LED or CED : A case of Inanda Ntuzuma and Kwa Mashu ... or CED : A case of Inanda Ntuzuma and Kwa Mashu September 2012 Content of Presentation Introduction Conceptualisation of LED

L. MBONAMBI AND N. THABETHE

LED or CED : A case of Inanda Ntuzuma and Kwa Mashu September 2012

Content of Presentation

Introduction

Conceptualisation of LED and CED

Case Study Area : INK

Lessons Learnt

Conclusions and Recommendations

Introduction

Decentralisation

Bottom Up : People Centred approaches

Top Down : Policy supported approaches

Local Economic Development

Community Economic Development

Conceptualisation of LED and CED

History of LED

Influence of Government Policy on LED

Emergence of CED

Institutional Approaches to LED

Case Study Area : INK

A Presidential Lead declaration, 2001

ABM declaration, 2003

Influence of policy

Influence of Long Term Devt Framework

Institutional Response

Lessons Learnt

Malandela Road – Phase 3 to Nandi Drive

Kwa Mashu Town Centre

Kwa Mashu Town Centre :

Investment Leveraging

Development

Value Status

KwaMashu Shopping Centre R 75m Completed in 2005

KwaMashu Community Health Centre KZN Dept of Health

R 80m Under construction

eThekwini Metro Police Regional HQ R 13m Completed in 2007

Ithala Shopping Centre - Refurbishment R 30m Planned of 2009/10

Mixed Use Housing Development R 600m Planning stage

FurnTech Post-incubator Facility Training & SME furniture factory

R 35m Feasibility stage

Princess Magogo Stadium Upgrade R 85m Renovated in 2010

KwaMashu Skills Academy R 2m Under renovation

Bridge City new Town Centre

Bridge City new Town Centre cont’d

Inanda Heritage Route

Inanda Heritage Route cont’d

… nor is it only about

b. how it can become a more effective part of the emerging northern corridor

a. It’s not only about how better to make the INK area link to the city centre;

That is, by building on what’s there (making internal and external links), and intervening with city-building infrastructure (such as public transport), we can form a very different prognosis for INK in the city’s future

We increasingly come to realise that:

It’s also about how we regionalise it - on line with a possible link from Pinetown to the new airport and - how we connect to other parts of the urban system in a far more ‘city-building’ way

Lessons Learnt cont’d

Funding and Financing

Skills Development

Power of Planning

LED and regionalisation

Fostering community networks

Conclusions and Recommendations

Deepening CED

Mainstreaming LED and CED

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