Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning

a district level. Should participants excel they are then selected to represent the
District at the Provincial indigenous games event.
Umbele Wethu Cultural Festival
This cultural festival is arranged annually by the Municipality – traditional and religious
groups compete and those that excel have the opportunity to participate in other
cultural and youth festivals as representatives of the Ulundi Municipality
Information and Communication
The impact of cellular phone technology within the Ulundi municipal area is best
illustrated by the statistics reflected in the Community Survey compiled in 2007; 75.9%
of the households within the Municipality reported that they had access to a cellular
phone. Access to computer and associated technology is, however, very limited with only
2.2% of households indicating that they had access to a computer while only 1.1% of
households reported internet access. The Survey further recorded that 76.9% of
households within the Municipality indicated that they have access to a radio while
43.9% reported access to television. Only 23.6% of the households in the Ulundi
Municipality reported that they had access to a facility which enabled them to receive
their mail.
POVERTY ALLEVIATION
In a largely rural based economy such as that prevalent within the Ulundi Municipality
ravaged by the impact of HIV / AIDS and experiencing high levels of unemployment, it
is imperative that the Municipality gives due consideration to poverty alleviation
initiatives. The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has initiated a programme, known
as the Flagship Programme, targeted at the reduction and improvement of the
livelihoods of households that are steeped in poverty – this programme has been dubbed
the “War on Poverty”. Priority wards have been identified for the implementation of
this programme across the Province – in the case of the Ulundi Municipality six wards
have been identified namely Ward 1, Ward 2, Ward 5, Ward 6, Ward 16 and Ward 24.
Access to Grants
According to information generated by the 2007 Community Survey, 36.7% of the
population within the Ulundi Municipality benefitted from access to one or more of the
social grants provided by the national government. Just less than 25% of the population
benefitted from the child support grant while 5.9% of the population in the Municipality
received an old age pension and 5.2% a disability grant. The role played by the
Municipality is to facilitate access to social grants for appropriate members of the
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