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Buffalo City Municipality is constantly planning, reviewing and implementing the way forward. In terms of national legislation, municipalities are required to produce an annual integrated development plan and budget. These outline the municipality's priorities and spending plans to achieve certain goals. Some of the documents that drive these processes can be found by clicking on the links below:

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Budget

Integrated Development Plan
An Integrated Development Plan is the key strategic planning tool for the municipality.

Draft IDP 2013/14 (16/04/2013)
IDP - Review & Summary 2012/2013 (09/01/2013)
* IDP - Review & Summary 2012/2013(Xhosa/ English/ Afrikaans) [PDF: 4MB]
IDP/Budget/PMS Review Process Plan 2013/2014 (19/09/2012) [PDF: 261KB]
IDP 2012/13
IDP 2011/16
IDP Booklet 2011/16
IDP 2010/11
IDP 2009/10
IDP 2008 - 2009

Buffalo City Municipality Policy Documents

Transport Report 2006/2007 to 2010/2011
The Buffalo City Municipality's Transport report is intended as an informant of the City's intentions to plan, regulate and implement public transport projects and operations in the City over the next 5 years from 2006/2007 – 2010/2011.
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Spatial Development Framework
The Spatial Development Framework for Buffalo City has been compiled to support the development vision, and objectives and strategies identified in the Buffalo City Municipality's Integrated Development Plan (IDP).
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Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework 2012/13
The Medium Term Expenditure Revenue Framework Budget for Buffalo City is prepared in compliance with the Municipal Finance Management Act. This is a financial plan as informed by the municipality's strategic plan (IDP) in order to ensure service delivery to the community that will enable the municipality to meet its operational and strategic objectives in a stipulated period.

Buffalo City Economic Development Strategy
The Buffalo City Local Economic Development Strategy is a five-year implementation plan aimed at accelerating economic growth, job creation, and empowerment.
Download document [PDF:3.93MB]

Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan

Tariff Book

Financial Reporting

Annual Report

Performance management

Buffalo City development strategy-Draft

International Centre for Aids Care and Treatment Programmes[PDF, 9.2MB]

Adopted Medium Term Revenue & Expenditure Budget

Buffalo City Development Strategy - Draft [PDF: 5.4MB]

Tourism Masterplan

Quenera Local Spatial Development Framework Plan

Welcoming the World in 2010 [PDF: 160KB]

Report on the 2005 Customer Satisfaction Survey [PDF: 280KB]

2001 Quality of Life Survey [PDF: 455KB]

Draft Integrated Transport Plan
It should be noted that the BCM Draft ITP document has not yet been subject to public consultation nor has it been approved by Buffalo City Council and is intended for information & comment only
Download Acrobat document [3MB]

Youth Development Strategy 2005 - 2007
THE Buffalo City Municipality is determined to ensure that its young residents are catered for.
With this in mind, the City has drawn up a Youth Development Strategy. Among other things, it aims to ensure that young people participate in government and civic affairs, become economically viable and help uplift themselves and their communities, and reduce the effects of HIV/Aids.
The municipality worked closely with its young constituents and organisations that work with young people, to draw up the strategy.
Download Acrobat document [590KB]

Buffalo City: Developing a comprehensive HIV and AIDS Workplace Strategy
The municipality is determined to tackle developmental issues and provide social support services for all of its people. Among the innovative steps taken has been the research into the impact of HIV and AIDS on the municipality's workforce - the first ever undertaken by a local government - and on the community. The findings informed the development of the strategy.
Part 1 [1.4MB]
Part 2 [184KB]

Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan
The Buffalo City Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan aims to identify existing environmental pressures and provide recommendations to deal with these pressures, which threaten the City's 68km coastline.
Review [823KB]
Part 1 [451KB]
Part 2 [881KB]
Part 3 [298KB]
Part 4 [297KB]
Part 5 [303KB]

The State of Sanitation Report
Buffalo City Municipality is faced with growing challenges relating to sanitation and wastewater management and, in an effort to deal with this, it has prepared a Sanitation Policy and Strategy. The process was co-ordinated by the Integrated Environmental and Sustainable Development Unit as sanitation is a multidisciplinary sector involving environmental, engineering, microbiological, health, social science, planning and financial specialists.
Download Acrobat document [1.6MB]

Public Transport Framework Plan [2.5MB]
2020 plan for future network and services (February 2005)

Financial statements 2004: