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CAPE TOWN. — President Jacob Zuma has enacted the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Bill, the presidency said on Monday.
“The . . . Act seeks to bridge the racial divide in spatial terms and to transform the settlement patterns of the country in a manner that gives effect to the key constitutional provisions,” it said in a statement.
“It will address the legacy of the discriminatory, inefficient and costly special pattern which puts a considerable burden on the public resources.”
The objectives of the Act were to provide a uniform system of spatial planning and land management, and ensure they promoted social and economic inclusion.
The presidency said Zuma also assented to the Co-operative Amendment Act Six of 2013. This was an amendment to the Co-operatives Act 14 of 2005 — which came into effect on May 2, 2007.
The Act provides for the establishment, functions and powers of the Co-operatives Development Agency.
It states that the provincial departments of economic development would be responsible for co-ordinating and reporting all co-operative activities in the provinces involving other departments.
Municipalities would be responsible for the co-ordinating activities within their jurisdiction. — Timelive.
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