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Strategy & Projects
• Hold strategic sessions (to include sector departments and feed local analysis into sector strategic plans thereof )
• Align the strategic framework with internal and external policies
• Assess financial Feasibility of proposed new projects based on existing and potential funds. (Budget Examination)
• Submit the draft reviewed strategic framework to the Steering Committee and IDPRF
• Sector - Municipal Alignment sessions under the auspices of COGTA
• Integrate Reviewed Sector Plans into the IDP
• Alignment meetings with neighbouring District
Municipalities
01 January – 28 February 2021
Integration
• 1st draft 2021/22 IDP
• Submit 1st draft IDP to Steering Committee, IDRF and
EXCO for recommendations
• Submit 1st draft IDP to Council for consideration
• Submit 1st draft IDP to province (CoGTA) for assessment.
31 March – 30 April 2021
Approval
• Ugu Decentralised IDP Assessment Forums
• Incorporate comments received from IDP Provincial
Assessment and all other outstanding comments
• Conduct Community Consultation
• Final draft 2021/22 IDP
• Submit final draft IDP to Steering Committee, IDRF and
EXCO for recommendations
• Submit final IDP to Council for adoption
• Submit final draft IDP to province (CoGTA) for assessment
30 April – 30 June 2021
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UGU DISCTRICT MUNICIPALITY
Source: 2021/22 IDP, IPMS and Budget Process Plan and Framework
1.2 Our Key Development Challenges
The key development challenges that are faced by Ugu District Municipality are summarised as per the five National Key Performance Area (KPA) in the subsequent subsections.
1.2.1 Basic Services
The major basic service delivery challenge faced by the district is the slow pace of backlog eradication and high levels of aged infrastructure. The ageing infrastructure results in high maintenance costs which have an adverse effect on the eradication of backlog due to limited funding. This also has a direct impact on the municipality’s compliance with minimum requirements of the No Drop, Green Drop, and Blue Drop standard. Furthermore, the municipality’s Water and Sanitation Master Plans and thus prioritisation and planning of projects, is outdated and in the process of development despite the financial constraints. There is also a challenge of high levels of illegal connections which further strains the available resources.
1.2.2 Municipal Transformation and Institutional Development
The key Municipal Transformation and Institutional Development challenges include but not limited to: u High Employee Costs;
u Disengaged Employees;
u Slow Implementation of Individual Performance Management;
u Bloated Organisational structure;
u Lack of Monitoring and Evaluation;
u Manipulation of Recruitment Processes;
u Poor Conflict Resolution and Management;