Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning

The long term objective is to provide waterborne sanitation and sewerage to all
communities within the Ulundi Municipality. However, given the predominantly rural
nature of the service area of the Municipality, the cost of providing a waterborne
service to dispersed rural communities will preclude the rendering of this level of
service
Free Basic Sanitation
The Zululand District Municipality has adopted a Free Basic Water Services Policy that
provides all sanitation services within the Ulundi Municipality at no cost except where it
is connected to the sewerage system when it is aligned to access to a potable water
supply (each domestic household received six kilolitres of water free per month after
which a stepped block tariff applies).
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Refuse Removal
Waste management at the Ulundi Municipality consists of the collection, transportation
and disposal of refuse. Refuse is collected from residential premises, streets, public
open spaces, commercial and industrial premises, hospital and clinic premises,
government institutions, schools, community halls, sports grounds, parks and municipal
premises by the Municipality in accordance with a weekly collection schedule. Two
external service providers have been contracted by the Municipality to collect refuse on
a daily basis from the Ulundi CBD and taxi rank and from Babanango Town and township
twice a week respectively. The Municipality purchased four new refuse trucks in
September 2010 to undertake its refuse removal responsibility; these trucks have been
financed in terms of a full maintenance lease and suitably qualified drivers for the
vehicles appointed. Two teams have been established within the municipal staff to
undertake refuse removal in its designated area of responsibility – the division of
responsibility is reflected in Annexure F attached to this IDP review document; this
annexure also includes photographs of the refuse trucks purchased by the Municipality.
All refuse collected is transported to a transfer station located on a site owned by the
Zululand District Municipality and managed by the Ulundi Municipality; it is then
transported to Richards Bay for disposal in terms of a service level agreement entered
into with an external service provider. The cost of transporting refuse from the
transfer station to the Richards Bay escalated significantly when the service fee of the
current contract with the service provider was reviewed in March 2011 – the refuse
removal and disposal contracts collectively were budgeted to cost the Municipality R
6.77 million in the 2011 / 2012 financial year.
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