The GSDF 2030 is guided and informed by the national legal framework; international, national and provincial spatial policy directives; and municipal spatial development frameworks. SPLUMA provides South Africa with a single land development process and regulates the compilation and review processes of national, provincial, regional and municipal SDFs. All spheres of government must prepare and adopt SDFs, guided by the development principles of spatial justice, spatial sustainability, efficiency, spatial resilience and good administration.
Provincial SDFs are an integral part of national spatial planning and governance. They are key components of the overall structure and functioning of provincial government, especially spatial planning and governance. GSDF 2030 is aligned with these guidelines of Gauteng: 10-Pillar Programme of Transformation, Modernisation and Re- Industrialisation 2014; 25-Year Integrated Transport Master Plan 2013; Provincial Environmental Management Framework, 2014, Gauteng Rural Development Plan, 2014;
and the Gauteng City-region Integrated Infrastructure Master Plan, 2030. It also takes into account the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and New Urban Agenda 2016, the African Urban Agenda 2015, the National Development Plan 2030, the Integrated Urban Development Framework 2016, the Strategic Infrastructure Projects 2013, the Neighbourhood Development Partnership Programme, the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme and the Pro-active Land Acquisition Strategy.
Provincial SDFs must be consistent with the national SDF and municipal SDFs. Where a provincial SDF is inconsistent with a municipal SDF, the premier must, in accordance with the Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act,2005 (Act 13 of 2005) (IGRFA), take all necessary steps to ensure consistency.
Figure 6.3.1
o 162 Essentially, the framework seeks to (i) direct; guide; focus and align; coordinate and harmonise; all public infrastructure investments and development spending in the province, in accordance with a spatial development logic built on ensuring rapid, sustainable and inclusive provincial economic growth, township redevelopment, and decisive spatial transformation.
This underlying provincial spatial development logic has five aspects:
1. Maintaining and deepening the economic productive capacity of those areas where a large part of the provincial economy is concentrated
2. Pursuing densification, diversification and integration in those areas where a significant part of the provincial economy is concentrated, where the State owns significant tracts of land, and land prices are not as prohibitive as in the economic core areas
3. Focusing township redevelopment, including nodal and corridor development, in townships where most people live, that are most accessible and connected via public transport to the economic core areas and similar township areas, and that show evidence of the localised spatial forces necessary for growth and concentrations of diverse economic activities
o 163 4. Enhancing public transport connections with townships where fewer people live and hence economic accessibility is poorer, while at the same time focusing on skills development and supporting local economic development initiatives
5. Protecting those parts of the province that provide key environmental support services, are environmentally sensitive, have been formally demarcated as conservation areas, have high agricultural potential, or are used as or have the potential for eco-tourism and rural economic activities.
The Gauteng Spatial Development Framework (GSDF) is premised on building Gauteng as a sustainable city-region that allows agriculture to provide the link between rural and urban economic development, which is shaped by infrastructure led investment, and is based on public transport - specifically rail as the backbone of accessibility in the future.
As an integrated approach to spatial development, the GSDF contributes to reducing the cost of doing business in the Gauteng City Region (GCR) by indicating where resources should be spent and the nature and type of infrastructure investment that can create a more equitable society. This will allow the GCR to become more efficient in doing business by providing an enabling environment that supports economic growth through co-ordinated and structured investment spending. In this light the GSDF represents a dynamic spatial management system that is capable of setting broad-scale spatial strategic direction and, simultaneously, permitting detailed enquiry as to what this means spatially at any successive scale or level of planning (GSDF, 2016).
The GSDF sets the tone for much of the planning that is currently underway in all of the metropolitan municipalities in Gauteng. This is also true for the City of Tshwane. The outcomes that are to be achieved are important. The spatial planning and monitoring of strategies towards achieving these outcomes are underway. The BEPP and CIF will contain all of the content and programmes prescribed by the GSDF 2016 and will assist in the tracking, monitoring and adjusting of programmes and projects towards achieving these outcomes.
The City of Tshwane is part of the GSDF 2016 Review Reference Group and envisages that the GCR issues with a Tshwane planning and implementation imperative will be prioritised as part of repositioning the city as the country’s Capital City as well as its position in the GCR context.
Figure 6.3.2: Gauteng City Region Strategic Initiatives
o 164 The Gauteng Spatial Development Framework (GSDF, 2016) elevates the prominence of Tshwane as part of the Gauteng Economic Core, an administrative capital city and home to the public sector is highlighted. The importance of the concentration of economic opportunities in the southern and eastern parts of Tshwane (now forming part of regions 5, 6 and 7) is also highlighted. The following five critical factors were identified in the GSDF and their spatial implications are included in the MSDF 2012:
• Contained urban growth;
• Resource based economic development (resulting in the identification of the economic core);
• Re-direction of urban growth (stabilise/limit growth in economically non-viable areas, achieve growth on the land within the economic growth sphere);
• Protection of rural areas and enhancement of tourism and agricultural related activities; and
• Increased access and mobility.
The defined objective is to promote Gauteng as a Global City Region (GCR) i.e. “to build Gauteng into an integrated and globally competitive region where activities of different parts of the Province complement each other in consolidating Gauteng as an economic hub of Africa and internally recognized global city region”. The concept of global city regions can be traced back to the “world cities” idea by Hall (1966). The idea seeks to
o 165 promote Gauteng’s development agenda by positioning the province as a globally competitive city region. The key objective is to reduce unemployment and poverty through promoting economic growth, integrated strategies and joint planning between the different spheres of government. The nodes of regional importance as contained in the Gauteng City Region Spatial Development Framework, as well as the regional transportation links are shown respectively in the above figure...
In terms of the spatial plan for Gauteng, the following are of specific importance for Tshwane:
• Gauteng economic core, focussed along the R21 and N1 with Rosslyn as its northern anchor (and the Johannesburg CBD and OR Tambo International Airport in Ekurhuleni as the other anchors of the Economic Core).
• The support of corridor development along the N1, and R21.
• The importance of the R21, N1, Proposed PWV9, N4 (towards Bronkhorstspruit) and Proposed PWV2 as mobility spines.
• Rosslyn, Mamelodi, Atteridgeville, Hammanskraal and Mabopane are highlighted as important economic development nodes with the Tshwane metropolitan area.