Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning

PROCESS PLAN
The Ulundi Municipality commenced its third generation Integrated Development Plan
(IDP) with effect from the 2011 / 2012 financial year. As a consequence the 2012 /
2013 financial year represents the first review of the third generation IDP of the
Municipality. The Process Plan is a tool used to guide the IDP process and this review.
It is in this document that the important areas of the IDP are highlighted in order to
promote coordination and alignment by setting out the timeframes, role players,
milestones and responsibilities included in the final product produced. The Process Plan
has been prepared in line with the IDP Framework set out by the Zululand District
Municipality; the Process Plan was approved by the Council of the Municipality to initiate
the IDP process. A copy of the approved Process Plan is attached as Annexure A to this
IDP review document.
FORMAT OF THE IDP
To ensure consistency throughout and ensure linkage between its components, the IDP
Review has been prepared in accordance with the national Key Performance Areas as
outlined hereunder:
• Basic Service Delivery and Infrastructure Development
• Social and Economic Development
• Institutional Arrangement and Transformation
• Good Governance and Public Participation
• Financial Viability and Management
In addition due consideration is given to the role of spatial development planning within
the Municipality.
The IDP contains a number of sections that indicate the strategic direction that the
Ulundi Municipality is due to take over the period of its third generation IDP; this also
provides strategic direction to the review of the IDP for implementation during the
2012 / 2013 financial year.
Situational Analysis
In the course of the development of the third generation IDP for the Municipality which
commenced at the beginning of the 2011 / 2012 financial year, a thorough situational
analysis was undertaken of the Ulundi municipal area; the result of the analysis was
captured in the various functional areas that comprise the five national key performance
indicators to which reference was made above. As part of the review of the IDP for
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