The Edinburgh landfill site – state-of-the-art ablution facilities under construction.
PLANNING FOR LAND-USE AND LANDFILL Bushbuckridge Local Municipality is a Category B municipality that forms part of four local municipalities of the Ehlanzeni District Municipality in Mpumalanga. Gareth Griffiths spoke to the town communications manager about land use, spatial planning and the new landfill site
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ushbuckridge Local Municipality’s (BLM), acting communications manager Claiton Khosa, says that the municipality’s integrated development plan (IDP) 2020/21 is the primary strategic planning tool that informs planning, budgeting, management and decision-making for the municipality.
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As a component of this IDP, the spatial vision of the BLM is to “envisage a well-planned municipality leading to sustainable livelihoods for all”. This should contribute to social stability, economic growth and development in an equitable and sustainable way, and address the problem of rural-urban inequality – a vision
supported by the BLM Spatial Development Framework (SDF). “It’s of paramount importance to turn the town into an economic, social and environmentally sustainable human settlement,” Khosa explains. A major project in line with the SDF is the development of the Acornhoek node. This node was identified as a growth point for industrial, commercial and retail development because the R40 and D4419 roads pass and the Nelspruit-Phalaborwa railway line cross here. (Acornhoek Precinct Plan, 2016). The area covers approximately 3 659km² ranging 4.4km from east to west, and 2.8km from north to south. A service provider for the Rezoning and Amendment of the General Plan for Greenvalley Ext.1 Township was appointed.
“The local community is very involved in the waste recycling space and the identification and cleaning of illegal dumps.” – Claiton Khosa
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