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3.6.7 Job Creation through LED Projects
The assessment of the proposed economic activities suggests that there would be jobs that will be created within a short and medium term. These can be reflected on the Table 3.11.4.2.1 below.
Table 3.11.4.2.1: Ugu District LED Job Opportunities
Year
Economic Activity
Estimated no. of jobs
Temporal
Permanent
2021
KwaXolo Rock Art Project
5
2
Tea Tree Farming Venture
10
5
Music City
15000
5000
Shelly Beach Water Theme Park
100
200
Ocean Upmarket Restaurant
10
5
2031
Upgrade of Margate Airport
100
20
Uvongo Hotel and Conference Centre
100
50
Port Shepstone Boat Maintenance Economic Zone
50
30
South Coast Regional Technology Hub
100
50
Rorqual Estate Development
200
20
UMdoni Seaside Corridor
100
50
Ugu Agri-Park
500
3000
2041
Turton Shopping Mall
500
200
Umthwalume Beachfront Development
100
20
Port Edward Small Fishing and Development Harbour
10
20
Harding Neighbourhood Mall
500
200
3.6.8 SMMEs and cooperatives
Ugu District municipality has many registered SMMEs who are operating within its area of jurisdiction and these are registered on the municipal database. The majority of the SMMEs seek to undertake business with, while some have established their operations within various municipalities. Most SMMEs are located within Ray Nkonyeni LM because it is one of the Local municipalities that has pronounced economic infrastructure and target market given that it has the most population within the district. Some of the SMMEs that are operating within the jurisdiction of this district face a number of challenges such as inadequate and inappropriate infrastructure to operate in, especially those located in rural areas as well as poor road networks systems. They also lack proper business training and an SMME incubator programme. Nearly 43% of SMMEs rely solely on tourists for customers, with a further 10% relying on both tourists and local residents.
3.6.9 Agricultural Sector
Even though the agriculture sector is not a major income generating source, the sector generates significant employment throughout the District. Agriculture is largely done at a subsistence level, especially throughout the rural villages. According to StatsSA (Statistics by place, Census 2011), 64 959 of households (36% of total households) in Ugu District are involved in some form of agricultural activity, with approximately 19 402 of those households (30% of households involved in agricultural activities) not earning any income, thus making them solely reliant on their yield for survival. Formal and commercial agriculture production in Ugu is mainly concentrated in sugar cane, bananas, macadamia nuts and timber forestry.
3.6.9.1 Commercial Agriculture
Commercial agriculture dominates within the district in terms of the amount of land that it occupies. The district’s climate is well suited to agriculture. The area has large tracts of fertile land, a subtropical climate with high temperatures and a good water supply. The main agricultural activity is crop farming, with sugar cane and bananas being the main crops. In addition, the district produces vegetables, tea, coffee and macadamia nuts. Poultry, cattle and goat farming occur on a limited scale with the harvesting of crayfish and oysters taking place in Port Edward. As a sector, the performance of the agricultural within the Ugu district has followed provincial trends with a worrying -3.2% average GVA decline rate between 2001 and 2011 and 24 053 job losses in the
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