Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning
Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning
Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning
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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE<br />
INITIATIVES<br />
A number of environmental management and climate change initiatives are to be<br />
addressed by the Municipality during the course of the 2012 / 2013 financial year.<br />
Eliminating Invasive Alien Plant Species<br />
This initiative will be undertaken at ward level to restore available grazing land that has<br />
been invaded by alien plant species. In addition alien plant species threaten the<br />
availability of scarce water resources. This initiative is driven by the Directorate:<br />
Community Services which has made provision for this activity in its operational budget.<br />
However, additional funding to effectively address this threat will be sought from<br />
National Government and the Provincial Department of Agriculture, Environmental<br />
Affairs and Rural <strong>Development</strong>.<br />
Greening of Open Spaces<br />
The Municipality has commenced with a programme of planting trees in public open<br />
spaces and as part of human settlement projects. In the 2011 / 2012 financial year this<br />
initiative was confined to the town of Ulundi but the intention is to expand the<br />
programme to other nodal points.<br />
Alternative Sources of Energy: Solar Panels<br />
This initiative is being promoted and managed by the Directorate: Technical Services<br />
with potential funding being sourced from Eskom. During the 2011 / 2012 financial year<br />
a total of 2 300 solar geysers were to have been installed with funding derived from<br />
Eskom. The indications are that this project will be implemented during the 2012 / 2013<br />
financial year.<br />
Street Cleaning and Beautification<br />
This initiative confined to urban areas and in particular the town of Ulundi. Maintaining<br />
the Ulundi CBD and its environs clean and presentable through a programme of street<br />
sweeping and the collection of litter by making use of casual workers has had to be<br />
scaled back as a consequence of the financial constraints that have been faced by the<br />
Municipality. Given that this initiative has a two-fold purpose by providing employment<br />
for casual workers to alleviate poverty within the communities in the town of Ulundi,<br />
additional funding will be sought to reinstate and possibly expand the full initiative.<br />
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