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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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