Volume II - The Northern Cape Provincial Spatial Development ...

Northern Cape PSDF
Volume 2
5. ECONOMY
This category relates
to the key aspects of
the economic
environment and the
associated forms of
capital which are
imperatives for long‐
term sustainability of
province as a whole.
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g) Facilitate education to eradicate the notion of living from hand to mouth.
h) Formulate a strategy for promotion of entrepreneurship and associated
development opportunities.
i) Legislative processes that stifle sustainable development should be
identified and reviewed.
j) Promote job creation in the green jobs industries (e.g. manufacturing of
solar water heaters, maintenance of wind generators and solar energy
infrastructure).
k) Proved guidelines for formulation of strategies to sustain socio‐economic
development after the life‐span of projects.
l) Provide a spatial rationale for the restoration of traditional parameters of
settlements as a basis for community revitalisation.
m) Provide broad guidelines for improvement of subsidised housing – district
and local municipalities must adopt such guidelines in their SDFs. These
must be mandatory.
n) Provide strategies for the enhancement of entrepreneurship and associated
development opportunities.
o) Provide strategies to ensure that communities benefit meaningfully from
larger‐scale physical development (e.g. the Sustainable Development
Initiative {SDI} model).
a) Consider proposed nuclear power installation at Hondeklipbaai.
b) Consideration enlargement of Boegoeberg Dam and Prieska Dam.
c) Create opportunities for communities to become involved in operation of
tourism facilities, providing services to the industry and acting as suppliers
to the industry.
d) Ensure that new development is subject to the availability of resources,
with specific reference to water and bulk services infrastructure.
e) Establishing stronger backward and forward linkages between sectors to
ensure stronger multipliers.
f) Explore need and desirability of a safe deep‐water harbour at Port Nolloth.
g) Facilitate preparation of holistic strategy for promotion of the Port Nolloth
Fishing Node.
h) Facilitate joint venture business arrangements between fishing companies
to create a ‘critical mass’ of fish that would make fishing and fish processing
more economically viable in the Port Nolloth area.
i) Facilitate support for development of a small‐scale experimental factory at
Port Nolloth or Hondeklipbaai.
j) Increase awareness, branding and marketing initiatives in the tourism
industry to attract more tourists locally and internationally.
k) Increase spectrum of tourist attractions and activities in focus areas to
induce tourists to stay longer and encourage returns.
l) Prepare long‐term tourism plans and strategies, including precautionary
measures and guidelines to reduce negative impact of development, with
specific reference to visual impact in resource areas.
m) Prioritise construction and upgrading of Hotazel‐McCarthy’s Rest road and
Hotazel‐Vanzulsrus road that link Northern Cape with Botswana (crucial for
enhancing the tourism sector of the province and the country).
n) Prioritise construction of proposed Vioolsdrif dam.
o) Promote development of both ferrous and non‐ferrous metals, as well as
dimension stone.
p) Provide a plan for supporting bulk services and infrastructure, including
roads, electricity, water and telecommunication.
q) Provide a spatial framework that indicates appropriate development
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