Also taken into account are: Outcome 9 District Lekgotla Cabinet Lekgotla State of the Nation Address COP 17 Municipal Turn Around Strategy (MTAS) 2.2. DEVELOPMENT The Millennium Development Goals informs the vision and objectives as developed by the Kwa Sani Municipality. Although broad in nature it is viewed as the most basic checklist of whether local government is achieving its objectives as development local government. The most basic Millenium Development Goals are: Goal 1 - Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty Goal 2 Achieve universal primary education – Goal 3 Promote gender equality and empower women – Goal 4 Reduce child mortality – Goal 5 Improve maternal health – Goal 6 Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases – Goal 7 Ensure environmental sustainability – The situation and conditions in Kwa Sani is of such a nature that the municipality, although small, can contribute to the achievement of all of the above goals. 2.3. NATIONAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT The National Spatial Vision, as summarized elsewhere, are: South Africa will become a nation in which investment in infrastructure and development programmes support growth and development objectives. government’s In order to contribute to the broader growth and development policy objectives of government, the NSDP puts forward a set of five normative principles: Rapid economic growth that is sustained and inclusive is a pre-requisite for the achievement of other policy objectives, among which poverty alleviation is key. Government has a constitutional obligation to provide basic services to all citizens (e.g. water, energy, health and educational facilities)wherever they reside Beyond the constitutional obligation identified in Principle 2 above, government spending on fixed investment should be focused on localities of economic growth and/or economic potential in order to gear up private sector investment to stimulate sustainable economic activities and to create long term employment opportunities Efforts to address past and current social inequalities should focus on people, not places. In localities where there are both high levels of poverty and demonstrated economic potential, this could include fixed capital investment beyond basic services to exploit the potential of those localities. In localities with low demonstrated economic potential, government should, beyond the provision of basic services, concentrate primarily on human capital development by providing education and training, social transfers such as grants and poverty programmes. It should also reduce migration costs by providing labour market intelligence to give people better
Also taken into account are: Outcome 9 District Lekgotla Cabinet Lekgotla State of the Nation Address COP 17 Municipal Turn Around Strategy (MTAS) 2.2. The Millennium Development Goals informs the vision and objectives as developed by the Kwa Sani Municipality. Although broad in nature it is viewed as the most basic checklist of whether local government is achieving its objectives as development local government. The most basic Millenium Development Goals are: Goal 1 - Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty Goal 2 – Achieve universal primary education Goal 3 – Promote gender equality and empower women Goal 4 – Reduce child mortality Goal 5 – Improve maternal health Goal 6 – Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Goal 7 – Ensure environmental sustainability The situation and conditions in Kwa Sani is of such a nature that the municipality, although small, can contribute to the achievement of all of the above goals. 2.3. The National Spatial Vision, as summarized elsewhere, are: South Africa will become a nation in which investment in infrastructure and development programmes support government’s growth and development objectives. In order to contribute to the broader growth and development policy objectives of government, the NSDP puts forward a set of five normative principles: Rapid economic growth that is sustained and inclusive is a pre-requisite for the achievement of other policy objectives, among which poverty alleviation is key. Government has a constitutional obligation to provide basic services to all citizens (e.g. water, energy, health and educational facilities)wherever they reside Beyond the constitutional obligation identified in Principle 2 above, government spending on fixed investment should be focused on localities of economic growth and/or economic potential in order to gear up private sector investment to stimulate sustainable economic activities and to create long term employment opportunities Efforts to address past and current social inequalities should focus on people, not places. In localities where there are both high levels of poverty and demonstrated economic potential, this could include fixed capital investment beyond basic services to exploit the potential of those localities. In localities with low demonstrated economic potential, government should, beyond the provision of basic services, concentrate primarily on human capital development by providing education and training, social transfers such as grants and poverty programmes. It should also reduce migration costs by providing labour market intelligence to give people better SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT