NATIONAL IDP HEARINGS

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NATIONAL IDP HEARINGS

• NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY
• 02 June 2005

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What do we offer

• Established infrastructure (land services)
• Geography expansiveness
• Skilled labour
• Ist class education training institutions
• Africas most efficient container terminals
• Area of pristine beauty high QOL
• Family destination with many attractions

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What do we offer, cont

• Capabilities as a manufacturer supplier
• Contribute 45 to provinces GDP
• Home to 3 motor assembling companies
• Home to host of suppliers of auto components
• Development of a Logistics Park (Uitenhage)
• Part of the UDDI

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MAP OF NELSON MANDELA METRO
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OVERVIEW
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KEY DEVELOPMENTAL PRIORITIES

• Institution Building
• Service Delivery
• Housing and Land Delivery
• Investment and Economic Growth
• Tourism and Tourism Infrastructure Development
• Public Safety
• Cleansing and Environment
• Financial Management

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Institution Building

• Key Priorities
• To build the culture of public participation.
• To establish customer care centres.
• To be IT driven municipality.
• To promote intergovernmental relations.
• To develop the capacity of our administration.
• To accelerate transformation.

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Institution Building (continued)

• Key Achievements
• 75 of senior managers are from designated groups
  from 68 in 2003/2004 financial year.
• Revised Delegation of Powers (MFMA compliance) is
  in place and awaiting Council approval.
• Staff costs is kept at 30.
• Staff placement complete
• Automation of the PMS.

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Institution Building (continued)

• There is a total of 54 wards with ward
  committees.
• 428 ward committee meetings were held in the
  2003/2004 financial year.
• 231 ward committee meetings were held (mid-year
  2004/05).
• Annual organizational review has been done.

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Institution Building (continued)

• Risk audit conducted (Strategy in place.
• Anti-fraud and anti-corruption system in
  operation.
• BPR in progress for completion by June 2005.
• Integrated Customer Service Centres launched.

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Public participation mechanisms

• Masithethisane programme.
• Peoples Assembly.
• Constituency week.
• Ward Committee System.
• Sectoral Community Participation Fora.
• IDP and Budget Public Hearings.
• Policy and By-law Formulation Process.
• Community Development Workers

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Interventions to improve public participation

• Annual training programmes for Ward Committees
  and Ward Councillors conducted.
• Monitoring system for Ward Committees.
• Annual Ward Committee Conference.
• Budgeting for public participation.
• Review and enhancement of roles and
  responsibilities of Ward Committees.

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Special sector development

• Youth, women and disabled desks were established
  and policies adopted.
• Bursary system for tertiary education.
• Targeting youth in job creation and procurement.
• Capacity building programme for unemployed
  graduates.

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Service Delivery
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Challenges

• Eradication of the bucket system (28 000).
• Extending basic services to peri-urban areas.
• Bulk services are far away.
• Land privately owned.
• Delays in provision of services.
• EIA.
• Unaccounted for water.
• Old infrastructure.
• Unmetered stands.
• Maintenance backlog.
• Road R2 billion
• Water R492 million
• Sanitation R477 million

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Interventions

• Access to basic water and sanitation.
• Formal area
• Access to services is informed by the Housing
  programme.
• Informal area
• Audit to be conducted on location (to Bid
  Committee today).
• Provision of services will be informed by
  relocation plans.
• Provision of rudimentary services before
  relocation.
• Peri-urban
• Status quo report on services completed.
• Holistical plans on provision of services.
• Provision of rudimentary services before
  relocation.

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Interventions (continued)

• Unaccounted for water.
• - Metering programme.
• - Rehabilitation of infrastructure.
• - Water Demand Management System.
• Maintenance backlog.
• Asset register being developed.
• Maintenance Management System being developed.
• Investigation on the condition of the asset is
  being conducted.
• Development of plan to address maintenance
  backlog.

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Challenges

• Maintenance backlog - R250 million.
• Illegal connections (ongoing campaign).
• REDs.

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Interventions

• Asset register is being compiled.
• State of assets being determined.
• A rehabilitation programme to commence.
• Campaign to eliminate illegal connections is in
  place and ongoing.
• Maintenance budget increased by R6 million.

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Establishment of REDS

• The NMMM signed the co-operative agreement.
• Asset valuation in progress.
• Ring-fencing of the service commenced.
• Interaction with other stakeholders underway.
• NMMM income from electricity seems to be
  guaranteed in the short to medium term.
• The NMMM will be the anchor Metro in RED 3.

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Challenges

• Timeous allocation of budget from Province.
• Negotiation process of service level agreement.
• Implications of promulgation of Health Act 61 of
  2003.

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Challenges

• Resource allocation for the upgrading of sports
  facilities in formerly disadvantaged areas.
• Timeous allocation of budget from Province.
• Hosting of 2010 World Cup.

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Challenges

• Capacity.
• Staff.
• Service providers.
• Quality control.
• Funding.
• Peoples Housing Process
• Slow commitment attitude.

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Interventions

• Filling of critical vacancies.
• Training service providers through EPWP.
• Allocation of funds according to Housing
  programme.
• Audit of defects that has commenced.
• Housing waiting list
• Mindset change.

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Land management

• Spatial Development Framework is in place.
• Land audit (phase 1 completed).
• Land Asset Management System.
• Land Use Management System.

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Note Economic Development Strategy to be
presented separately.
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Expanded Public Works Programme

• The following projects have been ring-fenced
• for EPWP

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WATER AND SANITATION
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ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL
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SECTOR ENVIRONMENTAL
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RECREATION AND CULTURE
SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE
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HEALTH
SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE
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HEALTH
SECTOR SOCIAL
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HOUSING AND LAND
SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE
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ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY
SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TOURISM AGRICULTURE
SECTOR INFRASTRUCTURE
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Challenges

• Rationalization of by-laws.
• Collection of traffic fines
• Interventions
• Warrant of arrest section disbanded
• Function relocated
• Internal controls tightened.

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Plan to utilize and protect national resources

• Integrated Environmental Plan consists of the
  following
• NM MOSS Spatial Biodiversity Plan - complete
• Environmental Policy - complete
• Corporate Environmental Management System
  Framework Plan complete
• Integrated Waste Management Plan 30 June 2005
• State of Environment Report - incomplete
• Coastal Management Plan incomplete
• Alien Vegetation Control Plan incomplete
• Integrated Air Quality Management Plan -
  incomplete

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Challenges

• Need to improve on revenue collection.
• Need to improve on capital expenditure.
• Need to improve on customer care.

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Interventions

• Revenue Management and Customer Care By-law and
  Revenue.
• Collection Master Plan have already yielded
  results.
• Revenue Enhancement Focus Period.
• Launch of Customer Care Centres.
• Hold BUMs accountable to meet Capital expenditure
  targets.
• Ongoing training of frontline staff.

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FREE BASIC SERVICES

• An Assistance to the Poor Policy was adopted and
  implemented in terms of Customer Care and Revenue
  Management By-law.
• The Metro is providing 88 900 households (34 of
  all households) with free basic services (Dec
  2004) from 45 000 in Oct 2003.
• Value of R135 p/m is provided to each qualifying
  household.
• 6kl of water.
• 50 kWh electricity.
• Rates, refuse, sewerage.

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Qualification criteria

• All basic services (excluding electricity)
• Automatic qualification based on property
  valuation (RDP house).
• Exclusion criteria
• No automatic qualification if income in excess of
  2 state pensions.
• Ad-hoc application qualifying criteria for higher
  property valuation
• If income is lower than 2 state pensions.
• Subject to a predetermined maximum.
• Electricity
• Consumption below 300 units per month 50 units
  free subject to exclusion criteria.

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PGDP, IDP and NSDP Linkages

• NMMM IDP is aligned to PGDP in terms of
  priorities.
• Gaps have been identified and are being addressed.

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The next presentation will focus on Local
Economic Development.