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STATS SA ISIBALO SYMPOSIUM, 10-11 OCTOBER 2013, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE PROVINCE Presenter: Mr Dumile Nana Email: dumilenana@yahoo.comdumilenana@yahoo.com Cell: 0715953669 05 Loop Street, Ladybrand, 9745 Tel: 051-924-0965/ Fax: 051-9242777 Cell: 082 902 8651/ 079 615 7055 Website: www.fridayms.co.zawww.fridayms.co.za Email: libaid@lantic.netlibaid@lantic.net Slide 2 USE OF STATS SA DATA IN THE REVIEW OF LEJWELEPUTSWA DISTRICT MUNICIPAL LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 2013/14 1.The structure of the presentation is as follows: (a)Brief overview of the L.E.D concept (b)Legislative & policy framework of the L.E.D (c)Brief overview of the situational analysis in relation to L.E.D (d)Economic potential analysis (e)Development thrusts/economic development focus areas Slide 3 BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE LED CONCEPT The aim of LED is to create employment opportunities for local residents, alleviate poverty and redistribute resources and opportunities to the benefit of all local residents. In order for Local Economic Development (LED) to be effective, a community needs to identify and consider its own economic strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats and agree on a shared strategy. Slide 4 Continues LED is characterised by the following objectives: (a)Establishing a job-creating economic growth path; (b) Embarking upon sustainable rural development and urban renewal; and (c) Bringing the poor and disadvantaged to the centre of development Slide 5 LEGISLATIVE & POLICY FRAMEWORK OF THE L.E.D LED Strategies cannot stand alone, but need to, within its larger context, conform to and take into consideration many national, provincial and local government policies, programmes and initiatives. Slide 6 Continues The most relevant national policies and legislation applicable to the LED process are: (a) The Constitution the RSA of 1996 (b) The National Development Plan (NDP 2030) (c) The New Growth Path & the Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) (d) The National Spatial Development Perspectives (NSDP of 2006) (e) Local Government Municipal Systems Act (MSA) (f) Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) (g) Regional Industrial Development Strategy (RIDS) (h) LDM (DTI) LED Strategy of 2009 (i) LDM Integrated Development Plan 2012/2013 (j) Reviewed Free State PGDS of May,2012 Slide 7 BRIEF OVERVIEW OF LEJWELEPUTSWA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY The purpose of this section is to provide an overview of the key social, spatial and demographic trends, challenges and opportunities within the Lejweleputswa District Municipality Slide 8 DEFINING THE AREA OF ANALYSIS Slide 9 Continues REGIONAL CONTEXT Located on the western border of the Free State Province Bordered by the Northern Cape Province to the west and the North West Province to the North West and seven other District Municipalities as illustrated by Map LOCAL CONTEXT A quarter of the Free State population resides in District; drawn by the Mining sector which commenced in the late nineteenth century. National Roads - The N1 runs through Matjhabeng and Masilonyana LMs), the N5 (through Masilonyana and the N8 runs through the southern portion of Tokologo LM and the N12 runs along the western border of the District. Slide 10 Continues REGIONAL CONTEXT District Municipality covers a surface area of 31 976 square kilometres (Quantec Research) The nearest airport is in the Northern Cape in Kimberly, therefore the District is most easily accessible by road. LOCAL CONTEXT The Phakisa freeway, a multi-purpose motor sport facility, runs between Welkom and Odendaalsrus. The roads in the District are in need of repair (LDM Integrated Development Plan, 2012-2017). Slide 11 TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE DISTRICT Slide 12 Continues. Lejweleputswa District Municipality is accessible by road from Cape Town, Johannesburg, Klerksdorp and Kimberly through the national N1 highway. There is a fairly good network of main roads in the District except in Tokologo LM whose main road density is less than that in the rest of the District. Unlike in Johannesburg, there is no congestion on the roads, vehicles travel at a comfortable speed with many traffic circles controlling traffic. There is no railway line network in Tokologo, while the other four LMs have at least one railway line. Slide 13 Continues The district is one of the five district municipalities in the Free State. The other four are Mangaung Metro, which is located in south east; Thabo Mofutsanyana in the north east; Fezile Dabi in the north as well as Xhariep in the south east. The district is predominantly known as the Free State Goldfields which forms a part of the larger Witwatersrand basin. The spatial planning for Lejweleputswa indicates that the district has 3 190 855 hactares of area which constitutes about 26.4% of the total provincial land area of approximately 12 969 028 hactares. Slide 14 Mode of transport to School or Work (Percentage of total population) SOURCE: 2011 Census Slide 15 POPULATION PER MUNICIPALITY Slide 16 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE & HOUSEHOLDS BY GEO TYPE PER MUNICIPALITY Slide 17 Distribution of the population aged 20 years and older by level of education attained, sex and municipality 1996, 2001 and 2011 DC18: Lejweleput swa 199620012011 MALE FEMAL E TOTALMALE FEMAL E TOTALMALEFEMALETOTAL No schooling36 15327 63363 78528 16131 66059 82111 56013 68825 248 Some Primary 64 39041 484 105 874 44 54445 21189 75528 54332 90361 446 Completed Primary 23 62618 53142 15616 05517 96334 01810 35812 36722 725 Some Secondary 80 09969 764 149 863 60 41266 267 126 679 65 37772 255 137 632 Grade 12/Std 10 25 36023 30048 66130 73730 41461 15147 58648 70996 295 Higher10 0648 81118 8749 0339 76518 79813 63115 19028 821 Total239 692 189 522 429 214 188 941 201 280 390 221 177 055195 113372 167 Slide 18 Distribution of households by tenure status and municipality 2001 and 2011 MUNICIPALITY OWNED AND FULLY PAID OWNED BUT NOT YET PAID OFF RENTED OCCUPIED RENT- FREE 20012011200120112001201120012011 DC18: Lejweleputswa 77 06390 58023 72516 23535 98938 11347 69232 791 FS181: Masilonyana 8 0509 6042 3351 3403 0873 3733 5932 693 FS182: Tokologo4 0162 1887575579851 2933 0894 374 FS183: Tswelopele5 4116 4661 0956961 5642 0964 3592 336 FS184: Matjhabeng45 55759 94716 25212 13925 88928 74532 59218 873 FS185: Nala14 02912 3753 2861 5034 4642 6064 0604 516 Slide 19 HOUSEHOLDS PER MUNICIPALITY; SOURCE: CENSUS 2011 Slide 20 HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOME BELOW R2300 PER MUNICIPALITY Slide 21 Distribution of the population by age and sex, Lejweleputswa 1996, 2001 and 2011 Slide 22 POPULATION GROWTH RATES PER MUNICIPALITY 1996, 2001 and 2011 MUNICIPALITY TOTAL POPULATION GROWTH RATE (1996 2001) TOTAL POPULATION (2011) GROWTH RATE (2001 2011) 19962001 DC18: Lejweleputswa 703 170657 012-1,4627 626-0,5 FS181: Masilonyana65 85164 409-0,463 334-0,2 FS182: Tokologo26 76732 4553,928 986-1,1 FS183: Tswelopele51 64853 7140,847 625-1,2 FS184: Matjhabeng 476 763 408 170-3,1406 4610,0 FS185: Nala82 14198 2643,681 220-1,9 Slide 23 Distribution of the population aged 1564 years by employment status and municipality 1996, 2001 and 2011 MUNICIPALIT Y EMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 199620012011199620012011 199 6 2001 201 1 DC18: Lejweleputsw a 232 184 148 129 139 262 82 533 120 45580 43526.244.837.0 FS181: Masilonyana 19 32914 89510 9307 58210 8607 09928.242.239.0 FS182: Tokologo 7 1488 6946 5832 1153 2052 49822.826.928.0 FS183: Tswelopele 12 88611 4579 4584 5236 8694 95426.037.534.0 FS184: Matjhabeng 175 63995 53796 67859 82883 11457 09725.446.537.0 FS185: Nala17 18217 54515 6138 48616 4078 78633.148.336.0 Slide 24 Dependency ratios by district municipality 1996, 2001 and 2011 Slide 25 Highest level of education attained Distribution of the population aged 20 years and older by highest level of education attained and district municipality 1996, 2001 and 2011 Slide 26 School attendance Distribution of the population aged 5-24 years attending school by district municipality 1996, 2001 and 2011 Slide 27 Labour market Unemployment rate Unemployment rate (official definition) by district municipality 1996, 2001 and 2011 Slide 28 ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE DISTRICT The district has economic activities and development opportunities within the main economic sectors, namely Agriculture, Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities & Construction, Transport & Communication, Trade, Finance and Social/Community Services, as well as Tourism. Each sector will be briefly described in terms of its local context and its potential for development Slide 29 AGRICULTURE The agricultural products that are common to all five Local Municipalities within the District are: Maize, Sunflower, Wheat, Groundnuts(except in Masilonyana) Cattle, Poultry & Small scale vegetable farming. The following products are unique to various Local Municipalities: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTLOCAL MUNICIPALITY GAMETOKOLOGO, TSWELOPELE & MASILONYANA SALTTOKOLOGO & MASILONYANA PAPRIKAMATJHABENG Slide 30 Continues The following opportunities, which have not yet been implemented, can be explored: AGRICULTURALSE CTOR PRODUCTS/PROJE CTS USES/ DESCRIPTION LOCAL MUNICIPALITY Mustard SeedA good source for Bio-fuel productionTswelopele Herbs & medicinal plants As flavouring and for essential oils production Tokologo/Masilon yana Essential Oils Aromatic liquid substance extracted from various plants used as part of a cosmetic or therapeutic treatment, such as aromatherapy Tokologo/Masilon yana Ostrich farming The meat is a healthy delicacy for locals and tourists and ostriches cope well in dry conditions. Tokologo Hydroponic/Greenho use production Crops are planted in a solution with all nutritional requirements rather than being planted in soil. This would work well in dry areas such as Tokologo Local Municipality Tokologo Slide 31 MINING Mining activity is located mostly within Masilonyana Local Municipality and Matjhabeng Local Municipality. The solid minerals mined are Gold and Diamonds. These are precious metals with many uses mainly in jewellery manufacturing. The gold is mined in Theunissen and Welkom and the Diamonds are mined in Theunissen. The exploration of methane gas was approved in 2007 (Goldfields, 2007). If sufficient methane gas reserves are found, this could be a valuable source of energy for Masilonyana Municipality; where the exploration is likely to take place. Slide 32 Continues Opportunities that may be explored in the mining sector include: MINING SECTOR PRODUCTS USES/DESCRIPTION LOCAL MUNICIPALITY Titanium mining Used to make steel and other alloys for the metal industry. Nala Uranium mining Used in the production of nuclear power and in some medical instruments Masilonyana/ Matjhabeng Salt mining from the salt pans To be used in production of condiments and production of bath salts Tokologo/Masilonyana Methane Gas extractionAs source of energyMasilonyana Slide 33 MANUFACTURING This sector is broadly defined as the physical or chemical transformation of materials or compounds into new products. Manufacturing in the District is not a dominant sector and it has a low location quotient showing that Lejweleputswa District Municipality (LDM) does not have a comparative advantage. The Manufacturing sector is mainly made up of the few abattoirs in the District. However, the Free State Development Corporation, in line with national goals has targeted the following sectors for foreign direct investment: farm machinery and equipment, leather tanning and finishing, gold jewellery and beneficiation and petrochemicals. Slide 34 Continues These are opportunities that can be exploited for attracting domestic and foreign investment especially in Food Processing as well as in the Bio-fuel production. However, since there are ongoing debates about how the production of bio-fuels may affect the supply of food for human beings, this project may rather be exploited by National fuel corporations. MANUFACTURING SUB-GROUP POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT (BASED ON NATURAL RESOURCES) Food, beverages and tobaccoYes (Agricultural Produce) Textiles, clothing and leather goods Yes (Hides - Leather) Wood and paper; publishing and printingPossible Petroleum products, chemicals, rubber and plastic Yes (Agricultural Produce) Other non-metal mineral productsNo Metals, metal products, machinery and equipment Yes (Gold, and possible Titanium availability) Electrical machinery and apparatus No Radio, TV, instruments, watches and clocks No Transport equipment No Furniture and other manufacturing Yes (Diamonds, Gold computer chips) Slide 35 ELECTRICITY AND WATER (UTILITIES) The water infrastructure consists mostly of reservoirs and pipelines of Sedibeng Water which supply the Goldfields region and the mines with Vaal River water. There are main reservoirs east of Allanridge, at Welkom, north and south of Virginia. There are pump stations east of Allanridge and at Virginia. There is a purification plant at Virginia. All the District towns rely on ground water extraction for the water supply. Eskom serves all the mines in the District and most of the electrical network is within Matjhabeng Local Municipality. It was noted that it would be expensive for the local municipalities within the District to electrify the rural area and farming areas as a result of reduced Eskom-government subsidies. Slide 36 Continues Possible project to be explored: UTILITIES SECTOR PROJECTS USES/DESCRIPTIONLOCAL MUNICIPALITY Nuclear Power Feasibility Study The possibility of using the uranium reserves for power should be investigated Matjhabeng Nuclear Power Station To supply power to the mines and the manufacturing industry Tokologo/Masilonyana Slide 37 CONSTRUCTION The District has a comparative advantage in the Construction sector, however, the actual production in the construction sector is relatively low. The Construction sector in the District is made up of activities such as Construction of homes, plumbing, electrical contracting, building installations, and painting and decoration. Projects to be explored: Construction Sector Projects Uses / DescriptionPlace-Local Municipality Middle income residential developments This will meet housing shortages and should be strategically placed to meet projects in other sectors. District wide (Strategically linked to other projects) Shopping MallSouth Africans are spenders this would provide shopping-in-style feel Matjhabeng (near mines) Tswelopele (near game reserves) Slide 38 TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS Projects to be explored in the sector includes: Transport & Communications Sector Projects Uses / Description Local Municipality Set up Rail Infrastructure and Network For good and passengers in order to provide better linkage between the towns in the local municipalities District- wide Increase Road Network This will make it easier to transport goods and passengers within the District District wide Feasibility Study for Airport This will determine whether building an airport will benefit the economy sustainably. The airport should improve the transport of manufactured goods as well as agricultural produce to other parts of the country and to export market Study should identify best location Distribution HubThis will be located close to the airport.Matjhabeng Introduce Public BusesThese will enable school children and the workforce that does not own their vehicles to travel from residential areas to schools and to work. District wide Slide 39 TOURISM The Districts Tourism sector comprises of attractions such as the Willem Pretorius Game Reserve (Ventersburg) Erfenis Dam Nature Reserve (Theunissen) and the Sandveld Nature Reserve (Hoopstad). Slide 40 Continues Projects/activities include but not limited to: TOURISM PROJECTS/PRODUCTS USES/DESCRIPTION LOCAL MUNICIPALITY Tourism Marketing Strategy (Phakisa Racetrack/Nampo Harvest Show/Nampo car racing),Tikwe Jazz,80s Welkom Show & Beach on the Track Festivals In order to attract tourists in the low-traffic DistrictDistrict-wide Set up beauty Spars Essential oils and bath salts manufactured in the District will be used at the spar Tswelopele/Nala Bird-watchers Tourism Package This would include the game reserves as well as the wild Flamingos in the District. Tswelopele/Matjha beng School Educational trips/camps Learners in the District will have experienced their tourist sites, increasing visits by learners and their families as well as their friends and family members who live outside the District. District-wide Historical and Technology Tourism Package This may be included in the school trips. It may also be used as a part of Mining industry induction programmes in HRD. This will include cultural assets such as: the Voottreker Monument;; Brandfort Winnie Mandela House,Voortrekers & Women Memorails Memorial Masilonyana Slide 41 DEVELOPMENT THRUSTS In order to achieve that growth, there is a need for structural changes that show visible effects at micro-economic level. The narrowing of the spatial as well as first and second economy differences is of pertinence in the South Africa setting. This can be done by providing sufficient infrastructure and services, involving communities wherever possible in leveraging strengths in each area. All these factors, including data from Stats SA, were utilised in proposing the following six thrusts: Slide 42 continues All these factors, including data from Stats SA, were utilised in proposing the following six thrusts: 1. Primary Sector Expansion 2.Industrial Development 3.Infrastructure Development 4.SMME Development and Support Centre 5.Human Resource Development 6.Tourism Development Slide 43 CONCLUSION I THANK YOU