Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning

3. The two municipalities falling within the Klein Karoo geographical area are the Oudtshoorn and Kannaland Municipality’s respectively.

The Municipal Systems Act (No.32) of 2000 (MSA) requires that all local municipalities in South Africa prepare Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) to ensure the progressive realisation of the vision of the municipality. Municipal councils are required by the Act to adopt a single strategic plan at the start of its elected 5-year term and to review such plans on an annual basis where circumstances might have changed. The plans must complement all other sectoral plans.

Sections 12 and 13 of the Water Services Act (Act No 108 of 1997) place a duty on Water Services Authorities (WSAs) to prepare and maintain a Water Services Development Plan (WSDP) as one of the sectoral plans referred to in IDPs. The WSDP process is aligned with the IDP process and assess the availability of data and information to support the planning of water services over a five-year period.

Another sector plan referred to in the IDP is the Disaster Management Plan which municipalities are required to prepare in terms of Section 26(g) of the Municipal Systems Act (No. 32 of 2000) as well as the Disaster Management Act, (Act No. 57 of 2002) and the National Disaster Management Framework. As a subsection of the disaster management plans, municipalities must prepare a drought management plan which incorporates both drought disaster risk reduction as well as the response and recovery aspects of the disaster.

All municipalities are further required to have a Water Safety Plan in place.

A water safety plan is a comprehensive water quality management system based on the principles of preventive risk management and incorporating water quality risk assessment, water quality monitoring, incident response management, and verification of water quality compliance, all of the above as part of the requirements of SANS 241 of 2015: Parts 1 and 2.

1. 1. If not, why not;

 

Not applicable. Both Oudtshoorn and Kannaland Municipalities have Water Service Development Plans, Drought Management Plans and Water Safety Plans in place.

1. 2. If so, what are the relevant details

Oudtshoorn Municipality

Water Services Development Plan (WSDP):

• An existing WSDP (dated 2015) is in place.
• The Municipality is planning to do an update in 2019.
• Approved by Council.

Drought Management Plan:

• A Drought Management Plan was drawn up in 2018.
• Approved by Council.

Water Safety Plan:

• An existing Water Safety Plan (dated 2014) is in place.
• The Municipality is planning to do an update in 2019.
• Approved by Council.

Kannaland Municipality

 

Water Services Development Plan (WSDP):

• An existing WSDP (dated 2009) is in place.
• The Municipality is planning to do an update in 2019.
• Approved by Council.

Drought Management Plan:

• A Drought Management Policy is in place.
• The Municipality is in the process of writing a Drought Management Plan.
• Approved by Council

Water Safety Plan:

• An existing Water Safety Plan (dated 2016) is in place.
• Approved by Council