SOUTH AFRICAN PLANNING INSTITUTE

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SOUTH AFRICAN PLANNING INSTITUTE
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Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs

• SAPI was invited to a Boseberaad held from 19-21
  June
• It comprised the Minister, Deputy Minister,
  members of the department
• DBSA and similar state bodies were also there
• A large number of professional bodies such as the
  land surveyors, engineers and accountants were
  invited
• Ashraf Adam presented on behalf of SAPI

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• Some of the priorities
• working together to speed up economic growth and
  transform the economy to create decent work and
  sustainable livelihoods
• introduce a massive programme to build economic
  and social infrastructure
• develop and implement a comprehensive rural
  development strategy linked to land and agrarian
  reform and food security
• strengthen the skills and human resource base
• improve the health profile of all South Africans
• intensify the fight against crime and corruption
• build pursue African advancement and enhanced
  international co-operation
• sustainable resource management and use
• build a developmental state, improve public
  services and strengthen democratic institutions

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South African Planning

• Apartheid legislation - provinces
• Post apartheid legislation - all three spheres
• Planning Professions Act 2002
• Problematic SACPLAN
• LUMB - old school
• National Planning Commission

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Land Use Management

• Is an aspect of spatial planning
• Should be part a of national development strategy
• Should be linked to national planning and
  planning legislation and applied locally
• Should promote co-operative governance -
  subsidiarity

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What is needed?

• Simple, single piece of national legislation -
  avoid provincial laws that assume that provincial
  differences necessitate separate law - its about
  the applicability
• Recognition of assymetrical allocation of powers
  and functions - to provinces and municipalities -
  subsidiarity based on PGDS and IDP
• Everyone can do strategic planning (IDP, PGDS)
  but operational planning requires tools that
  allows for implementation -
• Remove unnecessary constraints and processes
• Educating decision-makers - good planning, bad
  decisions
• Professionalisation of the profession - good
  laws, bad officials, inappropriately trained
  planners
• a national uniform legal framework is critical

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National Legislation

• Spatial Planning legislation must be part of
  national planning legislation
• Must establish a uniform system of spatial
  planning across the country which goes beyond
  land use management. In particular, it should
  cover the following subjects
• Define the role of each sphere by providing
  clarity to Schedules 4 and 5 of the Constitution
  
• Establish a system of delegations so that each
  sphere is able to take decisions autonomously
  within the framework of their PGDSs and IDPs
• Establish consistent terminology
• Provide simplified and predictable development
  assessments procedures
• Differentiate between strategic, simple and
  complex development applications. These should
  be accompanied by defined time frames for
  assessments. For example, particular projects in
  townships could be identified as areas where
  accelerated land use decision-making might apply
  
• Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms for land use
  management, with the specific aim of ensuring
  implementation of strategic plans and projects

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What CoGTA could Consider

• Engage with Presidency on LUMB
• Become the institutional home for the Planning
  Profession
• Establish Spatial Planning Branch as part of PGDS
  and IDP mandates
• Become an implementing agency for NPC