
• 60 of SAs population reside in metropolitan
  areas
• Massive and stark disparities and problems in
  urban areas
• high unemployment
• infrastructure backlogs
• high levels of crime
• poor systems of governance

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URBAN RENEWAL STRATEGY

• INITIAL FOCUS ON 8 URBAN LOCATIONS
• Khayelitsha and Mitchells Plain in the Western
  Cape
• KwaMashu and Inanda in KwaZulu-Natal
• Mdantsane and Motherwell in the Eastern Cape
• Alexandra Township in Gauteng and
• Galeshewe in the Northern Cape.

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CASE OF ALEXANDRA

• CORE PROBLEMS
• Serious Governance challenges
• Appalling socio-economic and living conditions
• VISION
• The people, both abled and disabled of Alexandra
  envisage an empowered, educated, self-sufficient
  and peaceful (crime-free) suburb, with an
  acceptable living environment, sustainable jobs
  and a good future for our children.
• INTEGRATED REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND PROGRAMME
• 7 key strategies
• Financial implications clearly outlined (R1.3bn,
  7yrs)

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ISRDS VISION Socially cohesive, resilient and
stable rural communities that are economically
empowered and productive contributing
substantially to South Africas growth and global
competitiveness.
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Pillars

• Integration
• Coordination
• Decentralisation
• Demand-driven
• Partnerships
• Diversity

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KEY ISRDS FEATURES

• 10 YEAR HORIZON (2001 - 2010)
• PHASED IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
• 1 JULY 2001 ROLL-OUT BEGINS
• TARGETED NODAL FOCUS
• ANNOUNCE 30 NODES BY END OF 2001
• ESTIMATED THAT 10 MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIRECTLY
  BENEFIT (250 000 - 500 000 PEOPLE PER NODE)

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Approved Nodes

• North East
• Ugu
• Zululand Municipality
• Central Karoo
• Thabo Mofutsantyane
• Kalahari-Kgalagadi

• O.R. Tambo
• EG Kei
• Umzinyathi
• Umkhanyakude
• Sekhukhune
• Eastern Municipality
• Ukwahlamba

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Elements of the Methodology for Nodal
Selection

• 1 Engaged evaluated a range of data sets
  and organisations
• 2 Selected three broad sets of criteria
  Poverty, Infrastructure, and Institutional
  Capacity, each with a sub-set of variables.
  Criteria are needs-based
• 3 Variables weighted and scored to rank
  District Councils (DCs).
• 4 Generated matrix (list) and maps of ranked
  DCs according to criteria and proposed weighting
  of variables
• 5 Ranking reflects and confirms a hierarchy
  of underdevelopment

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Nodal Delivery - Basket of Services

• ABET
• PHC Feeding Scheme
• Rural Housing
• Rural finance institutions
• Enterprise development
• Welfare Services
• Kick-start Youth Prog.
• Housing support centres
• Telecentres
• Women in construction
• LED
• Cooperatives
• Basic Infrastructure

• Community-based Public Works Programme
• Working for Water
• Khula start
• Community Water Sanitation
• Technology Centres
• Eco-tourism
• Land Care
• Cultural Industries
• Food Security
• Energy Centres
• Parastatal Programmes
• Private Sector Programmes

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Cross-cutting programmes

• Land Reform
• Community-based Income generation
• Rural Finance
• Basic Infrastructure
• Social Assistance Safety Nets
• Affirmative Procurement
• Human Resource Development
• Local Government and Institution Building
• Focus on gender, disability, elderly and children

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INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

• Premised on pivotal role of local government in
  setting local priorities coordinating delivery
• IDPS KEY STRATEGIC PLANNING INSTRUMENT
• National and provincial have critical support
  roles within an agreed IGR framework
• Department of Provincial and Local government
  (DPLG) - national coordinating department
• Independent Development Trust (IDT) - support
  agency to government
• Partnerships with civil society and private
  sector

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Financing mechanisms

• Infrastructure funds
• Poverty Alleviation Budget
• Line function departments (all spheres)
• Parastatals public entities
• Private sector
• Donor agencies

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SOME WAY FORWARD ISSUES

• URS Need greater coherence and a national
  strategy
• ISRDS
• Focus on 1 July 2001 (Interim IDPs)
• Finalising strategy and implementation plan
• Building local government institutional and
  delivery capacity
• Commitments Register (national / provincial)
• IGR and delivery framework
• Monitoring and evaluation system
• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DEPENDS ON GOOD
  GOVERNANCE