Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning
Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning
Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning
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transferred from the Office of the Premier to the Zululand District Municipality in<br />
April 2007, negotiations to facilitate this process having commenced early in 2004,<br />
shortly after the termination of government-subsidised flights in 2003. For the next<br />
three years the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government provided financial assistance to<br />
the District Municipality to subsidise the cost of operations at the airport, during which<br />
time District Municipality staff were provided with training to operate the facility.<br />
Clearance has been obtained from the Civil Aviation Authority for commercial flights to<br />
be resumed.<br />
In recognition of the vital role the airport has to play in local development the <strong>KZN</strong><br />
Provincial Government in concert with Zululand District Municipality and Local<br />
Municipalities have motivated to form the Airport <strong>Development</strong> Committee (ADC).<br />
Representation on the ADC is broad based. It includes representatives from all of the<br />
above mentioned tiers of government as well as local and regional business and<br />
parastatal organisations.<br />
The ADC mandate is to assess and unpack development components and translate this<br />
unpacking into real and meaningful impacts within the community. To make this a<br />
sustainable reality the <strong>KZN</strong> Provincial Government has extended to the Zululand District<br />
Municipality (owner and operator of the facility) a grant of R 30 Million for Airport<br />
<strong>Development</strong> (upgrades and rehabilitation).<br />
A view of the Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Airport<br />
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