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All our efforts on industrialisation will continue to include the building of:
feed and be linked to our two Special Economic 25 000 houses at Cornubia in eThekwini
Zones namely Dube TradePort and Richards Bay 10 000 houses in uMhlathuze
Economic Development Zones. 10 585 social/rental housing in eThekwini Inner City
Priority No.4 - Growing SMMEs and Cooperative 27 875 Urban Hub units in KwaMashu Bridge City
18 000 Urban Regeneration units in Umlazi
We want to declare poverty as a public enemy. We say 20 000 units in the Amaoti Greater Housing Project
so because poverty creates a vicious cycle of hunger, 9 511 units in Johston, Blaaubosch Cavan
indignity, and insecurity. It contributes to social 4 600 units Ilembe: KwaDukuza: Hyde Park
instability, crime, moral decay, and compounds the
impact of under-development. The projects include:
The Hyde Park mixed, Integrated Residential
Therefore, our major focus over the next five years will Development Programme (IRDP) in KwaDukuza.
be on pursuing the radical economic transformation 99% of planning has gone through and the
programme – Operation Vula. We are going to ensure programme is expected to deliver no less than
that government sources its required products from 4500 units.
local small and micro enterprises and cooperatives. The building of 25 000 houses in Cornubia
The Department of Economic Development, Tourism in eThekwini metro. 12 500 houses have been
and Environmental Affairs will soon launch the completed. Ongoing planning to begin with the
Operation Vula Fund to provide financial support to next phase of development by October 2019 for
feasible SMMEs and Cooperatives. Phase 2A.
JBC Newcastle IRDP. Planning is 100% complete,
We want to lift millions of people out of poverty through and 2011 units are being processed for phase 1 to
a clear radical economic transformation programme. start construction by January 2020.
20 000 units in the Amaoti Greater Housing
We will focus on the development of rural areas and Project. Planning phase is in progress and
ensure that communities in these areas enjoy the currently in the process of land consolidation and
fruits of democracy. We want to rebuild these local assembly.
areas as engines of national and provincial economic Bridge City IRDP. Here, 27 875 Urban Hub units
development. in KwaMashu Bridge City will be built. The Social
It is through the development of rural communities that Housing Programme component of the
we will ensure meaningful inclusive economic growth, programme is being assessed for implementation
by January 2020.
redistribution of wealth and the creation of an equal 10 000 Inner City units.
society. We want to deliver a genuinely new South 18 000 Urban Regeneration units in Umlazi.
Africa where there is equal access to opportunities. eMpangeni IRDP to build 10 000 units. Already in
Priority No. 5 – Education and Skills Development construction of services in Phase 1, and about
1600 serviced sites.
Education is central to national development. It
is through education that the country’s human In other words, over the next few years, the Province
resource gain capacity to be absorbed by industries. will deliver no less than 125 000 units.
The provincial government will continue with plans A the major focus of this administration will be to
to provide access to education, including ensuring develop and implement a clear plan to provide houses
that children at the age of three years attend early to all people who stay in temporary houses.
childhood development centres.
The department will embark on a vigorous approach
We want to see our department of education moving through establishing war-rooms together with affected
with speed in the secondary education to fully municipalities to ensure implementation, monitoring
embrace the provision of technical skills and the and delivery of projects targeting these communities.
evolving technological development which is part of Priority No. 7 – Build a Peaceful Province
Fourth Industrial Revolution to ensure that there is a It is an indisputable fact that KwaZulu–Natal is
just transition and that no one is left behind.
characterised as one of the violent provinces in the
Priority No. 6 – Human Settlement and sustainable country. We need to take decisive action to address
livelihood violence and crime in the province.
We will continue with the provision of houses and We will ensure the implementation of all recommen-
ensuring a sustainable livelihood to all our people. In dations of the Moerane Commission which was tasked
the last financial year, the department detailed mega to investigate factors behind the killing of political
housing projects which absorbed more people. These leaders and activists. This work will also include support
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