Final Adopted IDP - KZN Development Planning

Responsibility for the IDP
The responsibilities related to the formulation, management and co-ordination of the
IDP rest with the IDP Manager. The position of IDP Manager is pivotal to the
compilation of the IDP on an annula basis and, as indicated in the following diagram, the
IDP Manager reports directly to the Manager in the Office of the Municipal Manager.
Ulundi Local Municipality
Exco
Ward Councillors
Municipal Manager
IDP Manager
Managers of Department
IDP Steering
Committee
Task
Team
Task
Team
Task
Team
Task
Team
Task
Team
IDP Representative Forum
Broad Public
DECISION MAKING PROCESSES
In terms of Section 9(b) of the Municipal Structures Act, Act 117 of 1998, as amended,
the Ulundi Municipality was established as a Category B (local) municipality with a
collective executive system combined with a ward participatory system. Local
government elections were held on 18 May 2011 and a new Council for the Ulundi
Municipality was elected and appointed; the third Council constituted since the
establishment of the Municipality. The Council of the Municipality consists of 47
members of which 24 are ward councilors and 23 are councilors appointed in terms of
the respective proportional representative lists.
The Council of the Municipality has appointed a number of advisory Portfolio Committees
in addition to the Executive and Finance Committee namely the Technical Services
Portfolio Committee; the Planning Portfolio Committee; the Local Economic Development
Portfolio Committee; the Tourism Portfolio Committee and the Community Services
Portfolio Committee. In addition the Municipality has developed and adopted an
Oversight Policy and the members of the Oversight Committee have been appointed. A
schedule of Council and Portfolio Committee meetings is adopted at the beginning of
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