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Localising theNew Urban AgendaSouth aFrica DiScuSSion Document

“Localising the New Urban Agenda” is a discussion document and a work in progress.

Any inputs and comments can be sent to: [email protected]

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Table of Contents The Urban Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Urban scale: unprecedented levels of urbanisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Urban function: exploring a new role for cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Urban policy alignment: directives for 21st century development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Two Policy Frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 The NUA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

South Africa’s IUDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Designing the Localisation Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Conceptual framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Model for framing implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

One Localisation Framework (NUA-LF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Step 1a Awareness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Step 1b Alignment analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Step 2a Actors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Step 2b Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Towards a unified monitoring and evaluation framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Step 3 Roadmapping > Implementation Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28IUDF Communication and outreach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

IUDF-IP+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Stakeholder mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Clear accountability frameworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

High-level roadmap to IUDF-IP+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Appendices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Appendix A: Alignment Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Appendix B: Policy Dimensions alignment assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Appendix C: Alignment Assessment to SA policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

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Figures and Tables

Figure 1: Sustainable Development Goals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Figure 2: Agenda 2063 The Africa We Want . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Figure 3: Policy environment for urban policy and practice in South Africa including the NUA-LF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Figure 4: NUA five pillars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Figure 5: Core elements of the IUDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 6: Stages of localising the NUA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Figure 7: The five As conceptual framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Figure 8: The NUA LF approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 9: Background, purpose, outcomes and assumptions of the NUA & IUDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Figure 10: Alignment between AFINUA and IUDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 11: Comparison of policy dimensions AFINUA and IUDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 12: The quadruple helix model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Figure 13: All-of-society stakeholder mapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Figure 14: Core IUDF governance structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Figure 15: Example of an M&E plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Figure 16: High-level roadmap for localising the NUA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Figure 17: Timelines for achieving the NUA-LF milestones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Table 1: NUA-LF implementation responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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The Urban Century

In 2007, for the first time in history, more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas (UN, 2014) . Urbanisation – the movement of people into cities – is one of the most significant megatrends of the 21st century, making cities the locus of most of the world’s development challenges now and in the future .

In the Global South, rapid urbanisation is happening regardless of whether the nations and cities are prepared to meet the demands of their growing populations . By 2050, African cities will be home to 2 .5 billion people (60% of the population), double the number in 2015 of approximately 1 .23 billion people (DCOG, 2016: 11) .

In 2016, member states of the United Nations (UN) adopted the New Urban Agenda (NUA), the outcome document agreed upon at the Third UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urbanisation (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador . The NUA is a framework to guide efforts to plan and manage cities in a way that best promotes sustainable urbanisation . In short, it is:1

an urbanization action blueprint for UN-Habitat and our partners

in government, the UN, civil society, communities, the private

sector, professionals, the scientific and academic community,

in support of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development;

especially SDG 11 – making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and

sustainable .

1 http://nua .unhabitat .org/

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Based on a shared vision of “cities for all”, the NUA is a global commitment to sustainable urban development at all levels (global, regional, national, subnational and local), and encourages UN-Habitat and other relevant agencies and roleplayers “to generate evidence-based and practical guidance for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda and the urban dimension of the Sustainable Development Goals in close collaboration with Member States, local authorities, major groups and other relevant stakeholders, as well as through the mobilization of experts” . (UN-Habitat, 2016: 33)

South Africa, where over 60% of the population already live in urban areas, has had an evolving national policy dialogue on urbanisation . This was clearly recognised in the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030 (NPC, 2011) and embodied in the Integrated Urban Development Framework (IUDF), which is South Africa’s urban policy (DCOG, 2016) . The IUDF articulates how South Africa will transform urban areas to overcome both historical and prevailing challenges, while working together to ensure more integrated, sustainable and equitable human settlements, as envisaged in the NDP’s vision .

As South Africa’s national urban policy, the IUDF needs to be contextualised within the NUA, through interpreting and localising the NUA directives . In other words, aligning South African urban policy and practice with the NUA priorities . This report outlines the crafting and realising of a NUA localisation framework for South Africa, through the progressive implementation of the IUDF . An overview of the NUA and IUDF policy context and documents is followed by a description of South Africa’s design approach and the analysis undertaken, culminating in South Africa’s draft localisation framework for the NUA .

Several consultations with urban and human settlements roleplayers laid the groundwork for the development of this framework, in particular discussions that took place during the Human Settlements Summit in Ekurhuleni in August 2017 and the follow-up engagement in Durban during World Cities Day in October 2017 .

LocaLising the new Urban agenda I South AfricA PoSition PAPer I 20184

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The Context

The focus on the urban at all levels, from global to local, stems from the recognition that countries need to manage the reality and implications of urbanisation . Some of the specific reasons for this are:

URbAN sCALe: unprecedented levels of urbanisationOver the past 30 years, the world’s urban population has doubled . This growth will continue and is going to be particularly acute in African countries, which are relatively less urbanised but where cities are attracting more and more people in search of opportunities . Over the next 20 years, the urban population in Africa is expected to double (DCOG, 2016: 11) .

This concentration of people has implications . Cities currently occupy only 2% of the total land globally but account for roughly 70% of the economic (GDP), consume over 60% of global energy, and produce 70% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 70% of global waste .2 Cities are both large producers and consumers, and this situation needs to be understood and managed towards a sustainable balance .

URbAN FUNCTiON: exploring a new role for cities The growth of cities holds potential benefits, not only for citizens but also for nations and regions but should not overshadow the plight and potential of underdeveloped rural areas . This interdependency along the urban-rural continuum is a prominent issue for sustainable development in the NUA and in South Africa’s national urban policy .

2 http://habitat3 .org/the-new-urban-agenda/

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Cities are viewed worldwide as densified centres that promote trade, business, job creation and opportunities for all . They are also places with high levels of urban poverty, unemployment, infrastructure and livelihood inequalities . And cities have the potential to be the source of solutions to these challenges, by harnessing the transformative forces of urbanisation .

URbAN POLiCy ALigNmeNT: directives for 21st century development Both global and continental directives – developed through participatory processes – informed the development of the NUA . The NUA recognises “the correlation between good urbanisation and development” (UN-Habitat, 2016: iv) and seeks to create a mutually reinforcing relationship between the two concepts . Thus, “urbanisation and development will become parallel vehicles for sustainable development” .3

GlobalThe world has set a clear path for responding to the development challenges of the 21st century . Adopted in August 2017, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a plan of action for the people, planet and prosperity . It acknowledges the need for urgent, bold and transformative steps “to shift the world onto a sustainable and resilient path” and for all stakeholders to act in collaborative partnership, to free humans from poverty and “to heal and secure our planet” . This ambitious Agenda includes 17 SDGs (Figure 1) and 169 targets that “are integrated, indivisible and balance the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, social and environmental” .4

Figure 1: Sustainable Development Goals

3 After Citiscope at http://citiscope .org/habitatIII/explainer/2015/06/what-new-urban-agenda 4 https://sustainabledevelopment .un .org/post2015/transformingourworld


ContinentalThe African Union (AU) has an ambitious 50-year plan for the socio-economic transformation of the continent . The AU Agenda 2063 “builds on and seeks to accelerate the implementation of past and existing continental initiatives for growth and sustainable development” . Achieving this will realise the AU vision of “An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in international arena” .5 In setting the context for the NUA on the African continent, the seven aspirations for the “Africa We Want” bear mentioning (Figure 2) .

Figure 2: Agenda 2063 The Africa We Want

AgeNDA 2063the Africa We Want

AsPiRATiON 1A Prosperous Africa, based on inclusive growth and sustainable development

AsPiRATiON 2An integrated continent, politically united, based on the ideals of Pan Africanism and the vision of Africa’s Renaissance

AsPiRATiON 3An Africa of good governance, democracy, respect for human rights, justice and the rule of law

AsPiRATiON 4A Peaceful and Secure Africa

AsPiRATiON 5Africa with a strong

cultural identity, common heritage, values and ethics

AsPiRATiON 6An Africa whose

development is people driven, relying on the

potential offered by people, especially its

women and youth and caring for children

AsPiRATiON 7An Africa as a strong, united,

resilient and influential global player and partner

AFRICAN UNION

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nationalSouth Africa undertook a country-level policy process to develop its NDP (NPC, 2011) and IUDF (DCOG, 2016) . Both policies are a move towards articulating and addressing prevailing country challenges and opportunities as they manifest in an urbanising South Africa .

Figure 3: Policy environment for urban policy and practice in South Africa including the NUA-LF

A policy to guide development by addressing the unique conditions and challenges facing south African towns and cities, and implementation plan.

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A universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure the all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

global standard in sustainable urban development, rethinking the way we build, manage and live in cities, through cooperation at all levels.

A strategic framework for the socio-economic transformation of the African continent over the next 50 years.

A long term plan for south Africa to eliminate poverty and reduce inequality by 2030.


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Two Policy Frameworks

The NUA Localisation Framework seeks to unify the global, continental and national directives into an actionable programme for South African society . The starting point is the primary policy frameworks: the NUA and IUDF, which are summarised below .

The NUAThe NUA presents a paradigm shift in the way cities and their capacity for development are viewed . It is intended to guide national and local policies on the growth and development of cities and human settlements, by outlining standards and guidelines for planning, improving, developing, constructing and managing cities .

NUA calls for the rethinking of the urban agenda by:6

• Embracing urbanization at all levels of human settlements, more

appropriate policies can take advantage of urbanization across

physical space, bridging urban, peri-urban and rural areas, and

assist governments in addressing challenges through national

and local development policy frameworks .

• Integrating equity to the development agenda . Equity becomes

an issue of social justice, ensures access to the public sphere,

extends opportunities and increases the commons .

• Fostering national urban planning and planned city extensions .

• Deciding how relevant sustainable development goals will be

supported through sustainable urbanization .

• Aligning and strengthening institutional arrangements with the

substantive outcomes of Habitat III, so as to ensure effective

delivery of the New Urban Agenda .

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The NUA is more than a policy document – it ushers in a new future for urban frameworks and their capacity to drive development . It is a resource for all roleplayers involved in city development, including all levels of government, civil society and the private sector, to help direct resources and establish the linkages between growth, job creation, quality of life and good urban frameworks . The aim is to have a better understanding of our current urban environment and to help improve people’s living conditions . The five pillars for implementing the NUA are shown in Figure 4 .

In support of NUA, UN-Habitat has also drafted the Action Framework for Implementation of the New Urban Agenda (AFINUA), which sets out the essential ingredients for implementing the NUA – 35 elements, grouped into five categories . It includes who should lead, how to measure the elements and how the elements link to the provisions of the NUA .

sOUTh AFRiCA’s iUDFThe IUDF is South Africa’s national urban policy, an initiative of the Government of South Africa, coordinated through the Department of Cooperative Governance with key partners, including the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) . In 2016, Cabinet adopted the IUDF and its Implementation Plan .

South Africa developed the IUDF (DCOG, 2016) in acknowledgement of the severe legacy of spatial injustice, and the need to manage and shape a new urban form that can address the country’s spatial transformation and economic growth imperatives . The IUDF is a national policy that responds to South Africa’s rapid urbanisation by ensuring proper planning and infrastructure development . It extends Chapter 8 of the NDP, which is about transforming human settlements and the national space economy, and interfaces with the challenges currently facing South Africa and the development framework set out in the NUA and SDG Goal 11 .

Figure 4: NUA five pillars

nAtionAl urbAn PoliCies (nuPs)

•Land governance

•Ministerial coordination

•Attribution of the functions to subnational governments

•General financial framework for subnational governments

rules AnD reGulAtions

•Land legislation

•Allocation of public space (streets and parks)

•Plotting of the buildable space

•Acquisition of public space (expropriation vs. land readjustment)

urbAn PlAnninG AnD DesiGn

•Planning & design that facilitate integration, resilience, and inclusivity

•Physical layout of buildable plots, public space, and their relationship

finAnCinG urbAnizAtion

•Urbanisation approached as an investment, not as a cost.

•Finance for core urbanisation functions, basic urban services and complementary services

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•Planned city extensions

•Planned city in-fill

•Urban redevelopment


Over 60% of South Africans live in towns and cities, a figure that is projected to rise to over 70% by 2030, and 80% by 2050 . Therefore, it is “important that we put in place mechanisms to respond to this urbanisation trend in a way that helps us to reap the benefits of urbanisation, while minimising the impacts of badly managed urbanisation” (DCOG, 2017: 4) .

The IUDF is a policy framework “to guide the development of inclusive, resilient and liveable urban settlements, while addressing the unique conditions and challenges facing South Africa’s cities and towns” (ibid) . To meet this goal, urbanisation needs to be managed effectively, to promote the NDP development goals and ensure higher levels of growth and economic prosperity for all citizens .

The IUDF seeks to foster a shared understanding across government and society about how best to manage urbanisation and achieve the goals of spatial transformation, which include inclusive economic development, job creation and improved living conditions and services for all its citizens .

Figure 5: Core elements of the IUDF

4 STRATEGIC GOALS1 VISION

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Liveable, safe, resource-ef�cient cities and towns that are socially integrated, economically inclusive and globally competitive, where residents actively participate in urban life

1. Integrated urban planning and management

4. Integrated urban infrastructure

5. Ef�cient land governance and management

6. Inclusive economic development

7. Empowered active communities

2. Integrated transport and mobility

3. Integrated sustainable human settlements

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As Figure 5 shows, nine levers and three cross-cutting issues for policy action have been articulated and prioritised for the effective implementation of the IUDF . The IUDF interventions are designed to unlock the development potential that has been “locked in” by cities and towns shaped by apartheid’s legacies . The nine policy levers guide these “all-of-government” interventions towards the vision of inclusive growth, social cohesion, growing and innovative economies, and safe and creative urban spaces .

All urban spaces in South Africa have their own unique typologies and characteristics, and so an important cross-cutting theme in the IUDF is “rural-urban linkages”, recognising the interdependency of space along the urban-rural continuum . The IUDF does not promote an exclusive urban vision for metropolitan areas, but rather seeks to promote development solutions that can benefit the whole country, considering the differentiated requirements of different settlement typologies and socio-economic contexts . This will be difficult if, conceptually, urban and rural are seen as “opposites” instead of recognising that small and medium-sized towns must also overcome stagnation and marginalisation of communities through activating the economy and strengthening linkages .

The IUDF is accompanied by the Implementation Plan 2016–2019 (IUDF-IP) which sets out guiding principles for delivering on the IUDF, identifies role and responsibilities, and presents a high-level schedule with implementation priorities aligned to the government’s medium-term strategic framework . The IUDF-IP includes both existing and new activities and projects . Some of the existing activities are already being monitored and reported on as part of various departmental outcomes, while others will require additional monitoring and evaluation (M&E7) mechanisms .

The IUDF, with its strategic goals, policy levers and implementation approach, presents a solid basis through which NUA implementation can be interpreted and driven . Thus, the most practical way to achieve NUA is to leverage the existing IUDF-IP .

7 “M&E” is the common-use term, however is used here to refer more broadly to the systems and processes of monitoring, evaluation, reporting and learning (MERL) .


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Designing the Localisation Framework

The NUA policy themes need to be incorporated and aligned to the legislation, institutional arrangements and policy framework of the host country . This requires customising the NUA to the specificities of urban policy and practice in South Africa . To achieve this, a NUA-Localisation Framework (NUA-LF) was developed using a staged process (Figure 6) . The NUA-LF represents a coherent roadmap for harmonising the global and national policy directives, to enable South African roleplayers to understand and work towards the NUA outcomes .

Two main frameworks are used to unify the NUA and IUDF policy directives, implementation requirements, and M&E considerations: a conceptual framework that frames the key components and an active implementation framework that describes the stages of the localisation process .

Figure 6: Stages of localising the NUA

nuA-lfAn inclusive NUA localisation process which investigates and outlines a unified approach

for NUA and IUDF implementation

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Conceptual frameworkThe NUA-LF is structured using the five As conceptual framework to give prominence to the key components that are important for South Africa (Figure 7) .

Figure 7: The five As conceptual framework

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Policy coherence and intergovernmental collaboration• to promote clarity on the roles of government

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Action-orientation that is clear, descriptive, available and realistic in the South African context•monitor government and stakeholders to ensure

their creativities and energies are unleashed into activities that take the country forward and achieve the envisaged outcomes

Implementation through an all-of-society approach that considers all stakeholders, as per •South Africa’s constitutional democracy •shared political commitment to Batho Pete

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Collaboration and partnerships across the various sectors•encourage, empower and enable

actors to recognise and own their roles in the urban agenda


model for framing implementationLike South Africa’s NDP, the NUA calls for an all-of-society framework for implementation and monitoring . As a multi-sectoral policy framework, the NUA’s success depends on the collaboration of various stakeholders, within and beyond government . The IUDF-IP outlines a similar approach, and this intent is the departure point for South Africa’s NUA-LF .

The IUDF’s implementation is multifaceted and recognises the need for different disciplines and skills . More importantly, its success lies in collaboration and strong leadership at all levels of governments, as well as a shared objective, as opposed to sectoral interests and goals . The NUA-LF will seek to create the implementation infrastructure and capacity for pursuing collaborative development across all sectors and parts of society . While new interventions may be needed in some instances, what is required is to improve and change how various programmes and projects are currently planned and implemented .

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One Localisation Framework (NUA-LF)

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sTeP 1A AwarenessThe different actors are collectively responsible for transforming and developing the urban agenda . This will require “a commitment from all roleplayers to collaborate, as well as strong intergovernmental coordination among the various roleplayers that influence city form and space” . (COGTA 2016b: 33) .

Government cannot address and solve all developmental issues on its own . Innovative urban transformation is likely to occur when urban governance actors (government, academia, private sector and civil society) engage and work collectively rather than in isolation (SACN, 2016) . This requires actors to be aware of the various urban development frameworks and to make sense of what might be considered different approaches but essentially speak to similar issues . Figure 9 compares the background, purpose, outcomes, and assumptions in the NUA and the IUDF, and illustrates the complementary and mutually supporting goals and outcomes between the NUA and IUDF .

Figure 9: Background, purpose, outcomes and assumptions of the NUA & IUDF

backgroUndnUa iUdF

Sets a new global standard for sustainable urban development to help us rethink how we plan, manage and live in cities. It provides a roadmap for building cities that can serve as engines of prosperity and centres of cultural and social wellbeing while protecting the environment.

South African government’s policy position to guide the future growth and management of urban areas. It responds to the post-2015 SDGs and Goal 11 in particular, and also extends Chapter 8 in the National Development Plan and its vision for South Africa.

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Cities and human settlements that are planned, designed, financed, developed and governed in a manner that ends poverty and hunger, addresses inequalities, and promotes inclusive and sustainable economic growth, gender equality, improved human health and wellbeing, resilience and environmental protection.

Cities and towns that are functionally integrated, balanced and vibrant, safe and spatially transformed, with integrated and sustainable human settlements where there is economic, development and job creation, and active citizenship.

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Seeks to create a mutually reinforcing relationship between urbanisation and development because these two concepts will become parallel vehicles for sustainable development. NUA offers guidelines on development and operation enablers.

Aims to pull together a coherent approach to urban development by providing a guide for the development of inclusive, resilient and liveable urban settlements, while directly addressing the unique conditions and challenges facing South Africa’s cities and towns.

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Local governments are able to translate global imperatives in their contexts and have the capacity and support (from national governments) to drive local urban development.

Local governments understand and have bought into the IUDF and are supported (and willing) to develop adequate and effective interventions to achieve the objectives of the IUDF.

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The various urban actors need to be familiar with and thus able to buy into the NUA’s vision, to participate, take action and collectively contribute to achieving these overarching goals and objectives .

As custodian of the global and national urban agenda, national government should provide the overall framework for reporting on the SDGs and NUA outcomes . However, this framework should also allow the various actors to locate themselves on a “map”, to encourage participation, co-creation of their spaces, and ownership and commitment to the urban transformation agenda . It would also allow for more grassroots and informed local responses to challenges and opportunities, and prevent a top-down implementation approach, which may lead to misalignment or frustration .

Achieving an all-of-society awareness, which translates into action and implementation, goes beyond just knowing about these agendas and frameworks . It requires translating and packaging these frameworks in a way that shows the “nested” nature of the NUA and IUDF and their alignment, and how implementing the IUDF contributes to achieving the NUA objectives .

sTeP 1b Alignment analysisA high-level semantic assessment of the NUA and IUDF was used to examine the convergence or divergence between the AFINUA8 policy themes and the IUDF levers . Full details of the analysis can be found in Appendix A .

Figure 10 presents an overview of the alignment matrix, which demonstrates clearly a strong level of alignment between the themes of the NUA and the content of the IUDF’s nine policy levers . Every theme of AFINUA is picked up in at least one lever, and in some instances many IUDF levers deal with a single AFINUA theme . The only gap is found in the AFINUA Urban

8 The Action Framework for the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda (AFINUA) approach was adopted for South Africa’s localisation framework because it is useful in detailing specific activities and designating actors in relation to certain issues .

ReCOmmeNDATiONs• Develop an IUDF

Implementation Framework Communications strategy that communicates to society how the NUA and IUDF relate to each other, and where the various actors are located within the urban agenda .

• Launch an outreach and awareness-building programme that shares the substantive content of the urban agenda, generates knowledge and empowers local roleplayers to take action .


Planning and Design theme, which provides no clear connection to the IUDF Policy Lever 9: Sustainable Urban Finance . Given the important role that zoning plays in connecting space to property rates income, this is an area for consideration . However, this is a minor observation, as property value and finance links are covered and align elsewhere .

Figure 10: Alignment between AFINUA and IUDF

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The IUDF levers and cross-cutting elements refer directly or align with the various aspects of this theme.

The IUDF levers and cross-cutting elements do not refer directly or align with the various aspects of this theme.

As policy themes describing intent do not tell the full story, a high-level assessment unpacked what AFINUA and the IUDF say about policy actors, assumptions, scales, instruments and timing (Figure 11) . Full details of this assessment can be found in Appendix B .


Figure 11: Comparison of policy dimensions AFINUA and IUDF

There is significant alignment in the policy instruments that are mentioned in both the NUA and IUDF. Both mention the importance of strong municipal plans and aligned rules, laws and regulations, and land value capture. Specific choices (e.g. transit-oriented development) are evident in the IUDF but not in the NUA.

The IUDF is a country position document and so strongly identifies the underlying challenges faced by South African urban development initiatives. While some assumptions are less identifiable in the IUDF than in the NUA, many similar areas of assumption are found in both documents. Thus an argument for alignment can be put forward.

Both the NUA and the IUDF take an all-of-society approach to urban development, acknowledging the involvement of multiple actors. At a broad level, the two documents are very well aligned, outlining the multiple actors involved and their roles. Unsurprisingly, the IUDF unpacks more detail of which actors at various levels need to be involved.

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Neither document goes into great detail about the policy scale, but both are aligned in their mention of the local scale and focusing on the project local area or human level. Both documents also mention the need for spatial targeting. Thus, the documents are fairly well aligned.

Both documents cover a similar timeline, linking to the SDG horizon of 2030: the NUA looks towards 2036 (in keeping with Habitat IV conferencing timelines) but is also informed by the SDGs horizon of 2030, while the IUDF adopts the NDP horizon of 2030.

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As Figure 11 shows, the assessment across these policy dimensions found a strong alignment between the NUA and the IUDF, although direct and detailed comparison is not straight-forward because the documents are presented in different ways . Unsurprisingly, the IUDF provides more detail specific to the South African context and reflects clear choices made in the country’s urban development agenda .

A detailed examination of policy intent discussed in the NUA and the IUDF again showed a strong alignment . Appendix C presents a detailed assessment of the AFINUA relative to the South African policy landscape . However, while the policy intent is aligned, in


some limited areas South Africa’s systems appear not to be aligned . The policy tension does not represent disagreements with the NUA policy assertions but rather reflects the difference between principles captured in South Africa’s Constitution (1996) and subsequent policy and practices that may not align with the NUA . Three aspects are worth mentioning .

right to the citySome municipalities have been successfully challenged in courts because in practice they are not always enabled to manage the rights-based approach embodied in South Africa’s Constitution . This may be in part because, although the Constitution is rights based, the term “right to the city” appears nowhere in South African law (SERI, forthcoming), which blurs the lines of interpretation . As in many countries, urbanisation challenges and tensions have arisen over matters such as migration, housing, the informal sector and access to land .

economic accessThis covers decent jobs, full productive employment, secure land tenure, etc . At local government level, the economic development function is often poorly defined, under-developed and not homogenous . The IUDF’s Policy Lever 6: Inclusive Economic Development seeks to build economic inclusivity and demonstrates broad alignment to the NUA’s intention to capacitate local government . This call for local economic growth and inclusion will be constrained unless cities take on a more direct role in steering and enabling local economies .

fiscal sustainabilityThe South African intergovernmental fiscal system prioritises fiscal decentralisation, with local government encouraged to use, where possible, more of their own revenue sources, rather than grants, to fund infrastructure and services . The differing fiscal profiles of municipalities, however, makes for some policy uncertainty on the issue of sustainable financing for local government .

Nevertheless, despite these tensions, the policy alignment between the NUA and IUDF is substantial and largely aligned to the principles and tenets in the South African Constitution . This means that NUA principles underpin a large part of the South African policy landscape .

ReCOmmeNDATiONs• Consolidate the

focus on IUDF implementation through an IUDF-IP+ process, as South Africa’s approach to implementing the NUA .

• Consider areas identified for strengthening policy and practice alignment between the NUA and the South African experience (IUDF National Working Group) .


sTeP 2A Actors This step identifies the actors for the all-of-society approach and provides a framework to guide how these actors can begin to associate with the content of the IUDF .

The quadruple helix model (Figure 12) is a useful framework for thinking through an all-of-society approach to urban development (SACN, 2016) .

Figure 12: The quadruple helix model

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Effective relationships are at the heart of implementation where multiple stakeholders are involved . While the helix provides a broad perspective of who needs to be considered, the IUDF-IP+ process and plan should build the capacity for identifying and engaging with the variety of non-state actors . Too often generalisations are made for categories of actors, especially those outside the state, when in fact groups are diverse and provide different opportunities for implementation and partnership .


Figure 13: All-of-society stakeholder mapping

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Notes New Urban Agenda Public-private partnerships Business Leadership South Africa South African Local Government Association Strategic infrastructure projects Non-profit organisations South African Cities Network

An important additional layer is the IUDF governance team, whose crucial role is to hold the integrated urban agenda together . It is important to identify who represents the different all-of-society stakeholder groups within the current governance arrangement (shown in Figure 13), as the steering role goes beyond government and includes the other non-governmental stakeholders .

ReCOmmeNDATiONs• Build capacity within

the IUDF-IP+ process for identifying and engaging with stakeholders across the full spectrum of actors .


Figure 14: Core IUDF governance structures

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Deputy ministers, SACN Chair & SALGA President provide political direction and oversight to IUDF work across departments

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Coordinates activities of line departments, agencies and organised local government around IUDF and NUA implementation

Coordinate IUDF policies and programmes between provincial departments and municipalities

1 CSP : Cities Support Programme; ICMs: Intermediate City Municipalities; STR: Small Town Regeneration

sTeP 2b Association In an all-of-society approach, the different stakeholder groupings must share a common vision for the future development of urban areas and, more importantly, have a shared view on what all involved will have to do to achieve the vision . This requires first identifying the relevant stakeholders for the IUDF governance team and the IUDF levers, and then looking at their specific roles and responsibilities .

The implementation responsibilities are roles that are standard for collaborative projects and must be assigned to an entity (and subsequently to individuals within the entity) . Two levels of role mapping are important to consider for the IUDF-IP+, i .e . the roles and responsibilities i . at the overall IUDF governance team level, and ii . at the IUDF lever level .


Table 1 illustrates how this could be done, applying the RACI assessment (Responsible, Accountable, Consult, Inform) to each implementation role .

Table 1: NUA-LF implementation responsibilities

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The actor who connects key players and inspires action towards shared goals, the decision maker and path creator.

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Sponsors and supporters who assist with endorsement, positioning and facilitation – the main assistants to the leader.

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Actors mandated to develop and/or amend applicable policy, lead actors in harmonising policy directives and instruments as required.

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Actors who generate knowledge about certain subjects (academics, civil society and communities), first-hand sources of knowledge

Academia, research institutions C Academia and research

institutions R

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Interested and affected actors with potentially differing agendas, policies and/or activities

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These outlined roles and responsibilities provide some clarity for stakeholders and the basis from which to develop an accountability framework . A transparent, clear and shared view of who does what is especially important in multi-sectoral or all-of-society approaches to implementation, where accountability is not a simple relationship between stakeholders . Accountability will be required at two levels: (i) Overarching: are the levers pulling together in a way that results in integrated urban development? (ii) Lever or sectoral roles: are the various roleplayers performing their functions towards implementing each lever of the IUDF?

Towards a unified monitoring and evaluation framework The strong alignment between the NUA and the IUDF suggests that a single accountability framework would be most effective, given the layered stakeholder mapping and responsibilities laid out in Step 2b . A single, unified M&E framework would make sense of the myriad of indicators and reporting requirements in place for integrated urban development in South Africa, and be aligned to Stats SA, the custodian for indicators in South Africa .

In South Africa, key national programmes use a monitoring, evaluating, reporting and learning (MERL) approach to M&E . The MERL approach reports on progress and contributes towards learning that informs and improves interventions (Amisi, 2015) . The emphasis is as much on learning as it is on accountability . This makes it useful for both those who are implementing and those who are responsible for oversight .

In establishing such a unified M&E framework, reporting would be rationalised and simplified, and no new indicators or reporting lines would be introduced . Reporting on progress towards the NUA through the IUDF-IP+ offers the opportunity to rationalise the M&E framework and to begin to move beyond government reporting to include private sector, academia and civil society data and information . This inclusivity is an important component of an all-of-society approach to urban development . Such a unified M&E Framework should align reporting against SDGs, NUA/AFINUA goals, the NDP as well as the IUDF in general . Figure 15 illustrates an M&E plan that could be adapted for implementing the NUA-LF .

ReCOmmeNDATiONs• Conduct a thorough

stakeholder mapping and allocation of roles and responsibilities for each of the IUDF levers as well as for IUDF oversight (governance) structure . Non-governmental actors should also be included, as part of the all-of-society approach to urban development .


Figure 15: Example of an M&E plan

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The unified M&E framework would be underpinned by a theory of change, which should be premised on at least the following considerations: i . The principle of inclusive and sustainable development, to

ensure that all residents of South Africa have a right to basic development without discrimination based upon gender, citizenship, ethnicity, faith, age or physical or mental capacity .

ii . The use of a systems perspective, to understand how people, structures and processes work and influence one another .

iii . The application of South Africa’s cooperative governance system, to identify levels of responsibility, powers and authority for implementing the urban agenda, in respect to (e .g .) spatial and development planning, sectoral alignment and integration of plans .

iv . The establishment of units (segments of society and geographical units) that are comparable, so that intra-government and non-governmental indicators can align . These represent distinct target groups, economic/industry sectors and geographies where development impact is sought .

ReCOmmeNDATiONs• Provide clarity for roles

and responsibilities per lever, through the IUDF-IP+ and in collaboration with lever actors .

• Consider accountability approaches at both the lever level and the overarching level .

• Apply a consolidated M&E approach, to avoid duplication and confusion among different actors, that is both useful at local level and meets global requirements .


sTeP 3 Roadmapping > implementation ProcessStep 3 focuses on activities, defining a high-level process for IUDF-IP+ planning by drawing on the key recommendations from the first two steps of the process . It provides timelines, which are important when developing a high-level roadmap for implementing the IUDF, which is the South African approach to implementing the NUA .

iuDf Communication and outreach: • Develop an IUDF Implementation Framework Communications strategy that

communicates to society how the NUA and IUDF relate to each other, and where the various actors are located within the urban agenda .

• Launch an outreach and awareness-building programme that shares the substantive content of the urban agenda, generates knowledge and empowers local roleplayers to take action .

iuDf-iP+• Consolidate the focus on IUDF implementation through an IUDF-IP+ process,

as South Africa’s approach to implementing the NUA .• Consider areas identified as having policy and practice tensions between the

NUA and the South African experience (IUDF National Working Group) .

stakeholder mapping• Build capacity within the IUDF-IP+ process for identifying and engaging with

stakeholders across the full spectrum of actors .• Conduct a thorough stakeholder mapping and allocation of roles and

responsibilities for each of the IUDF levers as well as for IUDF oversight (governance) structure . Non-governmental actors should also be included, as part of the all-of-society approach to urban development .

Clear accountability frameworks• Provide clarity for roles and responsibilities per lever, through the IUDF IP+ and

in collaboration with lever actors . • Consider accountability approaches at both the lever level and the overarching

level . • Apply a consolidated M&E approach, to avoid duplication and confusion among

different actors, that is both useful at local level and meets global requirements .

High-level roadmap to iuDf-iP+The NUA-LF acknowledges that other processes need to converge to arrive at an improved IUDF-IP+ . Figure 16 outlines a roadmap, while Figure 17 provides a timeline for localising the directives fully . The roadmap outlines an inclusive process for South African actors and stakeholders to follow that will enhance alignment, improve integrated achievement


of development outcomes and increase partnerships on key objectives . The timelines are critical points for implementation and for aligning reporting cycles that need to be considered holistically through a unified M&E framework .

Figure 16: High-level roadmap for localising the NUA

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National and provincial focus is on a five-year basis linked to political terms and MTSF cycles.

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Local government focus is on a five-year horizon linked to political terms and IDP cycles.

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Conclusion

In the 21st century, rapid urbanisation is one of the most significant trends, especially in the Global South and South Africa (where 60% of the population already live in urban areas) . In response to the urban century and recognising the need to manage the reality and implications of urbanisation, the UN adopted the NUA in 2016 . The NUA provides guidance to countries, regions, cities and other agencies and roleplayers for planning and managing cities in a way that results in sustainable urbanisation . Individual countries then incorporate and align the NUA policy themes to their legislation, institutional arrangements and policy framework .

In 2016, after a four-year consultative process, Cabinet approved South Africa’s urban policy (the IUDF) and implementation plan, which responds to the country’s rapid urbanisation by ensuring proper planning and infrastructure development . With the adoption of the NUA, South Africa is incorporating and aligning the NUA priorities with the country’s existing urban policy and practice . This requires the development of three products for localisation: i . The NUA Localisation Framework (NUA-LF): an inclusive

localisation process that investigates and outlines a unified approach for implementing the NUA and IUDF .

ii . The enhanced IUDF Implementation Plan (IUDF-IP+): a national all-of-society implementation plan for an existing local policy aimed at achieving sustainable development in South African urban and urbanising areas .

iii . Detailed Actions Plans: for the active and society-wide implementation of the IUDF-IP+ by all actors .

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This report covers (i) and outlines how South Africa will arrive at the IUDF-IP+ . Two main frameworks were used to unify the NUA and IUDF: a conceptual framework that frames the key components and an implementation framework that describes the stages of the localisation process . The assessment found a strong alignment between the NUA and IUDF, suggesting that a single accountability framework would be most effective . Such a unified M&E framework would help rationalise and simplify reporting lines and indicators, and extend reporting beyond government to include other stakeholders, such as the private sector .

A high-level roadmap was developed, with timelines, for implementing the IUDF-IP+ . The roadmap is intended for all South African actors and stakeholders to follow and to identify with, so that all co-own and co-invest in the outcomes . Successfully managing urbanisation requires collective action and an all-of-government and all-of-society approach .

With the development of the NUA-LF, South Africa has taken the first step in aligning its existing urban policy to the global agenda and implementing the NUA through the IUDF-IP+, towards building cities that are engines of prosperity and centres of cultural and social wellbeing . In so doing, South Africa will be able to reap the urban dividend and achieve the ÏUDF’s vision of “liveable, safe, resource-efficient cities that are socially integrated, economically inclusive and globally competitive, where residents actively participate in urban life .

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Policy Lever 1: Integrated Spatial Planning

Policy Lever 2: Integrated Transport & Mobility

Policy Lever 3: Integrated Sustainable Human Settlements

Policy Lever 4: Integrated Urban Infrastructure

Policy Lever 5: Efficient Land Governance & Management

Policy Lever 6: Inclusive Economic Development

Policy Lever 7: Empowered Active Communities

Policy Lever 8: Effective Urban Governance

Policy Lever 9: Sustainable Urban Finance

Rural-urban Interdependency

Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

nat

ion

aL

Urb

an

Po

Lici

es

1.1

Form

ulat

e m

ediu

m a

nd lo

ng-te

rm u

rban

de

mog

raph

ic p

roje

ctio

ns a

nd tr

ends

, w

ith g

eogr

aphi

c di

sagg

rega

tion,

taki

ng

into

con

side

ratio

n th

e in

terp

lay

of

econ

omic

, soc

ial a

nd

envi

ronm

enta

l for

ces

Five

pol

icy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly to

the

AFIN

UA th

eme

arou

nd lo

ng-te

rm

plan

ning

, geo

grap

hic

disa

ggre

gatio

n an

d co

nsid

erat

ion

of th

e in

terp

lay

of s

ocia

l, ec

onom

ic a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal f

orce

s. O

ne a

dditi

onal

cr

oss-

cutti

ng le

ver –

rura

l-urb

an in

terd

epen

denc

y –

is a

ligne

d.

1.2

Esta

blis

h na

tiona

l rul

es to

det

erm

ine

land

sui

tabi

lity

for u

rban

isat

ion,

for

envi

ronm

enta

l and

cul

tura

l her

itage

pr

otec

tion,

dis

aste

r ris

k re

duct

ion

and

sust

aina

ble

and

resi

lient

dev

elop

men

t, w

hile

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt it

s eq

uita

ble

dist

ribut

ion

and

acce

ssib

ility

Five

pol

icy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

nea

rly a

ll th

e ot

hers

hav

e so

me

alig

nmen

t to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

he IU

DF a

dvan

ces

on th

e fo

unda

tiona

l red

istri

butiv

e an

d eq

uita

ble

acce

ss p

rinci

ples

by

disc

ussi

ng la

nd s

uita

bilit

y fo

r urb

anis

atio

n, e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd c

ultu

ral

herit

age

prot

ectio

n, d

isas

ter r

isk

redu

ctio

n an

d re

silie

nt d

evel

opm

ent.

1.3

Defin

e th

e ro

les

and

juris

dict

iona

l re

spon

sibi

litie

s of

all

leve

ls o

f go

vern

men

t and

loca

l aut

horit

ies

rega

rdin

g ur

bani

satio

n an

d ur

ban

plan

ning

and

man

agem

ent

Two

polic

y le

vers

refe

r dire

ctly,

whi

le fi

ve h

ave

som

e al

ignm

ent t

o th

is

AFIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

em

phas

ises

that

all

sphe

res

of g

over

nmen

t ha

ve c

urre

nt s

peci

fied

resp

onsi

bilit

ies,

but

ther

e is

a n

eed

to b

e m

ore

delib

erat

e in

dea

ling

with

urb

anis

atio

n, re

spon

sive

urb

an p

lann

ing

and

over

all m

anag

emen

t of u

rban

isat

ion

– th

ese

fact

ors

go b

eyon

d th

e m

anda

te o

f loc

al a

utho

ritie

s al

one.

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Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

1.4

Alig

n na

tiona

l urb

an p

olic

ies

with

na

tiona

l and

sec

tora

l dev

elop

men

t pl

ans

and

polic

ies

at a

ll te

rrito

rial

leve

ls to

har

ness

the

trans

form

ativ

e po

wer

of u

rban

izatio

n w

ith u

rban

pla

ns

(e.g

. ene

rgy,

wat

er, t

rans

porta

tion

and

othe

r inf

rast

ruct

ural

cor

ridor

s)

Seve

n po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

he IU

DF

prom

otes

the

inte

rgov

ernm

enta

l fou

ndat

ions

set

out

in th

e M

unic

ipal

Sy

stem

s Ac

t (M

SA),

2000

, by

urgi

ng s

trong

er d

evel

opm

enta

l and

se

ctor

al p

lann

ing

acro

ss e

ach

sphe

re, p

artic

ular

ly fo

r con

verg

ence

at

loca

l gov

ernm

ent l

evel

. Thi

s is

rais

ed in

impo

rtanc

e in

the

IUDF

, to

high

light

the

colla

bora

tion

requ

ired

at a

ll le

vels

of g

over

nmen

t.

Asse

ssm

ent a

cros

s th

e iu

Df

leve

rs –

are

ther

e an

y th

emes

that

w

here

no

iuDf

leve

r con

nect

s?

The

them

atic

alig

nmen

t is

evid

ent,

with

eac

h of

the

IUDF

leve

rs

refe

rring

dire

ctly

or a

ligni

ng w

ith th

e va

rious

asp

ects

of t

he A

FIN

UA

Nat

iona

l Urb

an P

olic

ies

them

e.

Urb

an

Leg

isLa

tio

n a

nd

rU

Les

2.1

Defin

e ur

ban

land

vis

-à-v

is n

on-u

rban

la

nd a

s w

ell a

s th

e rig

hts

and

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

inhe

rent

to u

rban

land

Thre

e po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

one

oth

er h

as s

ome

alig

nmen

t to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

he is

sue

of th

e ur

ban-

rura

l con

tinuu

m h

as n

ot

yet b

een

wel

l und

erst

ood

in S

outh

Afri

ca’s

urba

n po

licy

cont

ext.

The

IUDF

spe

cific

ally

see

ks to

brid

ge th

e ga

p in

pol

icy

and

prac

tice

betw

een

rura

l pla

nnin

g an

d pl

anni

ng fo

r urb

an s

ettle

men

ts. T

he IU

DF

adva

nces

a u

nifie

d vi

ew a

nd d

iffer

entia

tion

of ri

ghts

, res

pons

ibili

ties

and

appr

oach

es fo

r dea

ling

with

land

all

alon

g th

e co

ntin

uum

.

2.2

Esta

blis

h a

lega

l bas

is fo

r the

urb

an

plan

and

dis

tingu

ish

publ

ic s

pace

from

bu

ildab

le u

rban

land

Thre

e po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

his

prin

cipl

e is

foun

datio

nal t

o ur

ban

prac

tice

in g

ener

al in

Sou

th A

frica

. It i

s im

plem

ente

d un

iver

sally

, is

resp

ecte

d an

d ha

s be

en e

mph

asis

ed in

the

IUDF

in re

spec

t to

Polic

y Le

ver 7

, whi

ch re

fere

nces

impr

oved

acc

ess

to

urba

n pu

blic

spa

ce a

nd fa

cilit

ies

as p

art o

f inf

rast

ruct

ure

plan

ning

,


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t m

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Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

2.3

Enac

t effe

ctiv

e la

ws

for t

he d

efini

tion,

ac

quis

ition

and

pro

tect

ion

of

publ

ic s

pace

Only

two

polic

y le

vers

refe

r dire

ctly,

whi

le tw

o ot

hers

are

rela

ted

to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

his

them

e is

als

o fo

unda

tiona

l to

urba

n pr

actic

e in

gen

eral

in S

outh

Afri

ca. I

t has

bee

n im

plem

ente

d un

iver

sally

, is

resp

ecte

d an

d ha

s, th

eref

ore,

not

bee

n em

phas

ised

in th

e IU

DF, a

part

from

an

emph

asis

on

the

need

for l

egal

mec

hani

sms

to s

uppo

rt ur

bani

satio

n un

der P

olic

y le

ver 8

: Effe

ctiv

e ur

ban

gove

rnan

ce.

2.4

Reco

gnis

e an

d re

gula

te u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t, i.e

. bui

ldab

ility

righ

tsA

sing

le p

olic

y le

vers

refe

rs d

irect

ly, w

hile

two

othe

rs a

re re

late

d to

th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme.

Thi

s th

eme

is fu

ndam

enta

l to

the

oper

atio

n of

the

Sout

h Af

rica

land

use

man

agem

ent s

yste

m, w

hich

is p

art o

f urb

an

prac

tice

in g

ener

al a

cros

s So

uth

Afric

a. W

hile

land

use

man

agem

ent

can

be re

fined

, mad

e m

ore

robu

st, e

ffici

ent a

nd re

spon

sive

, and

mor

e ev

enly

app

lied

acro

ss a

ll pa

rts o

f SA

settl

emen

ts, t

he IU

DF a

ccep

ts

that

this

them

e is

larg

ely

impl

emen

ted

and

resp

ecte

d ac

ross

the

coun

try, a

ccor

ding

to th

e pr

ovis

ions

of t

he S

patia

l Pla

nnin

g an

d La

nd

Use

Man

agem

ent A

ct (S

PLUM

A, 2

015)

.

Urb

an

Leg

isLa

tio

n a

nd

rU

Les

2.5

Adop

t an

effe

ctiv

e le

gal f

ram

ewor

k th

at s

uppo

rts s

treng

then

ing

the

capa

city

of n

atio

nal,

subn

atio

nal a

nd

loca

l gov

ernm

ents

and

ens

ures

ap

prop

riate

fisc

al, p

oliti

cal a

nd

adm

inis

trativ

e de

cent

ralis

atio

n ba

sed

on th

e pr

inci

ple

of s

ubsi

diar

ity

Thre

e po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

thre

e ot

hers

hav

e so

me

alig

nmen

t to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

he IU

DF b

uild

s on

a c

ompr

ehen

sive

le

gal f

ram

ewor

k fo

r adm

inis

terin

g de

cent

ralis

ed, r

epre

sent

ativ

e an

d ca

paci

tate

d de

moc

ratic

loca

l gov

ernm

ent.

The

IUDF

add

ress

es th

e m

ost p

ress

ing

area

s ne

edin

g st

reng

then

ing

in th

e le

gisl

ated

fra

mew

ork

in re

latio

n to

the

focu

s on

urb

an g

over

nanc

e an

d su

stai

nabl

e fin

ance

s. T

he N

UA a

nd IU

DF a

re in

trodu

cing

ver

y si

mila

r co

ncep

ts in

to u

rban

pol

icy

envi

ronm

ent i

n re

spec

t to

thes

e ar

eas.


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Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

2.6

Deve

lop

equi

tabl

e an

d le

gal

inst

rum

ents

to c

aptu

re a

nd s

hare

the

incr

ease

in la

nd a

nd p

rope

rty v

alue

ge

nera

ted

as a

resu

lt of

urb

an

deve

lopm

ent p

roce

sses

, inf

rast

ruct

ure

proj

ects

and

pub

lic in

vest

men

ts,

ensu

ring

that

thes

e do

not

resu

lt in

un

sust

aina

ble

land

use

an

d co

nsum

ptio

n

Four

pol

icy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

four

oth

ers

are

alig

ned

to th

is

AFIN

UA th

eme.

The

deg

ree

of a

lignm

ent i

ndic

ates

that

the

IUDF

see

ks

to m

ake

adva

nces

alo

ng th

e sa

me

lines

. How

ever

, the

tone

and

focu

s ar

e si

gnifi

cant

ly d

iffer

ent:

the

urba

n po

licy

disc

ours

e in

Sou

th A

frica

is

heav

ily fo

cuse

d on

bui

ldin

g a

natio

nal d

isco

urse

, und

erst

andi

ng a

nd

actio

n on

the

oppo

rtuni

ties

and

chal

leng

es o

f urb

anis

atio

n, a

nd h

ow

good

gov

erna

nce

is th

e ba

selin

e fo

r exp

ansi

on a

nd g

row

th, w

hile

the

AFIN

UA s

ugge

sts

maj

or a

dvan

ces

to th

e w

ay m

unic

ipal

ities

cur

rent

ly

wor

k an

d ar

e fu

nded

. Thi

s th

eme

defin

es in

terv

entio

ns a

nd a

ppro

ache

s th

at a

re a

spira

tiona

l and

reco

gnis

ed a

s lo

nger

-term

gov

erna

nce

and

polic

y in

terv

entio

ns in

Sou

th A

frica

.

2.7

Deve

lop

inclu

sive,

ade

quat

e an

d en

forc

eabl

e re

gula

tions

in th

e ho

usin

g an

d ec

onom

ic se

ctor

s, in

cludi

ng re

silie

nt

build

ing

code

s, st

anda

rds,

deve

lopm

ent

perm

its, l

and

use

by-la

ws a

nd

ordi

nanc

es, a

nd p

lann

ing

regu

latio

ns,

com

batin

g an

d pr

even

ting

spec

ulat

ion,

di

spla

cem

ent,

hom

eles

snes

s and

ar

bitra

ry fo

rced

evic

tions

Four

pol

icy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, a

nd o

ne o

ther

is a

ligne

d to

this

AF

INUA

them

e. S

outh

Afri

ca h

as in

clus

ive,

ade

quat

e an

d en

forc

eabl

e re

gula

tions

, esp

ecia

lly in

the

build

ing

and

hous

ing

sect

or. T

he IU

DF is

se

ekin

g to

enh

ance

wha

t we

have

, hen

ce th

e al

ignm

ent o

f thi

s to

m

any

leve

rs. T

he s

ame

does

not

app

ly to

eco

nom

ic s

ecto

rs, w

here

the

sam

e re

gula

tion

cann

ot b

e sp

ecifi

cally

sai

d to

be

prev

entin

g sp

ecul

atio

n, d

ispl

acem

ent a

nd h

omel

essn

ess;

this

can

be

read

as

a ga

p th

at re

quire

s m

ore

proa

ctiv

e fo

cus

goin

g fo

rwar

d.

Urb

an

Leg

isLa

tio

n a

nd

rU

Les

2.8

Esta

blis

h na

tiona

l min

imum

sta

ndar

ds

for u

nive

rsal

acc

ess

to b

asic

ser

vice

s,

refle

ctin

g th

e rig

ht to

an

adeq

uate

liv

elih

ood,

and

, abo

ve a

nd b

eyon

d th

ese

min

imum

sta

ndar

ds, a

llow

ing

for

subn

atio

nal v

aria

tion

acco

rdin

g to

nee

d an

d si

tuat

ion

Five

pol

icy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

six

oth

ers

are

alig

ned

to th

is

AFIN

UA th

eme.

Sou

th A

frica

has

a w

ell-d

evel

oped

bas

e of

nat

iona

l m

inim

um s

tand

ards

for u

nive

rsal

acc

ess

to b

asic

ser

vice

s th

at re

flect

th

e rig

ht to

an

adeq

uate

live

lihoo

d. H

owev

er, t

he IU

DF s

eeks

to

acce

lera

te u

rban

ser

vice

s an

d in

frast

ruct

ure

deliv

ery,

and

refo

rm s

ome

of th

e w

ays

in w

hich

thes

e ar

e be

ing

curre

ntly

impl

emen

ted.


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t m

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on f

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r im

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Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

2.9

Esta

blis

h im

pact

ass

essm

ent,

mon

itorin

g, in

spec

tion,

cor

rect

ion

and

enfo

rcem

ent t

ools

Two

polic

y le

vers

refe

r dire

ctly,

whi

le s

even

oth

ers

area

alig

ned

to th

is

AFIN

UA th

eme;

onl

y tw

o ha

ve n

o al

ignm

ent t

o th

is th

eme.

The

IUDF

br

oadl

y se

eks

to im

prov

e ho

w m

onito

ring,

eva

luat

ion

and

enfo

rcem

ent

take

s pl

ace

acro

ss e

ach

of th

e po

licy

leve

rs. T

arge

ted

and

inte

grat

ed

M&

E sy

stem

s fo

rm a

cen

tral p

art o

f IUD

F im

plem

enta

tion

appr

oach

es.

Asse

ssm

ent a

cros

s th

e iu

Df

leve

rs –

are

ther

e an

y th

emes

that

w

here

no

iuDf

leve

r con

nect

s?

The

them

atic

alig

nmen

t is

evid

ent,

with

eac

h of

the

IUDF

leve

rs

refe

rring

dire

ctly

or a

ligni

ng w

ith th

e va

rious

asp

ects

of t

he A

FIN

UA

Urba

n Le

gisl

atio

n an

d Ru

les

them

e.

Urb

an

PLa

nn

ing

an

d d

esig

n

3.1

Set u

p a

plan

ning

and

des

ign

proc

ess

that

is e

vide

nce-

base

d, in

tegr

ated

and

pa

rtici

pato

ry

Thre

e po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

one

oth

er h

as s

ome

alig

nmen

t to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

he IU

DF b

uild

s on

legi

slat

ive

base

to e

nsur

e th

is, a

s w

ell a

s pr

omot

ing

the

syst

em o

f coo

pera

tive

gove

rnan

ce a

nd

thro

ugh

Polic

y Le

ver 7

: Em

pow

ered

Act

ive

Com

mun

ities

.

3.2

Plan

and

defi

ne th

e ur

ban

area

as

wel

l as

agr

icul

tura

l and

nat

ural

pr

otec

tion

area

s

Thre

e po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

four

oth

ers

alig

n to

this

AF

INUA

them

e. T

he IU

DF is

set

ting

a ne

w b

asis

and

app

roac

h fo

r pl

anni

ng a

cros

s th

e ru

ral-u

rban

con

tinuu

m. T

here

fore

, sev

eral

leve

rs

spea

k to

defi

ning

and

pla

nnin

g fo

r urb

an, r

ural

and

agr

icul

tura

l lan

d.

The

urba

n re

silie

nce

cros

s-cu

tting

them

e al

so e

mph

asis

es

envi

ronm

enta

l pro

tect

ion

and

sust

aina

bilit

y is

sues

.


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

xin

teg

rate

d U

rba

n d

eveL

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ent

Fra

mew

ork

PoLi

cy L

ever

Scr

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cutt

ing

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entS

Acti

on f

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k fo

r im

PLem

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the

new

ur

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Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

Urb

an

PLa

nn

ing

an

d d

esig

n

3.3

Defin

e co

nnec

tivity

and

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f urb

an s

pace

incl

udin

g th

e st

ruct

urin

g la

yout

of s

treet

s, b

lock

s an

d pl

ots

Five

pol

icy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

one

oth

er le

ver h

as s

ome

alig

nmen

t to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

he IU

DF a

dvan

ces

how

urb

an s

pace

is

bei

ng re

gard

ed a

nd s

ets

som

e st

ruct

ured

app

roac

h to

its

conn

ectiv

ity a

nd q

ualit

y. Th

e IU

DF re

cogn

ises

that

this

is a

crit

ical

ur

ban

desi

gn is

sue

that

requ

ires

proa

ctiv

e im

plem

enta

tion

of d

esig

n an

d pl

anni

ng m

echa

nism

s in

volv

ing

gove

rnm

ent,

priv

ate

sect

or

deve

lope

rs a

nd c

omm

uniti

es.

3.4

Prom

ote

sust

aina

ble

dens

ity a

nd m

ixed

us

e to

atta

in th

e ec

onom

ies

of

aggl

omer

atio

n

Six

polic

y le

vers

refe

r dire

ctly,

whi

le fo

ur o

ther

s ha

ve s

ome

alig

nmen

t to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

he IU

DF is

look

ing

to a

ddre

ss th

e in

crea

sed

inte

grat

ion

and

coor

dina

tion

of s

ecto

r int

erve

ntio

ns to

, am

ong

othe

r th

ings

, atta

in e

cono

mie

s of

agg

lom

erat

ion,

par

ticul

arly

in th

e fie

lds

of

trans

port

and

infra

stru

ctur

e pr

ovis

ion.

3.5

Mak

e ef

fect

ive

use

of u

rban

des

ign

to

prov

ide

livea

ble

spac

es, w

alka

bilit

y an

d a

sens

e of

pla

ce

Four

pol

icy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

he IU

DF

impl

ies

the

need

for t

he c

olla

bora

tive

plan

ning

app

roac

h to

ach

ieve

th

e ou

tcom

es o

f thi

s AF

INUA

them

e. T

his

AFIN

UA th

eme

over

laps

w

ith th

emes

2.2

, 2.3

and

3.3

.

3.6

Prot

ect a

nd p

rese

rve

natu

ral r

esou

rces

an

d cu

ltura

l her

itage

Thre

e po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

four

oth

ers

have

som

e al

ignm

ent t

o th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

sup

ports

this

pol

icy

them

e,

and

the

polic

y th

rust

s ce

rtain

ly s

uppo

rt it.

Spe

cific

refe

renc

es to

he

ritag

e an

d en

viro

nmen

tal p

rese

rvat

ion

can

be fo

und

in re

spec

tive

natio

nal s

ecto

ral l

egis

latio

n.


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

xin

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rate

d U

rba

n d

eveL

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ork

PoLi

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ever

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entS

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r im

PLem

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of

the

new

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Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

3.7

Prom

ote

hous

ing

as a

n in

tegr

atin

g el

emen

t of u

rban

pla

nnin

gFo

ur p

olic

y le

vers

refe

r dire

ctly,

whi

le s

even

oth

ers

alig

n to

this

AF

INUA

them

e; o

nly

one

othe

r doe

s no

t alig

n. T

he IU

DF a

dvan

ces

the

need

to b

ridge

sec

tora

l bou

ndar

ies

to a

chie

ve in

tegr

ated

urb

an

plan

ning

that

, am

ong

othe

r thi

ngs,

pro

mot

es h

ousi

ng, i

nfra

stru

ctur

e,

serv

ices

and

tran

spor

t as

sem

inal

inte

grat

ing

fact

ors

for b

uild

ing

sust

aina

ble

hum

an s

ettle

men

ts.

Urb

an

PLa

nn

ing

an

d d

esig

n

3.8

Prom

ote

adeq

uate

am

ount

s of

urb

an

spac

e fo

r a v

arie

ty o

f ec

onom

ic a

ctiv

ities

Two

polic

y le

vers

refe

r dire

ctly,

whi

le th

ree

othe

rs h

ave

som

e al

ignm

ent t

o th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

focu

ses

on th

is th

eme

in

resp

ect t

o In

clus

ive

Urba

n Ec

onom

ies

and

the

role

of c

ities

in u

rban

gr

owth

, as

wel

l as

the

role

s of

bot

h fo

rmal

and

info

rmal

eco

nom

ies

for

man

agin

g eq

uita

ble

grow

th.

Asse

ssm

ent a

cros

s th

e iu

Df

leve

rs –

are

ther

e an

y th

emes

that

w

here

no

iuDf

leve

r con

nect

s?

The

them

atic

alig

nmen

t with

the

AFIN

UA U

rban

Pla

nnin

g an

d De

sign

th

eme

is e

vide

nt, a

s al

mos

t all

of th

e IU

DF le

vers

refe

rring

dire

ctly

or

alig

ning

with

the

vario

us a

spec

ts o

f thi

s th

eme.

The

onl

y le

vel t

hat

show

s no

cle

ar c

onne

ctio

n to

the

them

e is

Pol

icy

Leve

r 9: S

usta

inab

le

Urba

n Fi

nanc

e. G

iven

the

impo

rtant

role

that

zoni

ng p

lays

in

conn

ectin

g sp

ace

to p

rope

rty ra

tes

inco

me,

this

is a

n ar

ea fo

r co

nsid

erat

ion.

How

ever

, thi

s is

a m

inor

obs

erva

tion,

as

prop

erty

val

ue

and

finan

ce li

nks

are

cove

red

and

alig

n el

sew

here

.

Urb

an

eco

no

my

an

d m

Un

iciP

aL

Fin

an

ce

4.1

Esta

blis

h pr

inci

ples

for e

nhan

cing

the

role

of l

ocal

gov

ernm

ent i

n fo

ster

ing

incl

usiv

e, e

quita

ble

and

sust

aina

ble

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t, an

d st

reng

then

lo

cal l

eade

rshi

p ca

paci

ty fo

r inc

lusi

ve

mun

icip

al fi

nanc

e

Two

polic

y le

vers

refe

r dire

ctly,

whi

le th

ree

othe

rs h

ave

som

e al

ignm

ent t

o th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

adv

ance

s th

e co

ncep

t of

sust

aina

ble

urba

n de

velo

pmen

t as

core

to o

ptim

isin

g th

e ur

ban

divi

dend

, and

ack

now

ledg

es th

e ne

ed to

stre

ngth

en c

ity le

ader

ship

sk

ills,

incl

udin

g sk

ills

in m

unic

ipal

fina

ncia

l man

agem

ent.


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

xin

teg

rate

d U

rba

n d

eveL

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Fra

mew

ork

PoLi

cy L

ever

Scr

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cutt

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entS

Acti

on f

rAm

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r im

PLem

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new

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Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

4.2

Help

loca

l aut

horit

ies d

esig

n an

d im

plem

ent a

mor

e in

clusiv

e, su

stai

nabl

e,

equi

tabl

e lo

cal fi

nanc

ial a

nd e

cono

mic

fram

ewor

k to

oper

atio

nalis

e m

unici

pal

finan

ce p

rincip

les

Two

polic

y le

vers

refe

r dire

ctly

to th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

sp

ecifi

cally

adv

ance

s ef

fect

ive

urba

n go

vern

ance

and

sus

tain

able

ur

ban

finan

ces

as k

ey p

olic

y th

rust

s th

at w

ere

a po

licy

gap

befo

re th

is.

Sust

aina

ble

mun

icip

al fi

nanc

e is

a m

ajor

topi

c in

resp

ect t

o fis

cal

sust

aina

bilit

y de

bate

s in

Sou

th A

frica

.

Urb

an

eco

no

my

an

d m

Un

iciP

aL

Fin

an

ce

4.3

Impr

ove

the

equi

tabl

e an

d pr

ogre

ssiv

e ta

x po

licy

and

reve

nue

gene

ratio

n al

ong

with

the

requ

isite

mec

hani

sms

and

lega

l und

erpi

nnin

gs

Thre

e po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

he IU

DF

relie

s on

impr

oved

adm

inis

tratio

n of

exi

stin

g le

gisl

atio

n fo

r ach

ievi

ng

this

out

com

e, a

s w

ell a

s br

oade

ning

the

polic

y de

bate

on

reve

nue

gene

ratio

n at

loca

l gov

ernm

ent l

evel

and

in fu

nctio

nal u

rban

are

as.

4.4

Desi

gn a

nd im

plem

ent t

ools

for

fost

erin

g in

clus

ive

loca

l eco

nom

ic

deve

lopm

ent (

e.g.

job

crea

tion,

en

trepr

eneu

rshi

p, m

icro

finan

ce, e

tc)

Two

polic

y le

vers

refe

r dire

ctly

to th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

ad

vanc

es o

n th

e fo

unda

tions

set

in th

e M

SA, 2

000

by li

nkin

g th

e pa

rtici

pato

ry p

lann

ing

and

coop

erat

ive

gove

rnm

ent a

ppro

ache

s an

d ad

vanc

ing

loca

l eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent t

hink

ing

and

prac

tice.

4.5

Help

loca

l aut

horit

ies

desi

gn a

nd

impl

emen

t sys

tem

s th

at e

nsur

e so

cial

, ec

onom

ic a

nd s

afe

phys

ical

acc

ess

to

qual

ity b

asic

ser

vice

s by

all,

and

loca

l ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent p

latfo

rms

that

su

ppor

t com

mun

ity-le

d in

itiat

ives

in

serv

ice

deliv

ery

Five

pol

icy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

two

othe

rs h

ave

som

e al

ignm

ent

to th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme

. The

IUDF

adv

ance

s on

the

foun

datio

ns s

et in

th

e M

SA, 2

000

by li

nkin

g th

e pa

rtici

pato

ry p

lann

ing

and

coop

erat

ive

gove

rnm

ent a

ppro

ache

s an

d ad

vanc

ing

loca

l eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent

thin

king

and

pra

ctic

e.


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

xin

teg

rate

d U

rba

n d

eveL

oPm

ent

Fra

mew

ork

PoLi

cy L

ever

Scr

oSS

cutt

ing

eLem

entS

Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

ur

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Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

4.6

Help

loca

l aut

horit

ies

unde

rsta

nd a

nd

adap

t the

ir re

spec

tive

econ

omic

de

velo

pmen

t pol

icie

s, m

echa

nism

s an

d fin

anci

ng m

odel

s, to

hel

p pr

omot

e ac

cess

to a

wid

e ra

nge

of a

fford

able

ho

usin

g op

tions

, inc

ludi

ng re

ntal

and

co

oper

ativ

e fo

rms

of te

nure

as

wel

l as

incr

emen

tal b

uild

ing

and

upgr

adin

g

Five

pol

icy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

two

othe

rs h

ave

som

e al

ignm

ent

to th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

adv

ance

s th

is th

eme

in a

dvoc

atin

g fo

r m

unic

ipal

ities

to g

row

and

dev

elop

in li

ne w

ith th

eir r

espe

ctiv

e ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent c

ircum

stan

ces,

pol

icie

s, m

echa

nism

s an

d fin

anci

ng m

odel

s to

hel

p un

lock

the

desi

red

deve

lopm

ent.

4.7

Use

tool

s fo

r urb

an re

gene

ratio

n of

de

relic

t and

/or o

bsol

ete

area

s (e

.g.

brow

nfiel

d re

deve

lopm

ent)

Thre

e po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

sev

en o

ther

s al

ign

to th

is

AFIN

UA th

eme;

onl

y tw

o ot

hers

do

not a

lign.

Bro

wnfi

elds

dev

elop

men

t is

impl

ied

in m

ost o

f the

dire

ctiv

es g

iven

, but

the

IUDF

nei

ther

sin

gles

ou

t nor

sug

gest

s sp

ecia

l too

ls fo

r bro

wnfi

elds

(re)

deve

lopm

ent.

How

ever

, the

spa

tial t

rans

form

atio

n ag

enda

and

pol

icy

dire

ctiv

e in

the

Sout

h Af

rican

urb

an c

onte

xt a

lmos

t alw

ays

mea

ns s

ome

brow

nfiel

ds

Urb

an

eco

no

my

an

d m

Un

iciP

aL

Fin

an

ce

4.8

Plan

for u

rban

infil

l of p

lann

ed b

uilt

area

s an

d fo

r con

trol o

f urb

an la

nd

pric

e sp

ecul

atio

n

Four

pol

icy le

vers

refe

r dire

ctly,

whi

le o

ne o

ther

is a

ligne

d to

this

AFIN

UA

them

e. T

he IU

DF is

clea

rer a

bout

urb

an in

fill a

nd d

ensifi

catio

n, p

rovid

ing

spec

ific g

uida

nce

on g

row

th m

anag

emen

t stra

tegi

es fo

r mun

icipa

litie

s. Th

e po

licy l

ever

s are

gea

red

tow

ards

ach

ievin

g co

nsid

ered

, res

pons

ible

an

d re

spon

sive

urba

n in

fill w

ithin

the

confi

nes o

f dev

elop

men

t tha

t is

viabl

e an

d su

stai

nabl

e in

the

long

run.

The

IUDF

adv

ance

s urb

an in

fill

thro

ugh

its sp

ecifi

c foc

us o

n a

colla

bora

tive

plan

ning

par

adig

m, i

nclu

sive

of la

rge

stat

e-ow

ned

com

pani

es (S

OCs).

Som

e SO

Cs h

ave

ringf

ence

d sig

nific

ant l

and

hold

ings

in u

rban

are

as, m

akin

g th

e la

nd u

nava

ilabl

e an

d un

affo

rdab

le in

are

as o

f dire

urb

an la

nd sh

orta

ges,

whi

ch h

as co

nstra

ined

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of m

ulti-

use

settl

emen

ts.


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

xin

teg

rate

d U

rba

n d

eveL

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ent

Fra

mew

ork

PoLi

cy L

ever

Scr

oSS

cutt

ing

eLem

entS

Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

ur

bAn

Age

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nuA

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Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

4.9

Prov

ide

inte

grat

ed, e

ffici

ent a

nd

equi

tabl

e ur

ban

serv

ice

fram

ewor

ks,

parti

cula

rly in

unp

lann

ed, b

uilt

urba

n ar

eas

Five

polic

y lev

ers r

efer

dire

ctly,

whi

le fi

ve o

ther

s are

alig

ned

to th

is

AFIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

adv

ance

s a p

olicy

pos

ition

that

inte

grat

es a

ll pa

rts o

f hum

an se

ttlem

ents

. Thi

s ove

rarc

hing

focu

s is p

ossib

le si

nce

foun

datio

ns a

re se

t in

the

Brea

king

New

Gro

und

(BN

G) p

olicy

(200

4),

the

Urba

n Re

new

al P

rogr

amm

e (U

RP) a

nd th

e N

atio

nal U

pgra

ding

Su

ppor

t Pro

gram

me

(NUS

P) th

at d

eals

spec

ifica

lly w

ith th

is co

mpo

nent

. Th

e IU

DF co

ntrib

utes

ext

ensiv

ely t

o th

e co

ncep

tual

dev

elop

men

t of t

his

them

e, e

spec

ially

thro

ugh

its e

mph

asis

on co

llabo

ratio

n an

d pa

rtner

ship

s for

inte

grat

ing

serv

ices i

n sp

ecifi

c spa

ces.

4.10

Empl

oy in

stru

men

ts fo

r pub

lic b

enefi

t fro

m p

ublic

inve

stm

ent,

parti

cula

rly

land

val

ue c

aptu

re a

nd s

harin

g,

ecos

yste

m s

ervi

ces

asse

ssm

ent a

nd

valu

atio

n, e

tc.

Thre

e po

licy l

ever

s ref

er d

irect

ly, w

hile

six o

ther

s hav

e so

me

alig

nmen

t to

this

AFIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

adv

ance

s the

use

of p

rogr

essiv

e m

echa

nism

s to

achi

eve

inte

grat

ed, r

espo

nsive

and

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent.

The

inst

rum

ents

for p

ublic

ben

efit f

rom

pub

lic in

vest

men

t ar

e re

fere

nced

and

impl

ied

in th

e fo

cus o

f IUD

F pol

icy le

vers

.

Urb

an

eco

no

my

an

d m

Un

iciP

aL

Fin

an

ce

4.11

Esta

blis

h an

d su

ppor

t com

mun

ity-le

d gr

oups

that

liai

se b

etw

een

citiz

ens

and

gove

rnm

ent

A si

ngle

pol

icy

leve

r ref

ers

dire

ctly,

whi

le a

noth

er is

alig

ned

to th

is

AFIN

UA th

eme

. The

IUDF

adv

ance

s co

llabo

ratio

n an

d pa

rtner

ship

s fo

r de

velo

pmen

t tha

t inc

lude

civ

il so

ciet

y gr

oupi

ngs,

com

mun

ity-b

ased

an

d ot

her s

uppo

rting

org

anis

atio

ns. T

he p

artn

ersh

ip a

ppro

ach

is

emph

asis

ed b

ut n

eeds

to b

e fu

rther

dev

elop

ed in

pra

ctic

e.

Asse

ssm

ent a

cros

s th

e iu

Df

leve

rs –

are

ther

e an

y th

emes

that

w

here

no

iuDf

leve

r con

nect

s?

Ther

e is

evi

dent

them

atic

alig

nmen

t in

term

s of

Urb

an E

cono

my

and

Mun

icip

al F

inan

ce w

ith e

ach

of th

e IU

DF le

vers

dem

onst

ratin

g so

me

leve

l of i

nter

pret

ed a

lignm

ent w

here

the

leve

rs c

onne

ct a

nd a

pply

w

ith th

e AF

INUA

Urb

an E

cono

my

and

Mun

icip

al F

inan

ce th

eme.


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

xin

teg

rate

d U

rba

n d

eveL

oPm

ent

Fra

mew

ork

PoLi

cy L

ever

Scr

oSS

cutt

ing

eLem

entS

Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

ur

bAn

Age

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(Afi

nuA

)











Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

Loca

L im

PLem

enta

tio

n

5.1

Use

tool

s th

at p

roac

tivel

y ad

dres

s as

-yet

-unb

uilt

urba

n gr

owth

at t

he lo

cal

scal

e (e

.g. p

lann

ed c

ity e

xten

sion

s)

Two

polic

y le

vers

refe

r dire

ctly,

whi

le s

ix o

ther

s ha

ve s

ome

alig

nmen

t to

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. T

he IU

DF m

akes

spe

cific

refe

renc

e to

the

need

fo

r gro

wth

man

agem

ent s

trate

gies

to b

e de

velo

ped

for S

outh

Afri

can

citie

s. T

his

is a

n ar

ea o

f goo

d al

ignm

ent,

alth

ough

the

artic

ulat

ion

of

the

polic

y te

xts

may

not

dem

onst

rate

this

wel

l.

5.2

Use

tool

s fo

r urb

an re

gene

ratio

n of

de

relic

t and

/or o

bsol

ete

area

s (e

.g.

brow

nfiel

d re

deve

lopm

ent)

Seve

n po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

five

oth

ers

are

alig

ned

to th

is

AFIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

is s

quar

ely

focu

sed

on fa

cilit

atin

g br

ownfi

eld

deve

lopm

ent.

5.3

Plan

for u

rban

infil

l of p

lann

ed, b

uilt

area

s an

d co

ntro

l of u

rban

land

pr

ice

spec

ulat

ion

Seve

n po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

five

oth

ers

are

alig

ned

to th

is

AFIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

is c

lear

er a

bout

urb

an in

fill a

nd p

rovi

des

spec

ific

guid

ance

on

the

grow

th m

anag

emen

t stra

tegi

es fo

r m

unic

ipal

ities

. The

pol

icy

leve

rs a

re g

eare

d to

war

ds a

chie

ving

co

nsid

ered

, res

pons

ible

and

resp

onsi

ve u

rban

infil

l with

in th

e co

nfine

s of

dev

elop

men

t tha

t is

viab

le a

nd s

usta

inab

le in

the

long

run.

The

IU

DF a

dvan

ces

urba

n in

fill t

hrou

gh it

s sp

ecifi

c fo

cus

on a

col

labo

rativ

e pl

anni

ng p

arad

igm

, inc

lusi

ve o

f lar

ge s

tate

-ow

ned

com

pani

es (S

OCs)

.

Loca

L im

PLem

enta

tio

n

5.4

Prov

ide

inte

grat

ed, e

ffici

ent a

nd

equi

tabl

e ur

ban

serv

ice

fram

ewor

ks,

parti

cula

rly in

unp

lann

ed, b

uilt

urba

n ar

eas

Eigh

t pol

icy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

thre

e ot

hers

are

alig

ned

to th

is

AFIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

adv

ance

s a

polic

y po

sitio

n th

at in

tegr

ates

all

parts

of t

he s

ettle

men

ts. T

his

over

arch

ing

focu

s is

pos

sibl

e si

nce

foun

datio

ns a

re s

et in

the

BNG

polic

y (2

004)

, the

URP

and

the

NUS

P th

at d

eals

spe

cific

ally

with

this

com

pone

nt. T

he IU

DF s

till c

ontri

bute

s ex

tens

ivel

y to

the

achi

evem

ent o

f thi

s th

eme

in it

s in

tegr

ativ

e ro

le.


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

xin

teg

rate

d U

rba

n d

eveL

oPm

ent

Fra

mew

ork

PoLi

cy L

ever

Scr

oSS

cutt

ing

eLem

entS

Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

ur

bAn

Age

nDA

(Afi

nuA

)











Urban Resilience

Urban Safety

no.

key

item

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 1:

Sem

antic

Ass

essm

ent o

f nuA

Pol

icy

them

es

agai

nst i

uDf

Polic

y Le

vers

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

bro

ad A

lignm

ent A

sses

smen

t of

Afin

uA P

olic

y th

emes

aga

inst

iuDf

Lev

ers

5.5

Empl

oy in

stru

men

ts fo

r pub

lic b

enefi

t fro

m p

ublic

inve

stm

ent,

parti

cula

rly

land

val

ue c

aptu

re a

nd s

harin

g,

ecos

yste

m s

ervi

ces

asse

ssm

ent a

nd

valu

atio

n, e

tc

Thre

e po

licy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

two

othe

rs h

ave

som

e al

ignm

ent t

o th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

adv

ance

s th

e us

e of

pr

ogre

ssiv

e m

echa

nism

s to

ach

ieve

inte

grat

ed, r

espo

nsiv

e an

d su

stai

nabl

e de

velo

pmen

t. Th

e in

stru

men

ts fo

r pub

lic b

enefi

t fro

m

publ

ic in

vest

men

t are

refe

renc

ed a

nd im

plie

d in

the

focu

s of

IUDF

po

licy

leve

rs.

5.6

Esta

blis

h an

d su

ppor

t com

mun

ity-le

d gr

oups

that

liai

se b

etw

een

citiz

ens

and

gove

rnm

ent

Four

pol

icy

leve

rs re

fer d

irect

ly, w

hile

two

othe

rs h

ave

som

e al

ignm

ent

to th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme.

The

IUDF

adv

ance

s co

llabo

ratio

n an

d pa

rtner

ship

s fo

r dev

elop

men

t tha

t inc

lude

civ

il so

ciet

y gr

oupi

ngs,

co

mm

unity

-bas

ed a

nd o

ther

sup

porti

ng o

rgan

isat

ions

. The

par

tner

ship

ap

proa

ch is

, how

ever

, not

robu

stly

dev

elop

ed.

Asse

ssm

ent a

cros

s th

e iu

Df

leve

rs –

are

ther

e an

y th

emes

that

w

here

no

iuDf

leve

r con

nect

s?

The

them

atic

alig

nmen

t is

evid

ent,

with

eac

h of

the

IUDF

leve

rs

refe

rring

dire

ctly

or a

ligni

ng w

ith th

e va

rious

asp

ects

of t

he A

FIN

UA

Loca

l Im

plem

enta

tion

them

e.


APPe

NDix

b Po

licy Di

mensi

ons A

lignm

ent A

ssessm

ent

dim

ensi

on

aFi

nU

aiU

dF

aLi

gn

men

t d

iscU

ssio

niU

dF-

iP+

con

sid

erat

ion

PoLi

cy

act

ors

All-o

f-soc

iety

app

roac

h•

Nat

iona

l gov

ernm

ent:

lead

in p

olic

y de

velo

pmen

t, de

fine

legi

slat

ion,

im

plem

ent a

nd e

nabl

e fis

cal

devo

lutio

n•

Loca

l gov

ernm

ent:

lead

in u

rban

de

sign

and

pla

nnin

g, d

evel

op

appr

opria

te re

venu

e to

ols,

impr

ove

valu

e ch

ain,

SM

Es (l

ocal

eco

nom

y),

impl

emen

t loc

ally

impl

emen

tatio

n at

th

e fin

e gr

ain

scal

e•

Priv

ate

sect

or: p

lay

a pa

rtner

ing

role

in

fina

ncin

g an

d de

velo

pmen

t•

Com

mun

ities

: inv

olve

d in

loca

l im

plem

enta

tion

to p

rovi

de c

onne

ctio

n be

twee

n re

side

nts

and

gove

rnm

ent

All-o

f-soc

iety

app

roac

h•

Nat

iona

l gov

ernm

ent:

lead

on

targ

ets,

nor

ms

and

stan

dard

s, c

reat

e an

ena

blin

g en

viro

nmen

t fo

r mun

icip

aliti

es to

per

form

, sup

port

capa

city

de

velo

pmen

t, pr

ovid

e in

form

atio

n tra

nspa

rent

ly•

Prov

ince

s: e

nsur

e al

ignm

ent

•Lo

cal g

over

nmen

t: le

ad in

dev

elop

ing

long

-term

pla

ns, e

cono

mic

stra

tegy

and

di

rect

ion

of in

vest

men

t; bu

ildin

g m

unic

ipal

ca

paci

ty, s

take

hold

er e

ngag

emen

t and

co

mm

unic

atio

n st

rate

gies

•Pr

ivat

e se

ctor

: par

tner

and

wor

k w

ith

gove

rnm

ent

•Co

mm

uniti

es: e

mpo

wer

ed to

eng

age

and

dire

ct

Both

the

NUA

and

the

IUDF

take

an

all-o

f-soc

iety

ap

proa

ch to

urb

an d

evel

opm

ent.

Ackn

owle

dgin

g th

e m

ultip

le a

ctor

s in

volv

ed, a

t a b

road

leve

l, bo

th

docu

men

ts a

re v

ery

wel

l alig

ned

in te

rms

of o

utlin

ing

who

is to

be

invo

lved

and

wha

t the

ir ro

les

wou

ld e

ntai

l. N

ot s

urpr

isin

g, th

e IU

DF u

npac

ks m

ore

deta

il pe

r sp

ecifi

c le

ver a

s to

whi

ch a

ctor

s at

var

ious

leve

ls n

eed

to b

e in

volv

ed. O

vera

ll, th

e w

ay in

whi

ch th

e po

licy

acto

rs a

re p

ositi

oned

is s

trong

ly a

ligne

d.

The

IUDF

IP+

can

build

on

exis

ting

refe

renc

e to

pol

icy

acto

rs b

y w

orki

ng to

war

ds m

ore

cons

iste

ncy

in h

ow a

ctor

s ar

e di

scus

sed

acro

ss th

e va

rious

leve

rs.

PoLi

cy

ass

Um

Ptio

n

•Al

l-of-s

ocie

ty in

volv

emen

t in

natio

nal

urba

n po

licy

•St

rong

pub

lic-p

ublic

and

pub

lic-

priv

ate

partn

ersh

ips

•Ef

fect

ive

mul

ti-le

vel g

over

nmen

t•

Fisc

al, p

oliti

cal a

nd a

dmin

istra

tive

dece

ntra

lisat

ion

•Ad

equa

te fi

nanc

ial a

nd h

uman

ca

paci

ty•

Prov

isio

n by

cap

ital m

arke

ts o

f ap

prop

riate

and

ade

quat

e fin

anci

ng

for u

rban

dev

elop

men

t •

Land

val

ue c

ritic

al to

city

fina

nce

•Po

sitiv

e re

latio

nshi

p be

twee

n co

mm

uniti

es a

nd g

over

nmen

t tha

t is

alig

ned

to c

omm

on v

isio

n

•Ca

paci

ty c

an b

e bu

ilt a

t all

leve

ls o

f go

vern

men

t •

All-o

f-soc

iety

will

ingn

ess

to p

artic

ipat

e in

go

vern

men

t-led

initi

ativ

es•

Stro

ng p

ublic

-pub

lic a

nd p

ublic

-priv

ate

partn

ersh

ips

•De

volu

tion

of fu

nctio

ns a

nd fu

ndin

g is

a

polit

ical

and

pol

icy

prio

rity

•In

terg

over

nmen

tal r

elat

ions

impr

oved

per

se

ctor

•

Grow

ing

land

val

ue in

the

inte

rest

of

mun

icip

aliti

es

•Ca

pita

l mar

kets

pro

vide

ade

quat

e fin

anci

ng fo

r ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent

•N

atio

nal g

over

nmen

t bes

t pla

ced

to g

uide

ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent

Bein

g a

coun

try p

ositi

on d

ocum

ent,

the

IUDF

id

entifi

es m

ore

stro

ngly

the

unde

rlyin

g ch

alle

nges

th

at p

lagu

e So

uth

Afric

an u

rban

dev

elop

men

t in

itiat

ives

. The

bro

ad g

loba

l nat

ure

of th

e N

UA

mak

es th

e as

sum

ptio

ns in

the

NUA

less

id

entifi

able

than

thos

e in

the

IUDF

. How

ever

, th

ere

is a

lignm

ent,

as m

any

area

s of

ass

umpt

ion

can

be re

cogn

ised

in b

oth

docu

men

ts.

The

IUDF

-IP+

wou

ld d

o w

ell t

o ac

know

ledg

e th

e sp

ecifi

c po

licy

assu

mpt

ions

that

hav

e fe

d in

to th

e fo

rmul

atio

n of

the

choi

ces

and

unde

rsta

nd th

e va

rious

risk

s as

soci

ated

with

eac

h of

thes

e as

sum

ptio

ns.

45

dim

ensi

on

aFi

nU

aiU

dF

aLi

gn

men

t d

iscU

ssio

niU

dF-

iP+

con

sid

erat

ion

PoLi

cy

inst

rUm

ents

•Po

licy-

alig

ned

lega

l mec

hani

sms

and

fram

ewor

ks•

Urba

n de

sign

s an

d pl

ans

and

deve

lopm

ent r

ules

•En

hanc

ed lo

cal g

over

nmen

t rev

enue

to

ols,

em

phas

isin

g la

nd v

alue

cap

ture

•Ur

ban

plan

ning

stra

tegi

es, i

n pa

rticu

lar

trans

it-or

ient

ed d

evel

opm

ent (

TOD)

•Ur

ban

plan

s, la

ws,

rule

s an

d re

gula

tions

to

alig

n sp

atia

l tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

•De

velo

pmen

t cha

rges

and

land

val

ue c

aptu

re•

Econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t stra

tegy

The

spec

ific

sets

of p

olic

y in

stru

men

ts m

entio

ned

in b

oth

the

IUDF

and

the

NUA

are

fairl

y lim

ited.

Ho

wev

er, a

gain

ther

e is

sig

nific

ant a

lignm

ent i

n th

ose

that

are

men

tione

d. T

he s

peci

fic m

entio

n on

th

e im

porta

nce

of s

trong

mun

icip

al p

lans

and

the

alig

nmen

t of r

ules

, law

s an

d re

gula

tions

is c

lear

. Th

e sp

ecifi

c m

entio

n of

usi

ng la

nd v

alue

cap

ture

is

evi

dent

in b

oth

docu

men

ts. T

he s

peci

fic c

hoic

es

not e

vide

nt in

the

NUA

but

are

in th

e IU

DF a

roun

d TO

D an

d ci

ty e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t stra

tegi

es

(as

an e

mph

asis

ed p

art o

f the

set

of u

rban

pla

ns).

The

IUDF

-IP+

coul

d be

nefit

from

th

inki

ng th

roug

h th

e de

tail

of fu

rther

po

licy

inst

rum

ents

and

cho

ices

in o

ther

le

vers

for c

onsi

sten

cy, a

s th

ose

curre

ntly

men

tione

d ar

e no

t ex

haus

tive.

PoLi

cy

sca

Les

•Fo

cuse

d on

the

loca

l sca

le, fi

ne g

rain

im

plem

enta

tion

scal

e, h

uman

and

co

mm

unity

sca

le, a

nd ta

rget

ed

proj

ect l

evel

. •

Ackn

owle

dges

the

vario

us s

cale

s an

d te

mpo

ral n

atur

e of

pla

nnin

g an

d im

plem

enta

tion

at o

ther

bro

ader

sc

ales

•Sp

atia

l tar

getin

g at

the

loca

l lev

el

Nei

ther

the

NUA

nor

the

IUDF

go

into

gre

at d

etai

l on

the

polic

y sc

ale

spec

ifica

lly. H

owev

er, b

oth

are

alig

ned

in th

eir m

entio

n of

the

loca

l-lev

el s

cale

, fo

cusi

ng o

n th

e pr

ojec

t loc

al a

rea

or h

uman

leve

l. Bo

th a

lso

men

tion

the

need

for s

patia

l tar

getin

g.

As s

uch,

the

NUA

and

IUDF

are

alig

ned

in te

rms

of th

e em

phas

ised

pol

icy

scal

e.

The

IUDF

-IP+

shou

ld w

ork

tow

ards

cl

arify

ing

how

the

IUDF

dea

ls w

ith

vario

us p

olic

y sc

ales

and

how

st

akeh

olde

rs re

spon

d at

the

diffe

rent

sca

les.

PoLi

cy

tim

ing

•20

36 –

Hab

itat I

V•

SDG

11 –

203

0•

IUDF

– 2

030

visi

on•

Follo

ws

SA g

ovt d

evel

opm

ent c

ycle

sTh

e N

UA ta

kes

a vi

ew to

war

ds 2

036

in li

ne w

ith

the

Habi

tat I

V tim

elin

es, a

nd is

info

rmed

by

the

SDGs

203

0 ho

rizon

. The

IUDF

ado

pts

the

NDP

vi

sion

per

iod

to 2

030.

The

refo

re, i

t cou

ld b

e ar

gued

bot

h do

cum

ent h

ave

a si

mila

r tim

e ho

rizon

, lin

king

exa

ctly

to th

e SD

G ho

rizon

and

no

t spe

akin

g fu

ndam

enta

lly to

diff

eren

t era

s.

IUDF

-IP+

shou

ld c

ontin

ue w

ith th

e cu

rrent

w

ork

bein

g do

ne to

coo

rdin

ate

and

alig

n to

N

UA a

nd S

DGs.


APPe

NDix

C Al

ignme

nt Ass

essme

nt to

sA Po

licy

aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

x

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

broA

D AL

ign

men

t AS

SeSS

men

t of

Afi

nuA

Po

Licy

the

meS

AgA

inSt

SA

PoLi

cy c

onte

xt

Degree of ALignment to broADer South AfricAn urbAn PoLicy context:

Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

urb

An A

gen

DA (A

fin

uA)

No.

Key

Item

nat

ion

aL

Urb

an

Po

Lici

es

1.1

Form

ulat

e m

ediu

m a

nd lo

ng-te

rm u

rban

de

mog

raph

ic p

roje

ctio

ns a

nd tr

ends

, with

ge

ogra

phic

dis

aggr

egat

ion,

taki

ng in

to

cons

ider

atio

n th

e in

terp

lay

of e

cono

mic

, soc

ial

and

envi

ronm

enta

l for

ces

The

IUDF

leve

rs fo

cus

on im

prov

ing

the

legi

slat

ed p

olic

y fra

mew

ork

for u

rban

pol

icy

and

prac

tice

in S

outh

Afri

ca, a

nd s

o m

akes

cu

rsor

y re

fere

nce

to fo

unda

tiona

l prin

cipl

es a

lread

y co

ntai

ned

in o

ther

legi

slat

ion.

Thi

s AF

INUA

them

e is

alre

ady

wel

l cov

ered

in th

e Lo

cal G

over

nmen

t Mun

icip

al D

emar

catio

ns A

ct (1

998)

and

Mun

icip

al S

yste

ms

Act (

MSA

), 20

00 a

nd ta

ken

up in

the

annu

al s

tatu

s qu

o an

alys

es o

f eac

h m

unic

ipal

ity’s

Inte

grat

ed D

evel

opm

ent P

lan

(IDP)

. The

Sou

th A

frica

n Ci

ties

Net

wor

ks’ S

tate

of C

ities

Rep

ort d

oes

furth

er a

naly

tical

wor

k to

adv

ance

this

them

e.hi

gh

1.2

Esta

blis

h na

tiona

l rul

es to

det

erm

ine

land

su

itabi

lity

for u

rban

isat

ion,

for e

nviro

nmen

tal a

nd

cultu

ral h

erita

ge p

rote

ctio

n, d

isas

ter r

isk

redu

ctio

n an

d su

stai

nabl

e an

d re

silie

nt d

evel

opm

ent,

whi

le

taki

ng in

to a

ccou

nt it

s eq

uita

ble

dist

ribut

ion

and

acce

ssib

ility

Sout

h Af

rica

alre

ady

has

natio

nal r

ules

aro

und

equi

tabl

e di

strib

utio

n an

d ac

cess

ibili

ty. T

hese

are

dis

cuss

ed in

the

Cons

titut

ion

(199

6), t

he M

SA (2

000)

and

the

annu

al D

ivis

ion

of R

even

ue A

ct (D

ORA)

, am

ong

othe

rs. S

outh

Afri

ca h

as w

ell-d

evel

oped

her

itage

, en

viro

nmen

tal a

nd d

isas

ter r

isk

redu

ctio

n re

gula

tions

in th

e Di

sast

er M

anag

emen

t Act

(200

2), N

atio

nal H

erita

ge R

esou

rces

Act

(1

990)

and

Nat

iona

l Env

ironm

enta

l Man

agem

ent A

ct (1

999,

am

ende

d 20

09).

A w

eakn

ess

of th

e cu

rrent

sys

tem

is th

e id

entifi

catio

n of

su

itabl

e la

nd fo

r urb

anis

atio

n, b

ut th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e Sp

atia

l Pla

nnin

g an

d La

nd U

se M

anag

emen

t Act

(SPL

UMA)

, 201

3,

cove

rs la

nd u

se p

lann

ing.

high

1.3

Defin

e th

e ro

les

and

juris

dict

iona

l res

pons

ibili

ties

of a

ll le

vels

of g

over

nmen

t and

loca

l aut

horit

ies

rega

rdin

g ur

bani

satio

n an

d ur

ban

plan

ning

and

m

anag

emen

t

The

allo

catio

n of

pow

ers

and

func

tions

are

wel

l defi

ned

in th

e Co

nstit

utio

n (S

ched

ules

4 a

nd 5

of 1

996

Cons

titut

ion)

and

lega

l fra

mew

ork

(MSA

, 199

8; S

PLUM

A, 2

013)

.

The

IUDF

iden

tifies

are

as w

here

pra

ctic

al a

dvan

ces,

bet

ter a

lignm

ent a

nd s

ome

adju

stm

ent a

re n

eede

d to

take

acc

ount

of

urba

nisa

tion.

high

1.4

Alig

n na

tiona

l urb

an p

olic

ies

with

nat

iona

l and

se

ctor

al d

evel

opm

ent p

lans

and

pol

icie

s at

all

terri

toria

l lev

els

to h

arne

ss th

e tra

nsfo

rmat

ive

pow

er o

f urb

aniza

tion

with

urb

an p

lans

(e.g

. en

ergy

, wat

er, t

rans

porta

tion

and

othe

r in

frast

ruct

ural

cor

ridor

s)

The

natio

nal d

isco

urse

in S

outh

Afri

ca h

as m

oved

to e

mph

asis

e th

e im

porta

nce

of u

rban

are

as, u

rban

isat

ion

and

a co

llabo

rativ

e ap

proa

ch to

add

ress

ing

urba

n is

sues

. The

Nat

iona

l Dev

elop

men

t Pla

n (N

DP),

2011

and

IUDF

are

clo

sely

alig

ned

and

addr

ess

this

ver

y im

porta

nt s

hift

in fo

cus

incl

uded

in th

e N

UA. T

his

polic

y sh

ift is

nat

iona

l at p

rese

nt a

nd h

as s

till t

o fil

ter d

own

to p

rovi

ncia

l go

vern

men

t – th

roug

h pr

ovin

cial

gro

wth

and

dev

elop

men

t stra

tegi

es (P

GDS)

– a

nd to

mun

icip

aliti

es –

thro

ugh

spat

ial d

evel

opm

ent

fram

ewor

ks (S

DFs)

– th

at n

eed

to b

e up

date

d to

fully

inte

grat

e N

DP/IU

DF a

nd N

UA d

irect

ion.

high

aPPendix c: ALignment ASSeSSment to SA PoLicy 47

aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

x

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

broA

D AL

ign

men

t AS

SeSS

men

t of

Afi

nuA

Po

Licy

the

meS

AgA

inSt

SA

PoLi

cy c

onte

xt


Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

urb

An A

gen

DA (A

fin

uA)

No.

Key

Item

Urb

an

Leg

isLa

tio

n a

nd

rU

Les

2.1

Defin

e ur

ban

land

vis

-à-v

is n

on-u

rban

land

as

wel

l as

the

right

s an

d re

spon

sibi

litie

s in

here

nt to

urb

an

land

From

a b

road

pol

icy

pers

pect

ive,

SA

has

a w

ell-d

efine

d sy

stem

of p

rope

rty ri

ghts

with

inco

nsis

tenc

ies

of tr

eatm

ent a

roun

d tra

ditio

nal

area

s an

d th

e rig

hts

of re

side

nts

with

in th

em. T

hese

are

ens

hrin

ed in

the

Sout

h Af

rican

Con

stitu

tion.

Thi

s le

gacy

has

bee

n co

mpl

icat

ed b

y th

e de

velo

pmen

t of d

edic

ated

rura

l ver

sus

urba

n po

licy

inst

rum

ents

in th

e fo

rm o

f the

ISRD

P, th

e UR

P/N

USP

prog

ram

mes

and

the

BNG

Polic

y. Th

e IU

DF s

ets

the

prem

ise

that

all

land

is p

art o

f the

sam

e co

ntin

uum

.hi

gh

2.2

Esta

blis

h a

lega

l bas

is fo

r the

urb

an p

lan

and

dist

ingu

ish

publ

ic s

pace

from

bui

ldab

le u

rban

land

The

Cons

titut

ion

(199

6), N

EMA

(199

9), M

SA (2

000)

and

SPL

UMA

(201

3) e

stab

lish

the

resp

ectiv

e le

gal b

ases

for s

ettle

men

t pla

ns

(incl

udin

g ur

ban

and

rura

l) an

d pl

anni

ng, d

istin

guis

h be

twee

n pu

blic

spa

ce a

nd d

evel

opab

le la

nd, a

nd o

utlin

e th

e pr

oces

s fo

r the

ir am

endm

ents

and

tran

sfor

mat

ion.

The

DOR

A (2

014)

est

ablis

hed

built

env

ironm

enta

l per

form

ance

pla

ns (B

EPPs

) for

met

ropo

litan

m

unic

ipal

ities

to d

rive

the

spat

ial t

rans

form

atio

n ag

enda

thro

ugh

med

ium

to lo

ng te

rm b

udge

t allo

catio

n pr

oces

ses.

high

2.3

Enac

t effe

ctiv

e la

ws

for t

he d

efini

tion,

acq

uisi

tion

and

prot

ectio

n of

pub

lic s

pace

Publ

ic s

pace

(esp

ecia

lly c

omm

unal

land

, rec

laim

ed la

nd, u

ndev

elop

ed a

gric

ultu

ral l

and,

env

ironm

enta

l sen

sitiv

e la

nd, l

and

form

ing

part

of th

e so

cial

/cul

tura

l/env

ironm

enta

l eco

syst

em, a

nd p

ublic

ope

n sp

ace

and

city

-wid

e sy

stem

) hav

e be

en e

xten

sive

ly c

over

ed

thro

ugh

NEM

A (1

999)

, Tra

ditio

nal L

eade

rs G

over

nanc

e Fr

amew

ork

Act (

TLGF

A), 2

003;

Res

titut

ion

of L

and

Righ

ts A

ct (R

LRA)

, 199

4;

SDFs

flow

ing

from

MSA

, 200

0. N

EMA

is g

ener

ally

rega

rded

as

the

over

arch

ing

natio

nal r

egul

atio

ns th

at la

ys th

e fo

unda

tion

for

addr

essi

ng p

ublic

ope

n sp

aces

and

is re

ad in

con

junc

tion

with

oth

er le

gisl

atio

n.hi

gh

2.4

Reco

gnis

e an

d re

gula

te u

rban

dev

elop

men

t, i.e

. bu

ildab

ility

righ

tsRi

ghts

in p

rope

rty a

re c

lear

ly d

efine

d in

term

s of

the

Cons

titut

ion

and

com

mon

law

. SPL

UMA

(201

3) le

gisl

ated

and

regu

late

s im

prov

ed a

nd in

tegr

ated

pro

cess

es fo

r adm

inis

terin

g la

nd-u

se s

chem

es, z

onin

g an

d m

anag

ing

land

-use

righ

ts in

set

tlem

ents

. Bu

ildab

ility

righ

ts a

re a

lread

y in

clud

ed in

the

broa

der l

and

use

man

agem

ent a

ctiv

ity.

high

2.5

Adop

t an

effe

ctiv

e le

gal f

ram

ewor

k th

at s

uppo

rts

stre

ngth

enin

g th

e ca

paci

ty o

f nat

iona

l, su

bnat

iona

l an

d lo

cal g

over

nmen

ts a

nd e

nsur

es a

ppro

pria

te

fisca

l, po

litic

al a

nd a

dmin

istra

tive

dece

ntra

lisat

ion

base

d on

the

prin

cipl

e of

sub

sidi

arity

The

Cons

titut

ion

(199

6) s

ets

the

fram

ewor

k fo

r dec

entra

lised

and

repr

esen

tativ

e de

moc

ratic

gov

ernm

ent.

The

thre

e sp

here

s of

go

vern

men

t are

mad

e au

tono

mou

s bu

t are

sup

porte

d by

a fi

scal

pol

icy

that

ties

thei

r fat

es to

var

ious

leve

ls o

f int

erde

pend

ence

.

The

proc

ess

of e

ntre

nchi

ng fi

scal

, pol

itica

l and

adm

inis

trativ

e de

cent

ralis

atio

n is

con

tain

ed in

the

DMA

(199

8), t

he M

unic

ipal

St

ruct

ures

Act

(MSA

), 19

98, t

he M

SA (2

000)

, the

Mun

icip

al F

inan

ce M

anag

emen

t Act

(200

3) a

nd th

e Pu

blic

Fin

ance

Man

agem

ent

Act (

PFM

A), 2

002,

the

annu

al D

ORA

and

a ra

nge

of (n

atio

nal,

prov

inci

al a

nd lo

cal)

legi

slat

ion

alre

ady

givi

ng e

ffect

to c

apac

ity

deve

lopm

ent.

Ther

efor

e, th

ere

is s

trong

alig

nmen

t bet

wee

n th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme

and

SA N

atio

nal L

egis

latio

n.

high


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

x

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

broA

D AL

ign

men

t AS

SeSS

men

t of

Afi

nuA

Po

Licy

the

meS

AgA

inSt

SA

PoLi

cy c

onte

xt


Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

urb

An A

gen

DA (A

fin

uA)

No.

Key

Item

2.6

Deve

lop

equi

tabl

e an

d le

gal i

nstru

men

ts to

ca

ptur

e an

d sh

are

the

incr

ease

in la

nd a

nd

prop

erty

val

ue g

ener

ated

as

a re

sult

of u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t pro

cess

es, i

nfra

stru

ctur

e pr

ojec

ts

and

publ

ic in

vest

men

ts, e

nsur

ing

that

thes

e do

not

re

sult

in u

nsus

tain

able

land

use

and

con

sum

ptio

n

The

Mun

icip

al P

rope

rty R

ates

Act

(MPR

A), 2

004,

goe

s so

me

way

in e

stab

lishi

ng a

n eq

uita

ble

and

lega

l ins

trum

ent f

or c

aptu

ring

som

e in

crea

se in

land

and

pro

perty

val

ue. H

owev

er, i

ts im

plem

enta

tion

is d

ecen

tralis

ed –

thro

ugh

the

mun

icip

aliti

es –

mea

ning

im

plem

enta

tion

is u

neve

n an

d im

pact

inco

nsis

tent

in d

iffer

ent g

eogr

aphi

es. I

t effi

cacy

is fu

rther

lim

ited

in p

oorly

cap

acita

ted

mun

icip

aliti

es, o

utsi

de th

e ow

ners

hip

mod

el o

f ten

ure,

in a

reas

whe

re ra

tes

reba

tes

appl

y, po

verty

is ra

mpa

nt a

nd w

here

ther

e is

co

mm

unal

land

. Som

e m

etro

s ar

e de

velo

ping

new

pol

icy

and

regu

latio

ns fo

r dev

elop

men

t cha

rges

to b

e le

vied

on

deve

lope

rs.

How

ever

, thi

s re

mai

ns la

rgel

y a

gap

in S

outh

Afri

can

urba

n po

licy

and

furth

er c

onsi

dera

tion

of th

e co

nstit

utio

nalit

y of

this

them

e an

d its

mos

t app

ropr

iate

regu

lato

ry a

ppro

ach

mus

t be

cons

ider

ed.

Low

2.7

Deve

lop

incl

usiv

e, a

dequ

ate

and

enfo

rcea

ble

regu

latio

ns in

the

hous

ing

and

econ

omic

sec

tors

, in

clud

ing

resi

lient

bui

ldin

g co

des,

sta

ndar

ds,

deve

lopm

ent p

erm

its, l

and

use

by-la

ws

and

ordi

nanc

es, a

nd p

lann

ing

regu

latio

ns, c

omba

ting

and

prev

entin

g sp

ecul

atio

n, d

ispl

acem

ent,

hom

eles

snes

s an

d ar

bitra

ry fo

rced

evi

ctio

ns

Sout

h Af

rica

is w

ell c

over

ed b

y en

forc

eabl

e ho

usin

g an

d hu

man

set

tlem

ent r

egul

atio

ns th

at in

clud

e re

silie

nt b

uild

ing

code

s,

stan

dard

s (N

atio

nal H

ome

Build

ers

Regu

lato

ry C

ounc

il (N

HBRC

) and

Con

stru

ctio

n In

dust

ry D

evel

opm

ent B

oard

(CID

B) s

tand

ards

), de

velo

pmen

t per

mits

, lan

d us

e by

-law

s an

d or

dina

nces

, and

pla

nnin

g re

gula

tions

(SPL

UMA,

201

3), a

nd p

reve

ntin

g ar

bitra

ry fo

rced

ev

ictio

ns (P

IE A

ct, 1

998)

. Th

is re

gula

tory

fram

ewor

k al

ongs

ide

SPLU

MA,

201

3 ad

dres

ses

part

of th

is A

FIN

UA th

eme.

The

gap

rem

ains

whe

n si

mila

r reg

ulat

ion

is s

ough

t for

eco

nom

ic s

ecto

rs. F

urth

er, n

o na

tiona

lly e

nfor

ceab

le re

gula

tions

are

in p

lace

fo

r com

batin

g an

d pr

even

ting

spec

ulat

ion,

dis

plac

emen

t and

hom

eles

snes

s.m

eDiu

m

2.8

Esta

blis

h na

tiona

l min

imum

sta

ndar

ds fo

r un

iver

sal a

cces

s to

bas

ic s

ervi

ces,

refle

ctin

g th

e rig

ht to

an

adeq

uate

live

lihoo

d, a

nd, a

bove

and

be

yond

thes

e m

inim

um s

tand

ards

, allo

win

g fo

r su

bnat

iona

l var

iatio

n ac

cord

ing

to n

eed

and

situ

atio

n

The

Cons

titut

ion

(199

6) p

rovi

des

for a

risi

ng fl

oor o

f soc

io-e

cono

mic

righ

ts, a

nd th

e Fr

ee B

asic

Ser

vice

s po

licy

(200

5) a

nd E

quita

ble

Shar

e (D

ORA)

gua

rant

ee a

ll re

side

nts

acce

ss to

a m

inim

um le

vel o

f ser

vice

. In

prac

tice,

ther

e ar

e so

me

gaps

, as

dem

onst

rate

d by

ho

useh

olds

with

out a

cces

s, c

onfli

ctin

g se

ctor

legi

slat

ion

that

– w

hen

impl

emen

ted

– co

mpr

omis

es li

velih

oods

and

doe

s no

t offe

r pr

ovin

cial

and

loca

l gov

ernm

ents

any

var

iatio

n ac

cord

ing

to n

eed

and

situ

atio

n. T

his

latte

r par

t may

be

cons

ider

ed a

gap

in th

is

rega

rd.

high

2.9

Esta

blis

h im

pact

ass

essm

ent,

mon

itorin

g,

insp

ectio

n, c

orre

ctio

n an

d en

forc

emen

t too

lsIm

pact

ass

essm

ent,

mon

itorin

g, in

spec

tion,

cor

rect

ion

and

enfo

rcem

ent t

ools

are

wid

espr

ead

in S

outh

Afri

can

legi

slat

ion,

sta

rting

w

ith th

ose

spec

ifica

lly re

late

d to

the

envi

ronm

ent,

such

as

the

NEM

A le

gisl

atio

n an

d En

viro

nmen

tal I

mpa

ct A

sses

smen

t (EI

A)

guid

elin

es. T

hey

cont

inue

with

the

legi

slat

ed re

quire

men

t for

a m

unic

ipal

per

form

ance

man

agem

ent s

yste

m (P

MS

as p

art o

f MSA

, 20

00) a

nd th

en to

the

natio

nal p

erfo

rman

ce re

porti

ng s

yste

m a

gain

st th

e pr

ogre

ssiv

e ac

hiev

emen

t of t

he M

ediu

m Te

rm S

trate

gic

Fram

ewor

k (M

TSF)

. The

se a

re w

ell d

evel

oped

impa

ct a

sses

smen

t too

ls th

at fo

rm a

foun

datio

n ou

tsid

e th

e IU

DF p

olic

y an

d pr

oces

s.hi

gh


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

x

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

broA

D AL

ign

men

t AS

SeSS

men

t of

Afi

nuA

Po

Licy

the

meS

AgA

inSt

SA

PoLi

cy c

onte

xt


Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

urb

An A

gen

DA (A

fin

uA)

No.

Key

Item

Urb

an

PLa

nn

ing

an

d d

esig

n

3.1

Set u

p a

plan

ning

and

des

ign

proc

ess

that

is

evid

ence

-bas

ed, i

nteg

rate

d an

d pa

rtici

pato

ryTh

e Co

nstit

utio

n (1

996)

mak

es p

artic

ipat

ory

plan

ning

and

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g a

requ

irem

ent.

Furth

er, t

he M

SA (2

000)

, MFM

A (2

003)

, DO

RA (2

014)

and

a ra

nge

of o

ther

legi

slat

ion

requ

iring

IDPs

, SDF

s an

d BE

PPs

to v

aryi

ng e

xten

t dem

onst

rate

ele

men

ts th

at a

re

evid

ence

-bas

ed, i

nteg

rate

d an

d pa

rtici

pato

ry.

high

3.2

Plan

and

defi

ne th

e ur

ban

area

as

wel

l as

agric

ultu

ral a

nd n

atur

al p

rote

ctio

n ar

eas

SPLU

MA

(201

3) a

nd N

EMA

legi

slat

ion

are

foun

datio

nal t

o pl

anni

ng fo

r and

defi

ning

the

urba

n an

d ru

ral a

reas

, as

wel

l as

agric

ultu

ral

and

natu

ral p

rote

ctio

n ar

eas.

Thi

s fo

unda

tion

is b

eyon

d th

e IU

DF p

olic

y fra

mew

ork.

high

3.3

Defin

e co

nnec

tivity

and

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f ur

ban

spac

e in

clud

ing

the

stru

ctur

ing

layo

ut o

f st

reet

s, b

lock

s an

d pl

ots

SPLU

MA

(201

3) a

nd N

EMA

legi

slat

ion

are

foun

datio

nal f

or th

is th

eme.

How

ever

, no

natio

nal l

egis

lativ

e fra

mew

ork

spea

ks d

irect

ly to

th

e qu

antit

y an

d qu

ality

of u

rban

spa

ce, i

.e. l

eadi

ng to

urb

an d

esig

n an

d fu

nctio

nalit

y re

quire

men

ts. T

his

tend

s to

be

the

dom

ain

of

loca

l gov

ernm

ent d

etai

ling

thei

r res

pect

ive

loca

l SDF

s an

d ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent f

ram

ewor

ks (U

DFs)

.hi

gh

3.4

Prom

ote

sust

aina

ble

dens

ity a

nd m

ixed

use

to

atta

in th

e ec

onom

ies

of a

gglo

mer

atio

nSP

LUM

A (2

013)

set

s th

e na

tiona

l req

uire

men

t for

this

AFI

NUA

them

e. H

owev

er, u

rban

pol

icy

and

prac

tice

has

deve

lope

d ex

tens

ive

focu

s on

den

sific

atio

n st

rate

gies

. The

BEP

Ps a

re a

lim

ited

appl

icat

ion

of a

n en

forc

eabl

e le

gisl

ativ

e to

ol s

uppo

rting

the

prog

ress

ive

achi

evem

ent o

f thi

s AF

INUA

them

e. W

hile

ther

e is

pol

icy

alig

nmen

t, th

ere

is a

n ap

plic

atio

n ga

p.hi

gh

3.5

Mak

e ef

fect

ive

use

of u

rban

des

ign

to p

rovi

de

livea

ble

spac

es, w

alka

bilit

y an

d a

sens

e of

pla

cePa

rtial

ly c

over

ed b

y SP

LUM

A (2

013)

and

det

aile

d in

loca

l SDF

s an

d UD

Fs a

s a

rang

e of

unr

egul

ated

pla

nnin

g to

ols

at th

e

mun

icip

al le

vel.

high

3.6

Prot

ect a

nd p

rese

rve

natu

ral r

esou

rces

and

cu

ltura

l her

itage

A w

ell-d

evel

oped

sys

tem

of e

nviro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n an

d he

ritag

e co

nser

vatio

n ex

ists

in th

e N

EMA

legi

slat

ion

and

in th

e

NHR

A (1

999)

.

high


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

x

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

broA

D AL

ign

men

t AS

SeSS

men

t of

Afi

nuA

Po

Licy

the

meS

AgA

inSt

SA

PoLi

cy c

onte

xt


Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

urb

An A

gen

DA (A

fin

uA)

No.

Key

Item

3.7

Prom

ote

hous

ing

as a

n in

tegr

atin

g el

emen

t of

urba

n pl

anni

ngTh

e BN

G (2

004)

est

ablis

hed

an in

tegr

ated

vie

w o

f sus

tain

able

hum

an s

ettle

men

ts b

ut fa

iled

to a

chie

ve it

s im

plem

enta

tion

acro

ss th

e si

lo-b

ased

ope

ratio

n of

gov

ernm

ent d

epar

tmen

ts a

nd a

genc

ies.

Whi

le p

olic

y al

ignm

ent e

xist

s, th

e De

partm

ent o

f Per

form

ance

, M

onito

ring

and

Eval

uatio

n (D

PME)

syn

thes

is re

port

show

s th

at th

is re

mai

ns a

ser

ious

gap

in u

rban

dev

elop

men

t pra

ctic

e.hi

gh

3.8

Prom

ote

adeq

uate

am

ount

s of

urb

an s

pace

for a

va

riety

of e

cono

mic

act

iviti

esAl

loca

tion

of s

pace

for e

cono

mic

act

iviti

es is

regu

late

d by

SPL

UMA,

201

3 an

d is

info

rmed

by

a ra

nge

of m

unic

ipal

and

pro

vinc

ial

deve

lopm

ent s

trate

gies

, e.g

. IDP

s, P

GDSs

. Thi

s AF

INUA

them

e ha

s be

en ta

ken

up b

y th

e PI

CC th

roug

h th

e SI

P pr

ogra

mm

e an

d by

m

unic

ipal

ities

to v

aryi

ng d

egre

es, b

ut s

till a

gap

high

Urb

an

eco

no

my

an

d m

Un

iciP

aL

Fin

an

ce

4.1

Esta

blis

h pr

inci

ples

for e

nhan

cing

the

role

of l

ocal

go

vern

men

t in

fost

erin

g in

clus

ive,

equ

itabl

e an

d su

stai

nabl

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent,

and

stre

ngth

en

loca

l lea

ders

hip

capa

city

for i

nclu

sive

mun

icip

al

finan

ce

The

regu

lato

ry fr

amew

ork

for m

unic

ipal

fina

nces

is w

ell d

evel

oped

(MFM

A, 2

003,

read

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith D

ORA,

PFM

A, 1

999)

. The

Co

nstit

utio

n (1

996)

and

MSA

(200

0) p

rovi

de le

gal b

asis

for l

ocal

eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent (

LED)

. MFM

A (2

003)

impl

emen

tatio

n re

mai

ns

a ch

alle

nge

in v

ario

us m

unic

ipal

ities

. Whi

le th

ere

has

been

ext

ensi

ve fo

cus

on L

ED in

line

with

the

Loca

l Gov

ernm

ent W

hite

Pap

er

(199

8), t

hese

effo

rts h

ave

had

limite

d im

pact

and

suc

cess

.hi

gh

4.2

Help

loca

l aut

horit

ies

desi

gn a

nd im

plem

ent a

m

ore

incl

usiv

e, s

usta

inab

le, e

quita

ble

loca

l fin

anci

al a

nd e

cono

mic

fram

ewor

k to

op

erat

iona

lise

mun

icip

al fi

nanc

e pr

inci

ples

The

Mun

icip

al S

tand

ard

Char

t of A

ccou

nts

(MSC

OA) p

rogr

amm

e le

d by

Nat

iona

l Tre

asur

y m

ay b

e vi

ewed

as

one

effo

rt se

ekin

g to

as

sist

loca

l aut

horit

ies

to d

esig

n an

d im

plem

ent a

mor

e in

clus

ive,

sus

tain

able

, equ

itabl

e lo

cal fi

nanc

ial a

nd e

cono

mic

fram

ewor

k.

The

Citie

s Su

ppor

t Pro

gram

me

(CSP

) is

in p

lace

for m

etro

polit

an m

unic

ipal

ities

to s

uppo

rt an

d fo

cus

them

thro

ugh

the

budg

et

allo

catio

n an

d as

sess

men

t pro

cess

es.

high

4.3

Impr

ove

the

equi

tabl

e an

d pr

ogre

ssiv

e ta

x po

licy

and

reve

nue

gene

ratio

n al

ong

with

the

requ

isite

m

echa

nism

s an

d le

gal u

nder

pinn

ings

Ther

e is

an

acce

lera

ted

depr

ecia

tion

tax

ince

ntiv

e fo

r inv

estm

ent i

n in

ner c

ity a

reas

in th

e fo

rm o

f the

Sou

th A

frica

Rev

enue

Ser

vice

s (S

ARS)

-led

Urba

n De

velo

pmen

t Zon

e (U

DZ) t

ool,

but l

ittle

coo

rdin

atio

n ou

tsid

e of

this

. The

MPR

A (2

004)

pro

vide

s th

e re

quis

ite

mec

hani

sms

and

lega

l und

erpi

nnin

gs fo

r mun

icip

al p

ower

s of

taxa

tion

but o

ffers

few

pro

gres

sive

tool

s fo

r add

ition

al o

r alte

rnat

ive

reve

nue

gene

ratio

n, w

hich

lim

its th

e m

unic

ipal

ities

pow

ers

of ta

xatio

n.m

eDiu

m

4.4

Desi

gn a

nd im

plem

ent t

ools

for f

oste

ring

incl

usiv

e lo

cal e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t (e.

g. jo

b cr

eatio

n,

entre

pren

eurs

hip,

mic

rofin

ance

, etc

)

Ther

e is

wea

k LE

D su

ppor

t for

loca

l gov

ernm

ents

in S

outh

Afri

ca. N

o na

tiona

lly le

gisl

ated

tool

s fo

r fos

terin

g in

clus

ive

econ

omic

de

velo

pmen

t exi

st o

utsi

de o

f six

spe

cial

eco

nom

ic zo

nes

(SEZ

s). T

he C

SP h

as d

evel

oped

stra

tegi

c

deve

lopm

ent r

evie

w (S

DR) a

nd s

ubna

tiona

l cos

t of d

oing

bus

ines

s (S

NDB

) too

ls fo

r met

ropo

litan

mun

icip

aliti

es.

Low


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

x

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

broA

D AL

ign

men

t AS

SeSS

men

t of

Afi

nuA

Po

Licy

the

meS

AgA

inSt

SA

PoLi

cy c

onte

xt


Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

urb

An A

gen

DA (A

fin

uA)

No.

Key

Item

4.5

Help

loca

l aut

horit

ies

desi

gn a

nd im

plem

ent

syst

ems

that

ens

ure

soci

al, e

cono

mic

and

saf

e ph

ysic

al a

cces

s to

qua

lity

basi

c se

rvic

es b

y al

l, an

d lo

cal e

cono

mic

dev

elop

men

t pla

tform

s th

at

supp

ort c

omm

unity

-led

initi

ativ

es in

ser

vice

de

liver

y

The

Cons

titut

ion

(199

6) p

rovi

des

for a

risi

ng fl

oor o

f soc

io-e

cono

mic

righ

ts, a

nd th

e Fr

ee B

asic

Ser

vice

s po

licy

(200

5) a

nd E

quita

ble

Shar

e (D

ORA)

gua

rant

ee a

ll re

side

nts

acce

ss to

a m

inim

um le

vel o

f ser

vice

. In

prac

tice,

ther

e ar

e so

me

gaps

, as

dem

onst

rate

d by

ho

useh

olds

with

out a

cces

s, c

onfli

ctin

g se

ctor

legi

slat

ion

that

– w

hen

impl

emen

ted

– co

mpr

omis

es li

velih

oods

and

doe

s no

t offe

r pr

ovin

cial

and

loca

l gov

ernm

ents

any

var

iatio

n ac

cord

ing

to n

eed

and

situ

atio

n. T

his

latte

r par

t may

be

cons

ider

ed a

gap

in th

is

rega

rd.

meD

ium

4.6

Help

loca

l aut

horit

ies

unde

rsta

nd a

nd a

dapt

thei

r re

spec

tive

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t pol

icie

s,

mec

hani

sms

and

finan

cing

mod

els,

to h

elp

prom

ote

acce

ss to

a w

ide

rang

e of

affo

rdab

le

hous

ing

optio

ns, i

nclu

ding

rent

al a

nd c

oope

rativ

e fo

rms

of te

nure

as

wel

l as

incr

emen

tal b

uild

ing

and

upgr

adin

g

Whi

le th

e de

liver

y of

hou

sing

uni

ts is

gen

eral

ly a

chie

ving

targ

ets,

the

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng m

arke

t rem

ains

a c

halle

nge.

The

re is

ver

y lim

ited

grow

th o

f sec

onda

ry h

ousi

ng m

arke

t, or

dev

elop

men

t of a

sset

val

ues

for h

ouse

hold

s.

high

4.7

Use

tool

s fo

r urb

an re

gene

ratio

n of

der

elic

t and

/or

obso

lete

are

as (e

.g. b

row

nfiel

d re

deve

lopm

ent)

Gove

rnm

ent a

nd m

unic

ipal

ities

hav

e be

en s

peci

fical

ly m

anda

ted

to a

chie

ve s

patia

l tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

or th

e ra

dica

l rec

onfig

urat

ion

of

the

rura

l-urb

an s

pace

eco

nom

y to

be

mor

e in

clus

ive

and

focu

s on

leve

ragi

ng s

tate

ass

ets.

In m

any

way

s, th

is m

ay b

e in

terp

rete

d as

a

focu

s on

bro

wnfi

elds

(re)

deve

lopm

ent.

How

ever

, the

re re

mai

ns a

nat

iona

l pol

icy

gap

and

loca

l lev

el p

olic

y fo

cus

to e

ncou

rage

and

le

ad b

row

nfiel

d (re

)dev

elop

men

t at t

he s

cale

requ

ired

to m

eet t

he tr

ansf

orm

atio

n go

als

cont

empl

ated

. Cer

tain

mun

icip

aliti

es h

ave

take

n th

is c

halle

nge

up to

var

ying

deg

rees

, but

it re

mai

ns a

gap

.m

eDiu

m

4.8

Plan

for u

rban

infil

l of p

lann

ed b

uilt

area

s an

d fo

r co

ntro

l of u

rban

land

pric

e sp

ecul

atio

nN

atio

nally

, the

stro

ng fo

cus

on s

patia

l tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

is b

eing

exp

licitl

y dr

iven

thro

ugh

the

BEPP

pro

cess

. How

ever

, the

mea

sure

s in

pl

ace

to c

ontro

l spe

cula

tion

are

limite

d. T

his

rem

ains

a s

igni

fican

t pol

icy

gap.

Low

4.9

Prov

ide

inte

grat

ed, e

ffici

ent a

nd e

quita

ble

urba

n se

rvic

e fra

mew

orks

, par

ticul

arly

in u

npla

nned

, bu

ilt u

rban

are

as

Nat

iona

l pol

icy

and

the

fund

ing

fram

ewor

k fo

r inf

orm

al s

ettle

men

t upg

radi

ng is

in p

lace

thro

ugh

the

BNG

(200

4), t

he U

RP a

nd N

USP

prog

ram

mes

as

led

by th

e na

tiona

l Dep

artm

ent o

f Hum

an S

ettle

men

ts (D

HS).

Ther

e is

alig

nmen

t with

this

AFI

NUA

them

e.

high


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

x

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

broA

D AL

ign

men

t AS

SeSS

men

t of

Afi

nuA

Po

Licy

the

meS

AgA

inSt

SA

PoLi

cy c

onte

xt


Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

urb

An A

gen

DA (A

fin

uA)

No.

Key

Item

4.10

Empl

oy in

stru

men

ts fo

r pub

lic b

enefi

t fro

m p

ublic

in

vest

men

t, pa

rticu

larly

land

val

ue c

aptu

re a

nd

shar

ing,

eco

syst

em s

ervi

ces

asse

ssm

ent a

nd

valu

atio

n, e

tc.

Sout

h Af

rica

does

not

em

ploy

spe

cific

inst

rum

ents

for l

and

valu

e ca

ptur

e an

d sh

arin

g, e

cosy

stem

ser

vice

s as

sess

men

t and

val

uatio

n.

The

MPR

A (2

004)

cov

ers

this

are

a in

par

t, as

it o

ffers

mun

icip

aliti

es th

e fra

mew

ork

and

the

spec

ial r

atin

g ar

ea (S

RA) t

ool f

or p

ossi

ble

land

val

ue c

aptu

re. H

owev

er, o

vera

ll th

is th

eme

repr

esen

ts a

pol

icy

gap,

as

ther

e ar

e no

spe

cific

nat

iona

l dire

ctiv

es fo

r ach

ievi

ng

thes

e go

als.

Low

4.11

Esta

blis

h an

d su

ppor

t com

mun

ity-le

d gr

oups

that

lia

ise

betw

een

citiz

ens

and

gove

rnm

ent

Sout

h Af

rica

has

a pu

blic

par

ticip

atio

n fra

mew

ork

deriv

ed fr

om th

e Co

nstit

utio

n (1

996)

and

legi

slat

ed p

rovi

sion

s in

the

MSA

(200

0).

Larg

ely

gene

ric in

nat

ure,

its

appl

icat

ion

is n

ot d

iffer

entia

ted

for t

he v

ario

us g

roup

s an

d ci

rcum

stan

ces

acro

ss S

outh

Afri

ca.

Ther

efor

e, a

n ar

ea o

f wea

knes

s re

mai

ns a

robu

st a

ppro

ach

to p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith p

rivat

e se

ctor

, civ

il so

ciet

y an

d co

mm

unity

-bas

ed

grou

ps.

Low

Loca

L im

PLem

enta

tio

n

5.1

Use

tool

s th

at p

roac

tivel

y ad

dres

s as

-yet

-unb

uilt

urba

n gr

owth

at t

he lo

cal s

cale

(e.g

. pla

nned

ci

ty e

xten

sion

s)

This

pol

icy

dire

ctiv

e is

bei

ng a

chie

ved

thro

ugh

the

prog

ress

ive

impl

emen

tatio

n of

SPL

UMA

(201

3) a

nd th

e IU

DF. O

ne S

outh

Afri

ca

met

ropo

litan

mun

icip

ality

has

sta

rted

appl

ying

gro

wth

man

agem

ent p

rinci

ples

in th

e ro

ll-ou

t of t

heir

SDF

proc

ess.

Alig

nmen

t and

lim

ited

achi

evem

ent o

f thi

s AF

NIU

A th

eme

is h

appe

ning

, but

mor

e ro

bust

pol

icy

supp

ort a

nd d

irect

ion

is n

eede

d fo

r its

wid

espr

ead

appl

icat

ion.

high

5.2

Use

tool

s fo

r urb

an re

gene

ratio

n of

der

elic

t and

/or

obso

lete

are

as (e

.g. b

row

nfiel

d re

deve

lopm

ent)

Gove

rnm

ent a

nd m

unic

ipal

ities

hav

e be

en s

peci

fical

ly m

anda

ted

to a

chie

ve s

patia

l tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

or th

e ra

dica

l rec

onfig

urat

ion

of

the

rura

l-urb

an s

pace

eco

nom

y to

be

mor

e in

clus

ive

and

focu

s on

leve

ragi

ng s

tate

ass

ets.

In m

any

way

s, th

is m

ay b

e in

terp

rete

d as

a

focu

s on

bro

wnfi

elds

(re)

deve

lopm

ent.

This

AFI

NUA

them

e ha

s be

en im

plem

ente

d to

an

exte

nt, p

artic

ular

ly in

bet

ter c

apac

itate

d m

etro

polit

an m

unic

ipal

ities

.hi

gh

5.3

Plan

for u

rban

infil

l of p

lann

ed, b

uilt

area

s an

d co

ntro

l of u

rban

land

pric

e sp

ecul

atio

n N

atio

nally

, the

stro

ng fo

cus

on s

patia

l tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

is b

eing

exp

licitl

y dr

iven

thro

ugh

the

BEPP

pro

cess

. How

ever

, the

mea

sure

s in

pl

ace

to c

ontro

l lan

d pr

ice

spec

ulat

ion

are

limite

d. T

his

rem

ains

a s

igni

fican

t pol

icy

gap,

eve

n th

ough

Nat

iona

l Tre

asur

y’s C

SP h

as

com

mis

sion

ed a

stu

dy o

f urb

an la

nd m

arke

ts a

nd s

ome

bette

r cap

acita

ted

met

ropo

litan

mun

icip

aliti

es h

ave

impl

emen

ted

this

to a

ce

rtain

ext

ent.

Low


aLi

gn

men

t m

atri

x

aLi

gn

men

t a

sses

smen

t 2:

broA

D AL

ign

men

t AS

SeSS

men

t of

Afi

nuA

Po

Licy

the

meS

AgA

inSt

SA

PoLi

cy c

onte

xt


Acti

on f

rAm

ewor

k fo

r im

PLem

entA

tion

of

the

new

urb

An A

gen

DA (A

fin

uA)

No.

Key

Item

5.4

Prov

ide

inte

grat

ed, e

ffici

ent a

nd e

quita

ble

urba

n se

rvic

e fra

mew

orks

, par

ticul

arly

in u

npla

nned

, bu

ilt u

rban

are

as

Nat

iona

l pol

icy

and

the

fund

ing

fram

ewor

k fo

r inf

orm

al s

ettle

men

t upg

radi

ng is

in p

lace

thro

ugh

the

BNG

(200

4), t

he U

RP a

nd N

USP

prog

ram

mes

as

led

by th

e na

tiona

l Dep

artm

ent o

f Hum

an S

ettle

men

ts (D

HS).

Ther

e is

alig

nmen

t with

this

AFI

NUA

them

e.

high

5.5

Empl

oy in

stru

men

ts fo

r pub

lic b

enefi

t fro

m p

ublic

in

vest

men

t, pa

rticu

larly

land

val

ue c

aptu

re a

nd

shar

ing,

eco

syst

em s

ervi

ces

asse

ssm

ent a

nd

valu

atio

n, e

tc

Sout

h Af

rica

does

not

em

ploy

spe

cific

inst

rum

ents

for l

and

valu

e ca

ptur

e an

d sh

arin

g, e

cosy

stem

ser

vice

s as

sess

men

t and

val

uatio

n.

The

MPR

A (2

004)

cov

ers

this

are

a in

par

t, as

it o

ffers

mun

icip

aliti

es th

e fra

mew

ork

and

the

spec

ial r

atin

g ar

ea (S

RA) t

ool f

or p

ossi

ble

land

val

ue c

aptu

re. H

owev

er, o

vera

ll th

is th

eme

repr

esen

ts a

pol

icy

gap,

as

ther

e ar

e no

spe

cific

nat

iona

l dire

ctiv

es fo

r ach

ievi

ng

thes

e go

als.

Low

5.6

Esta

blis

h an

d su

ppor

t com

mun

ity-le

d gr

oups

that

lia

ise

betw

een

citiz

ens

and

gove

rnm

ent

Sout

h Af

rica

has

a pu

blic

par

ticip

atio

n fra

mew

ork

deriv

ed fr

om th

e Co

nstit

utio

n (1

996)

and

legi

slat

ed p

rovi

sion

s in

the

MSA

(200

0).

Larg

ely

gene

ric in

nat

ure,

its

appl

icat

ion

is n

ot d

iffer

entia

ted

for t

he v

ario

us g

roup

s an

d ci

rcum

stan

ces

acro

ss S

outh

Afri

ca.

Ther

efor

e, a

n ar

ea o

f wea

knes

s re

mai

ns a

robu

st a

ppro

ach

to p

artn

ersh

ip w

ith p

rivat

e se

ctor

, civ

il so

ciet

y an

d co

mm

unity

-bas

ed

grou

ps.

Low


nat

iona

l urb

an

Polic

ies

urba

n Le

gisl

atio

n

and

rule

sur

ban

Plan

ning

an

d De

sign

urba

n ec

onom

y an

d

mun

icip

al f

inan

ceLo

cal

impl

emen

tatio

n

1.1

Form

ulat

e m

ediu

m a

nd lo

ng te

rm

urba

n de

mog

raph

ic p

roje

ctio

ns a

nd

trend

s, w

ith g

eogr

aphi

c di

sagg

rega

tion,

taki

ng in

to

cons

ider

atio

n th

e in

terp

lay

of

econ

omic

, soc

ial a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal

forc

es

2.1

Defin

e ur

ban

land

vis

-à-v

is

non-

urba

n la

nd a

s w

ell a

s th

e rig

hts

and

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

inhe

rent

to

urba

n la

nd

3.1

Set u

p a

plan

ning

and

des

ign

proc

ess

that

is e

vide

nce

base

d,

inte

grat

ed a

nd p

artic

ipat

ory

4.1

Esta

blis

h pr

inci

ples

for e

nhan

cing

th

e ro

le o

f loc

al g

over

nmen

t in

fost

erin

g in

clus

ive,

equ

itabl

e an

d su

stai

nabl

e ur

ban

deve

lopm

ent a

nd

stre

ngth

en lo

cal l

eade

rshi

p ca

paci

ty

for i

nclu

sive

mun

icip

al fi

nanc

e

5.1

Use

tool

s th

at p

roac

tivel

y ad

dres

s as

-yet

-unb

uilt

urba

n gr

owth

at t

he

loca

l sca

le (e

.g. p

lann

ed c

ity

exte

nsio

ns)

1.2

To e

stab

lish

natio

nal r

ules

to

dete

rmin

e la

nd s

uita

bilit

y fo

r ur

bani

zatio

n an

d fo

r env

ironm

enta

l an

d cu

ltura

l her

itage

pro

tect

ion

and

disa

ster

risk

redu

ctio

n an

d su

stai

nabl

e an

d re

silie

nt

deve

lopm

ent w

hile

taki

ng in

to

acco

unt i

ts e

quita

ble

dist

ribut

ion

and

acce

ssib

ility

2.2

Esta

blis

h a

lega

l bas

is fo

r the

urb

an

plan

and

dis

tingu

ish

publ

ic s

pace

fro

m b

uild

able

urb

an la

nd

3.2

Plan

and

defi

ne th

e ur

ban

area

as

wel

l as

agric

ultu

ral a

nd n

atur

al

prot

ectio

n ar

eas

4.2

Help

loca

l aut

horit

ies

desi

gn a

nd

impl

emen

t a m

ore

incl

usiv

e,

sust

aina

ble,

equ

itabl

e lo

cal

finan

cial

and

eco

nom

ic fr

amew

ork

to o

pera

tiona

lize

mun

icip

al fi

nanc

e pr

inci

ples

5.2

Use

tool

s fo

r urb

an re

gene

ratio

n of

de

relic

t and

/or o

bsol

ete

area

s (e

.g.

brow

nfiel

d re

deve

lopm

ent)

1.3

Defin

e th

e ro

les

and

juris

dict

iona

l re

spon

sibi

litie

s of

all

leve

ls o

f go

vern

men

t and

loca

l aut

horit

ies

rega

rdin

g ur

bani

zatio

n an

d ur

ban

plan

ning

and

man

agem

ent

2.3

Enac

t effe

ctiv

e la

w fo

r the

de

finiti

on, a

cqui

sitio

n an

d pr

otec

tion

of p

ublic

spa

ce

3.3

Defin

e co

nnec

tivity

and

the

quan

tity

and

qual

ity o

f urb

an s

pace

incl

udin

g th

e st

ruct

urin

g la

yout

of s

treet

s,

bloc

ks a

nd p

lots

4.3

Impr

ove

the

equi

tabl

e an

d pr

ogre

ssiv

e ta

x po

licy

and

reve

nue

gene

ratio

n al

ong

with

the

requ

isite

m

echa

nism

s an

d le

gal

unde

rpin

ning

s

5.3

Plan

for u

rban

infil

l of p

lann

ed, b

uilt

area

s an

d co

ntro

l of u

rban

land

pr

ice

spec

ulat

ion

1.4

Alig

n na

tiona

l urb

an p

olic

ies

with

na

tiona

l and

sec

tora

l dev

elop

men

t pl

ans

and

polic

ies

at a

ll te

rrito

rial

leve

ls to

har

ness

the

trans

form

ativ

e po

wer

of u

rban

izatio

n w

ith u

rban

pl

ans

(e.g

. ene

rgy,

wat

er,

trans

porta

tion

and

othe

r in

frast

ruct

ural

cor

ridor

s)

2.4

Reco

gnize

and

regu

late

urb

an

deve

lopm

ent,

i.e. b

uild

abili

ty ri

ghts

3.4

Prom

ote

sust

aina

ble

dens

ity a

nd

mix

ed u

se to

atta

in th

e ec

onom

ies

of a

gglo

mer

atio

n

4.4

Desi

gn a

nd im

plem

ent t

ools

for

fost

erin

g in

clus

ive

loca

l eco

nom

ic

deve

lopm

ent (

e.g.

job

crea

tion,

en

trepr

eneu

rshi

p, m

icro

finan

ce, e

tc)

5.4

Prov

ide

inte

grat

ed, e

ffici

ent a

nd

equi

tabl

e ur

ban

serv

ice

fram

ewor

ks,

parti

cula

rly in

unp

lann

ed, b

uilt

urba

n ar

eas

hig

hm

ediU

mLo

wn

on

e / U

ncL

ear

aFi

nU

a /

bro

ad

sa

Po

Licy

aLi

gn

men

t

ASSe

SSm

ent

2

1.1 2.4 3.4 4.6

1.2 2.5 3.5 4.9

1.3 2.8 3.6 5.1

1.4 2.9 3.7 5.2

2.1 3.1 3.8 5.4

2.2 3.2 4.1

2.3 3.3 4.2

2.74.3

4.54.7

2.6 5.3

4.4 5.55.64.8

4.10

4.11


nat

iona

l urb

an

Polic

ies

urba

n Le

gisl

atio

n

and

rule

sur

ban

Plan

ning

an

d De

sign

urba

n ec

onom

y an

d

mun

icip

al f

inan

ceLo

cal

impl

emen

tatio

n

2.5

Adop

t an

effe

ctive

lega

l fra

mew

ork

that

supp

orts

stre

ngth

enin

g th

e ca

pacit

y of n

atio

nal,

subn

atio

nal a

nd

loca

l gov

ernm

ents

and

ens

ures

ap

prop

riate

fisc

al, p

oliti

cal a

nd

adm

inist

rativ

e de

cent

raliz

atio

n ba

sed

on th

e pr

incip

le o

f sub

sidia

rity

3.5

Mak

e ef

fect

ive

use

of u

rban

des

ign

to p

rovi

de li

vabl

e sp

aces

, w

alka

bilit

y an

d a

sens

e of

pla

ce

4.5

Help

loca

l aut

horit

ies

desi

gn a

nd

impl

emen

t sys

tem

s th

at e

nsur

e so

cial

, eco

nom

ic a

nd s

afe

phys

ical

ac

cess

to q

ualit

y ba

sic

serv

ices

by

all,

and

loca

l eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent

plat

form

s th

at s

uppo

rt co

mm

unity

-le

d in

itiat

ives

in s

ervi

ce d

eliv

ery

5.5

Empl

oy in

stru

men

ts fo

r pub

lic

bene

fit fr

om p

ublic

inve

stm

ent,

parti

cula

rly la

nd v

alue

cap

ture

and

sh

arin

g, e

cosy

stem

ser

vice

s as

sess

men

t and

val

uatio

n, e

tc

2.6

Deve

lop

equi

tabl

e an

d le

gal

inst

rum

ents

to c

aptu

re a

nd s

hare

th

e in

crea

se in

land

and

pro

perty

va

lue

gene

rate

d as

a re

sult

of u

rban

de

velo

pmen

t pro

cess

es,

infra

stru

ctur

e pr

ojec

ts a

nd p

ublic

in

vest

men

ts, e

nsur

ing

that

thes

e do

no

t res

ult i

n un

sust

aina

ble

land

use

an

d co

nsum

ptio

n.

3.6

Prot

ect a

nd p

rese

rve

natu

ral

reso

urce

s an

d cu

ltura

l her

itage

4.6

Help

loca

l aut

horit

ies

unde

rsta

nd

and

adap

t the

ir re

spec

tive

econ

omic

de

velo

pmen

t pol

icie

s, m

echa

nism

s an

d fin

anci

ng m

odel

s to

hel

p pr

omot

e ac

cess

to a

wid

e ra

nge

of

affo

rdab

le h

ousi

ng o

ptio

ns in

clud

ing

rent

al a

nd c

oope

rativ

e an

d fo

rms

of

tenu

re a

s w

ell a

s in

crem

enta

l bu

ildin

g an

d up

grad

ing

5.6

Esta

blis

h an

d su

ppor

t com

mun

ity-

led

grou

ps th

at li

aise

bet

wee

n ci

tizen

s an

d go

vern

men

t

2.7

Deve

lop

incl

usiv

e, a

dequ

ate

and

enfo

rcea

ble

regu

latio

ns in

the

hous

ing

and

econ

omic

sec

tors

, in

clud

ing

resi

lient

bui

ldin

g co

des,

st

anda

rds,

dev

elop

men

t per

mits

, la

nd u

se b

y-la

ws

and

ordi

nanc

es,

and

plan

ning

regu

latio

ns, c

omba

ting

and

prev

entin

g sp

ecul

atio

n,

disp

lace

men

t, ho

mel

essn

ess

and

arbi

trary

forc

ed e

vict

ions

3.7

Prom

ote

hous

ing

as a

n in

tegr

atin

g el

emen

t of u

rban

pla

nnin

g4.

7Us

e to

ols

for u

rban

rege

nera

tion

of

dere

lict a

nd/o

r obs

olet

e ar

eas

(e.g

.bro

wnfi

eld

rede

velo

pmen

t)

2.8

Esta

blis

h na

tiona

l min

imum

st

anda

rds

for u

nive

rsal

acc

ess

to

basi

c se

rvic

es re

flect

ing

the

right

to

an a

dequ

ate

livel

ihoo

d an

d ab

ove

and

beyo

nd th

ese

min

imum

st

anda

rds

allo

win

g fo

r sub

natio

nal

varia

tion

acco

rdin

g to

nee

d an

d si

tuat

ion

3.8

Prom

ote

adeq

uate

am

ount

s of

urb

an

spac

e fo

r a v

arie

ty o

f eco

nom

ic

activ

ities

4.8

Plan

for u

rban

infil

l of p

lann

ed, b

uilt

area

s an

d co

ntro

l of u

rban

land

pr

ice

spec

ulat

ion

2.9

Esta

blis

h im

pact

ass

essm

ent,

mon

itorin

g, in

spec

tion,

cor

rect

ion

and

enfo

rcem

ent t

ools

4.9

Prov

ide

inte

grat

ed, e

ffici

ent a

nd

equi

tabl

e ur

ban

serv

ice

fram

ewor

ks,

parti

cula

rly in

unp

lann

ed, b

uilt

urba

n ar

eas

4.10

Empl

oy in

stru

men

ts fo

r pub

lic

bene

fit fr

om p

ublic

inve

stm

ent,

parti

cula

rly la

nd v

alue

cap

ture

and

sh

arin

g, e

cosy

stem

ser

vice

s as

sess

men

t and

val

uatio

n, e

tc

4.11

Esta

blis

h an

d su

ppor

t com

mun

ity-

led

grou

ps th

at li

aise

bet

wee

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