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u Poor Manager and employee relations; u Lack of Skills Transfers;
u Old Aging Fleet;
u Clashing of Meetings;
u Limited Office Space;
u High Security Costs;
u High Printing and Copying Costs;
u Lack of Human Resource Capacity; and u Delegations of authorities are not clear
1.2.3 Local Economic Development
The key LED challenge is the triple challenge which is poverty, inequality, and unemployment. Furthermore, there is no clear District LED mandate which results in duplication of resources and efforts between the district and local municipalities. LED is still poorly resourced across the district.
1.2.4 Municipal Financial Viability and Management
The key Municipal Financial Viability and Management challenges include but not limited to: u Budget Management and Financial Reporting
u Supply chain Management
u Revenue management
u Asset management
u Non-compliance with MFMA u Expenditure Management
1.3 What will we do to unlock and Address our Key Challenges?
Ugu District Municipality has set in place goals and strategic objectives to unlock the identified key challenges. These strategic objectives and goals were grouped as per the six National KPAs as discussed in the subsequent sections.
1.3.1 Basic Services
The district is committed to ensuring universal access to basic services, water and sanitation in particular. Through the planned projects, the district will reduce the current backlogs by 31% for access to water and 21% for access to decent sanitation for the current period of the IDP. The district will further replace 100 kms of aged water and sanitation pipelines. The district also has plans in place to ensure compliance to the Blue Drop, Green Drop, and No Drop minimum requirements. The fight against illegal connections which strains the existing infrastructure will also be reinforced.
1.3.2 Municipal Transformation and Institutional Development
The district is committed to creating a conducive environment for the highly motivated, skilled, productive, and disciplined workforce. This is to be done through programmes such as Employee Wellness, Skills Development, and continuous investment on building team spirit amongst all employees. The district will also implement vigorous Performance, Monitoring, and Evaluation mechanism, ensure constant renewal of aging fleet, and explore paperless administration in certain areas of the municipality.
1.3.3 Local Economic Development
The district is committed to dealing with the triple challenge which is poverty, inequality, and unemployment. A total of 3 450 job opportunities will be created, and 450 SMMEs, Cooperatives, and Informal Business Sector will be trained during the current IDP period. Furthermore, the district will ensure the development of the main economic sectors such as agriculture and explore green economic initiatives. In terms of community development, the municipality will ensure implementation of seven programmes per annum for vulnerable groups and consistent promotion of youth development.
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