To provide the SANBI 18th National Biodiversity Planning Forum with: Mainstreaming Strategic Water Source Areas: NSDF NSDF relevant Outcome, Sub-Frame & National Spatial Action Areas (CCZ) An update on the development of the NSDF Way Forward

1. National Spatial Development Framework
SANBI 18th National Biodiversity Planning Forum, 3 Aug 2022
Sheena Satikge-Sibisi
Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development

2. 1. PURPOSE OF THE PRESENTATION

3. Purpose of the Presentation
• To provide the SANBI 18th National Biodiversity Planning
Forum with:
 Mainstreaming Strategic Water Source Areas: NSDF
 NSDF relevant Outcome, Sub-Frame & National Spatial Action Areas (CCZ)
 An update on the development of the NSDF
 Way Forward

4. NSDF Background
 Chapter 8 of the NDP calls for preparation of a ‘National Spatial Development Framework’ (to be
reviewed every 5 years)
 Sections 5(3)(a), 13(1) and (2) of Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013
mandates the DALRRD Minister to compile and publish a national spatial development framework”
 In with SPLUMA the NSDF must within the broader ‘family’ of strategic and sector plans of
government:
- Target and direct all infrastructure investment and development spending decisions by
national sector departments and State-Owned Entities
- Guide and align plan preparation, budgeting and implementation across spheres and
between sectors of government
- Frame and coordinate provincial, regional and municipal Spatial Development Frameworks

5. Purpose of the NSDF
 Support national development priorities (as articulated in the NDP);
 Provide strategic, integrating and coordinating guidance to (1) national sector planning;
 Pave the way and prepare the ground for national spatial planning as an ongoing activity by
bringing about change in national spatial governance and the structures required for this
function in government;
 Galvanise State action (investment and spending) on a set of national spatial development
priorities – spatial targeting; and
 Introduce sub-national spatial development planning in the form of ‘functional development
regions.

6. 2. NSDF PROCESS

7. NSDF Journey

8. BUILDING
BLOCKS

9. 3. THE NSDF: SUMMARY, NATIONAL SPATIAL
ACTION AREAS (NSAAs)

11. National Spatial Outcome Five
The national ecological infrastructure and natural
resource foundation are well-protected and managed,
to enable sustainable and just access to water and other natural
resources, both for current and future generations.
National ecological and biodiversity management of, (1) protected areas, (2)
SWSAs, and (3) CBAs are recognised as nationally important, well-managed
and, where not yet the case, formally protected. Only 13% of the total extent of
SWSAs was formally protected in 2017

13. NSDF Sub-Frame Five: Spatial Development and
Investment Guidance
Protecting the national ecological infrastructure network: This network provides a natural resource foundation
that enables all life and activity in the country, it must be wisely used, managed and protected. It includes areas
regarded as strategic assets within the country’s national and international biodiversity, ecology and tourism areas.
The maintenance and protection of this network requires that:
 National spatial development is well-planned and well-managed to (1) limit negative impacts on ecological
infrastructure, (2) ensure that urban growth and land-use fits within national and regional water resource
availability profiles, and (3) prevent that land and/or settlement development from threatening or
compromising SWSAs;
 National water use is curbed through effective water demand management, recycling, infrastructure maintenance
and water augmentation projects; and
 Strategic national water resource infrastructure is well maintained, and the restoration of degraded strategic
water source areas prioritised

14. NSDF Sub-Frame Five: National Spatial Development
Priorities
Maintain and Strengthen National Ecological and Biodiversity Management Areas:
• Manage and conserve CBAs; and
• Restore SWSAs.
Support Stressed Areas:
• Ensure effective land development management in CBAs and SWSAs;
• Use environmental management instruments to prohibit or restrict incompatible activities in
CBAs and SWSAs, as and where appropriate;
• Restore CBAs and SWSAs that are in poor ecological condition;
• Ensure that existing and new economic activities adhere to (1) national development, and (2)
land use management regulations and guidelines; and
• Ensure effective management of SWSAs for groundwater, especially in Agri-Arid Regions that
rely heavily on this source.
Create New and Transform:
• Prioritise CBAs and SWSAs for inclusion in the ‘national protected area network’.

15. 4. NATIONAL SPATIAL ACTION AREAS

16. National Spatial Action Areas
 These national spatial development
priorities seek to: (1) identify urgently
required interventions in national space
and priority spatial development
enablers for accelerated development
impact in this space, and (2) ensure the
restoration, management and
sustainable utilization of our country’s
rich natural resource foundation and
ecological infrastructure.
 These 5 national spatial development
priorities are informed by: (1) the
challenges and trends most likely to
impact our country, (2) development
objectives in national and provincial
development and sector plans, and (3)
the gap between our national spatial
development vision and status quo.

20. Coordinated, Catalytic Interventions & Zones
Action Streams provide high-level strategic guidance as to what needs to be
prioritised in the WC-NSAA, there is also a need for high-impact national-system-
focused interventions (1) the national functional regional system that the NSDF
seeks to put in place, and (2) the internal working of the WC-NSAA functional
regional system.
These actions/interventions (1) are combinations of elements of the seven Action
Streams – some of which are already captured in existing plans, frameworks,
strategies and expenditure proposals – and (2) will, due to their scale, be driven
by National and Provincial Government Sector Departments, and focused in
Coordinated and Catalytic Action Zones (CCAZs). They will, however, also require
(1) targeted stakeholder engagement and (2) the pursuit, cementing, and
sustained strengthening of multi-actor agreements on infrastructure
investment and development spending in space over extended periods of time.

21. Coordinated, Catalytic Interventions & Zones
PROFILE DESCRITPION
 Undertake regional-scale environmental and development
management to protect the role of the Waterberg River
Catchment as a water source for current and future urban
development, mining, power generation and agriculture.
Priorities are to (1) manage water quality issues, and (2)
mitigate pressure from mining activities and energy
generation.
 Consider inter-regional dynamics, such as inter-basin water
transfer from the Upper Vaal River Catchment.
 Reach long term supra-national, national and subnational
agreements on water transfer and use between regions and
sectors.

22. Coordinated, Catalytic Interventions & Zones
KEY ACTIONS & FOCUS:
Prepare an Integrated Development and Resource
Management Plan and Programme from a strategic national
and regional perspective that includes a focus on:
• Spatial linkages and dynamics;
• Water supply/security including water quality protection,
sustainable use, and re-use;
• Water demand predictions to supply urban development in
the region, mining, power generation and agricultural needs
towards 2050, considering climate change dynamics and
projected population growth;
• Protection and optimum use of high potential agricultural
land and agricultural water sources for economic growth
and food security; and
• Conditions for, and limitations on land development and
land use to protect critical resources – with specific
reference to mining and energy generation.

23. Coordinated, Catalytic Interventions & Zones
KEY ACTIONS
Based on the priorities identified in the Integrated
Development and Resource Management Plan:
• Enter into inter-sector and inter-regional dialogue
on water transfers and use; and
• Agree on supra-national, national and sub-
national priorities that should form part of current
and future agreements.
KEY ROLE PLAYERS
• Local and District Municipalities
• Limpopo Province
• DFFE
• DALRRD
• DWS
• DMRE
• Water Authorities
• Eskom
• Mining Companies
• Traditional Authorities
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24. Mainstreaming of Water Management Issues in
Spatial Planning and Land Use Management
Provision of technical support on water supply and quality to municipalities and
relevant provincial departments (1) MSDFs, PSDFs, LUS and (2) Land Allocation
Decisions by Traditional Authorities in the catchment area. This could include:
• Development of GIS databases;
• Spatial delineation of areas where certain land uses are prohibited or supported;
• Guidelines for conditions to be included in ‘land-use zones’ and design of services
to ensure protection of water sources;
• Capacity-building programmes and related support;
• Prioritisation of ‘water-related issues’ for intergov’tal alignment across different
water catchment areas; and
• Formulation of indicators for M&E of ‘water-related issue consideration, alignment
and action’ in spatial planning.

25. 5. NSDF PROGRESS UPDATE

26. Background to Overall Approach
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13 National Spatial
Action Area (NSAA)
Plans
Implementation
Charter
Monitoring and
Evaluation
Framework
NATIONAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

27. Approval of the NSDF
• The NSDF has been approved by Cabinet (23 March 2022)
it now has regulatory status to ensure that it is able to directly
guide and coordinate government planning, spending and
implementation.
• Its review every 5 years will allow for inclusion of new
initiatives but will also ensure that it continues to provide
longer term guidance to 2050.
• The Department is in the process of developing an
Implementation Charter to further guide its implementation; to
clarify the roles and responsibilities across government and
also of the private sector.
• Identified actions contained in the NSDF Consolidated &
Catalytic Action Zones (within the National Spatial Action
Areas) will be implemented through SDFs, District
Development Model approach (Inform, Guide and Direct).

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Going Forward- Embedding: Strategic Planning and Budget
alignment Process/ Timeline
DALRRD & DPME (NSDF
SHIFT) Implementation
preparation
Embedding NSDF:
Treasury and National
sector department
2022
April
2022
October
2023
March
2023
September
2024
March
Provincial and municipal
embedding of the NSDF
Alignment of National,
Provincial, Municipal spatial
planning and infrastructure
projects with NSDF
Improved geo-referencing and spatial budgeting (MTSF)

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Expand existing Performance / Delivery Agreements for Ministers, Premiers, MECs and Mayors to
include NSDF implementation and reporting responsibilities
Expand Performance Agreements of relevant accounting authorities to include implementation of
priority spatial interventions identified in the NSDF
Expand Standardised Indicators in Annual Performance Plans (APPs) to include relevant sectoral
NSDF Outcome Indicators (Spatially referenced indicators)
Deepen auditing of performance indicators to include specific reference to quality of spatial
performance reporting against spatial standardised indicators
Embedding the NSDF: Gov’t Performance

30. Implementation Overtime

31. Conclusion
While providing overarching national spatial direction, catalytic impetus and guidance in
moving the country towards the 2050-vision, the realisation of this desired South Africa will
require of the NSDF to be:
• Championed – Ensure that it is Championed by all of government led by DALRRD / DPME /
Provinces;
• Communicated – Across Spheres of Government, Private Sector and Civil Society (Government
Websites / Intergovernmental Forums);
• Institutionalised – NSDF at the centre of Government Planning, Budgeting informing the MTSF
• Embedded – NDP Targets – 2030 and its long-term vision 2050; and
• Actioned – Inform and Guide National and Sub-National Strategic, Spatial and Sector plans.
These five tasks demand significant and decisive change in the way investment and
spending is planned, budgeted for and done in the national space. While these changes will
not always be easy, and entail very different ways of engaging, collaborating and acting, the
rewards (spatial transformation) of doing so will far outweigh the sacrifices

32. Way Forward
• Finalisation NSDF Charter, Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
• Finalisation NSDF National Spatial Action Areas Implementation Plans
• Communication, Championing: Launch (3rd Quarter, towards end of 2022)
• Communication, Championing: Provincial Roadshows (TBA)

33. Conclusion

34. THANK YOU
RE A LEBOGA
THOKOZANI
ENKOSI