The Mdantsane Tourism Development Centre is an Urban Renewal partnership between Amathole District Municipality and Buffalo City Municipality. Mdantsane was identified as one of the nodes for urban renewal by the president in his State of the Nation address on 9 February 2001. The main objectives of the urban renewal programme is to invest in the economic and social infrastructure, human resource development, enterprise development and to enhance the development capacity of local government, alleviate poverty and strengthen the criminal justice system.