The Magaliesburg Development is the first project in South Africa attempting to make an entire town a Sustainable Town

1. MAGALIESBURG
DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE
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2. MAGALIES PILOT – AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY
• 10 000 - 15 000 people
• High unemployment
• Infrastructure and
service challenges
• Low skills levels
• Trust ?
• Development tired
Economic base
• Tourism and
recreation
• Small scale farming

3. WHAT?
The MDI showcases civic engagement that
complements government and corporate resources
to create a resilient and
sustainable destination and community

4. WHAT?
Community and visitors must be able to
experience and engage with sustainability
themes
In a Clean, Attractive and Safe environment

5. PROCESS – VISION - PLAN
PROCESS
VISION
INVESTMENT PLAN

6. SUPPORT AND PARTNERS
Magaliesburg

7. TOURISM
• Promote efficient and
sustainable establishments
• Heritage route
• River walks
• Packages for corporates – first
pilot arranged for 28 June 2014
• Community developing a
marketing strategy and events
calendar
• Community and events portal
being developed by community

8. DESTINATION– Station development

9. DESTINATION– Station development
• In principle agreement
from Transnet to lease the
site
• Community in process to
develop a business plan
to be submitted to
Transnet
• Station application
submitted to Gauteng
Tourism that is funding a
feasibility study

10. Organic large scale
commercial farming
Intensive small
scale commercial
production (closer
to town or in town)
Food gardens
• Job creation
• Tourism attraction
• Exhibition and
training
• Processing (also
tourism product)
Tourism and Food Production

11. • Land has been identified and
• There are existing government
projects
• Nedbank investigating funding a
large Bamboo farm and nursery
• Proposed to bring high technology
“green house” production units
• Discussions with technical partners
and other funders
Tourism and Food Production

12. • Community based club for the development of a
local industry.
• Purpose
• Promote biking as a recreation activity in
support of tourism vision
• Promote biking for life skills development
• Promote biking as a mode of transport
between attractions, for heritage route etc.
• Promote biking as “eyes of the community”
• Promote a mountain bike industry for job
creation
Tourism and Recreation

13. • Club established in
December 2013
• 6 local trail zones
identified
• First zone trail identified
and busy with mapping
• Approximately 21 km
• Compiled funding
application
Tourism and Recreation

14. Tourism and the Youth Box
• Concept discussed
with youth forum
• Site identified and
discussions with
municipality
opened
• Part of municipal
priority projects
• Possible site for
“Farm box”.

15. Tourism and places
Initiated discussions with
Mogale municipality
regarding infrastructure
and maintenance
programmes

16. Sharing the Tourism Benefits
• Establishing a Business Chamber
• Waste management programme
• Arts and craft
• Bamboo pens
• Catering
• Cushions and linen
• Soap factory
• Station businesses

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Awareness
Understanding
Engagement
Involvement
Commitment

18. Stewardship
meetings
(Sharing)
Interest group
discussions
(Engage)
Site meetings
(Commitment)
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
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19. CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT

20. Tourism is about people’s commitment
Magaliesburg

21. Implementing a civic and
area-based multi-pronged
sustainability agenda within a
broader tourism framework.

22. THANK YOU

23. Alan Roxton Wiggill