Amajuba District Municipality initiated a process of institutionalising performance management system (PMS) in 2003. The system was initially developed by Van Zyl Ruud and Associates now Friday Management Solutions (FMS) in 2002/2003 financial year. In its adoption some of the PMS elements, as outlined in Chapter 2 of this review, were not implemented. In 2004 the municipality appointed the performance management consultant, A Cubed Institute, to undertake a review of PMS; to manage performance of Section 57 Managers and to implement elements which were never implemented.

Both documents (Friday Management and A-Cubed) have been used as a source of preparing the current review.

The municipality prepares an organisational performance report on a quarterly basis. The report is closely aligned to PMS which is in turn linked to the IDP and Budget in order to ascertain that developments are related to the strategies, objectives of the IDP and budget available.

The report covers the following areas:

• KPA, Performance Target and Timeline - each project (tangible, non-tangible, programmes and events as the case may be) has been linked to the District’s KPA from which the Departmental KPA is produced. Corresponding to each project is a performance target and a timeline.
• Actual Expenditure – on projects as at end of quarter. The basis for the figures used in this report is the monthly expenditure report produced by the Financial Services.
• Actual % progress – indicates the actual implementation of the project independent of the actual expenditure on each project. The relevant head of department provided this information. Site or field visits are at times conducted on some of the projects (where applicable and possible) to substantiate this information.
• Comments – this sections is for additional information regarding the status quo of the project.

The quarterly reports build up to a consolidated financial year-end organisation performance report.

Amajuba Situational Analysis report

See attached files

There are many opportunities for entrepreneurs in the Amajuba Distric. This file contains information on some of these projects

Please find the IDP Zulu translation attached

THE PROCESS PLAN FOR THE 2008/9 AMAJUBA INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND BUDGET

The Amajuba District Municipality hereby gives notice of its intent to prepare its Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and Budget for the 2007/08 financial year, for its area of jurisdiction, in terms of Section 21 (a) and (b) of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) read in conjunction with Chapter 5 of the Municipal Systems Act (MSA).

A draft process plan which sets out a programme specifying the timeframes, actions and procedures, and appropriate mechanisms for public participation and alignment, will be available for inspection at the Amajuba District Municipality’s offices in Madadeni, the Osizweni and Newcastle Libraries, and the Utrecht and Dannhauser Municipal Offices.

Please forward any comments or inputs to:

The Municipal Manager: The Amajuba District Municipality
Private Bag 6615, Newcastle, 2940
Fax: 034 314 3785
Email: ivans@amajuba.gov.za
Attention: Mr D. I. Scholtz

The closing date for the comments is 16 August 2006.

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background

The Department of Economic Development and Tourism (DEDT) has commissioned SiVEST SA (Pty) Ltd to undertake a Local Economic Development Study for the Amajuba District Municipality (ADM) in KwaZulu-Natal.

In terms of the guidelines issued by the Department of Traditional and Local Government Affairs, an LED Plan is a sector plan to form part of the IDP process. From a strategic perspective, the LED Plan itself must provide a framework that is incorporated in to the IDP providing a strategic yet meaningful guideline to the ADM in terms of where it should focus its LED initiatives.

To this end, the LED plan must therefore manifest itself within the IDP, yet be independent as a plan that is purposeful and implementable.

The objective of the LED plan is to provide a framework, with the aim of integrating and co-ordinating activities and decisions made by development agencies within the district. Part of the problem relates to the lack of clarity in terms of roles, functions, and procedures to be followed by the various roleplayers in the filed of promoting economic development.

The LED Plan should also provide a matrix to assist with the prioritisation and selection of projects within the various sectors thereby enabling strategic and focussed decision making. In furtherance of this objective, a communication strategy is to be developed to further amplify co-ordinated decision making.

OR THE AMAJUBA DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY

1.0 INTRODUCTION

The Amajuba District Municipality (ADM) is located in the north-western corner of KwaZulu-Natal and comprises the three local municipalities of Newcastle (KZ252), Utrecht (KZ253) and Dannhauser (KZ254). The ADM is 6 910 km2 in size with Utrecht occupying the largest area of 3 539 km2, Newcastle some 1855 km2 and Dannhauser some 1 516 km2. The main transportational routes linking the District to its surrounds including the N11 which is the alternative route to Johannesburg from Durban, and the rail line which is the main line from the Durban harbour to Gauteng. The R34 also bisects the district in an east-west direction and provides a linkage from the port city of Richards Bay to the interior.

In terms of the various statistics for the District, STATSSA undertook a Census nation-wide in 2001 and it has been felt in many cases that the figures generated were inaccurate. STATSSA also announced that it will not be undertaking a Census until 2010 which compounds the problem of inaccurate population figures informing development decisions. As a result, the Amajuba District Municipality recently undertook a Baseline Data Study with funding from the Provincial Government. Below is a table briefly summarizing the key facts and figures for the DM and includes the Baseline Data Study. More information in this regards will be highlighted under the Analysis Phase later in this report.