Tracing a decade of drafting, reviewing and assessing integrated development plans in KwaZulu-Natal: Some key reflections

The next decade of planning in South African municipalities under democracy has dawned. The previous decade was characterised by drafting, reviewing and assessing outcomes of Integrated Development Plans (IDPs). Through the Local Government Municipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000 and Sections 152/3 of the...

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Main Authors: Mogie Subban, Henk Theron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2012-05-01
Series:Town and Regional Planning
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Online Access:http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/515
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description The next decade of planning in South African municipalities under democracy has dawned. The previous decade was characterised by drafting, reviewing and assessing outcomes of Integrated Development Plans (IDPs). Through the Local Government Municipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000 and Sections 152/3 of the South African Constitution, 1996, local government is responsible for development processes and municipal planning. It requires from municipalities to formulate and review IDPs. Two “generations” of IDPs were drafted and reviewed from 2001 to 2011 by KwaZulu-Natal municipalities. The Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and its predecessors evaluated and measured legal compliance of drafting, approval and submission processes. Identification of factors critical to planning, observations and recommendations for IDPs, are captured in this article. Direction, formulation and evaluation of third-generation IDPs for periods 2012/13 to 2016/17 municipal financial years is a focus of this article. The article also examines compliance, by focusing on quality and improvement of IDPs.
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spelling doaj.art-c2fecd4b4ca9461bbb4c5a69dd45c4ca2022-12-22T02:45:27ZengUniversity of the Free StateTown and Regional Planning1012-280X2415-04952012-05-01612129Tracing a decade of drafting, reviewing and assessing integrated development plans in KwaZulu-Natal: Some key reflectionsMogie Subban0Henk Theron1University of KwaZulu-Natal, South AfricaKwaZulu-Natal Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, South AfricaThe next decade of planning in South African municipalities under democracy has dawned. The previous decade was characterised by drafting, reviewing and assessing outcomes of Integrated Development Plans (IDPs). Through the Local Government Municipal Systems Act, 32 of 2000 and Sections 152/3 of the South African Constitution, 1996, local government is responsible for development processes and municipal planning. It requires from municipalities to formulate and review IDPs. Two “generations” of IDPs were drafted and reviewed from 2001 to 2011 by KwaZulu-Natal municipalities. The Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA) and its predecessors evaluated and measured legal compliance of drafting, approval and submission processes. Identification of factors critical to planning, observations and recommendations for IDPs, are captured in this article. Direction, formulation and evaluation of third-generation IDPs for periods 2012/13 to 2016/17 municipal financial years is a focus of this article. The article also examines compliance, by focusing on quality and improvement of IDPs.http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/515integrated development plansKwaZulu-Natalmunicipalities
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Tracing a decade of drafting, reviewing and assessing integrated development plans in KwaZulu-Natal: Some key reflections
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integrated development plans
KwaZulu-Natal
municipalities
title Tracing a decade of drafting, reviewing and assessing integrated development plans in KwaZulu-Natal: Some key reflections
title_full Tracing a decade of drafting, reviewing and assessing integrated development plans in KwaZulu-Natal: Some key reflections
title_fullStr Tracing a decade of drafting, reviewing and assessing integrated development plans in KwaZulu-Natal: Some key reflections
title_full_unstemmed Tracing a decade of drafting, reviewing and assessing integrated development plans in KwaZulu-Natal: Some key reflections
title_short Tracing a decade of drafting, reviewing and assessing integrated development plans in KwaZulu-Natal: Some key reflections
title_sort tracing a decade of drafting reviewing and assessing integrated development plans in kwazulu natal some key reflections
topic integrated development plans
KwaZulu-Natal
municipalities
url http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/trp/article/view/515
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