ntambanana local municipality (kz 283) - KZN Development Planning

10. Closing Prayer at 12h30
-Encouraging was to see the Mayor the Municipal Manager, the Local amakhosi
and/or their representatives, Councilors, Ward Committees, CBOs, NGOs all
participating enthusiastically in IDP Review Process. There is a high level of public
awareness of development issues at KZ 283
Issues that mostly came from Public Participation include:
1) Need for basic Services
2) Need for employment
3) Formation of Sector Stakeholder Forums especially around HIV/Aids, LED,
Social Security
Inkosi Cebekhulu raised issues around rural settlement, on the need for housing and
the need for traditional type of rural settlement to be maintained because of the
cultural issues that determine African settlements.
The Municipality relies very much on national and provincial grants .It therefore has
a limited capacity for development, unless it engages in looking for additional
funding outside of the usual channels .As statistics show the Ntambanana Local
Municipal area is characterized by high levels of poverty, unemployment and low
levels of skills and education.
There were views raised by such people as Justice Biyela that the IDP is
inconsequential because provincial and national departments seem to be running
their own parallel planning. Others like Velenkosini Mthembu felt that even the
Uthungulu District Council is not listening to the Local Municipality, but is rather
forging ahead with its own plans.
Philemon Sangweni an artist felt that there are no plans for 2010 Soccer World Cup,
yet art entrepreneurs are already buying their works in bulk, and cheaply so for
storage, from the locals.
Mrs. L M Shandu suggested that the area urgently need an HIV/Aids Centre, and that
the current crop of HIV/Aids volunteers should be paid, and should be given more
support by way of hand –gloves and capacity to couple their care with nutrition
supplies.
Stakeholder Forums for HIV/Aids, Arts, Culture, Sport; Transport; Tourism;
Agriculture should be formed between January and June 2006,to serve as platform
for all with similar interests to be organized under the Municipal umbrella.
IDP materials were extracted in Summary from the 2005/06 Review, as well as from
the most recent document on various sector plans almost all produced by the
Uthungulu District Council .The most revealing of these documents is the Quality of
Life Survey which is the base reference for most of the statistical information in the
2006/07 Review. The significance of statistical information cannot be under –
estimated because it forms the basis for the quantities that will inform any future
development or project planning in KZ283.
Although this is a First Draft, worked out at high speed, Council and EXCO were able
to adopt it on 30 November 2005. The view is that, until a final IDP Review is
finalized and submitted in June 2006, this DRAFT represents work in process.
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