Buckus Sands (PTY) LTD The company specialises in Sand Mining and supply of the following: Concrete Sand; Plaster Sand; and Building Sand. 4.5.1.10 Umtshezi Municipality offer many services i.e. cleaning and cleansing services, Waste Management services with a huge number of employees, we also have the electricity services who works day and night so as push service delivery, the water services are controlled at UThukela district Municipality. 4.5.1.11 LED SWOT STRENGTHS OPPORTUNITIES Strategic Location of Umtshezi Inadequate basic Infrastructure Municipality provision and Unstable water supply Drakensberg World Our failure to optimise the tourism opportunities Heritage Sites available within the area Dependency ratio is too high Environmental and Cultural Sites available within the area HIV prevalence is high Good Agricultural Land Lack of support skills in Tourism Industry High Development Indicators for Umtshezi Municipality Decline in formal employment and Strong Manufacturing base within the Increase in informal employment but no policy to support it area LED strategy is outdated and lacks Key Industrial Area in the town of implementation plan Estcourt Umtshezi Municipality has not yet created Significance Index for Agriculture an enabling environment for LED increase for Umtshezi OPPORTUNITIES TREATS Location on the N3 development Unsustainable development practices corridor, this can provide more Development along the N3 corridor opportunities in the area could threaten CBD Optimum utilization of natural, cultural HIV prevalence and historical assets for further No employment opportunities and economic growth skills development opportunities Vast space of Agricultural Land to be created, social challenges can escalate used for primary and secondary to further marginalization
Buckus Sands (PTY) LTD The company specialises in Sand Mining and supply of the following: Concrete Sand; Plaster Sand; and Building Sand. 4.5.1.10 Umtshezi Municipality offer many services i.e. cleaning and cleansing services, Waste Management services with a huge number of employees, we also have the electricity services who works day and night so as push service delivery, the water services are controlled at UThukela district Municipality. 4.5.1.11 LED SWOT STRENGTHS OPPORTUNITIES Strategic Location of Umtshezi Municipality Drakensberg World Heritage Sites available within the area Environmental and Cultural Sites available within the area Good Agricultural Land High Development Indicators for Umtshezi Municipality Strong Manufacturing base within the area Key Industrial Area in the town of Estcourt Significance Index for Agriculture increase for Umtshezi Inadequate basic Infrastructure provision and Unstable water supply Our failure to optimise the tourism opportunities Dependency ratio is too high HIV prevalence is high Lack of support skills in Tourism Industry Decline in formal employment and Increase in informal employment but no policy to support it LED strategy is outdated and lacks implementation plan Umtshezi Municipality has not yet created an enabling environment for LED OPPORTUNITIES TREATS Location on the N3 development corridor, this can provide more opportunities in the area Optimum utilization of natural, cultural and historical assets for further economic growth Vast space of Agricultural Land to be used for primary and secondary Unsustainable development practices Development along the N3 corridor could threaten CBD HIV prevalence No employment opportunities and skills development opportunities created, social challenges can escalate to further marginalization
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