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Contents
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Mayor’s Foreword  ..........................................................................................................................................  10 
Municipal Manager’s Remarks  .......................................................................................................................  11
Executive Summary   .......................................................................................................................................  12
Chapter 1: status Quo analysis  ............................................................................................................  19
1.	 Population	Profile  .............................................................................................................................  19
2.	 Cross	cutting	issues	...........................................................................................................................  30
2.1  Regional Context  ..................................................................................................................   30
2.2  Structuring Elements  ...........................................................................................................   32
2.3   Existing Nodes and Corridors ...............................................................................................   32
2.4   Multi-use community levels nodes ......................................................................................   35
2.5   Land Cover Broad Land Use  ................................................................................................   37
2.6   Land Ownership  ...................................................................................................................   41
2.7   Land Reform .........................................................................................................................   43
2.8   Land Capability  ....................................................................................................................   45 
2.9   Private Sector Development  ................................................................................................   46
2.10  Environmental Analysis ........................................................................................................ ....  47
2.11  Climate Change ..................................................................................................................... ....  50
2.12  Disaster Management .......................................................................................................... ....  50
2.13  Manufacturing ...................................................................................................................... ....  58
2.14  Disaster Management SWOT Analysis ................................................................................. ....  59
3.	 Municipal	Transformation	and	Organizational	Development	Analysis   .......................................  60
3.1  Demarcation of Ezinqoleni Local municipality   .................................................................................  60
3.2  Organizational Development   ............................................................................................................  61
3.2.1   Institutional Arrangements ..................................................................................................   61
3.2.2   Organogram ..........................................................................................................................   61
3.2.3   Municipal Powers and Functions .........................................................................................   62
3.3  Institutional Capacity and Human Resources Development  ............................................................  64
3.4  Intergovernmental Relations Structures  ...........................................................................................  65
3.5  Municipal Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT)  ............................................  67
4.	 Basic	Service	Delivery	Analysis	  .......................................................................................................  68
4.1  Water and Sanitation   ........................................................................................................................  68
4.1.1  Water  ....................................................................................................................................  68
4.1.2  Sanitation  ..............................................................................................................................  69
4.2  Solid waste management  ..................................................................................................................  72
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4.3  Transportation Infrastructure  ............................................................................................................  75
4.4  Energy   ...............................................................................................................................................  77
4.4.1  Electricity  ..............................................................................................................................  77
4.4.2  Alternative Energy  ................................................................................................................  82
4.5  Human Settlements  ...........................................................................................................................  83
  Strategic housing projects  .................................................................................................................  84
  Household Community Assets  ..........................................................................................................  86
  SWOT Analysis  ...................................................................................................................................  89
5.		 Local	Economic	Development	and	Social	Development	Analysis  .................................................  90
5.1  Local Economic Development Analysis  .............................................................................................  90
5.1.1  LED Strategies  .......................................................................................................................  90
5.1.2  Employment and Income Levels ..........................................................................................   91
5.1.3  Tourism ................................................................................................................................ .  97
5.1.4  Agriculture ............................................................................................................................   99
5.1.5  Property Markets  .................................................................................................................   100
5.1.6  Informal Sector .....................................................................................................................   100
5.1.7  Current LED Initiatives  ..........................................................................................................  103
5.1.8  One House One Garden .......................................................................................................   103
5.1.9  National and Provincial Programmes at Municipal Level ....................................................   104
i.  Sukuma Sakhe  ...............................................................................................................  104
ii  Development of Justice Park ................................................................................................  104
iii  Margate Airport Upgrade  ...................................................................................................  104
iv  Port Shepstone Prison Development ...................................................................................  104
v  Inter Modal Transport Facility ............................................................................................... 105 
vi  Marine Drive Corridor and Arts and Craft Market  ........................................................  105
vii  Tourism and Eco-Tourism Development  .......................................................................  105
viii  Poverty and Inequality  ..................................................................................................  105
ix  Income per Household ..................................................................................................  106
5.2  Social development analysis ..............................................................................................................  107
5.2.1  Education  ..............................................................................................................................  107
5.2.2  Youth Development  ..............................................................................................................  114
5.2.3  Health  ...................................................................................................................................  114
5.2.4  Safety and Security  ...............................................................................................................  119
5.2.5  Cemeteries  ............................................................................................................................  120
5.2.6  SWOT Analysis  ......................................................................................................................  120
5.2.7   Access to Libraries  ................................................................................................................  121
5.2.8  Access to Recreational facilities  ...........................................................................................  121
5.2.9  Thusong Centres  ...................................................................................................................  121
5.3  SWOT Ananlysis  .................................................................................................................................  121
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6.	 Municipal	Financial	Viability	and	Management	Analysis  ..............................................................  122
6.1  Revenue Enhancement Strategy  .......................................................................................................  123
6.2  Property Rates   ..................................................................................................................................  126
6.3  Operating Expenditure Framework  ...................................................................................................  127
6.4  Indigent policy  ...................................................................................................................................  132
6.5  SWOT Analysis ....................................................................................................................................  133
7.	 Good	Governance	and	Public	Participation	 ....................................................................................  134
7.1.1  Inter-governmental Relations  ...............................................................................................  134
7.1.2  Municipal Structures  ............................................................................................................  135
7.1.3  Audit and Risk Management  ................................................................................................  139
7.1.4  Risk Management  .................................................................................................................  141
7.1.5  Bid Committees   ...................................................................................................................  141
7.1.6  Public Participation Analysis ..................................................................................................  141
7.1.7   Budget Transparency  ............................................................................................................  144
7.1.8  Audit and Qualifications  .......................................................................................................  144
7.1.9  SWOT Analysis   .....................................................................................................................  144
7.1.10  Combined SWOT Analysis   ....................................................................................................  145
7.2  Key Findings  .......................................................................................................................................  145
Chapter	2:	Development	Strategies  ........................................................................................................  147
2.1  Planning and Development Principles and policy Imperatives ..........................................................  147
2.2  Strategic Mapping  .............................................................................................................................  154
2.2.1  Spatial Planning and Environment ...................................................................................... .  154
2.2.2  Securing the Natural Resource Base ....................................................................................   168
2.2.3  River/Valley Systems .............................................................................................................   170
2.2.4  Wetlands ...............................................................................................................................   172
2.2.5  Formally Protected Areas .....................................................................................................   172
2.2.6  Spatial Planning Process for Public Capital Investment .......................................................   174
2.2.7  Alignment with Key Challenges, Vision, Goals and Objectives ............................................   175
2.2.8  Spatial Form and Land Use ...................................................................................................   178
2.2.9   Coastal Management ............................................................................................................  182
2.2.10  Summary of Projects ............................................................................................................   182
2.2.11  SWOT Analysis  ......................................................................................................................  186
2.3  Strategic framework  ..........................................................................................................................  187
2.3.1   Goals, Vision and Mission Statement  ...................................................................................  187
2.3.2  Strategic Objectives  ..............................................................................................................  187
2.3.3  Strategic Priorities   ...............................................................................................................  188
Chapter	3:	Implementation	Framework  .................................................................................................  192
Chapter	4	:	Capital	Investment	Plan  ........................................................................................................  197
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aCronyms
Acronym Meaning Acronym Meaning
ABET Adult Basic Education & Training FBS Free Basic Services
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome FET Further Education and Training
AFS Annual Financial Statements FMG Financial Management Grant
AG Auditor-General FPA Fire Protection Association
ANC African National Congress GAMAP Generally Accepted Municipal Accounting 
APAC Association of Public Accounts Committees Practices
ARV Antiretroviral (Treatment or Therapy) GDP Gross Domestic Product
BAS Basic Accounting System GDS Growth and Development Stratedy
BBBEE Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment GIS Geographical Information System
CAA Civil Aviation Authority GRAP Generally Recognised Accounting Practice
CBD Central Business District HCDA Hibiscus Coast Development Agency
CBO Community Based Organisation HCM Hibiscus Coast Municipality
CCDF Consolidated Capital Development Fund HDI Historically Disadvantaged Individual
CCTV Close Circuit Television HEAC Housing Evaluation Assessment Committee
CFO Chief Financial Officer HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
COGTA Department of Cooperative Government and  HOD Head of Department
Traditional Affairs ICC International Convention Centre
COOP Cooperative ICT Information Communication Technology
CPF Community Police Forum IDC Industrial Development Corporation
DA Democratic Alliance IDMSA Institute of Disaster Management of South 
DAC Department of Arts and Culture Africa
DBSA Development Bank of Southern Africa IDP Integrated Development Plan
DAEA Department of Agriculture and  IDT Independent Development Trust
Environmental Affairs IEC Independent Electoral Commission
DCP Dynamic Cone Penetrating (Test) IFP Inkatha Freedom Party
DED Department of Economic Development IGR Inter-Governmental Relations
DEDT Department of Economic Development and ILGM Institute for Local Government Management 
Tourism Department of Health of South Africa
DM District Municipality IMATU Independent Municipal and Allied Trade 
Union
DOH Department of Health
IMESA Institute of Municipal Engineers of South 
DORA Division of Revenue Act
Africa
DOT Department of Transport
IMFO Institute for Municipal Financial Officers
DSB Development and Services Board
ISRDP Integrated Sustainable Rural Development 
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
Programme
DWA Department of Water Affairs
IT Information Technology
EAP Employee Assistance Programme
IWMP Integrated Waste Management Plan
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
KPA Key Performance Area
EMP Environmental Management Plan
KPI Key Performance Indicator
EPWP Expanded Public Works Programme
KZN KwaZulu-Natal
EXCO Executive Committee
LA Local Authority
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Acronym Meaning Acronym Meaning
LAC Local AIDS Council PFMA Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act 
LGSETA Local Government Sector Education Authority Nº.29 of 1999)
LED Local Economic Development PGDS Provincial Growth and Development Strategy
LLF Local Labour Forum PIMSS Planning and Implementation Management 
Support System
LUMS Land Usage Management System
PMS Performance Management System
MAMC Margate Airport Management Company
PSDES Provincial Spatial Economic Development 
MCPF Municipal Councillors’ Pension Fund
Strategy
MDB Municipal Demarcation Board
PTO Permission to Occupy
MDG Millennium Development  Goals
ROD Record of Decision
MEC Member of Executive Committee
SALGA South African Local Government Association
MFMA Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 
SALGBC South African Local Government Bargaining 
(Act Nº 56 of 2003)
Council
MIG Municipal Infrastructure Grant
SAMWU South African Municipal Workers Union
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
SAP South African Police
MIIU Municipal Infrastructure Investment Unit
SANRAL South African National Roads Agency Ltd
MINMEC (Meeting between the) Minister (of DPLG) 
SCM Supply Chain Management
and Members of the Executive Council 
responsible for local government SDBIP Service Delivery and Budget Implementation 
Plan
MIR Municipal International Relations
SDF Skills Development Facilitator
MLB Motor Licensing Bureau
SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment
MM Municipal Manager
SEDA Small Enterprise Development Agency
MPCC MultiPurpose Community Centre (Thusongs)
SETA Sector Education and Training Authority
MPRA Municipal Property Rates Act, 2004 (Act Nº6 
of 2004) SG Surveyor-General
MSA Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act Nº 117  SME Small and Medium Entreprise
of 1998) SMME Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise
MSA Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act Nº 32 of  SPLUMA Spatial Planning and Land Use Management 
2000) Act
MSIG Municipal Systems Improvement Grant STATSSA Statistics South Africa
MSP Municipal Service Partnerships STI Sexually Transmitted Infection
MTAS Municipal Turnaround Strategy TB Tuberculosis
MTEF Medium Term Expenditure Framework TPO Town Planning Ordinance
NDP National Development Plan TPS Town Planning Scheme
NERSA National Energy Regulator of South Africa UGU Ugu District Municipality
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation UIF Unemployment Insurance Fund
NHBRC National Home Builder’s Registration Council VCT Voluntary Counseling and Testing
NSRI National Sea Rescue Institute WESSA Wildlife and Environment Society of South 
OHS Occupational Health and Safety Africa
OPMS Organisational Performance Management  WSP Workplace Skills Plan
System WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development
OVCs Orphan and Vulnerable Children
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annexures
COMMUNITY WISH LIST
ADOPTED SDF
DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN
SDBIP
OPMS SCORE CARD
REPORT BY AUDITOR GENERAL 
SECTOR PLANS
FINANCE PLAN
REFERENCES
1.  HCM IDP 2011 – 2017
2.  StatsSA
3.  Global Insight, 2010
4.  KZN COGTA IDP framework, 2013
5.  HCM GIS
6.  Ugu District
7.  SDF HCM
8.  HCM LED - Strategy Document
LIST	OF	MAPS
1.  Locality Map 17.  SDF 
2.  Traditional Authorities Boundaries 18.  Movement Lattice
3.  Population Density 19.  Umzumbe LM
4  Ward Boundaries 20.  Ezinqoleni  LM
5.  PGDS Nodes and Corridors Hierarchy 21.  Mbizana LM
6.  Corridors and Hierarchy 22.  Conservation map
7.  Land Use 23.  Nature Reserves
8.  Land Cover 24.  Environmental map
9.  Land Ownership 25.  Environmentally Sensitive Areas
10.  Land Reform 26.  Desired Spatial outcomes
11.  Land Capability 27.  Land Use
12.  Environmental Conservation 28.  Spatial Reconstruction
13.  Demarcation of Municipalities 29.  Strategic Guidance
14.  Infrastructural Map 30.  Nodes Development
15.  Housing Projects 31.  Logic of Development Centres and Activity 
16.  LED projects Structures
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LIST	OF	TABLES
Table 1  Population percentage per local municipality Table 25  Type of housing
Table 2  Population  growth Table 26  Unemployment breakdown
Table 3  Population ratios Table 27  Income levels by sector
Table 4  Rates per municipality Table 28  Unemployment percentage
Table 5  Population by home language Table 29  Income poverty levels
Table 6  Heads of Households Table 30  Education percentage
Table 7  Land use options Table 31  Higher education
Table 8  Manufacturing location Table 32  Population on ARVs
Table 9  Staff compliment Table 33  Clinic location 
Table 10  Municipal powers and function Table 34  Capital projects
Table 11  Water supply Table 35  Revenue source
Table 12  Percentage for both sewerage and piped water Table 36  Operating transfers
Table 13  Sources of water Table 37  Summary of operations
Table 14  Waste water treatment Table 38  Capital expenditure
Table 15  Sanitation Table 39  Medium term capital budget
Table 16  Backlogs in solid waste Table 40  Intergovernmental relations
Table 17  Sources of energy Table 41  Roles and responsibilities
Table 18  Electrification status Table 42  Process plan and internal structures
Table 19  Eskom planned projects Table 43  IDP task teams
Table 20  Electricity project implementation  Table 44  2013/14 IDP Budget
Table 21  Current housing needs Table 45  Planning principles
Table 22  Formal dwelling Table 46:  Strategic Priorities
Table 23  Housing demand
Table 24  No. of households per ward
LIST	OF	GRAPHS
Graph 1a   Population Graph 10   Household income
Graph 1b   Population  Graph 11   Employment by race
Graph 2   Household size Graph 3 House hold age Graph 12a  Employment by industry
Graph 3   Household age Graph 12b  Employment by industry
Graph 4   Population by gender Graph 13   Electricity provision
Graph 5   Household age Graph 14a  Literacy rate
Graph 6   Sanitation  Graph 14b  Literacy rate 
Graph 7a  Refuse removal Graph 14c  Literacy rate 
Graph 7b  Refuse removal Graph 15   Matric pass rate
Graph 8   Sources (energy) Graph 16   ABET Grade qualification
Graph 9a   Percentage of different methods of power Graph 17   Main operational expenditure
Graph 9b   Percentage of different methods of power
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Mayor’s	Foreword
The preparation of the IDP is regulated by the Municipal 
Systems Act, No 32 of 2000, which requires that each 
municipal  council  must  adopt  a  process  set  out  in 
writing  to  guide  the  planning,  adoption  and  review 
of the integrated development plan. In addition, the 
municipality is enjoined by Chapter 4 of the same act to 
consult the local community on the process before it is 
officially adopted.
In  terms  of  section  53  of  the  Municipal  Finance 
Management Act of 2003, the Executive Mayor is also 
expected  to  coordinate  the  annual  revision  of  the 
integrated development plan in terms of section 34 of 
the Systems Act to ensure its alignment with the budget 
and performance management system.
As  Hibiscus  Coast  Municipality  we  are  pleased  that 
Council  adopted  the  Integrated  Development  Plan 
Her Worship the Mayor Cllr. NCP Mqwebu
within the prescribed legal timeframes, and has initiated 
the review process in line with IDP objectives as set out in our plan. 
In line with the cooperative governance imperative of section 41 of the Constitution, it is also important that 
our planning must be aligned with, and complements the strategies and development plans of other affected 
municipalities and organs of state. To this end, the municipality has strived to ensure that sector departments and 
state utilities form an integral part of our consultative process. 
We are also mindful of the national imperative to create jobs through government’s mass infrastructural programme. 
To this end our plans seek to align to the National Development Plan, our strategic vehicle to promote growth and 
development.  We will continue to do more in our efforts to work together towards the realisation of the fundamental 
rights and aspirations of our communities.
On behalf of Hibiscus Coast Municipality I wish to extend sincere words of gratitude to all stakeholders who have 
continued to show their support and commitment towards the achievement of our mandate and objectives.
I thank you
CllR NCP Mqwebu
MAYOR
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