The municipal strategic action areas are the municipality's action areas, which are prioritized below. These focus areas will be monitored in relation to the municipal strategic goals, agreed key figures, programs and projects.
Environmental & Spatial Development
Indicator: Provide free basic sanitation to needy households in terms of the fair share requirements. Municipal Area is dry and erosion occurs Indicator: Provide free basic sanitation to needy households in terms of the fair share requirements.
Local Economic Development
Indicator: Host events as identified in the IDP to support LED within the municipal area.
Basic Service Delivery
Outcome Climate adaptation, water conservation, biodiversity conservation, improved disaster management, cultural heritage conservation, energy management and improved land management. Bulk water pipeline Need for water infrastructure upgrade Indicator: 70% of the approved capital budget spent.
Social and Community Development
To improve the standard of living of all people in Laingsburg. To develop a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment for communities.
Institutional Transformation
The transformation of institutions is done according to the resources available, projects, policies and plans to be implemented and the implementation of the Workplace Skills Plan (WPSP). Providing the necessary systems and policy framework to create an enabling environment for service delivery and sustainability of the municipality.
Financial Viability
Purpose of a review
The IDP is also reviewed in light of changing internal and external circumstances affecting IDP priority issues, outputs and outcomes. The annual review should inform the municipality's financial and institutional planning and, most importantly, the drafting of the annual budget.
Review Clarification
For the IDP to remain relevant, the municipality must assess implementation performance and the achievement of its targets and strategic objectives. In light of this assessment, the IDP is revised to reflect the impact of successes, as well as corrective measures to address problems.
Amendment
International Policy Directives - Millennium Development Goals
National, Provincial and District Development Planning and Policy Directives
Provincial departments are custodians and champions for achieving the listed provincial strategic objectives. Spatial Development Frameworks (provincial and municipal): Through the Provincial Spatial Development Framework (PSDF), the provincial government hopes to achieve a healthy balance between progressive community growth and preservation of the communities' environment.
Horizontal Alignment of Key Strategies
Day-to-day management of the drafting process on behalf of the Municipal Manager (to ensure a properly managed and organized planning process). The population of the municipal area is 8,661 and has a total number of 2,604 households living in the municipal area.
Settlement pattern
Wards
There are no health facilities north of the N1 highway, nor in the other rural areas. Consultations with the provincial health workers revealed that there are 17 mobile clinic routes in the municipality.
Emergency Medical Services
There are two doctors in the district hospital, three nurse practitioners, two clinical nurse practitioners, one staff nurse and two counselors employed by Right to Care in primary health facilities and six nurse practitioners, four staff nurses and four nurse assistants in the district hospital . If there are medical emergencies, then the farmers bring the patients to either Matjiesfontein or Laingsburg.
HIV/Aids
Tuberculosis (TB)
Child Care
Maternal Health
The property crime category was dominated by residential burglary and motor vehicle theft. Common burglary Arson Malicious damage to property Residential burglary Commercial burglary Auto theft and.
Climate
Temperature
Rainfall
Wind
Climate change
Appropriate local and natural materials must be sourced and appropriate thermal treatment of the buildings must be used to ensure that it maximizes the use of natural energy and minimizes the use of electricity for e.g. Topographically diverse areas that contain important altitudinal and climatic gradients that are important for adaptation to climate change and for ensuring that a range of microclimates are protected.
Topography and Slopes
There are also steep slopes in the northern area from the Brandberg to the Grootkop and all the way to the Kromberge and the Karookop in the northwestern areas.
Water Resources (Hydrology)
Water Conservation
The map above shows that the southern area is dominated by slopes greater than 1 in 4 along the east-west mountain ranges. It is the largest dam in the district, followed by Gamkaspoort, Leeugamka and Oukloof, see Table 3.6 function of water supply is not harmed.
Biodiversity
This is the highest percentage for any of the Municipalities in the Central Karoo district. This is the lowest percentage for any of the municipalities in the Central Karoo district.
Biodiversity Conservation
SANBI's classification of the entire municipality's vegetation status as non-threatened suggests that there is little to threaten the integrity of the ecosystem. However, the poor condition of the rivers, most of which are critically endangered, suggests that there are problems in the watersheds.
Heritage
Laingsburg was incorporated in 1881, initially named Buffalo, then Nassau and then Laingsburg after Crown Lands Commissioner John Laing. John Laing, the commissioner at the time, allowed the easement to be diverted, which spurred the development of the town and was essentially named after him.
Floods
Land Ownership
Vacant Land
The South African Heritage Resources Agency and Heritage Western Cape are currently compiling a heritage register. Approximately 100 ha of vacant land is located around Laingsburg up to approximately the 2km radius.
GDPR Performance
There are not many employment opportunities in this area and very few have the option of self-employment. The vision of the LED strategy is to create sustainable communities in the central Karoo through local economic development.
Agriculture
Contributions to GVA
Land capability
Enterprise contribution to agricultural production
The table below shows that 3 650 ha is the minimum farm size for 500 SSU in Laingsburg at a grazing capacity of 7.3 ha/SSU. The table below shows that many farms are significantly smaller than the minimum size of small sheep farms.
Agricultural Land Composition
Agricultural Values
Farmworkers
Food Security
A separate informal marketing channel should be developed in the form of network farmers' markets which can raise prices at the farm gate but lower retail prices by bypassing the agents and middlemen and formal retailers in the distribution channels, see box indicating distribution chain issues for small producers, see box below.
Impact of Climate Change
Building Materials and Mining
Employment, Occupation and Income Levels
The sector employs 33.2% of the borough's workforce and growth over the decade averaged 4.6% per annum. The informal sector employed only 11.9% of the manufacturing workforce, but has grown at an annual rate of 18.7% over the past decade.
Unemployment
Employment in the skilled labor force grew by 3.4%, semi-skilled employment showed the strongest growth at 4.3 per annum and low-skilled employment by 3.6%.
Income
Land Reform
The ABP notes that in 2008 only 0.89% of the agricultural land in the Central Karoo District had been transferred to blacks. The ABP concluded that the current budget for the purchase and transfer of land in 2013 will only make a 4% difference in ownership of the agricultural land in the Central Karoo District.
Property market patterns and growth pressures
The ABP noted that 1842ha was available as common land (6202ha in Zoutkloof was leased to an emerging black farmer) and that the new demand for additional land is only 913ha, leaving around 929ha as surplus. The ABP calculates that Laingsburg will require approximately 11,769ha of land by approximately 2013 for the natural growth of livestock.
Tourism
Diagram.5.2 A breakdown of the total value of residential and non-residential building activity on an annual basis for the period 2006 to 2010 (source: MPBS, 2011- prepared from data provided by the Laingsburg Municipality (2011)). The Floriskraal Dam has been identified as an opportunity for development for the tourist economy in the area.
Institutional Analysis
The chapter aims to provide an analysis of the municipality of Laingsburg, its financial position and the status of services.
Political Environment
Management consists of competent and appropriately qualified people to manage and monitor the implementation of the municipality's plans and programs for the current five-year period. The overall organizational structure of the municipality is set up in such a way that all functions can be performed properly.
Municipal Administrative and Institutional Capacity
Comprehensive Traffic Management Plan Approved Infrastructure Services Fleet Management and Vehicle Policies Approved Infrastructure Services Comprehensive Sustainable Settlement Plan Draft Approved Infrastructure Services Guidelines for Management and Formalization. It is the intention of the Council to develop a schedule of all policies and by-laws which will contain an annual circulation plan for the review of all policies and by-laws.
Income and Expenditure Pattern
The municipality is currently reviewing the IT platform and the integration of IT systems. The reliance on grants and subsidies is a concern and will need to be addressed in a long-term financial plan.
Outstanding Rates and Services
Liquidity ratio
Transportation
Non-Motorised Transport
Air
Public Transport
Transport Improvement Proposals
Solid Waste Management
The table below shows the different standards of renovation that households receive and shows that an increase has been recorded since 2011.
Water
The council should explore the possibility of expanding it to Laingsburg Sport Facilities and the golf course and even for human consumption in the future. The table below shows the different water service delivery levels per household for the fiscal years and 2015/16 in the areas where the municipality is responsible for the delivery of the service.
Waste Water Treatment (Sanitation)
The table below shows the delivery levels for water service per total households and progress per year, an increase of 5.3 percent was recorded since 2011. The following table reflects the level of provision of sanitation services per total households and progress per year and registers an increase in availability of 38.6 percent from 2011 to 2016.
Energy
The following table reflects the number of households with access to electricity and also includes agricultural area. Biogas is the best alternative energy and can work in the Karoo and does not need water to grow.
Telecommunications
Excludes the eskom service area which is the residential area of Goldnerville and Matjiesfontein which has 552 connections. This is of particular concern because people in these areas would not have access to mobile phone networks.
Stormwater
This has the advantage of being able to bring very high levels of connectivity to settlements along the N1 such as Matjiesfontein and Laingsburg.
Housing
The DTFP is a key component in achieving the goals set out in the municipality's IDP. LTFP considers the following non-financial strategic strategies:. a) Key strategic areas of performance of the municipality of Laingsburg;.
Quarterly Reports
In accordance with Article 12 (1) of the regulations to the Systems Act, the municipality also sets performance goals for each of the key performance indicators every year.
Mid-Year Assessment
Performance is reported on a regular basis and this includes evaluating performance, identifying poor performance and taking corrective actions to improve performance. The organizational performance is evaluated by means of a municipal scorecard (Top Layer SDBIP) at organizational level and through the service delivery budget implementation plan (SDBIP) at.
The municipal scorecard (Top Layer SDBIP)
Actual performance
Provide 50kwh of free basic electricity to registered poor account holders based on equitable share. Provide free basic garbage collection to registered poor account holders according to fair share.
