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The study on the situational and land use analysis ofthe LED of Ulundi has come up with a
variety offmdings, some ofthese findings detailed below:
• An improvement in the situational and spatial development of Ulundi considered
within a broader framework of partnerships with the ZDM, the private sector, sector
departments (local and district) and the local community has the capabilities to
increase development propensity of the study area. The area under study is divided
into five spatial units namely A, 8 South, 8 North, C and D Sections with 760, 10 19,
1162, 1374 and 1974 households respectively.
• An uneven spatial distribution ofhouseholds in Ulundi is established between the five
spatial units in this regard. One may attribute the largest number of household to the
small sizes of the building plots in D section as compared to places like 8 north and
some areas ofunit C. This spatial spread ofhousehold needs has been very crucial in
this study since it created a platform to analyse the attribute data like average monthly
income, the socio-economic benefits of landscape and cultural attributes per the five
spatial units.
• It is established through this study that about two-thirds of the household heads were
women. The chi-square test on gender and level of education of household heads
indicates that there is no significant association between the sex (gender) and level of
education ofhousehold heads. No specific pattern is established in job types between
males and females in the study area.
• Moreover, the economy of Ulundi is not well diversified. In a nutshell, the local
economy of Ulundi is heavily dependent on the government. The non-diversified
nature of the economy is demonstrated by a low percentage ofthe self-employed. A
majority of the household heads in the government sector are holding tertiary
qualifications except the self-employed and the unemployed who mostly hold school
leaving certificates. Only I% of the households interviewed are headed by both
parents. This may be attributed to the migratory patterns. high rate ofwidowhood and
single parenthood. Moreover. there is a high dependency ratio and high levels of
unemployment.
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