FINDINGS AND OBERVATIONS ON THE 2011/12 IDP ANALYSIS

Presentation outline

• Provincial Approach • Challenges • Ratings • Interventions • Conclusion

Provincial Approach for 2011

• Out of 21 municipalities in the Province, only 1 municipality did not submit their draft IDP (Lekwa) • District’s IDP analysis were done, between February and May 2011.

Challenges

• All municipalities within the Province had approved and reviewed their SDF’S, the only challenge is around implementation and proper support for the locals who do not have planning capacity • Limited capacity to analysis or usage of demographic information for the purpose of planning

Challenges

• Lack of Comprehensive Infrastructure Plans (CIP) • Project plans not linked to the MTEF • No strategies and objectives on Human Settlement issues • Lack of proper mechanism to engage with the traditional leaders

Challenges

• Municipalities are not including list of key financial policies, AG’s remedial action required and three year financial plan in the IDP document • Under-spending on capital budget • None of the municipalities could not provide evidence of the existence of Operations and Maintenance Plans for any of their service functions

RATINGS

Ratings for the whole Province

• Ehlanzeni District at 88%, Bushbuckridge 79%, Mbombela Municipality and Umjindi at 76%, Steve Tshwete respectively and Msukaligwa 73% , whilst Nkomazi at 70%.

• Nkangala District respectively.

and Govan Mbheki are at 67% respectively, Gert Sibande and Pixley Ka Seme at 64%, whilst Emalahleni , Victor Khanye and Emakhazeni at 61% • Only four municipalities had scored between 60% and 50%, that is Dipaleseng at 55%, Thembisile Hani at 52% and Mkhondo at 52%, with Lekwa not being assessed.

100% 90% 80% 30% 20% 10% 0% 70% 60% 50% 40% Overall Performance

Intervention

• IDP road map developed • Managing the transitions process was done through the Premier’s Co-ordination Council • Support municipalities who had planned to do Community Based Planning (CBP) • Roll out the SDF toolkit training – pilot four municipalities • Roll out IDP learnership for all municipalities through LGSETA and Vulindlela initiative • Support four municipalities with situational analysis – integrating population information

Conclusion

• 1 st engagement on the as per the road map is planned for the 13 th to the 22 nd September (two days allocated per district) • All municipalities and stakeholders had committed to work towards realisation of the issues raised within the Provincial Road map • Any support provided to municipalities will be managed through the department